>>Anyway, it is my understanding that the first VW engines (the original
>>Beetle Engines during the war) were in fact already existing aircraft
>>engines converted for the Beetle.
>
>Nope. It was an original VW design. No German aircraft used boxer
>engines, to my knowledge.

Yep you are correct Andrew. Just got done reading "The Battle for the
Beetle". The boxer-4 was Porsche's pet design and he used it over and over
until he got it "just right" and applied it in the Beetle. Seems like I
remember reading that some of his early prototypes (not necessarily the
Beetle project) even tried radial engines... Good book!

Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
Cookeville, Tennessee

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'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) - Dharma
'65 Beetle - Type IV powered
'99 CR-V AWD station wagon
1972 Hodaka Wombat 125cc moto-chickle
2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion
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