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Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:36 pm

Has anyone ever done this with syncro guts from a westy?

Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:46 pm

anything's possible. and pigs will fly. why not just buy a syncro golf(rabbit)?

or is that too simple a solution?

Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:53 pm

No it is a perfect solution, I just didnt know that they existed, what years were they. Also, I suspect they did not come in diesel, that would be my limiting factor, I need diesel. Thanks for your r eply....-Bird

Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:47 pm

there was never a syncro rabbit... just the golf... which was the same years as the vanagon 86-91? they were never imported to the states if that is where you are.

Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:03 am

a golf is a rabbit is a golf. there were(as far as i know) never any diesel 4X4 's made of the older models.

if you decide you could use one of these here then let me know. :wink:

Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:56 pm

why is it that the some of coolest VWs never got imported to the states?

Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:49 pm

Because VWOA SUX!

Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:47 pm

no kidding, I would kill for a diesel, or syncro, or double cab vanagen, hell I would kill for just one of those options.

Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:43 am

killing is not required. just enough $$$$'s.

Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:30 pm

I would love to get my hands on one, here is one for sale on the west coast:

http://www.fastforward.ca/vehicles/default.shtml

Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:11 am

OnlyVW wrote: no kidding, I would kill for a diesel, or syncro, or double cab vanagen, hell I would kill for just one of those options.

I don't think that British & European specification, VW Vanagon double-cab pickups, are particularly rare! VW diesels are also fairly common. Why not explore the European advertisements!?!

Regards.

Nigel A. Skeet

Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:48 pm

These can be picked up pretty cheap in Europe. Check this site: www.mobile.de Only downside to owning them is the lack of spare parts (as opposed to regular Golfs) and thirst for gas.

Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:21 pm

NASkeet wrote: OnlyVW wrote: no kidding, I would kill for a diesel, or syncro, or double cab vanagen, hell I would kill for just one of those options.

I don't think that British & European specification, VW Vanagon double-cab pickups, are particularly rare!
Nigel A. Skeet
Nope, they are not that Rare, I picked up a Doka 5 hours from home, cost $30 to bring it in.........

Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:46 pm

OnlyVW wrote: why is it that the some of coolest VWs never got imported to the states?

For some reason car companies don't thing Americans want cars with AWD, Turbos, Style, or any combination of the three.

That's why we didn't get the mk2 rallye or the ford focus rs or the evo's before evo VIII or skylines of silvias.

Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:31 pm

Quite a few people have done it. This is a new site to his old and he is changing things a bit, so just keep looking. It is a syncro VR6 Turbo, was supercharged. Very fast. I wish the old site was still up.

http://www.killerrabbit.ca/

Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:08 pm

oorwullie wrote: a golf is a rabbit is a golf.

Not quite. Only MK1 75-84 here in the states were called rabbits. When we got the MK2 car in 1985 they called them golfs and continued until the MK5 came out when they brought the "rabbit" name back.

So to a Yank if you call a MK2, MK3, or MK4 a rabbit they will wonder what you are talking about (we are a dense people :wink: )