Yes it was an early one, only had 91 K on the clock. Timing belt let go, and
got it all block. head and all. The owner said he would not spend a dime
fixing it, Him and his wife both hated it with a passion. (diesels had a lot
of stigma in the U.S. at that time) Said you could outrun it on foot for the
first 1/4 mile. He lived in Arkansas and said he would end up in first gear
going up almost any hill, (notice I did not say mountain). Any way its still
in the family (my Son) got 300 K on it now and they still go every summer.
We use it for a test mule a lot, head lights, LED, interior roof mounted
window unit AC, in the luggage area above the driver, cold air hose attached
to the screen flap when parked. Us Louisiana boys gots to have dat AC!

Howard

>What's really amazing is that within 4 years new it already had an engine
>transplant .
> Must have been one of the earliest transplants out there .