Hey, 'carpenter' isn't a dirty word - carpenters are people too!  Brick
layers, probably; mechanics, maybe... :-)

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Raimund Feussner <ray@v6bus.de> wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>

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