[Vwdiesel] Dumb luck

[Tad]

2-door wagon?  Supposedly they dropped the wagon after 90.

http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/1990-to-1993-volkswagen-fox-5.htm?photo=1683488#toptab



On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com
> wrote:

>                I have had  5 or 6  VW Foxes. Some drivers some parts cars.
> All were 87's except the 90 wagon. Supposedly in 91 and 92 they was a
> little
> difference in the body style and engine management etc.  I really like the
> VW Fox 2 dr Wagon.
>
> Brian Decker
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> From: Bryan Belman [mailto:dieselwesty at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:34 AM
> To: Brian and Ruth Decker; adamo robison
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Dumb luck
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> 1990 Fox Wagon, I have never seen a new Fox then maybe a 85 or 86.
>
> When did they stop making the Fox and were dealers in US selling them
> through the 90's
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> Not that I recall ??
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> humm
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> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
> 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
> 70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
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> From: Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com>
> To: adamo robison <adamanderr at hotmail.com>
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 12:28:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Dumb luck
>
> Hi Adamo.
>
>                The VW Fox  4 speed is a tall tranny. I have one out of an
> 87 in my 1981 Dasher behind a 1.6 N/A diesel and I went across country last
> year on a 8800 mile trip at 49.5 mpg. Your 1.5 diesel rebuilt and installed
> into the VW Fox instead of the gas engine should make you a fine car. It
> should be a piece of cake engine swap. In my 1990 VW Fox wagon I have
> already installed a 5 speed tranny that was out of a Quantum that had a 1.6
> turbo diesel engine.
>
> Brian Decker
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> From: adamo robison [mailto:adamanderr at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:17 PM
> To: decker at toledotel.com
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Dumb luck
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> what trans. i just got a fox wagon myself but all i have sitting on the
> shelf is a 1980 1.5, 180k thta was running away on me at highway speeds
> after40 minutes of 60 mph top speed....think itll work the fox is a four
> speed i believe. obviously? gas engine
>
> > From: decker at toledotel.com
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:13:03 -0700
> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Dumb luck
> >
> > Sometimes a good buy turns to gold. A month or so ago I
> > bought a 1.6 Audi Turbo diesel engine and auto trans with all the
> > accessories at a country auction for 45 dollars. I now have the head off
> > and the head is perfect as are the bores. It is bored 1mm over and the
> > pistons look almost brand new. Today I had to replace a starter on my
> Dasher
> > diesel and I used the starter off the new motor so now I figure it's less
> a
> > starter but the Turbo diesel engine less the starter is now essentially
> > free and that is a good price. I plan to have it into a 90 VW Fox two
> door
> > station wagon with a 5 speed tranny in about a month. I'm going to sneak
> an
> > intercooler in and that should give me around 80 diesel horses in my 90
> Fox
> > 2dr wagon so I can tool down the highway at 50 mpg in my mini SUV.
> >
> > Brian Decker
> >
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