Dear Wants older Vanagon where do you live and would you give consideration to the purchase of a 1984 Vanagon ... already has a syncro engine implant (28 miles to the gallon in town) let me know regards On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote: > They are dogs. That engine was never intended for the Vanagon, but they > couldn't get the waterboxer figured out in time for the new model > introduction. It's a disaster in a Westy. No heat, no A/C, no power > steering, no power period. People do convert them to Zetec or WBX, but > it's a lot of work and a lot of parts scrounging. > > Stuart > '85 Westy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Harry Hoffman > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:25 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Thoughts on buying a 82 air-cooled westy? > > Hi All, > Was wondering if there are any major gotchas with the 82 west that are > worth knowing about? > I'm thinking of upgrading to a westy b/c the family has grown. > > Cheers, > Harry >
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