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A FRIEND IS CHASING A VW REAR ENGINE 4X4 AIRCOOLED
MANTA - February 23rd, 2011 at 04:45 PM

Does anyone know if they ever made a old 4x4 VW that has a rear aircooled engine 1960-1970?

He recons it was a Kombi but a 4x4 and aircooled.
I think he's talking about the a Syncro or a Caravelle, but he recons it was older than that.

Did they ever make a 4x4 beetle, cause he also recons he saw a 4x4 beetle in Germany?

mackaymanx - February 23rd, 2011 at 05:02 PM

the WWII Kommandur (sp) wagen was a 4x4 beetle and the prototype for the syncro was a baywindow kombi platform. VW Brazil also had 4x4 baywindow kombi prototypes of some sort.

mackaymanx - February 23rd, 2011 at 05:16 PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/VW_K%C3%A4fer_Typ82_1.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/93758913_0b26863e3d.jpg

http://colunistas.ig.com.br/flaviogomes/files/2008/07/kombi4x4.jpg

MANTA - March 11th, 2011 at 09:18 PM

So was the Syncro a rear engined aircooled 4x4?
What year was the first model brought to Australia?

mackaymanx - March 11th, 2011 at 09:59 PM

syncros were all watercooled 2.1L

pod - March 11th, 2011 at 10:04 PM

he is not thinking of the Haflinger is he?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haflinger_ (vehicle)

barls - March 11th, 2011 at 10:08 PM

or this one

Pinzgauer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinzgauer_High_Mobility_All-Terrain_Vehicle