Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan

Search messages and discussions

Clear search

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 10+: 60 results shown for NOS.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

  • Re: New Vanagon wheels
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 22 May 2004 08:21:44 -0500
    ...For most vanagon owners, bling-bling amounts to painted center caps and a nose bra. Jim > >> '85 Wolfsburg Westy "Camel" >> http://www.knology.net...
  • Re: Glove box door nose-dives
    Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
    Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:57:37 -0700
    Michael Elliott wrote: > shoestrings... ...work fine. The round nylon kind in black or brown. Use a flame to melt & seal the cut ends. Geo...
  • Re: Old Popular Mechanics - Make Your Own Camper
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:55:51 -0800
    yeah, life was so much better back then ;) reading the issue gave me almost terminal nostalgia! cheers alistair On 29-Jan-10, at 7...
  • Re: That IS strange!
    Historical mailing list - william killian
    Tue, 6 Jun 1995 21:38:09 -0400 (EDT)
    On Tue, 6 Jun 1995, William Abbott wrote: > Bill Killian wants a bus-nose display case for his > living room... I gotta admit- opening...
  • old bus and beetle parts for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:44:11 -0500
    ...211 941 205A white NOS backup light switch for bus p/n 271 941 521a (still in box) NOS "Door Handle Shields" set of...
  • Re: What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Fri, 27 Oct 2000 03:01:39 -0500
    ...in my bus i have a full set of cheap-o metric sockets >>and wrenches, pliers, needle nose, cutters, large cresent wrench and large...
  • Re: westy sighting 5/19/04 Mesa, AZ
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 19 May 2004 14:57:16 -0500
    ...Huntsville, AL) Target parking lot and pulled into a slot nose to nose with another red 90 carat, the road rash and scratches were...
  • Re: Got skunked yesterday by 2.1L NoStart
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:03:33 +0000
    RnVlbCBpbiBvaWwgdGVsbHMgeW91IHRoYXQgdGhlIGVuZ2luZSBpcyBmbG9vZGluZyBhbmQgbm90 IGFkZHJlc3NpbmcgdGhhdCB0aGUgZW5naW5lIGlzIGdldHRpbmcgZGVzdHJveWVkLiBCYWQgZW5v dWdoIGFuZCBicm9rZW4gcmluZ3MsIGJlbnQgcm9kcyBhcmUgYW4gb3V0Y29tZS4gDQpBcmUgdGhl IGluamVjdG9ycyBiZWluZyBwdWxzZWQgb3IgYXJlIHRoZXkgb24gY29udGludW91c2x5PyBTaG9y dGVkIG91dHB1dCBkcml2ZXIgaXMgYSBjb21tb24gRUNVIGZhaWx1cmUuIA0KSGFzIHRoZSBmdWVs IHByZXNzdXJlIHJlZ3VsYXRvciBiZWVuIGNoZWNrZWQgZm9yIGEgZGVmZWN0aXZlIGRpYXBocmFn bT8gUHVsbCB0aGUgdmFjdXVtIGhvc2Ugb2ZmIGl0LiBBbnkgZnVlbCBpbiB0aGVyZSB0aGF0IGlz IHRoZSBmYWlsdXJlLiANCg0KRGlzYWJsZSB0aGUgaWduaXRpb24gY29pbCwgZnVlbCBwdW1wLCBy ZW1vdmUgdGhlIHNwYXJrIHBsdWdzIGFuZCBjcmFuayB0byBnZXQgdGhlIGV4Y2VzcyBmdWVsIG91 dC4gRHJhaW4gYW5kIGNoYW5nZSB0aGUgb2lsIGFzIHRoZSBjb250YW1pbmF0ZWQgb2lsIGNhbiBh bHNvIGNyZWF0ZSBhIHJpY2ggbWl4dHVyZSBwcmV2ZW50aW5nIGl0IGZyb20gc3RhcnRpbmcuIA0K UmVtb3ZlIGluamVjdG9ycywgc2hvcnQgY2VudGVyIGNvaWwgdG8gZ3JvdW5kLiBIYXZlIHNvbWUg dHVybiBlbmdpbmUgb3ZlciBhbmQgY2hlY2sgdGhhdCBpbmplY3RvcnMgYXJlIHNwcmF5aW5nIHBy b3Blcmx5IHB1bHNpbmcsIGFuZCB0aGF0IHRoZXkgdHVybiBvZmYgYW5kIGhvbGQgZnVlbC4NClB1 dCBhbGwgYmFjayB0b2dldGhlciBhbmQgdW4tcGx1ZyB0aGUgaW5qZWN0b3JzLiBDcmFuayBmb3Ig YSB3aGlsZSBhbmQgc2VlIGlmIGVuZ2luZSB0cmllcyB0byBzdGFydC4gV2hlbiByZWFsbHkgZmxv b2RlZCBpdCB3aWxsIGNsZWFyIHVwIHdpdGggbm8gZnVlbCBhZGRlZCBhbmQgaXQgbWF5IHRyeSB0 byBydW4sIGVzcGVjaWFsbHkgaWYgdGhlIG9pbCBpcyBsb2FkZWQgd2l0aCBmdWVsLiANCg0KR29v ZCBsdWNrLA0KRGVubmlzDQoNCg0KLS0tLS1PcmlnaW5hbCBNZXNzYWdlLS0tLS0NCkZyb206IFZh bmFnb24gTWFpbGluZyBMaXN0IDx2YW5hZ29uQGdlcnJ5LnZhbmFnb24uY29tPiBPbiBCZWhhbGYg T2YgT2xSaXZyUmF0DQpTZW50OiBUaHVyc2RheSwgU2VwdGVtYmVyIDEyLCAyMDI0IDEyOjIwIFBN DQpUbzogdmFuYWdvbkBHRVJSWS5WQU5BR09OLkNPTQ0KU3ViamVjdDogR290IHNrdW5rZWQgeWVz dGVyZGF5IGJ5IDIuMUwgTm9TdGFydA0KDQogICAgICAgIEZyaWVuZCBBbmR5IGhlcmUgaW4gQUJR IGhhcyBhIDIuMUwgdGhhdCB3b27igJl0IHN0YXJ0LCwgQ3JhbmtzIHdlbGwgYnV0IE5vU3RhcnQg...
  • Re: Gotta sneak this in!!!
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Tue, 22 Nov 94 9:21:07 PST
    ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
  • 86 syncro westy for sale
    Historical mailing list - .
    Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:41:49
    ...some rust in seams.small dent in nose.excellent mxl tires.ps pb and a/c etc. was told it's worth $10,000...
  • LP gas regulator
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Keeter
    Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:59:25 -0400
    Does anyone have a used or NOS Marshall Brass 260 regulator for sale? I know I can get the model that replaced it locally...
  • Used stainless for exhaust & cooling
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:43:48 +1200
    For those who want stainless exhausts but don't want to pay through both nostrils for the tube, try your local metal recycling agents...
  • Re: (NVC) But my comments on the concept Microbus...
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
    Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:24:39 -0600
    > If VW really wanted to bring back buyers by nostalgia, it could have > done the job properly. The New Beetle could have been a...
  • Re: Subject: German quality?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:44:45 -0500
    ...Also, I would not want any NOS rubber or electronic components and plastic parts are questionable too. Rubber & plastic parts age over time & so...
  • Re: netsurfnugen
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Fri, 3 Mar 1995 10:09:48 -0800 (PST)
    ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
  • Re: speedo/odo off
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:44:24 +0000
    ...I modified a small needle nose plier that has the "hook" on the end. Filed the nose of the plier so it was thin...
  • How to change your transmission mount
    Historical mailing list - Richard
    Fri, 14 Jul 95 09:58:43 EDT
    ...mount holder to frame 5 Remove all 4 nuts from front trans mount 6 Lying under the nose cone, have someone pull back on...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Feb 2004 - Special issue (#2004-163)
    Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
    Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:17:59 -0800
    Loren, Are we talking about the NOS one-piece rubber mats from VW? I bought a NOS OP mat from Bus Depot last spring...
  • Re: Rear spring question
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Fri, 17 May 2013 12:31:36 -0700
    ...2wd Diesel Vanagons have the tranny nose mounted much higher than gas Vanagons due to a different nose bracket used in diesels for this...
  • Re: FS: OEM all RUBBER vanagon/transporter/westy front floormat....
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:08:26 -0800
    ...only $340 each (plus shipping from > Germany). > > NEW or NOS? ive seen the NOS ones. like i said, after getting moved around, opened and...
  • Re: Tool Question. (re: gas tank and general wrenching)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:15:11 -0700
    On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > > Long nose pliers always come in useful for everything. > Thanks...
  • left overs for sale
    Historical mailing list - Larry Bluhm
    Tue, 18 Oct 1994 07:55:14 -0600 (MDT)
    ...Bra or noseguard(as my wife calls it) $20.00 This will fit any of the square headlight and thinner bumper models. Screen for...
  • Re: spam
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:36:17 EDT
    ...Nobel Prize Posthumously for figuring out what to do with pigs noses, tails, ears and anuses. >> spaM is bad enough but spaN too? bt
  • How to remove ...
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:07:08 -0700
    ...have a proper job done, I need to remove the spraying nosols or jets. I think, they have little legs and they keep them...
  • interesting body modded vanagon syncro camper
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:54:11 -0700
    hi list, http://tinyurl.com/gpk4z* * note how the nose of this van is altered and the van is extended about a foot in...
  • Re: Windshield Leaks
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:50:23 -0800
    ...Just cut the calk nose at the very end to have less than 1/8th thick bead, push that nose under the edge and...
  • Re: Propane Madness
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Tue, 3 May 94 15:05:03 PDT
    derekdrew@aol.com writes: > > Alright schwarze@io.nosc.mil. Where did you get the gague? What kind is it? > Does it really work? Can...
  • Re: Enging transplants, radiators on ba
    Historical mailing list - King, Robert
    29 Sep 1995 14:56:16 +1000
    > The radiator was in a channel-iron >square with heavy metal mesh as a grille, all bolted to the >bumper and nose sheet-metal...
  • Re: electrical troubleshooting
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:29:50 -0700
    ...The nostart may or maynot be related. Do you hear the fuel pump running? If not, pull the relay and use a jumper wire...
  • Re: catalytic mod
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Sat, 1 Apr 1995 21:08:27 -0800 (PST)
    ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
  • Is Westy-lust justified? Do you use your appliances? was: chuckboxes
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:10:02 EDT
    ...Being that I am still in the Westy-lust stage of ownership, (using a self- camperized-nostove-nosink-nofridge, type II), I am sowing...
  • Re: Won't Sell 91Gl
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:22:57 -0600
    ...I know there is nostalgia in the old vans, but boy, they are nothing compared to the newer Vanagons, And there is no comparison...
  • Re: PhryDai New Camper
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:24:07 -0400
    Hello VW! Ford is horning in on a needed market in the US that you should be filling! If Ford could shorten the nose...
  • Herbie's VW Hideaway
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 03 May 1996 14:36:13 -0500 (EST)
    ...HERBIE'S VW HIDEAWAY -full line of new-used-NOS parts -bugs, transporters, notchbacks, squarebacks, ghias -cars bought and sold -delivery available -serving all...
  • Re: Keeper quotes
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:50:12 -0700
    ...Entity il cikaspers spoke thus: > booyah! milk came out of my nose, man. > > bill > >> This riposte has inspired me to coin a new ChatListAcronym...
  • Re: converting to 4 wheel drive - Quaife?
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:44:49 -0800
    ...A front nose cone with the disconnector system. Check your local antique farmer and his antique tractor for engagement mechanisms for PTOs. Pensioner
  • Re: OEM : definition of acronyms + NOS
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:53:10 -0400
    I think it'd be *very* temporary, in the sense that the engine would blow in short order. ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Brobst" <TJBROBS...
  • Re: Fuel Injection Cleaner
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:14:48 -0800 (PST)
    ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
  • Re: Adapt 1.9 Coolant Reservoir to 2.1 ?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:06:23 -0700
    ...It's my understanding that the tanks I have access to are NOS original tanks. Were the factory installed tanks of decent quality? It...
  • Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Mon, 3 Apr 1995 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
  • Re: NOS Vanagon front floor mats for sale.
    Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
    Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:40:48 -0400
    ...writes: > > Volks, > > Just come a cross a lot of BRAND NEW NOS Vanagon floor mats for the > > front. > > These are cut perfect for the...
  • Re: Glove box door nose-dives
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:17:29 +0000
    ...Glove box door nose-dives >Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:54:49 -0700 > >The little strap (or straps, maybe there are two of...
  • Go Westy sale item question
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sun, 1 Jan 2017 15:20:03 -0500
    Hi folks, Windshield nosel both standard and dual are on sale. I’ve heard complaints from my drivers that mine are not working very...
  • Re: wtf? lol
    Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
    Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:18:08 +0000
    I blew Coffee out of my nose!!!!!!! > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 11:52:44 -0400 > From: JordanVw@AOL.COM > Subject: wtf? lol > To...
  • Brick Trek
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 21 Jul 94 11:13:36 -0400
    ...that the Trek could make a profit? Maybe that many flat noses doing 60mph could alter the weather, bring rain to drought-stricken parts...
  • hi thought that this might be of interest to vanagonites. hope you do not
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 21 Jun 1995 12:48:58 -0400
    ...I HAVE A NOS LH DOOR FOR BUG CONVERTIBLE. SHELL ONLY NO HARDWARE. PERFECT CONDITION. LOCATED NEAR PITTSBURGH, PA.
  • Re: VW Minivan Concept story
    Historical mailing list - Scott & Barb Stothers
    Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:23:39 -0500
    ...That's nostalgia... with the power .... Scott '91 DDoor GL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@juno.com> > Mini Van Hell ................. I want one...
  • The right tool for a clean cut?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 27 May 2011 19:49:34 -0700
    I'll be cutting the now-unused coolant hoses that used to go to the ATF cooler on the nose of my transaxle so...
  • Re: GoWesty and NLA and NOS Parts
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:50:55 -0700
    ...GoWesty and NLA and NOS Parts GoWesty has announced that they have a partnership with the "Classic Parts" division of Volkswagen Germany for Bus...
  • Re: Eberspacher B1L (NOS still in shrink wrap) for sale
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:05:37 -0400
    ...On 8/2/07, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a Eberspacher B1L (NOS still in shrink wrap) heater for...
  • Re: Bleeding the cooling system (some more)...
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:00:32 -0800
    ...Expansion cap, thermostat (80 degree), one coolant hose >that blew. > >I have bled the system according to Bentley procedure (both heaters >open, nose elevated...
  • Re: handling on pre '68
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Tue, 9 May 1995 13:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
    ...schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
  • Re: how much oil in 82 diesel
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 13 May 2002 19:31:32 -0700
    ...It raises the tranny nose quite a bit with the desired effect of > > lowering the back of the engine to clear the engine cover...
  • Re: free 1.9L motor - upstate NY
    Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
    Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:46:15 -0700
    If the extras are truly NOS (New, Old Stock), then this is a great deal for someone who can pick them up. Cheers, Jeff...
  • Re: Intake Runners 2.1L
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
    Sat, 31 Jul 2021 13:12:49 -0400
    ...holes in the intake runners (Manifold). > Anyone have runners they want to unload or any source for new, NOS or > reproductions? > > Thank you, > Dennis >
  • Re: NVC: cool restoration of dashboard
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:22:57 -0500
    ...ip-solutions.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > NVC here but applicable to our rigs anyway: > > https://imgur.com/a/CSPME/noscript > > Cheers, > Harry > -- Tom Buese
  • Re: Looking for drain valve 701070823A
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:38:49 -0500
    ...The rubber has hardened and is nos longer water > thight. Does anyone has a good used for sale? > Best regards. > Gilles Turmel >
  • Re: Re flashing over vans
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Thu, 25 Aug 94 9:27:12 PDT
    ...Anyone else? -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc...
  • Hyannis MA VW Repair Place - Any Experiences?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:33:21 -0500 (EST)
    I'm now shopping around for a restoration shop to fix my '56 beetle (after getting it's nose smooshed). In an old edition...
  • projectzwo fog light group purchase
    Historical mailing list - jim catterson
    Wed, 25 Feb 1998 05:30:00 -0800
    ...for everyone who emailed me already, i will reply w/ approx. nos. based on any other replies...... cheers jim catterson 91 syncro 93 ev...