-----Original Message-----
From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: Audi Parts in a Vanagon (Frankensteinagon?)

>At 14:05 3/3/98 +0200, Helmut Zeidler wrote:
>>>I would be very interested to hear more thoughts bout putting an audi
>>drive
>>>train in a vanagon.  The shifter mechanism would have to be fabricated
>>along
>>>with a trans mount. And uh, if the trans width is different, the drive
>>axle
>>>length would have to change.  I'm going to the junky tommorrow to pull
>>apart
>>>an audi 5000 trans and see if I can flip the diff....
>>I do have a 4+e gearbox of an AUDI 200 as spare. It wasn't gone into
>>the Vanagon with its engine, still available. Do one like to have it
>>for testing? But I guess, it's useless for our application.
>>
>>Helmut
>>'80 Vanagon, 5 Cylinder powered (I like Vanagaudi)
>
>I like to tinker with it but we are 9 time zones away from each other!  I
>am eagerly awaiting some news on this one!

David: I'm going to the junkyard today to take an audi box apart. I'll post
as soon as I know.
PSD.