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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:11:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Survey Says... RUN Don't Walk from 84 Diesel Vanagon Find
Comments: To: Vanagon@vanagon.com
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>I want to thank everyone for their comments about my diesel vanagon find.  My
>mind was truely telling me to bolt, yet my heart longs to be behind the wheel
>of one of these bad boys.
>
>An interesting point has come up though.  A couple of folks indicated that the
>last model year for the diesel vanagon in the US was 82 and possibly 83.  The
>Bentley repair manual indicates that it is 84.
>
>What is the answer?
>
>By the way, the VIN of this particular vehicle is VW2YG0255CH010991.
                                                            ^
                                                            !


        The "C" in the VIN indicates it's an 82 NOT an 84 model...another
        reason to avoid the "1984" shitbox!






      OLTECO                         Ari Ollikainen
      P.O. BOX 3688                  Networking Technology and Architecture
      Stanford, CA                   Ari@OLTECO.com
      94309-3688                     415.517.3519
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