Scott,

that agrees with what I have seen on German sites. It might have been
an option for earlier vans, but '90 -'91 models got it standard.

I didn't know about reinforced frame rails on 14" syncros, 16"
syncros for sure got reinforcements here and there.

cheers

alistair

On 16-Sep-10, at 12:27 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

I see no one else commented..
as far as I know that tube starts after a certain year.

all the 90 and 91 syncro's I have seen have that tube over the shift
linkage.

another subtle upgrade starting around there sometime,........89 or
whatever............. is stronger frame rails.
If you look up into those oval holes on the bottom of the frame ..
their filled in ....like more metal added inside, to the beam or
frame rail there, on later model syncro's.

Scott
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