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• Re: How to look competent when working on your Vanagon instead of a loser with a 30 year old car
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 11:31:49 -0800
  ...I became a back yard mechanic 2 months after I get my first '74 bay window in 1976 on campsite I don't open...
• Re: !! Help Needed DC - Baltimore Area, '81 AC Westy Won't Start !!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:51:55 -0500
  ...Just 2 miles away.I think an engine from a vw411 will fit.There is a 78 bay window westy in the hawkins point...
• Re: Golf hubcaps on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:54:56 -0400
  <snip> And come to think of it if this e-bay bus is a Wolfsburg shouldn't it have alloy wheels? <snip> I have...
• Re: vanagons are rare....on the east coast
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:14:49 -0400
  ...Vanagon and, as a bonus stumbled on an "unannounced" Bay Window. Both Vanny & Bay were pretty well picked over, but I managed to scarf...
• Re: 1.9 WBX VS 2.0 AC (long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:44:06 -0500
  ...The Vanagon is heavier than a bay window bus, the Westfalia even more so. 2. Westfalia has a larger frontal area. 3. Euro-spec...
• Vanagons for sale in the SF Bay area (correction)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:23:12 -0700
  ...1990 dark blue, 33k miles, Automatic, Power steering, A/C, Power windows & door locks, CC, Radio/Casette 1989 charcoal, 53k miles, Standard, Power steering...
• Re: Vanagons in California...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:13:01 -0800
  Aw heck, Mrs Squirrel and drove my 71 Bay window up to Laguna Beach (CA) and spent New Years Eve (also our anniversary) at...
• Re: WTB: Right (passenger) door window glass for 87' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:31:09 -0500
  ...live in the San Francisco Bay Area (California). > > Any thoughts on where I can find a passenger window that will fit an > '87 Vanagon...
• Surf Trip Update
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 17:43:58 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We shot the poop (pull!) for a while, and then I told him where I'd found a rusted out bay window that was...
• Re: Brazil new buses. was Re: Buying a VW and picking it up at the factory in Germany:
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:58:36 +1300
  ...these Bays had the 50s small tailgate (with big window added), hinged 60s-type cargobay doors and 60s-type small side-windows; they also...
• Re: How many Vanagons were sold in Russia?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:47:33 +1300
  ...To me they look a lot like the bay window busses. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/38874331@N00/3820640965/ Urk... looks like a Split...
• Installing 3rd seatbelt/lapbelt in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:42:04 -0600
  ...wasn't sure if the bay window bus and the vanagon belts are similar enough. If the bay belt will work on the rear...
• Subject: factory window screens?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:23:46 -0400
  ...I have a set on my 1980 ASI and love them, I'd prefer to have Jalousie windows from an early bay in my...
• Crew Cab Part Numbers?
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:28:40 -0500
  Hello, I a looking for information on obtaining the part number for the sliding window assembly for a crew cab. I have a parts...
• 83.5 gas tank removal
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:27:11 -0400
  ...Any info about this problem? Thanks, Skip 71 bay window 83.5 westy
• Re: rear view mirrors - samba thread
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:05:15 -0700
  I guess you missed the bay window long stalk mirror, which was my main reason for posting link It, in your words, "looks factory...
• Re: 85' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:25:53 -0800
  ...68 Was the first year of the world fanous and elusive Bay Window Bus. > > Stan > > On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 16:35:21 -0800...
• Re: rear view mirrors - samba thread
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:59:42 -0400
  ...rear view mirrors - samba thread I guess you missed the bay window long stalk mirror, which was my main reason for posting link It...
• Access to rearlid/washer fluid pump 85 'gonGL
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr / Leo Girard
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:36:04 -0500
  My rear window sprayer has ceased functioning after a small ding near just next to the nozzle. The pump does not cycle, the front...
• Re: Vanagon Count - Ventura/Santa Barbara
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:03:08 -0700
  All up the coast from Ventura through Santa Barbara, CA is chock full of Breadloaf/Bay Windows, Vanagons, Westies, Eurobagos (EVC) and even the...
• Re: Secret $15 steel wheel source- Fit 1977 bay windows?
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:36:39 -0800
  Does anyone know if these will fit a 77 Baywindow Westy? Thanks, Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> Date: Friday, January...
• Gas Tank Reseal Kit
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 1 Mar 2012 03:09:53 +0000
  ...There are at least 2 Vanagons out there and several Bay window buses that I fixed a bunch of stuff on then sold. This...
• Re: Little Miss Sunshine
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:56:41 -0500
  ...a > screwed up family and their roadtrip in a VW bus > (bay window). Its > funny. Go rent it. Not "holum family comedy", but > funny...
• Re: Craiglsit 77 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:50:27 -0600
  ...2008-01-02, 6:37AM CST > > > 1977 VW Volkswagen Transporter Van- Type 2 Bay Window, 2.0 L., original > interior, extra clean, no rust...
• wanted a decent split window
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:43:40 GMT
  I'd like to buy a running and reasonably rust-free split window. Of course, I'd like a 23-window delux, but who...
• Fibre glass bus bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  20 Oct 94 17:21
  ...Marcus asked for the address of the guy who makes the fibre glass bumpers for splits and bay windows in England. Here goes: P...
• Re: brake fl leak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 06 Feb 96 13:18 CST
  ...The > <snip> Ron and other bay window folk: RMMW (Bus Stop) 1995 catalog lists a brake fluid reservoir for '68-'72 buses at $28...
• 82 diesel westy for trade
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 14:26:18 -0500 (EST)
  I am interested in trading my 82 diesel westy for an air cooled bay window or vanagon. My van has less than 10,000...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 1 May 2003 06:40:15 +0000
  ...Wed, 30 Apr 2003 23:23:31 -0400 > >Are vanagons as prone to catching on fire as the earlier bay window >buses? > >- Shawn _________________________________________________________________ Add...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question (oops)
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:04:08 -0800
  ...if anybody wants the same thing for the older bay window buses, lemme > know ... i've got it but didn't figure to waste...
• Christmas story?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:27:01 -0500
  ...Especially timely as I was given some window decorations that include Santa driving a red, mostly bay window with splitty style cooling vents. I...
• Re: MatchBox bus.
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 17:27:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...Though the silver might have been a bay window... bill killian On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Ed. wrote: > A recent string has reminded me...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Letter of resignation
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:32:26 +0000
  ...You know the annoying rear brake clips/springs on Vanagons? Those started back in the Bay window days, but were dropped on later Bays...
• Re: Just wondering
  Historical mailing list - simon glen
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:52:55 +1000
  ...Even the little slotted aperture at the base of the front doors on later T2 (bay-windows) and all T3 (Caravelles, Vanagons, etc) takes...
• Fwd: Modern Japanese Vans with Retro Faux Split / Bay Window Looking Front Facades
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:36:03 -0700
  ...I recall seeing some modern Japanese vans with retro faux split / bay > window > > looking front facades. I'm assuming these are kits, does anyone...
• have a tent, need a bus
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 11:00:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...am I correct in thinking this will fit all buses, split and bay window? what about a vanagon? just wondering. Ok, off to surf...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 16 May 2001 11:20:55 -0600
  ...That details several engine swaps for the bay window bus. There are a ton of engine swap possibilities but the Corvair and 914 engines...
• 23 window breadloaf triplecab westy?
  Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:19:19 -0800
  ...At first it appeared to be a bay-window style doublecab, which would have been cool enough on its own, but something seemed unusual...
• Going, Gone, Crushed But!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:13:18 -0600
  ...parts cheap I also have a good middle seat out of bay window FREE Thanks, Steve Blackham Centerville, Utah I'm not by my...
• Re: road trip to georgia..
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:23:14 -0800
  ...There are two bay window Westys and an orange diesel Vanagon I see all the time in Sioux Falls. There is also a shop...
• Re: Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 19:19:11 +1200
  ...it? > >What do you think when you see a bay-window or a split-window bus with a cut >dash to fit that new...
• Re: Engine conversions and such...
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:16:01 -0500
  (x) Right !! I wasn't even getting close to Split Windows, or Baywindows, which are very collectable. I was talking about mechaniclly taxed, rust...
• Re: Of course a vanagon is a bus!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:42:11 -0600
  on 2/3/06 4:10 PM, bueses at bueses@EARTHLINK.NET wrote: > The split & bay window vw vintage bus nazis would say that...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 1 May 2003 09:57:06 -0700
  ...Thu, 1 May 2003 12:22:05 -0400 Hi Shawn, Bay Window buses are realistically no more prone to catching on fire than any...
• Re: Of course a vanagon is a bus!
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:13:23 -0700
  ...Of course a vanagon is a bus! > The split & bay window vw vintage bus nazis would say that vanagons & > eurovans are not buses anymore...
• colour change?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:51:15 -0700
  ...Anyone done a good body colour change on their van? By good I mean door sills, window frames, engine bay, etc. More trouble than...
• Vanagon vs Element..from digest mode..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:21:48 -0700
  ...She is a former multiple Westie owner, she had a couple the last being a nice bay window. She is a widely traveled and...
• More about Brazilian buses
  Historical mailing list
  6 Sep 94 13:23
  ...It's a '78 bus, it has Bay window front cab doors and front panel, with the VW logo pressed into the front panel...
• My attempts at spotting type IIs in Costa Rica.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 20:55:11 +0100
  ...Spotted A Bay window westie right off. In addition, I saw five other bay windows, in varying degrees of performance. By that I mean...
• Re: Preaching to the Choir
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 08:44:38 -0700
  ...BZ-never owned a Bay Window
• Re: Better than stickers /f
  Historical mailing list - M. Grant
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:26:55 +0000 (GMT)
  ...at dawn, this is a dual carb to the death (groan) ;) Bay windows forever.... (Sorry, couldn't help myself) cheers Marcus '70 bus __ Marcus...
• my van is famous!
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 14:20:33 -0700
  ...This pic was from two years ago, I drove my bay window that year but I did drive the vanagon last year. If anyone...
• Re: PHRYDAYE Rambling...
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 19:43:15 -0700
  ...I went from a 63 to a 71 because I wanted to hang my arm out the rolled down window. I just got tired...
• Non pop top bay Westy questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Apr 95 20:34:39 EDT
  Something I saw today has me wondering, now I know Westy did fairly common non pop top versions of bay window Buses, certainly till...
• Westy sold, sanity returns
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:20:02 -0700
  ...Jim C Mexico 71 Bay Window (The Bing) 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss) 87 Morgan 44 sloop (The Green Flash)
• Re: Who makes the straight-up pop-top?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:19:33 EST
  ...Only a few Vanagons were converted.>> I restored a 69 Bay Window Riviera. The quality was good but not great, particularly in the area...
• 25 cent manual
  Historical mailing list - yale jay lubkin
  Sat, 14 Sep 1996 09:26:59 -0400 (EDT)
  ...By the way if anyone has a bay window bently with colored foldout diagrams that they would like to sell please let me know...
• Westy year-to-year changes?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 16:05:05 GMT
  I'm looking into acquiring a Westy from the bay window era. I have lots of info about the changes to the transporter itself...
• Re: Utilities
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:22:37 -0800
  Never owned a GL camper, but had a couple bay window Westies and have my Carat (no pop, but adding the side cabinets) -- I...
• Re: Tach needed, anyone able to help, and trip report
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 18 Aug 2024 11:24:28 -0700
  ...bay windows out on the roads. >> The largest number in Canada. >> >> We traveled in a group of 4 including 3 vanagons and 1 bay...