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I just stumbled upon this site and it has made my day! My husband and I owned a 72 Westy years ago and had such fun with it except for that darn third cylinder!!!! We are looking for another and here is a question for the family. We have two options at this point but don't have to go for either.  Both 89 Vanagons. One has a 2100 engine with alot of power. automatic. The other,  a diesel 1.6 stic…