i have seen 1981 diesels.
jimt
On Thursday, Oct 31, 2002, at 08:10 US/Pacific, David Brodbeck wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>> Watercooled Vanagons came out right from the start, 1980... the
>> diesels. The wasserboxer I believe came out partway through 1983.
>
> I thought 1982 was the first year for the diesel?  Or was that just the
> first year it was imported to the U.S.?
>
>              _ _
>   __ _ _   _| | |  | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE)              Ypsilanti,
> MI
>  / _` | | | | | |
> +-----------------------------------------------------
> | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org
>  \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Only the government would call one half cup a
>  |___/             reasonable serving of ice cream." -- Consumer
> Reports
>