Hopefully Frank Condelli can chime in on this, as there were some fresh 2.1s brought into Canada from Germany somewhere around 2010-2011, and I think Frank led, or was part of, the group that brought them in.

The VW of Canada 'factory rebuild' program was some years earlier, I understand.

James
Ottawa, ON

> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:54:17 -0600
> From: jim.felder@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Guy's got a low-mileage 2.1 engine for sale
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Someone who actually knows what they are talking about may chime in here,
> but if they are the engines I am thinking about, they were water boxer
> engines contracted for rebuild by VW in Canada and, for all the effort put
> into them, had a dependability rating about even with the guys at the
> Firestone store down the street.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Not mine, he lives too far away for me to visit.
> >
> > <http://bend.craigslist.org/pts/4868614159.html>
> >
> > What's a "Canada `Gold star' sticker engine"?
> >
> > --
> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > Bend, Ore.
> >