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Date:         Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:20:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oops, inline 4s, was invention of the WBX?
Comments: To: mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <49946112.2080607@cox.net>
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We'll forgive you! :-)

Am I correct in assuming that those were all diesel motors? I sure see a lot of diesel Vanagons/T3s on ebay.de

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:49 AM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Oops, left out the entry for 1984 - 45,000 > already in the total though > > mdrillock wrote: > >> VW not only put inline 4 engines into Vanagons, they did so years before >> the waterboxer even came out. >> >> 1981 17,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1982 60,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1983 43,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1985 46,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1986 75,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1987 45,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1988 63,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1989 70,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1990 64,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1991 16,000 inline 4 watercooled >> 1992 11,000 inline 4 watercooled >> ------------------------------------------------- >> yep 555,000 inline 4 engines used in German Vanagon or T3 production, >> according to one source >> >> >>

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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