David,

you might be correct about the 1,6TD. Maybe they were never used in the
military.
But the 1,7D was sold quite often in standard Vanagons. Many of them are
driven by german forum members.

Most forum members own either a military van, or a "Deutsche Bundespost"
van (the Vanagon used by our mail company).
But this engine was also used in other low-spec Vanagons.
For example craftsman like carpenters, brick layers (it this a real
translation?) etc

Regards
Raimund
sorry for maybe uncorrect translation. I never had to talk about
carpenters, yet ;-)

Am 12.02.2009 22:50, David Marshall schrieb:
> From what I was told by one of my German military suppliers is that the
> 1.6L TD wasn't NATO spec due to the turbo so a 1.7D was built
> instead.  I have never seen a 1.7D in a civilian van, only the 1.6TD,
> but every military T3 I have seen is either the 50hp 1.6D or the 70hp?
> 1.7D
>
> David Marshall
> VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure
> Rider
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>
> On Thu, February 12,
> 2009 12:24, Evan Martin wrote:
>
>>>  In 87 a special
>>>
> 1.7 diesel only used in Vanagons was added to
>
>>> replace the
>>>
> very first 1.6 that was used in all the cars too.
>
>> I always had it in my head that there had been a 1.7 T3 but assumed
>>
> it was
>
>> the 1.7 T2 lodged in my memory.
>>
>> I
>>
> was thinking about it and although I don't have the brochure, I'm
> pretty
>
>> sure the petrol 1.8 I4 was introduced in South Africa in
>>
> alongside the 2.1
>
>> WBX in 1990 as an less expensive alternative
>>
> to the 2.1; the 2.6(?) I5
>
>> came
>> along in 1992 with the
>>
> discontinuation of the 2.1.
>
>> Legend always had it that
>>
> VWSA had built prototype I5 T3's long before
>
>> 1990
>> (the
>>
> I5 being common to the also locally-produced Audi 100) but could
>
> never
>
>> get the go-ahead from Wolfsburg.
>>
>>