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  • Re: ebay item 2441355519 BUY A TENT, A BRAND NEW KIA, AND STAY IN A MOTEL!!!
    Historical mailing list - Road Trip
    Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:03:59 -0800
    ...I'm sticking to my guns: With these prices >BUY A TENT, A BRAND NEW KIA, AND STAY IN A MOTEL!!! >You will be...
  • Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:00:02 -0500
    ...accurate when i've compared it to some much higher end guns. However, i recently discovered it's not wise to use ontop of...
  • Re: Air tools for my Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
    Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:08:39 -0500
    ...a half >> horsepower compressor that I use for all my nail guns and construction. I >> was hoping to use the air tool impact wrench...
  • Re: Traction? Not very much
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:07:34 -0500
    ...My Ski Patrol job had > me arriving there at an ungodly hour to shoot the avalanche control guns on > stormy mornings, so my commute...
  • Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:25:45 -0400
    ...Maybe get one of these IR guns? Jay Markus Kruse <markus@WWAR.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 07/02/2002 02:01:31 PM...
  • Re: ADVENTUREWAGEN molds - further update
    Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
    Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:00:23 -0500
    ...Shower stalls and truck tops are often made with chopper guns. Small sailboats and race car fenders are laid up by hand. Hand lay...
  • Re: Friday - hazards to our van (LVC)
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:04:10 -0700
    ...about 2000 mph, so much faster than a bullet from most > guns, right? and, the fact that it was going through something > relatively rigid...
  • Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:13:21 -0400
    ...Central Standard Time, > >> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > >> > >> IR guns locally are expensive, so I'm hoping the Vanagon gauge will > >> suffice for now...
  • Re: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
    Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:59:52 -0500
    ...blue and white are available, but are > considerably dimmer than yellow or green. > > 12gauge flare guns for airplanes and boats. > downside, limited ammunition. > but...
  • Re: Advice for traveling to Belize
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Mon, 6 Dec 2010 16:24:40 -0800
    Lawyers, Vana-guns and money? Stephen --- On Mon, 12/6/10, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: From: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> Subject...
  • Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
    Historical mailing list - t bill
    Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:33:49 -0800
    ...wrote: > >Back in the good 'ol days we used to take guns back and forth to our > >cabin in CAnada... sounds like another world...
  • Re: speeding ticket in Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:21:04 -0800
    ...Germany - they had machine guns and it was a random road side check - no knowing German all that well, I played even more dumb...
  • Re: BearsBearsEverywhere was: Re: Tent camping in the Mammoth Lakes area
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:18:35 -0400
    ...in camp/homesites this year so far by "untrained professionals" w/ guns. > Leaving tomorrow vanagon camping & taking our bear warning/scaring device, Carl, the...
  • Re: Total loss, RIP
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:22:51 -0500
    ...Stick to your > guns. Good luck! > > Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > >
  • Re: FRYDAY-----horror stories on Surf Mex Trips
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:28:24 -0600
    ...I distracted them enough to get them to just keep on > going....just > 18 year old Mexican kids with machine guns........a little > scarey...
  • Travel problems in Mexico - Important - please read and pass on
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:40:10 EDT
    ...near the lake. -The road was blocked and bandidos with guns and machine guns threw us out of our vehicles. We were travelling with...
  • re. Subject: Is it about time for Sandblasting?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:53:58 -0700
    ...that cost $300, and at the same time, simple gravity sandblast guns that work with your compressor that can be had for, say, $25...
  • SYNCRO TRANSMISSION SEAL
    Historical mailing list - Cooper John LCDR ALCOM/J322
    Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:46:30 -0000
    ...with knowledge that this list gave me, I stuck to my guns, and one of the stores had a GL-4 oil manufactured by...
  • Re: Firearms and Inuvik?
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Wed, 10 Jul 1996 19:52:20 -0300
    ...was to Canada, handguns could NOT be brought in, but long guns > could be. I suspect that concealed carry is outright prohibited, since the...
  • Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
    Historical mailing list - William Alexander
    Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:04:51 -0400
    ...that we ban such topics completely, just like we did with > guns. There is no way to reign it in, no way it would...
  • Re: bears burgling for food?
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:17:17 -0700
    ...Yeah, REI has bear spray, let us use thumpers or pepper balls in paint guns, teach the bears to stay away from all humans...
  • Re: Tech tip #2
    Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
    Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:47:35 -0400
    ...Where I work (Penske Auto Center), we use air guns to put the lugs on, but we have "Torque Sticks." These are color-coded...
  • Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:24:29 +0000
    ...wonderfulness of Vanagon/Westy/Syncro travel.  The poor son of a guns. They keep trying with jacked up Tacomas.  They are doing the best...
  • Paint and Bumper progress (long)
    Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
    Sun, 19 Jan 1997 11:23:18 -0500
    ...Now all I gotta do is dig up my paint guns. I know this is long, but I just need to say that after...
  • Re: Foam Roller paint your Vanagon with tremclad/rustoleum
    Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
    Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:45:22 -0500
    ...All the local crafts were done by hand, such as the candle maker, blacksmith, saddle making, leather goods, wooden furniture, gunsmith and so on...
  • Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:22:31 -0700
    ...that we ban such topics completely, just like we did with > > guns. There is no way to reign it in, no way it would...
  • Re: [Syncro] Temperature.
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:25:26 -0500
    ...We have used thermal temp guns to confirm that no hose is above 180F and the block is not above 190-200F, plus my...
  • Re: i started this stupid Thing thread....
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 8 Feb 2001 20:06:36 -0600
    ...seen over > and over again (discussions about vendors, tires, bike racks, guns in > vanagons, whatever). > > i clearly stated the subject of the email. if...
  • Re: radiator fan and A/C
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:01:59 -0600
    ...Infrared guns are very helpful after you learn to use and can get consistent readings. That relay is above the fuse box. Dropping the...
  • Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:01:59 -0700
    ...the rope. > > > > > > Personally, I think I'd have stuck to my guns. There are plenty of > German > > words beginning with "Volks": > > > > Volkshaus... a name...
  • Re: Infrared thermometers
    Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
    Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:39:19 +0000
    ...I find that even the inexpensive IR guns are very useful. Agree, shiny objects don't work. Most everything in my West engine compartment...
  • Re: Insurance Frustration
    Historical mailing list - VW Vanagon
    Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:56:20 -0800
    ...INSURER, NOT THE INSURED!!! So be realistic, but stick to your guns and make your case. They'll tell you that they've done...
  • Re: Just Cause
    Historical mailing list - Phil S.
    Thu, 16 May 2002 14:45:39 -0700
    ...The MSHP now > owns more semis and SUV's > than guns and generates more revenue from this than > from speeding tickets. > > JB -never caught...
  • questions
    Historical mailing list - Animal
    Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:54:23 -0500
    ...I have always been gunshy around VW autos, being primarily air-cooled oriented and have watched too many of those auto-sticks go bellyup...
  • Re: The Looks.....(vanagon envy?)
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sat, 1 Jan 2011 00:48:32 -0600
    ...At 12/31/2010 04:34 PM, Mike wrote: >>Drunks shooting guns?.............wouldn't want to be within 20 miles of >>them! >>YMMV, >>Mike...
  • Re: OT Hurricanes--really an accident?
    Historical mailing list - Brendan Coffey
    Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:41:34 -0700
    ...By it > >>> own reasearch, it will do > >>> very little, yet it handicaps the US. > >>> > >>> gunslinger13x > >>> allways outnumbered, never outgunned > >>> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of...
  • Bus Boo Thank You!
    Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
    Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:16:06 -0400
    ...The entire campground was "dressed up" with the military encampment across the pond, booming cannons and rata-tat-tat'n guns go'n off...
  • Operating temperature? (temp gauge needle, etc)
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Sun, 4 May 2008 15:44:25 -0400
    ...are in the archives talking about the use of infrared temperature guns, I couldn't find any which list accept temperature ranges. What do...
  • Electrical Problems
    Historical mailing list - Scott Durrant
    Sun, 24 Aug 1997 13:45:56 -0600
    ...send lawyers, guns Work Phone 801.464.6205 | and money ... --------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Re: baja update
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 5 Oct 1995 00:09:32 -0500
    ...Basically, they're sleazy-looking hoodlums with guns. They usually are dressed in a Mexican version of cowboy clothes, with wrap-around sunglasses and...
  • Re: Tristar Prices (couldnt agree more.. what the market will bear it shall)
    Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
    Sat, 18 Nov 2000 00:50:05 PST
    Lets see- Supermarine Spitfire, with original Merlin, gunsight, a good spar.. lets see, rarer than a Hawker, or a D model Stang.. 1 mil...
  • AW: Camping in Maine..and RE:Trip Report
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:07:11 -0700
    ...way gave the idea that we were "hippies"...but they had guns after all...so we split. Best off anyway, cuz as we were...
  • Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:58:20 -0700
    ...that we ban such topics completely, just like we did with > > guns. There is no way to reign it in, no way it would...
  • Re: Fw: MSNBC.com Article: Tourists shun crime-hit Mexico beaches
    Historical mailing list - Bernie
    Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:28:58 -0800
    ...The wife of the Baja 1000 mechanic had here face and her children's face pushed in dirt and guns place to heads she...
  • Re: [VB] Memorial Day
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 22 May 2003 20:53:27 -0700
    ...The gunslinger accidentally shot Great Grandfather thinking it was his brother. When the shooter left the saloon he was heard to say, "Well I...
  • Over-full overflow tank..cause for alarm?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:18:02 -0700
    ...I may be 'gunshy' now or perhaps overly-concerned for no real reason but when I first got this van, I caused myself some...
  • Re: radiator fan and A/C
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:34:45 -0700
    ...Infrared guns are very helpful after you learn > to use and can get consistent readings. That relay is above the fuse box. > Dropping the...
  • Re: Foam Roller paint your Vanagon with tremclad/rustoleum
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:05:05 -0500
    ...as the candle maker, > blacksmith, saddle making, leather goods, wooden furniture, gunsmith and so > on. > Then there was the Carriage shop. When we passed...
  • Re: Oil spraying on hatch (long)
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:09:22 -0800
    ...I understand being gunshy because of the alarm (I still have this same problem, despite all the fixes mentioned on the list), but I...
  • Re: Traction? Not very much
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:18:30 -0500
    ...My Ski Patrol >> job had >> me arriving there at an ungodly hour to shoot the avalanche control >> guns on >> stormy mornings, so my commute...
  • Re: Fuel Pump
    Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
    Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:23:05 +0000
    ...send lawyers, guns Work Phone >801.464.6205 | and money ... > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman - Faculty of Medicine Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's...
  • Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:52:15 -0800
    ...that more national park campers decide to protect themselves by packing gunsalong with their sleeping bags. And who could blame them, now that it...
  • Re: Fuel Pump
    Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
    Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:23:05 +0000
    ...send lawyers, guns Work Phone >801.464.6205 | and money ... > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman Faculty of Medicine - Basic Science Memorial University of Newfoundland St...
  • Embarrassing Vanagon moments on ferries. Was Re: Victoria BC
    Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
    Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:14:20 +0000
    ...do NOT bring guns into Canada or you may well spend a > > couple of days sitting in our local jail until your case gets...
  • Re: OT Hurricanes--really an accident?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:37:13 -0700
    ...By it > > >>> own reasearch, it will do > > >>> very little, yet it handicaps the US. > > >>> > > >>> gunslinger13x > > >>> allways outnumbered, never outgunned > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > __________________________________________________ > > >> Do You Yahoo!? > > >> Tired of...
  • Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:23:21 -0700
    ...that we ban such topics completely, just like we did with > > guns. There is no way to reign it in, no way it would...
  • Baja Whales 2016 trip planning
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:24:34 -0800
    ...Please, no guns, no drugs, no generators, and no dogs. Mark and Anne Drillock North San Diego County
  • Re: Foam Roller paint your Vanagon with tremclad/rustoleum
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
    Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:01:32 EDT
    ...as the candle maker, > blacksmith, saddle making, leather goods, wooden furniture, gunsmith and so > on. > Then there was the Carriage shop. When we passed...
  • Re: roof top storage / leveling blocks .ramp / fuse block cover / 3rd battery
    Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
    Thu, 10 May 2018 18:00:29 -0700
    You make fair points, though for me, I have no interest in guns, so it's just a case to hold camp "valuables," like...
  • Re: Air tools for my Westy
    Historical mailing list - David
    Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:12:31 +0000
    ...a half > > >> horsepower compressor that I use for all my nail guns and construction. > I > > >> was hoping to use the air tool impact wrench...