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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:56:39 -0600
Reply-To:     Evan Martin <7martinn@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Evan Martin <7martinn@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oettinger syncro van FS
In-Reply-To:  <4B424B41.6040601@v6bus.de>
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From what I heard, the I5 (or S5) induced a heavy vibration into the
> syncro-drivetrain.
> Thatæ„€ why VW RSA kept the WBX in the syncros.
>
> And the WBX6 had been a european special factory option since
> "small-window-Vanagon"-times, too.
> The larger windows appeared in RSA in 1995, not 92.
>
> Even the oettinger brochure said so. The brandnew Vanagon came off the line
> without engine and was hauled to oettinger where the engine was mounted.
>
> Raimund
>




Sounds pretty accurate, but you don't think Uitenhage (RSA) vans were
shipped back to Europe for engine installation..? And did VWSA build  T3
Syncros after 1995?  I could be wrong but van in the pictures looks like a
"big window" van to me and they're calling it a '93.
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