Bulley wrote:

> Well, that's the first I've heard of the "911 of Vans" comment, but I know
> that some of the "...this vans gotta Porch motor innit..." comments stemmed
> from the 1970's sales of the Porsche 914 and 912-E here in the States,
> which featured the 1.7, 1.8. and finally 2.0 air cooled type 4 VW motors.

From the same reason, the VWs 411 & 412 Variants (Squarebacks) were called
"Long-Porsches" since they had the same engine as the 914. I asked for some
parts in several junkyards a few years ago, nobody knew the type4 name [
already forgotten :-( ] but when I called them "Long-Porsches" everybody went
"AHA!"

PerL
87 Syncro 112i