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euromut
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Was there ever a factory Vanagon Crew Cab Diesel?  I have never even heard of one, all crew cabs seem to be gas  |
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Ragman
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Location: Denver
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| That is a tough question, especially since Vanagon Crew Cabs were never sold in the United States....right? |
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euromut
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No, But from what I know you could buy Crews new in Canada, and I am right on the border 
I am just curious if there was ever one built for a foregn market (one of the major ones, not like the Greenland only pot ash powered Thing or someting) |
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jeremysmithatshawdotca
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| Yes there were diesel crews. There was an orange one for sale on here a few months ago, in ontario. Jeremy |
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crukab
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Yes there was , Turbo Diesel would be "Da Balls "
Check out Fastfoward .com, they have them once in a while too.
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euromut
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Location: Buffalo NY
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| Were they ever intended for the north american market? Or are all the examples here imported? |
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60vwnewengland
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That's crazy. must be slow as hell.
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Kombi
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Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Does it exist? |
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| euromut wrote: |
| Was there ever a factory Vanagon Crew Cab Diesel? I have never even heard of one, all crew cabs seem to be gas |
Yep even Syncro crew cab diesels...
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Stanagon
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Nothing like seeing one in the flesh.
[img]https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/114310.jpg
The green one on the right is a diesel that I believe was originally from Canada. These two were both at the VW Transporterfest, a show I put on here in the Boston area at the Brookline Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation. The 19th annual edition is already scheduled for Sept. 26th, 2004. It's a great location and we typically get about 75-80 buses.
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Stanagon
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jeremysmithatshawdotca
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Hi Stan, these things are tricky, you need to click on the pic to get all the way to the page with just the image, and no description, then use that address. It took me a month to figure that out  Jeremy
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Kombi
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| euromut wrote: |
| Were they ever intended for the north american market? Or are all the examples here imported? |
Most or imports from elsewhere, but diesel crew cabs were sold in Canada, I've heard they weren't sold in the US.
The green one in Stanogons/Jeremy's pics looks to be ex German army... Canadian forces use the Iltis, but as far as I know never a vanagon.
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Hella Bro
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My first Vanagon Double-Cab was a Blue 83 Diesel. It was from Germany and was used at some brewery. Somehow ended up in Santa Cruz.
I liked it alot but didn't know much about diesels. I ended up putting a GTI
motor in. I was sorry I did that, I should have just left it stock. I sold it eventually it just sat in my driveway. |
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crukab
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Is the tan Crewcab from Gregs Vw in Natick Ma. ??
I've seen pics of Vanagon crews & singles in military paint, green or tan, I'm always looking for Vanagon crew/ sinlge cab info....
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I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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Stanagon
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Yes the tan crewcab is Greg Malaney's (Greg's repair in Natick, MA). Last I heard it was for sale and he was looking to get 10k. It's a really nice truck!
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crukab
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That Crew was the insperation for me to get one, after seeing his @ the N.H. show. 
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I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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