A friend of mine is considering buying a '61 kombi. The body is apparently immaculate, but he's troubled that it *might* be underpowered. I stiffled a snicker and said "That's the way it is, man", but he wants me to find out how easy it is to swap engines with, say, a later model breadloaf. (I'm pretty sure he'd want to keep it a VW engine) I DON't think he's into modifying the current (36hp, right?) engine. I poked around the archives and FAQs and couldn't come up with an answer for him. Any comments? He's also wondering how much extra power the reduction boxes will take . . .? Peace, Kev(who-will-hopefully-know-enough-about-these-puppies-one-day-to-actually-p ost-an-answer-instead-of-a-question) Muir (no relation :) ) '77 camper '88 Scirocco (hopefully the next owner of a '67 single cab . . .)
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