Yes amazing story, gotta give the guy credit, but why did he stick with the 1600 engine?  In 1975 VW had the 2 l engine.  I wonder where those prototypes are now. 

 

Stuart

 

From: Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com> 
Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 6:42 PM
To: stuartmacm@gmail.com
Cc: Vanagon List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Subject: Re: Type 2 Syncro prototype

 

Great article! Thanks, Stuart.

 

 

-MB

 

On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 6:02 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com <mailto:stuartmacm@gmail.com> > wrote:

Fun read:
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