At 7:19 PM -0500 9/19/98, Martin Peitz wrote:
>Your right of course!
>Starting in 1988 the GL Vanagons became at least a foot longer and 2
>inches wider. The non-GL Vanagons stayed smaller.
>The Syncro on the other hand is even wider ( by about an inch).
>On the Syncros even the non-GL model is larger.
>Martin Peitz

Martin,
You forgot the 82-86 models that were 59" longer, as mine is. You can see
the pics on my site. They came with a 1997 2.0 crossflow engine (10 years
before they ever made the engine! Amazing!) It's a Syncro with Electric
front wheel drive!  If anyone knows of another one of these around, please
tell me, I need it for parts!

 -Otmar-
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