I was somewhat surprised to see VW rebuilds characterized as junk in some
earlier postings.  I have purchased 2 rebuilds from Volkswagen Canada and
feel that I have been well served by both.  The first was a 1600 dual port
for my recently dear departed '69 camper which was installed in 1984 and is
probably still pushing her around.   The second is in my '83.5 "workhorse"
Vanagon which has been pushing me and about 1500 lbs of tools and materials
for my trade around for the last 3 yrs with nary a complaint save an
occasional loping idle that I've become pretty accustomed to after 9 yrs and
isn't mechanical in origins, anyway.  This one is running stronger than the
original ever did in my experience.