>I want to thank everyone for their comments about my diesel vanagon find.  My
>mind was truely telling me to bolt, yet my heart longs to be behind the wheel
>of one of these bad boys.
>
>An interesting point has come up though.  A couple of folks indicated that the
>last model year for the diesel vanagon in the US was 82 and possibly 83.  The
>Bentley repair manual indicates that it is 84.
>
>What is the answer?
>
>By the way, the VIN of this particular vehicle is VW2YG0255CH010991.
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        The "C" in the VIN indicates it's an 82 NOT an 84 model...another
        reason to avoid the "1984" shitbox!

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