>On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>>  Watercooled Vanagons came out right from the start, 1980... the
>>  diesels. The wasserboxer I believe came out partway through 1983.
>
>I thought 1982 was the first year for the diesel?  Or was that just the
>first year it was imported to the U.S.?

There's an exdiesel South African one for sale in Christchurch, with
the common SA 3.0 Ford V6 conversion. It's a 1980.

The vehicle was designed for watercooling... I doubt diresels in
Germany came out AFTER they did in South Africa... in fact I doubt
they were in PRODUCTION in SA in 1980...
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut