Yes,

        A friend of mine did that to his Westfalia.  Interestingly, it was a aircooled van and he added the cooling system.  He ran it for many years until the body finally rusted out last year.
the engine was from his own used 85 Quantum wagon. Last we heard the motor and transmission were powering another vanagon.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 

> On Aug 26, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> It's true. A "complete" VW 1.8 + diesel parts will fit in a Westy
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> images:
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> https://goo.gl/photos/dVzDGUcq666RQi6h6
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> https://goo.gl/photos/3krNSLyocXqBauxr5
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> Neil.
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> Neil n
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> Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
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> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> 
> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
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> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>