Ever wonder what's up with our snail chaser Andrew G. in New Zealand. When I
first read his postings related to outlandish powerplants for his Vanagon
(RVC), my assumption was he was some young whippersnapper. I figured he must
have gotten bitten by the Bus Bug (no pun intended) recently. Well, I was
very wrong.

I was in the process of cataloging some old VW & Porsche magazines today and
happen to read the letters to the editor. This was in Volume 22, No 1,
January 1991-February 1991. On page 12 there was a letter that read:

<<SIX CHANGE
It's good to see that Type 4 engines are finally starting to receive
attention as a bigger, but more expensive alternative to the Type 1 engine.
However, there is another option which I've only seen a couple of times in VW
literature and that is the Veedub's close cousin. the Porsche six. I plan on
doing a 911 engine/trans swap into my 75 bus, which, as standard, is a
twin-carb 1800. The engine alone won't be enough and I want decently high
gearing.

I'm sure there are quite a few "volks" out there who would like to do a 911
repower on their Buses, so how about doing a tech article? Preferably engine
and trans, with details also on how to fit a 911 engine to the bus trans, for
those who don't want taller gearing. This could be a whole new trend!

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand >>

It's nice to know that the Vanagon List did not infect Andrew with his
outlandish power mad ideas. He was infected all along. I for one know now
that he's been a bus whacko for more than a decade. Careful what you write
out there.

BTW, it's interesting to note that the response from VW & Porsche is quite
similar to how most people see Subaru conversions.

BenT
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