Bill,

The gearbox was added to the spec line some years back when some of the original factory michofiche was sent to THE COMMITTEE as proof. The gentleman who provided the microfiche was up in the northeast somewhere, his name escapes me at this point. I corresponded with him some years back to verify this fact. He made several attempts to email and fax me the proof, but it never came through clear. I never found a copy of the correct microfiche for sale anywhere. I do trust the the folks who added it to the spec line some years back only added it because they were convinced by the microfiche that the gentleman had sent them, but I know you dont exactly have faith in the powers that be. As far the 84 1.7, I have seen many of them, My car is not one, but I have seen more 84 1.7s than I have seen 84 1.8s. In 83 and 84 the only 1.8s were wolfburg models all the others were the 1.7. I guess we can argue about this stuff all day.


Derek