Oh john, it says 2.1 'six cycle."

Obviously the poster doesn't' know what they are talking about or it's a
typo.
There is NO 6 cylinder opposed ari cooled vw engine.
The closest to that is the Porsche opposed OHC six, and Porsche themselves
put them into a vanagon for a Dakar chase and support vehicle.

There is an Otmar 6 cylinder waterboxer type engine. 
And they have been in vanagons I believe. 

There is just SO MUCH 'urban myths' and bull in the vw world it is hard to
deal with sometimes.

Hey ! ......I've got this really, really rare vanagon for you

It has a very rare DOHC inline 6 turbo diesel engine , a 1.6 four taken to 6
cylinders and made DOCH ......, and it's not the VW  truck engine like that
that one  shows up in 240 Volvo's either . and it's got twin turbos too !
Very rare factory prototype.
And I don't want even that much for it. Has twin intercoolers on the roof
too. 
You should get it from me. 
They only made 6 of them, honest. 
Rare factory prototype. 
Showroom condition too, only 14,000 original miles. 
Rare Porsche 'Guards Red' paint, alloy wheels, and sun roof. Rare 6 speed.
AC  and PS. Very rare factory build-in rest room. 
Original factory build sheet, matching numbers. This is one you don't want
to miss.  AWD too. 

Scott
www.turbovans.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Bange
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: AC Controls

>> 1990 was the first year of the dash-mounted a/c controls.
>> i know 1988 had overhead controls cause i had one. and likewise for 1990
and
>> 1991.
>> but the 1989 brochure shows it still overhead, so i'm guessing that's
right
>> ... haven't physically touched one so i can't prove they didn't just
reuse
>> the photos. :)
>
> I had the feeling I hadn't seen an 89 with dash controls. If the
> brochure shows it that way AND my gut says it, it's probably true.

Looks like there may have been a mid year change over or picture
re-use. Found an 89 on thesamba that has AC controls on the dash. Oh
well.

I did, however, find this interesting 89 for sale:
<http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=598296>
It has the exceptionally rare air-cooled 2.1 six-cycle engine!
aren't the six cycles something like
intake-compression-combustion-exhaust-depression-acceptance?

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"

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