THX0980@aol.com (THX0980@aol.com) said on the date of 8/5/00 8:15 PM

>From ' 79 1/2 to ' 83 1/2 the Vanagon came with the Type4 2.0L Air-cooled
>Eng. The 1.9L Wasserboxer started in the 83.5 model year. The original
>concept was to power the Vanagon with an air-cooled eng. Emmissions
>standards
>in the US made this impossible, thusly the conversion to H2O cooled.
>Beckett

     Perhaps, but in 82 (in the US, maybe earlier overseas) a 1.6L
diesel, water-cooled engine was available in the Vanagon.
     I hadn't heard the story about the emissions before.  If that were
true, wouldn't there be air-cooled Vanagons somewhere in the world past
83?

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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
vanagon@columbus.rr.com
99 A3 Jetta TDI
85GL with basic Westy interior
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat, 98 Kid
52 House