

| Subject: | Re: VW drivetrains in early '80's Dodge cars |
| From: | David Marshall |
| Date: | Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:40:00 -0700 |
The Dodge Omni has a 1.7L Volkswagen Golf / Rabbit engine. I think the transmission is a A1 Series (Rabbit) four speed. They turned the engine into total crap by using a Dodge carb on it! At 05:36 PM 13/09/2000 -0700, Jason Yasment wrote: >I was reading an article in Autoweek while sitting >outside the store in my Vanagon (mandatory content) >waiting for my wife (whats new) and read an >interesting article. > >In the gas crisis of the early '80s the US Gov't >sponsored my small companies to develop alternative >powered transportation. > >Paraphrasing the article, it said the company "X" took >the K-car based pickup and removed the VW drivetrain >to install electric power. At first I thought it was >a typo, but it also mentioned it again later in the >article. > >Has anyone else heard of this? It might be another >source of junkyard parts in a pinch. > >I'll find the exact issue, and will scan it for those >interested. > > > >===== >Jason M. Yasment >'84 Westfalia >'98 Jetta TDI >List Moderator vanagon-unrestricted@egroups.com > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > -- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Iltis, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westfalia -- -- 85 VW Cabriolet, 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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