Hi,

It has been a long time since I was on the list as I sold my last Carat
because it was poor in the snow in the mountains of NC.   I never lost  my
attachment for the vans though and would not mind having another.

I have difficulty believing the prices of some of the Syncros I see so I
have abandoned the idea of owning one of them.    I do however  have a good
running 6 cyl VW diesel (ex. Volvo) and am toying with the idea of  powering a van
with one.    Yes it is heavy and it is  long.   It is actually a 6 cylinder
version of the VW 4 cyl diesel  fitted to Vanagons and strongly resembles the 5
cylinder fitted to Audi 5000's,  but longer of course.

I know it has been done as I saw one for sale on Ebay once but I would like
to get a feel for what it would take to adapt the engine either to an auto
tranny or a 5 speed.      I think there may be an  expensive South African
adapter but if there are other options, I would love to  hear about them.

I don't have a van at this point but I would be interested in any kind  of
project that would involve a half way decent vehicle that has a/c up  front.

Anybody?

thanks,

Steve Cotsford

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