Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:11:45 +0100
Reply-To:     Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
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From:         Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
Subject:      Re: Oettinger syncro van FS
Comments: To: Evan Martin <7martinn@GMAIL.COM>
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Oh sorry, misunderstanding...
What I meant:
The european -´90 vanagons were hauled to Oettinger. The WBX6 could be
ordered at the VW dealer.

How and why and when the RSA´s got the WBX6, I don´t know.
Just my own opinion: I´d think RSA Vanagons with WBX6 were converted
after delivery.

But you have a point there: Syncro with large windows, how´s that possible?

The ETKA states Vanagons in South Africa starting MY95. My conclusion
was, that before 95 the Vanagons were basically RHD-Vanagons with the
common early body style.

Raimund



Am 04.01.2010 21:56, schrieb Evan Martin:
>  From what I heard, the I5 (or S5) induced a heavy vibration into the
>
>> syncro-drivetrain.
>> That愀 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.
>