There were stock 1981 Diesel Vanagons, moreso in the Pickup, DOKA and Panel
Commercial model range mostly sold in Europe.  Perhaps there were Passenger
model Vanagons of that year vintage as well.  It wasn't until the 1982 model
year (starting in Aug 1981) that the Diesel was intro'd into North America.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
***********************************
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Sure, all that stuff fits.
> And 'it depends' and there are various small differences, but basically it
> all will swap over.
> As the one member mentioned...........the sliding door will not.
>
> There are no 1981 stock diesel vanagons.
> Perhaps someone made an 81 air-cooled vanagon into a diesel.
>
> Just about everything can be installed on the older body.
> The body dimensions don't really change at all in all vanagons.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Crawford, Neil
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:44 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: '90 & '81 Vanagon Parts
>
> I've got an '81 Diesel, Manual, Westy and a an opportunity for a '90, Gas,
> Auto, Vanagon.  Am wondering if anyone knows if any of the following with
> 'fit' the '81 without major modifications:
>
> Seats (any, all)
> Bumpers
> Dash
> Grill (either)
> Carpet
> Interior Panels
>
> I'm about to take measurements in both but know there are several
> dimensions
> (size, shape, fittings, loads, et cetera) that I'll never be able to nail
> down before I buy the '90 and if anyone knows, from experience, that one
> of
> these parts above (or any for that matter) will or will not work, I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> Neil
>