

| Subject: | re: 1.6L engine in 73 camper |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Nov 1995 16:31:30 -0500 |
packrich@nando.net. wrote: I have a 71 camper with the 1.6 liter type 1 engine. I have my eye on a 73 WESTY with no engine. The cross brace is not even there. Someone removed the engine and didn't keep it with the Westy. The 73 body is cream-puff and I would like to drop my engine or a like replacement into the 73. Yes, less power, slower, but at my age, this makes no difference to me. weel, 1600s were an option in 72-79 buses inEurope. The motor bolts right up to the later tranny. The problem is the cross brace and tin. I found a bus in a junkyard with the Euro kit and pulled it couse one day I might find a nice later bus with blown motor cheap. The cross brace looks like a type three. The tin you'll need to create so the engine compartement is sealed. Anyone remember the email address of the guy in the Netherlands who pulled a 1600 out of a 78 to put it in his 71. maybe he has the parts this transplant needs.
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