Check this hot rod vanagon out

Smelly_Cat · « **on:** December 20, 2007, 07:02:54 AM »

1982 VW Vanagon - with 8v GTI gas engine conversion - $4000 - $4000
Reply to: sale-498299709@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-12-04, 9:45AM EST

http://chattanooga.craigslist.org/car/498299709.html

el guapo · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2007, 10:32:49 AM »

nice looking ride

Russ · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2007, 01:17:15 PM »

Was diesel, and converted to gas? Yuck

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #3 on:** December 26, 2007, 03:16:36 PM »

Other than Kiles Turbo diesel and other mods, you haven't lived until you have driven a original Vanagon diesel. Those things would not get out of their own way. They ran good but you were lucky if you could get them over 55 mph. Its pretty bad when you are running down the road wide open and a worn out 36 hp Bug comes sailing past you. Just forget about going up a long grade in 4th gear or even 3rd or even 2nd around here:lol:

Russ · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2007, 01:06:02 AM »

Slow doesn't bother me as much. I drove the diesel Jetta for a while and I prefer the better MPG. I'm sure a diesel Vanagon would be slower but not by much.

« **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2007, 07:14:12 AM »

My son owned a 78' Camper diesel and one time he was driving down the road and couldn't get it to go over 45 mph. Then he realized he didn't latch the top and it had popped up acting like a big wind dam :lol:

Zen · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2007, 07:25:12 AM »

Quote from: "Russ"

I'm sure a diesel Vanagon would be slower but not by much.

Wasn't the Vanagon diesel engine the same engine they put in the diesel Rabbit? . . . Homer is slow. I can handle slow. But I don't think I'd like driving a stock diesel Vanagon unless the ground was flat and I had a tail wind. :wink:

Roadkill · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2007, 01:12:17 PM »

This van is about 2 miles from my house and after driving by it for about a month i finally stoped and looked at it. It is a nice van overall but not worth the $4000 he wants for it. The owner said he did the engine swap out because it was to slow for him and his wife when they did trips over to the Carolinas to relatives house and other trips for fun. I might give him about $2500 to $3000 but that is stretching it.

Smelly_Cat · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2007, 01:15:25 PM »

How does a gas gti engine fit on a diesel transmission?

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2007, 03:53:22 PM »

S.C,They use nuts and bolts.
Zen, It is the same engine as the Rabbit with a different oil pan and oil pump.
Joe, Just think, If he had the top tied down ,he could have gotten up to maybe 52 mph.
Russ, Your diesel Jetta would feel like a Hemi-'Cuda .
As far as M.P.G. My customer never got over about 20-22 under the best conditions due to having to drive in 2nd and 3rd all the time to get up the hills around here. Sometimes it got less when it got windy or she had more than one person on board. She made pottery and you can just imagine slow the Van got when she loaded it down with that stuff and try to drive to a show. It finally "blew up" after 28,000 miles . She offered to me cheap but I didn't want to ruin my reputation :lol: :lol:

Smelly_Cat · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2007, 06:08:30 PM »

buggytech, would the diesal gears be all wrong for a gas engine?. SC

Anthony · « **Reply #11 on:** January 01, 2008, 11:18:28 AM »

Quote from: "Gehackt"

My son owned a 78' Camper diesel

a '78 diesel??? :-s

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #12 on:** January 01, 2008, 11:55:30 AM »

Hmmmm, A 78 Diesel. That would be kind of rare.

Joe, Are you sure about that ? I belive the Vanagon was the first to use the diesel ,at least in the U.S.A. as far as I know. Do you know something we don't know about ?

Russ · « **Reply #13 on:** January 01, 2008, 02:43:01 PM »

Quote from: "Anthony"

Quote from: "Gehackt"
My son owned a 78' Camper diesel

a '78 diesel??? :-s

I thought he said 78 foot diesel. Where you place the apostrophe makes a big difference!

« **Reply #14 on:** January 01, 2008, 03:54:10 PM »

I thought it was a 78, don't claim to know it all! Ok, It was Blue and a diesel. How's that :shock:

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