Which Bay Window?

shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 15 Dec 2006, 10:47 am

#557865

I expect to be having a tree change soon (I can't afford a sea change) and I will need a work vehicle of sorts, as I will need to carry all sorts of stuff when I get there.

Which year model of the bay window Kombis has the 2 litre engine and which has the strongest gearbox (I think that's the 6 rib)?

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4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Dec 2006, 10:56 am

#557870

76 was the first of the 2L engine & 6 Rib box

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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Dec 2006, 2:09 pm

#557926

yep, so 76 til 79, but by now many earlier ones have probably been converted anyway.

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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 15 Dec 2006, 2:46 pm

#557932

Thank you gentlemen.

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 15 Dec 2006, 3:02 pm

#557934

single cab 2 ltr .
My furniture shop req a delivery van , i bought a 77 microbus couldnt fit much furniture in her but she drove everyday 100kms plus no probs got a splitty ute best design if your haulling bulky stuff..

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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 15 Dec 2006, 3:16 pm

#557941

My '75 Double Cab has (original) 2 litre and 6-rib box. VW were famous for running changes in the middle of model years, so it may be '76 and later for Kombis, 75 and later for pickups...

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Peter Hill
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2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 15 Dec 2006, 3:17 pm

#557942

2L engine came out somewhere in '75, but was still run through the 002 (5-rib) gearbox until about February 1976.

If ya want to haul a lot of weight up a few hills then a 2L with a 002 box would be ideal as the 2L has a lot more low-down torque, and the 002 gearbox is geared lower than the 091 (6-rib) gearbox.

The trade off is of course that you will get slightly higher fuel consumption with the 002....

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