I was talking to a fellow the other day and mentioned I had a 4 wheel drive
VW.  Instead of being surprised, the fellow said that he knew of a man that
had one.  He said that a dealer owned it as his personal vehicle, then sold
it after getting in an accident with it.  The old fellow bought it and did
the body work and had been driving it up until when he died about a year
back.

The curious part is that the fellow swears that the old man bought it in 1982.
He is trying to find out if the family still has it.

I know that we didn't get syncros in north america until 86, but I think I
read something about syncros built in 1979?  It was in a book called "Das
Buch".  It was a kind of factory yearbook that was put out for VW factory
employees.  A german friend of mine showed it to me, but I cannot read
german. . .

Anyone know about the history of the syncro, or when they were produced in
europe?  I'm really anxious to see if the family still has it.

Thanks ahead,
Gary Thaxter

74 transporter panel
78 westy
85 kombi
86 syncroGL
maybe 82 syncro ?