kWell, I've seen a VW industrial engine before. It was at the King's Dominion theme park in Virginia. Was being used for the sky ride kinda thing -- cars run on a cable in the air through the park. Dnon't know exaclty what idt did (generator powering?) but I looked at it and d said wow, a beelte tle engine! Looked neat and had the stock exhaust. Weird, Sean > > I saw my first VW industrial engine this weekend. It was from the early > '70s and had a crank-start pulley bolt. Cool! Other interesting features > were the magneto (Genuine VW made by vertex in switzerland) , the fanshroud > (no ports for the heater tubes and neat "Volkswagen Industrial Engines" > sticker) and the exhaust (two two-into-one pipes that exited straight up > into the area normally occupied by dual carbs--looked stock) > > Anyone got more info on these? > > -Tom > > >
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