{"id":93968,"date":"2022-12-22T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93968"},"modified":"2022-12-22T00:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T06:24:17","slug":"1989-vw-vanagon-with-a-subaru-flat-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93968","title":{"rendered":"1989 VW Vanagon with a Subaru Flat-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1989 Volkswagen Vanagon is for sale on Bring a Trailer<\/a> and located in Sol Duc Hot Springs, Washington. The van is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L Subaru flat-four paired with a three-speed automatic transaxle rebuilt by German Transaxle of America in 2014. It rides on 16-inch wheels with 205\/55 Federal Himalaya winter tires covering disc brakes in front and drum brakes in back. The van comes with a roof-mounted ARB Touring awning that expands into a tent. Issues with the Vanagon include the AC does not work and corrosion in body seams and near rear wheel openings.<\/p>\n

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This 1989 Volkswagen Vanagon is for sale on Bring a Trailer and located in Sol Duc Hot Springs, Washington. The van is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L Subaru flat-four paired with a three-speed automatic transaxle rebuilt by German Transaxle of America in 2014. It rides on 16-inch wheels with 205\/55 Federal Himalaya winter tires… Read More »1989 VW Vanagon with a Subaru Flat-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[704,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-type-2","category-vanagon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1989-VW-Vanagon-with-a-turbo-Subaru-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78470,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78470","url_meta":{"origin":93968,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: 1986 VW Vanagon with a Subaru Flat-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1986 Volkswagen Vanagon is for sale on Bring a Trailer in Denver, Colorado. 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