http://subagon.com/?page_id=10

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Interesting.

A buddy of mine has a Subabbit...he put that same engine in his Rabbit. Fun little car...

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Acoupla friends swapped old Porsche air cooled 4s into their old VW busses. The donor engines came from Porsches they had personnaly wrecked. The combination was frightening and one of them ended up in the canal north of New Hope, Pa. The driver kicked the windshield out of the bus to escape. The other conversion was used as a tow vehicle for the owner's hillclimb 356 Porsche.

i used to put olds 455's in chevy pickups.ran smoother,cooler, better low end torque and better milage.

rode in a svx for many miles. great car and engine - shoudn't be wasted on a vanagon.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

The big block Caddy in 472 and 500 form was a great swap into pickups too. Great torque, better quality engine than a 454 and decent fuel economy (sort of).

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

i've seen em.but as i was more into oldsmobiles. they seemed like the better engine at the time.

"..fast, reliable and safe..."

looks to me like the driver's still sitting pretty much on top of the wheel as usual...

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

from the subagon website:I wonder how long that transmission's going to last. The website says the Subaru motor is good for 230 HP.

I'll take a Synchro Westy, please.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Me too.

I looked into that conversion when I had my camper Vanagon. I liked the Zetec conversion personally but I decided to get out while the getting was good. I think I had pulled the engine out of mine 3 times in the 3-4 months that I had it.

http://bostig.com/

This was a very familiar sight:

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I thought they were called VANARU'S

http://www.vanaru.com/

6 IN ONE .......

Those Syncro Westys are attractive but the $42k for the doka flatbed version seems to suggest that a Subagon Westy will be pretty pricey.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13