you have 6 forward gears in your fine vanagon Roger ???

on 'floor hump'...........are you refering to the plastic ducting, which
forms a raised floor between the front seats ?
and provides an outlet right onto the rear floor .
some vans have it, some don't.
scott
newer Rolls Royce's have VW engines.......
or is it BMW engines go in Rolls, and VW engiens go in Bentleys ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon trivia

> dear all body syncro /vanagon
>
> reading the string of posts detailing the journey and creation of syncro
> and
> 2wd bodies-
> well-
> this explains why my recently imported
> 1989 type 3 california model 6 speed diesel vanagon westfalia
> has the hump in the floor at the gear shift boot
> and why my SO is always saying ... our van looks like a syncro
> she has a better eye than i for such nuances
> it looks like cause it may have been designated that first out of the box-
> why does my Studebaker's have a chevy engine ... lol ;)
> why does my jaguar have a chevy engine
> hey whats this vw engine doing in my dodge
> i did have high hopes for the rolls royce people to put the rolls engine
> in
> vanagon
> yours
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Christoph Boltze <C.Boltze@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> >What we call Vanagons were built from May 1979 till July1992, sold as
>> >1980-1992 models.
>>
>> I think we call the South African Busses Vanagons too, they were built
>> until
>> 2003.
>>
>> >Syncros were all built in Austria
>>
>> 300 syncros were made for South Africa; the rest was converted with parts
>> from 2WD to syncro afterwards.
>>
>> At the End of the production in Europe, Volkswagen made a Limited Last
>> Edition "LLE"; 2500 busses only in Tornado Red or Orlyblue metal, each
>> with
>> a number and a certificate.
>>
>> 45478 syncros were buildt. 2138 16" , 43340 14"
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
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