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Subject:Re: 5 Cylinder conversion
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:08:25 -0700

I wasn't aware he was doing kits... for winkler... I thought it was his own
gig...

>From: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 5 Cylinder conversion
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:13:34 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/15/2003 12:04:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>buggyboy@NTLWORLD.COM writes:
>
> > Has anyone done a conversion to fit an Audi 5 cylinder engine into their
> > Transporter? if so how did you sort out bellhousing and flywheels?
>
>Winkler was selling kits for these at one time. Last I heard they were not
>available in the US new anymore. You may want to contact someone in South
>Africa
>where they made 5 cylinder Caravelles (Vanagon over there) on a production
>basis as late as last year. Detlev at Vanagon Projekt in Livermore,
>California
>was selling kits for Winkler but I do not think he has any left.
>
>BenT
><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/">Vanagon Cafe</A>

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