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poptop components for sale (skylight, upper bed, hardware, etc)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 May 1999 18:26:16 EDT
i just sold the pop up roof and canvas off my '84 parts westy to a kid who forgot he had his top popped...
Re: OFF TOPIC! Re: XM and Sirius announce merger
Historical mailing list - jon
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:55:42 -0800
:-) I think there were more posts complaining about the thread than actual posts in the thread. Will people ever get a clue? ;) I, too...
Porscheagon on samba
Historical mailing list
Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:01:24 EDT
Porsche 911 powered vanagon... interesting.. not mine.. go for it http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=207034
Re: Ultimate tool box?
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:39:25 -0700
Keith Adams wrote: > (Porsche 911 is my other obsesssion, however, I have been > assured that if I get a Porsche before my wife-to...
OT Porsche turbocharger
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 22:23:40 -0700
Sorry about the off topic post. There must be some porsche people out there, I have a new turbocharger for a Porsche 934 / 935...
Re: Power mirrors
Historical mailing list
Sat, 31 May 2003 18:41:58 EDT
...but who cares? i put power mirrors on my 84 and never even hooked them up. they look cool, and you can adjust the...
Power Steering Used as Manual Steering
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:29:17 -0700
...Will I damage any part of the power steering rack by using it as a manual system? Does the power steering fluid provide necessary...
Re: Toilet (Porta Potty)
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 3 Apr 2004 09:26:06 -0700
...Toilet (Porta Potty) > Bobs vivid :) description of using a portable chemiclal toilet answers > it all. One exception: It is not necessary to pay and...
Re: More New Info RE: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:01:11 -0800
The fuel pump is NOT supposed to have power just because the key is on. The ECU tells the fuel pump when to run...
Power Window problem
Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:20:28 -0600
My driver side power window control has been slowly failing, and today it died. Previously, I would just have to slam the door and...
Re: 251mph Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:17:15 -0500
...80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> >Reply-To: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: 251mph Vanagon >Date: Fri...
RE: Duplicate postings - me or you?
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Thu, 28 Sep 1995 09:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
>I see dulpicate postings several times a day - mostly together, but >sometimes separated by several other postings. Is this something any of you >are...
Re: For Sale - Birmingham News
Historical mailing list
Sat, 8 Mar 1997 02:31:01 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-03-07 16:48:22 EST, Ken.Polk@worldnet.att.net (Ken Polk) writes: << VW VANAGON '90 Westafalia. 56K...
Re: Toilet (Porta Potty)
Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
Fri, 2 Apr 2004 22:53:08 -0800
Bobs vivid :) description of using a portable chemiclal toilet answers it all. One exception: It is not necessary to pay and use the RV...
Re: Pop-Top canvas job....
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:31:48 -0800
I missed the original post. sorry. Here is my post on how to R&R the pop-top canvas: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - Pop Top "secured open position"?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:04:28 -0700
...Pop Top Coming Down Some people that have trouble getting the pop top all the way up use a stick to prop it part...
Re: free junk
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:07:35 -0700
here are the photos http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356/pump2.jpg http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356/pump1.jpg email for more details. Matthew Pollard...
Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:04:44 -0400
...I could not find the throttle position switches. No wiring leading to them either. This van was built in October 1985; is it possible...
Re: Zits Comic does it again
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:08:23 -0600
They did ;-) Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily...
Porta Pottie?
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:23:07 -0700
Boggles the mind..A full size Port-a-Potty inside your van... Thetford makes several "hassock" style portable toilets. Camping World sells em (search...
Re: Trailer light wiring
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:56:25 -0400
...One is non-powered which uses the current available in the existing light wires to run the trailer lights. The other is "Powered" which...
Converting a '79 to a pop-top
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Tue, 25 Jul 95 17:31:19 PDT
...I used to stick skis and poles in the cavity into which the sunroof would have retracted on snow trips. The pop top on...
Re: Oops Re: Less expensive brand
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:36:12 -0400
That big brute of a router, and all other Porter-Cable tools, are made by Black and Decker. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: David Beierl...
HOWTO: Installing aftermarket power door locks in an '85 vanagon westfalia
Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:25:28 -0700
...I just finished putting in my power locks on my '84 (thanks autodax.com) in the front and will be wiring my sliding door...
Re: Thule cargo box -- on pop-top or hitch?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:43:01 -0400
...cons of each? Our concern with > mounting on the pop-top is the possible inability to raise the pop-top > with the cargo box...
Re: Re- corrections on capa
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
29 Jan 1997 12:43:29 -0800
...1/29/97 Ken Lewis wrote: "The polarity should not matter with a tantalum capacitor. By definition they are un-polarized. Only with regular...
Re: Sloppy timing?
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:56:00 -0800
Well, the lower end was just rebuilt by the Bug Shop, so I guess that leaves distributor? Can cheap/poor points cause it? On...
Re: Porta-Potti Help, Suggestions
Historical mailing list
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:27:53 -0700
At 8:51 AM 9/3/96, John Brown wrote: >I'm thinking of buying a porta-potti for the old westy! I was...
Re: Pesky Oil Leak
Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:15:55 -0600
I thought oil was from dead, pressurized dinosaurs, not Poodles. So we're now using Poodles as a BioFuel? I'm not so sure...
Re: losing power and some thin smoke
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:13:08 -0400
Rob, Check the idle position sensor. With the engine off listen for a "click" as someone moves the gas pedal from its resting position...
converting a vanagon hardtop into a poptop, adding a poptop to your van
Historical mailing list
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:43:06 EST
...http://homepage.mac.com/mwsnow/PhotoAlbum5.html fyi, i have some poptop sections for sale.. ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol...
Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:49:42 EST
In a message dated 2/14/2002 11:55:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM writes: > Has anyone popped a Porsche...
Re: RV Toilet
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 17:02:53 EDT
...Having dumped both kinds of potties, I'd say one's about as messy as the other, but the porta-potti's maybe a...
Re: VW porn no more
Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:50:47 -0400
...The posting of pornography, or links to pornographic sites will not be tolerated for any reason. I'll be sure to update the list...
Re: Posts not going through.
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 6 May 2021 07:36:43 -0700
I got all your posts (I think) - is this the most recent of your post? *"Funny how a clutch job can evolve to an...
Jetta -> Eurovan = Jetta FS
Historical mailing list - David Maguiness
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:38:29 -0500
...It's white with a 5-speed and has been gently driven for 24,000 miles, and has: * Power moonroof with sunshade * Power steering...
FS: vanagon poptop roof, add to any van, make your hardtop van into a poptop
Historical mailing list
Mon, 28 May 2001 11:39:38 EDT
...complete vanagon camper poptop section. this is the entire poptop section, all hardware, and upper bunk. will mount to any hardtop vanagon. make your...
Re: Double Double Post Posts??
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:21:42 -0700
Only single posts for me. On 6/20/06 4:07 PM, "bueses" <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > on 6/20/06 5:54 PM...
NVC: LATE POSTINGS
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:13:55 -0700
Has anyone else been receiving older postings? For the past couple of days I've received postings dribbled in two to four days old...
Re: deal or no deal
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:41:29 -0400
For what it's worth that first bus is a safari conversion, which was basically a poor mans adventurewagen, it had a high top...
Re: '91 Westfalia for Sale, Hammond, IN..... SCAM..
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:24:13 -0400
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote: > Scam test: Email the seller and ask to see...
speaking of POLO
Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:46:42 -0800
>I can't wait for them to try to stop people using >GOLF, POLO or BEETLE > speaking of Polo. A few months ago, Ralph...
Re: Dumb fuel tank question (archive clues)
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:21:14 EST
There are at least 4 posts. I have always posted with the FrankGRUN@AOL.com address since before the list was young. "Auxiliary" and...
Re: poo powder and related
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:37:28 -0500
A while back Iasked if anyone had used "Poo Powder" or any related products for waste disposal while camping. I have now tried the...
FS: Power Window/Lock Kit, Jumpseat, Bentley.....
Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:03:19 EDT
Hello everyone:-) I have some goodies that that I know someone is just aching to buy! First off is a complete Power Lock and...
Re: Poor Man's Awning
Historical mailing list - James Ruch
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:03:32 PDT
...I have a 20' x 30' tarp which I hold up with five poles... four corners and one center pole. You can get a...
Re: Need Battery help
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:40:09 -0700
...the slots are for the top posts to pass through while they are pointed forward and the side posts are up.... also cut out...
Re: Can a Westy Pop Top be TOO WIDE for a passenger Vanagon??
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sat, 5 Oct 2002 07:45:42 EDT
...At least on the Westy poptop, don't know about the Joker since I haven't seen it's poptop one in person. The...
FS: Vanagon power mirrors
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:00:15 -0500
Since I can't seem to sell my Syncro, I'll sell some power mirrors instead! These are the factory power/heated mirrors, in...
Map pocket on the passenger door -- Now what?
Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:35:12 -0700
...Yes, the map pocket is now in the way -- which probably explains why there *was* no map pocket on that door in the first...
Re: gasoline politics
Historical mailing list
Sun, 19 Nov 1995 19:06:17 -0800 (PST)
And Claralw@aol.com thus wrote: > > >I won't bother commenting on the rest of your post, I don't want to > >get removed...
Re: New radio= dead battery?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:22:46 -0400
On 5/30/2012 11:36 PM, David Beierl wrote: > Some people want to use the key-in switch to power the radio, but...
Re: Speaking of vanity plates (and eatin' possum)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 9 Nov 1995 10:34:24 -0500
>On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:38:11 -0600 Mark McCulley said: >>I used to have an Eat More Possum license plate on the...
Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:30:31 +1200
It was sold as the VW/Porsche 914, never as a VW. It was a Porsche design using VW power (except for the 914...
Re: For those of you who want to 'tow' a boat with yer van...
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:36:06 -0400
Robert's post actually had some Vanagon content. For, if you go to this page in the porta-bote site, http://porta-bote.com...
Re: Ever wonder how many posts yo have made?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 20:49:27 EDT
In a message dated 9/6/02 5:40:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes: << This is my 748th post since...
Re: Urathane bushings?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 6 May 2012 13:44:07 -0700
...They tend to use a > > metal sleeve that is greased and turns against the poly. The poly > > wears very quickly in this application as...
Re: pop top heads up
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:22:46 -0800
...pop top heads up > > Neil posted a query on the samba about adjusting "the lay" of the pop top a > few days ago, and...
Re: Praises for the Porta-potti, was: Winter Camping
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:44:24 -0500
Ours came with the van from the PO. She bought the van New in Luxembourg, with USA papers/equipment. Van has been over the...
(fwd) VW '90 Westfalia 78K mi $12500/Firm Austin, TX For sale. (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
Wed, 22 May 1996 11:55:16 -0500 (CDT)
...Air conditioning Cassette deck Power windows Cruise control Automatic transmission Description: One owner Multivan. Pop top, but no stove, sink or refrigerator. Factory alloy...