Bud,
Is the 78 fuel injected VW bus motor a boxer also?
Thanks Linda
On 3/23/07, Bud Osbourne <abcoz@hky.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry to hear of your negative experience. However, your experience is
> NOT typical, or normal for the Vanagon. I mean, the Vanagon (like any
> other mass produced automobile) is not entirely without faults.
> I find it interesting that you loved your '72 and '77 so much, yet, the
> part that broke on your '81 is no different than what your '72 and '77
> were equipped with (if I understood your description correctly). I
> mean, all three of the model year Type 2s you owned used the same basic
> engine (VW Type 4), with the same basic fuel injection system.
> I just love my old, crusty looking '85 Vanagon. When I got it, it had
> been under the "care" of a real PUTZ, so I spent a fair amount of time,
> effort and money to get all mechanical systems back up to factory specs.
> My wife, then me, then my youngest son drove it day in, day out for 8
> years before my son's "rawhiding" of the engine, when cold (he's a
> volunteer firefighter) finally killed the engine. The thing was utterly
> dependable and a great long distance ride. VERY comfortable and stable
> on the highway.
> If I ever find the time and money (read: after I get my son through
> college), I'll plug a new water-boxer in that sucker and run it for a
> couple hundred thousand more miles.
> Trips to Import Carlisle just haven't been as much fun without my old
> Vanagon. That sucker can hold (literally) a TON of Spridget parts!
> Best memory was pulling into our (local Triumph club) vendor space with
> a complete Porsche 356B front clip in the back. Everyone was totally
> amazed by the fact that there was that kind of room in there (we brought
> a whole bunch of other stuff, to, including a Porsche 912 engine that I
> delivered on the way). Best part was that the clip was sold before I
> even got it unloaded!
> When it was time to go to St. Louis to pick up a Spridget race car, I
> was going to use the Vanagon, but ran out of time to install a trailer
> hitch (took our old Chevy p/u, instead). It would have been SO much
> more comfortable, if a good bit slower ;)
> Bud Osbourne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chuck [mailto:cciaffone@verizon.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:59 PM
> To: Bud Osbourne
> Cc: 'William McLeod'; 'Linda Grunthaner'; 'spridgets net'
> Subject: Re: 76 Midget trade on craigslist CT
>
> I jes' gotta say this: After owning and loving a '72 and a '77 VW bus,
> we
> bought an 81 Vanagon. I have NEVER HATED a vehicle more. The build
> quality wasn't. Gawd, in less than 30k miles the air flow flap on the
> injection broke.
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