Denny Akers, a Seattle independent Porsche mechanic (now retired) converted
both a type 2  and Vanagon.  He put a 930 2.7 turbo into his Vanagon "shop"
car, which may still be around.  John Walker is another Seattle Independent
Porsche mechanic who has also done a couple of busses.

I'll bet Daryl knows a lot about these guys, and John Walker's shop is just
down the street, so I'll check up on him!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Beierl
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: An Early Vanagon Ad

At 08:39 PM 3/7/2013, Ben T wrote:
>Google or Bing "VW T3 B32" or simply . :-)

I read an article long ago from one of the car magazines, showing a
Porsche-owned Vanagon they'd put one of their big engines in.  IIRC the
article said they used it to take engineers around to conferences at obscene
speeds.  My recollection was that this was a one-off, and from the '79 or
'80 model year.  Confirm?  Deny?  Same or different beast?

I'm pretty sure I read this on line rather than on paper.  The one I read on
paper was the April issue of R&T or Motor Trends that did a full
side-by-side road test of three vehicles:  A Kenworth semi-tractor, a
Vanagon, and a...wait for it...Hop Rod.  I've never owned a KW tractor, but
a younger brother got a Hop Rod for his birthday long ago.  That thing could
break your leg.  So at the time I read the article it was the only one of
the three I was actually familiar with.

I'd love to see that article again.  I imagine it would have been April '80
or '81 maybe.

Yrs,
d