

| Subject: | Re: Vngns ARE junk! |
| From: | jbange |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:20:36 -0800 |
At 12:26 PM 3/9/2005, you wrote: >Fact 1. >Original aircooled Engine was designed by Hans Edlinka of Tatra(former >Chechoslovakia)in 1923. Actual Facts: Hans Ledwinka was the first to come up with the 4 cylinder air cooled boxer type engine in 1926, for the Tatra T30. You're thinking of the T11, a small "people's car" with a TWO cylinder aircooled engine, which was likely an inspiration for Dr Porsche in designing the original Type 1 "Volkswagen". >Ferdinand just copied it together with car shape to be sold as Bug. If you think the T11 <http://www.tatraportal.sk/popisky/t11/t11_07.jpg> (or any Tatra car) looks like a Type 1, you're nuts. If you think the 4-cyl aircooled boxer Ledwinka designed for the T30 <http://www.tatraportal.sk/popisky/t30/t30_09.jpg> looks anything like the aircooled Type-1 engine (other than the basic layout), you're DOUBLE-nuts. >Wasserboxer engine is aircooled with coolant system "attached" If you think the wasserboxer is just a Type-1 aircooled with a water jacket instead of cooling fins, you're TRIPLE-nuts. You ARE aware of the VW 411, yes? >When VW stopped making Vanagons in 1991 they were "stone age" >held together by bandaids compared to other European and Japanese >manufacturers. The basic design of the wasserboxer was 20 years old in '91, not "stone age". It was due for retirement, but it certainly wasn't a holdover from 1923.
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