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Subject:Re: Oops, inline 4s, was invention of the WBX?
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:20:17 -0800

We'll forgive you!  :-)

Am I correct in assuming that those were all diesel motors?  I sure see a
lot of diesel Vanagons/T3s on ebay.de

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:49 AM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Oops, left out the entry for 1984 -  45,000
> already in the total though
>
> mdrillock wrote:
>
>> VW not only put inline 4 engines into Vanagons, they did so years before
>> the waterboxer even came out.
>>
>> 1981  17,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1982  60,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1983  43,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1985  46,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1986  75,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1987  45,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1988  63,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1989  70,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1990  64,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1991  16,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> 1992  11,000  inline 4  watercooled
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> yep  555,000  inline 4 engines used in German Vanagon or T3 production,
>> according to one source
>>
>>
>>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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