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> In this country '86 was the first year but I talked to Forest at German
> Transaxle and he told me a story of a couple that had an '82 diesel syncro

I hope you mean this as a joke, because it is impossible. There were no
Syncro Busses in 82 (no production output anyway).

If you just want to start a "tale telling contest", say so, and I will
participate (82 Vanagons were still the shorter kind, right?).

Martin Peitz