I've read on these very pages by someone who has some credibility that the
lower opening isn't really necessary for the radiator.

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:44 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I find it almost impossible to imagine that someone would install a
> WBX, but not cut a hole for a lower grill.
>
> Could you imagine what the quality of the rest of the install would be
> like if they did?
>
> Or maybe the rad is on the back hatch!
>
> Hinky I say's.
>
> That image of the engine is fuzzy and just looks like it doesn't
> belong with the rest of them.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:25 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Get a load of this one on eBay:
> >
> >  <http://tinyurl.com/46thcs>
> >
> >  An 1980 with a single-grille air-cooled front but pictured with what
> >  appears to be a freshly painted 1.9l with associated plumbing. His
> >  website <http://www.freewebs.com/yeiyi/> has it listed for nearly
> >  $8000 (!) with the choice quote of "This VW is still in good original
> >  stock condition." Is that a picture of someone else's engine
> >  compartment, or did someone actually make it a watercooled without
> >  cutting an opening for the radiator?
> >  --
> >  John Bange
> >  '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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