In a message dated 98-05-04 12:45:18 EDT, shea@GTSDESIGN.COM writes:

<< Just to add to the confusion... here in SLC there was an ad this
 weekend for an '80 5-speed vanagon.  I called the guy; he has two
 vanagons, '80 and '82, both have 5-speeds, and he claims they're
 "pretty much like sedan 5-speeds"... that's how he described it. >>

some '81-'82 diesels were true 5 speeds.   if it's a 5 speed, its a diesel.