The deisel vanagon is dangerously slow. My experience was a short
ride-20-30 miles only... but during that ride in the southern CA mtns, we
were flipped-off repeatedly and had stuff thrown at us, and passed with
ridiculous frequency on blind corners.  My 50 yr old wife passed us on a 5%
uphill, on her bicycle.  Other drivers were convinced that we were
purposely blocking them. This was in a well maintained deisel Westie with 4
adults aboard.

   You can swap in a gas VW motor cheaply and exceed the performance and
economy of a regular Wbx powered van...The 5sp transmission is very good.

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 7:25 AM Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, List.
>
> My son is selling his daily driver 76 Beetle and looking to upgrade to a
> Vanagon.  He does not care about going fast or A/C.
>
> What is your advice regarding a 1.6 NA diesel passenger Vanagon?  I found
> o e such clean example in Mew Jersey:
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2268363
>
> Chris in Atlanta.
>
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