>An earlier post in this thread said that the loafs had Type 4 engines.  This
>is correct starting in '72.  Before that they had an upright Type 1.

The upright 1.6 Beetle engine remained an option in Transporters until the
last of the GermAN Bays in 1979. Brasilian Bays retained the Beetle engine,
with no Type 4 option.

>They
>did had the IRS tranaxle

Swingaxle is IRS. IRS means independent movement of each wheel; in no way
does it infer double-jointed driveshafts.

>but retained the VW wide 5 wheels long after they
>disappeared from the Beetle.

The Brasilian Bays were stuck with the old-style pre1971 drums until at
least the middle 80s.

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