> I just got my Vanagons birth certificate from Volkswagen AG. It lists my
bus's
> production date as March 2, 1983...Now it's a water-cooled bus.
> My question is when did VW switch to the water-cooled engines stateside?

The earliest watercooled Vanagon that I am personally aware of is one
belonging to a Canadian customer of mine, which was, according to him, both
manufactured AND titled in late 1982(!!). I recall him saying that there
were some special circumstances regarding its turning up in Canada in '82;
it was specially imported from Germany by VW of Canada, or a dealer, or
something like that.

-Ron Salmon
 The Bus Depot