We got the diesels here in the US, too, of course, and they are the least desirable Vanagons/Westys, but they are frequent candidates for swaps to more powerful engines.
I imagine that one is every bit as slow as it looks. Still, it’s like a roving apartment, right?
My Westy has become my office and mancave during this pandemic. It’s been a godsend for keeping me out of my wife’s hair and vice versa.
I think that, at least in the US, the Diesel predates the “Wasserboxer”. The presence of a radiator and its assorted plumbing makes swapping in a different water-cooled engine a whole lot easier than it was in an aircooled Bus.
That’s like a two-story Westy. The color looks a lot like Deutsche Post yellow and from here looks in excellent condition. Too bad it’s in the Netherlands with that diesel engine, no matter where it wants to go it has to head uphill, which will take a while.
Up hill was never a VW forte especially the vans so trading up from an aircooled model wouldnt have improved your travel times much if at all,
My English immigrant mate ran his 67 VW van in the UK with a built 1630 engine usual mods carbs headers etc with barely a problem for 10 years, 3 years on the road in NZ has killed it mechanically it simply doesnt go uphill or down well for that matter but he has a plan to rebuild it dreams of a replacement long roof rarity got shattered last week when I told him I already bought it.
The guy that owns it has lots of oddballs, so he rotates which VeeDub he brings, but the beer wagon has probably made more appearances than the others.
As a COAL-minded owner of several T3s I got to agree the 1.6 D is some of the least desirable engines for that car. Well, I my eyes all the air cooled stuff was nothing better than a beetle engine, so my first T3 came in 1986 with the 1.6 TD 70 hp turbo diesel. It was absolutely reliable and autobahn proof, yes, but would not last for more than 150 k miles to show severe engine wear. The later water cooled 2.1 112 hp was quite decent, but I did not fancy the many coolant hoses and tubes in the engine compartment. Too many points to become leaky.
So what now? One of my sons is a long-times owner of a 1986 T3 crew cab pick up. After consuming at least three 1.6 TD engines we have put in a 1.9 TD from a 1992 Golf. This combination is ok: Fine fuel efficiency, acceptable top speed of about 80 mph, and the clock is already beyond 950 k mi. We are looking forward to see zero once again.
We own another T3 right now, that is equipped with the South African 2.3 E five cylinder engine “Volksie Bus”. It is an Audi engine that gives some real “Fahrvergnügen” to the T3.
We got the diesels here in the US, too, of course, and they are the least desirable Vanagons/Westys, but they are frequent candidates for swaps to more powerful engines.
I imagine that one is every bit as slow as it looks. Still, it’s like a roving apartment, right?
My Westy has become my office and mancave during this pandemic. It’s been a godsend for keeping me out of my wife’s hair and vice versa.
I think that, at least in the US, the Diesel predates the “Wasserboxer”. The presence of a radiator and its assorted plumbing makes swapping in a different water-cooled engine a whole lot easier than it was in an aircooled Bus.
That’s like a two-story Westy. The color looks a lot like Deutsche Post yellow and from here looks in excellent condition. Too bad it’s in the Netherlands with that diesel engine, no matter where it wants to go it has to head uphill, which will take a while.
Up hill was never a VW forte especially the vans so trading up from an aircooled model wouldnt have improved your travel times much if at all,
My English immigrant mate ran his 67 VW van in the UK with a built 1630 engine usual mods carbs headers etc with barely a problem for 10 years, 3 years on the road in NZ has killed it mechanically it simply doesnt go uphill or down well for that matter but he has a plan to rebuild it dreams of a replacement long roof rarity got shattered last week when I told him I already bought it.
I don’t see any graphics on that 82 promoting the brewery.
This one shows up at shows from time to time.
The guy that owns it has lots of oddballs, so he rotates which VeeDub he brings, but the beer wagon has probably made more appearances than the others.
I was more thinking of the shape and color combination. Maybe a bit too much foam on the bus…
It would make a great company car for a lemon-meringue pie factory as well.
As a COAL-minded owner of several T3s I got to agree the 1.6 D is some of the least desirable engines for that car. Well, I my eyes all the air cooled stuff was nothing better than a beetle engine, so my first T3 came in 1986 with the 1.6 TD 70 hp turbo diesel. It was absolutely reliable and autobahn proof, yes, but would not last for more than 150 k miles to show severe engine wear. The later water cooled 2.1 112 hp was quite decent, but I did not fancy the many coolant hoses and tubes in the engine compartment. Too many points to become leaky.
So what now? One of my sons is a long-times owner of a 1986 T3 crew cab pick up. After consuming at least three 1.6 TD engines we have put in a 1.9 TD from a 1992 Golf. This combination is ok: Fine fuel efficiency, acceptable top speed of about 80 mph, and the clock is already beyond 950 k mi. We are looking forward to see zero once again.
We own another T3 right now, that is equipped with the South African 2.3 E five cylinder engine “Volksie Bus”. It is an Audi engine that gives some real “Fahrvergnügen” to the T3.