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• VWFest '98
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:33:42 -0500
  ...Water Cooled After 1993 Super Beetle New Beetle Super Beetle Convertible Split Windows Bus Pre 1968 Ghia Coupe & Convertible Bubble Window Bus After 1967...
• Re: Anyone ever see a vanagon boat top?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:08:14 -0600
  ...about >>> anyone repoing a boat that fit on the top of split window buses like >>> this: >>> >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page...
• Subject: philosoph.advice
  Historical mailing list - corbin blaine connell
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:30:00 -0600 (MDT)
  ...philosoph.advice Hello to all, I have a '65 split window, original paint, original interior (excpt uplstry), only a little rust (under the battery...
• Split Window Bus Education Begins
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 19 May 2003 14:49:43 -0700
  After installing a new master cylinder on this 66 Westy I took her for a little spin and made a few scheduled panic stops...
• Y R U driving a bus?
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  25 Aug 1994 16:28:36 U
  ...that if the current bus offering from VW was an updated split window, hell, I'd go buy that. I'd like to see...
• toy bus, disconnecting shift linkage for engine swap
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 15:43:47 -0700
  ...My local hobby shop (D&J Hobbies, Campbell, CA) has a big (1:18?) Solido split-window bus toy! I didn't check the...
• Re: odometer repairs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:25:41 -0700
  ...they did the speedo and clock rebuild/restore on the 50 > > Split-Window > > Bug my late father and I owned and restored. Since then...
• Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons"..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 May 2008 22:43:49 -0700
  ...kayaking, we always took Harry's bus, not the old beater split window hippie vans...And his would start at -40 f, so he...
• Re: Whats the trick??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:04:04 -0700
  ...unable to back them off the other way. > > > > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper > '83 H20 Vanagon > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: LIMBO fun!
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:37:10 -0400
  ...There were several bay windows, a thing, a bug or two, and a split window. Overall a wonderful experience which I hope to share...
• Re: Old splitty camper
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:10:12 -0600 (CST)
  On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Jacob Shaun Dustin wrote: > This is for all you split window folks--I'm looking at an old > splittie...
• Re: Need help to find leak...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:36:20 -0500
  ...Anyone ever had this or have any suggestions?? > > > > > > > > > > > > Peace, JB > > '66 Split Window Camper > > '83 H20 Vanagon > > > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:18:59 -0700
  ...0-50mph in *20* seconds! I've had 1200cc split window busses that would eat that alive! I wonder where all those batteries fit...
• Re: trailer hitches and towing
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 15:34:59 -0500
  ...I fabricated & welded together a piece that goes in the place of the front bumper on split window buses. Bolts right to the frame...
• Re: Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 95 09:39:53 PDT
  ...Mostly on split window and bradloaf busses. On splitties, the square louvered area cut out and a white plastic scoop pop-rivetted on. One...
• Re: Inline Heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Jan 95 09:59:00 gmt
  ...The result? Pretty darn good, and >prolly a bit better than the amount of air you get up an the windsheild >of a split...
• Re: Ramona Rests
  Historical mailing list - corbin blaine connell
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 16:09:05 -0600 (MDT)
  ...THE ENGINE!!!!!!!! just have a milkcrate to sit on.-a must! Corbin Connell '65 split window (replaced two generators since I've had it).
• Re: SYNCRO AUTOMATIC- POSSIBLE...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:47:50 -0700
  ...it could be > remotely possible... > Jeff > I think that is what split window volks do w/ bug trannies in buses? Tom B. either 1...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Chanin
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:25:30 -0700
  ...vans, and I would hate >to see this disapear when the split window/loaf/early brick crowd has spun >off onto another list.... > >You...
• Re: reverse running Audi transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 23:24:24 EST
  ...Any thoughts on this? >> Well, the split window Bus ran the ring gear on the opposite side of the pinion gear due to the...
• Re: Stealth Camper for sale on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 11:54:14 -0700
  ...it gives us >syncro owner wanna-be's on a budget some hope. > >Check out the boneyard of split window buses in the background...
• Re: Old Bus Review/Wannabusers
  Historical mailing list - rachel martin
  Mon, 1 Jan 1996 11:54:12 -0700 (MST)
  ...FYI, 21 split-window buses, 7-bay > window and 2-Vanagons are listed for sale all over the USA. > > I saw a few names...
• red oil light?
  Historical mailing list - Ty Takashima
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:51:14 -0500
  ...water people', top billing you know. > >Stan Wilder >83 Westfalia Air Cooled >66 Split Window Westy (bring your the money in cash) > >______________________________________________________ __________ >Sign Up...
• Re: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a Weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:56:29 -0400
  ...As an official representative of the split window population here in waterworld, I must say that the jail bars appeared on the Deluxe busses...
• Copy of: Re: VW Newbie...
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  26 Nov 96 13:35:49 EST
  ...The '67 down split window buses are cool, but parts are alot harder to find, and then there's the reduction boxes etc., which...
• Re: T2/T1/0.5?
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:22:10 -0700
  ...I am pretty positive that > no split window busses ever had CV joints. This is something that could > easily vary according to country as...
• Re: who sells good german chrome new bumpers???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:27:15 -0600
  ...It is amazing what they can do to restore old bumpers, I have spent on $ton on getting split window bumpers redone & powder coated...
• Re: GRAVEYARD FOUND!!! (was Re: Middle Seat Graveyard)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:16:10 -0600
  ...stored & when the bus/van exchanges hands, the seat does not. Split window bus middle seats can sell for $1500+ depending on the year...
• Re: '52 Barndoor update
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 09:14:21 -0500
  ...I couldn't believe my eyes! > There if front of me was a '56 panel van, five other split window buses, >three bay windows...
• F.S. Split Window Carcass
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  27 Jun 1996 18:32:27 -0800
  If only I had $500.... Driving through a new neighborhood today, I spotted a Splittie sitting in a yard next to a double-cab...
• Re: VW camping season started?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:13:12 -0400
  ...Today there were a 9 VW vans >>> camped, all spread around in different spaces, seemingly all unrelated. >>> >>> 6 Vanagons >>> 1 Bay window >>> 1 Split...
• Re: VW camping season started?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:13:52 -0400
  ...Today there were a 9 VW vans >>> camped, all spread around in different spaces, seemingly all unrelated. >>> >>> 6 Vanagons >>> 1 Bay window >>> 1 Split...
• Yes, Folks, it's Friday ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Jul 94 09:35:49 CDT
  ...many people, Cause I camp anywhere that I please. :) <chorus> My Split-Window scoots through the city, My Microbus zooms round the place, And...
• RE: Trip Report (Summer Trip - Jon Ulrig)
  Historical mailing list - debbie
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 21:25:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Am actually looking for a '66 or older -- you know split window type...anyone hears of anything, please let me know. Debbie Rogan drogan...
• Looking for Bill with '66 splittie/56 conv: Returned Mail
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:12:30 EDT
  ...write: << We live outside of Phila, I just bought a 66 split window camper yesterday. I'm also trying to to get a 56...
• Re: Darwin and the VW or " I Stuck my nose into a new van this past weekend."
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 1 May 2007 01:01:57 -0500
  ...I have become > quite fond of it, much like >my original '57 South African Split > window. The new one I checked out? Don't...
• Re: Vanagon sighting
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 9 May 1995 13:21:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Occaisionally someone in a split window bus will. Out on the highway, I seldom pass a split or Breadloaf that doesn't wave back...
• Re: Chris W's '87 Syncro trans problems
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:59:13 EDT
  Musta been napping and let one slip by here!! I have been busy over on the Split-window Type 2 list with questions about...
• Re: Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 06:47:24 -0700
  ...I have driven old split window busses my whole driving career and the diesel vanagon makes the splitties look fast. Part of it is...
• Re: My 1991 Vanagon Carat is getting a new life
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:11:01 -0400
  ...arches radiused for huge tires like they used to do to split- window buses in the bad old days. Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973...
• a newbie with some problems: hissing 2.1 L WBX and thrown belt
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Kortus
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:27:56 -0700
  ...L wbx) i had a '67 split window for about 7 years. i am thinking and hoping that this is just a hose, but...
• Seattle meet
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:22:14 -0700
  ...I'll be > on one of my VWs. > I might also be picking up a split window westie in Seattle, does anyone have > advice...
• Re: Cool Stuff (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:41:12 -0500
  ...Simple actually is a VW fanatic....he has a couple > of split window buses.. i think one of his buses was even in Hot...
• There is 1966 split window westy for sale near my place
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Tue, 4 Mar 1997 14:43:30 -0500 (EST)
  Hi Gang(s), I called the number on one of the list postings as the forsale vehicle was listed in Pittsburgh, PA. ... Alas, I...
• Insurance for multiple-Vanagon households ?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:40:46 -0500
  ...chose to buy a single-cab, a crew-cab, and a split-window or two, and have them all legally driveable, is there any...
• Re: A radical idea
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:23:05 -0600
  ...this > hare-brained scheme? Let the flames begin... > > > > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper > '83 H20 Vanagon > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 13 May 2002 11:26:16 +1200
  ...The camping interior is almost identical to the older split window >versions (Westfalia models), but with more room up front, taller pop top, >etc...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:08:39 -0800
  ...think so - Type 1 is the Beetle, Type 2 is the split window bus, > > Type 3 is the Fastback/Notchback/Squareback... > > > > On Fri, Feb...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 18:32:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...were no other way out. > This is true for Vanagon/Bus/Split Window van, not for Eurovan or > the new thing with Ford. This...
• Re: Sportsmobiles, Westy Tent Page, & Fords.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 11:37:15 -0500
  ...Sundial Campers did coversions on old split window busses, don't know if they offered a pop top though. Have seen photocopies of a...
• Re: Cold engine Idle problem
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 08:50:58 -0600
  ...me like I'm a 4 year old ;-) Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: Opinions please
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:44:13 -0600
  ...There is a company selling classic bus parts that used to feature prominently at the top of their ad a really nice looking split...
• Re: type?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:40:45 -0800
  ...A lot of bay window and split window bus owners think that their models are the only true type 2's. Well that's...
• Re: SoCal beach camping?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:33:39 -0700
  ...all but swallowed up by the > mamoths.... > > Yep, & a turkis & white split window bus further down, also sandwiched > between the ginormous RVs. > > At least...
• Re: New '91 Doka for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:48:27 -0700
  I already make/sell them for split window buses, but could easily make them for Vanagons. http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/2867850...
• Norwalk Vintage VW show...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Sun, 02 Jun 1996 21:34:51 -0400
  ...Clay Smith said he is still kicking himself, 'cause Mary missed a Split Window Westy Childs Cot at Carlisle... $20...!! said he has only...
• so a... /f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 13:47:05 -0700
  ...The bartender asks. "Which one of you drives that beautiful split-window?" "Me", says the splittie owner. The bartender serves her a beer with...
• Re: Window Seals
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 15:26:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...Never seen trim in a split window bus windshield. Bunkie -- > Join the army, travel to exotic places, meet fascinating people, and kill them. ............................................................................ : Thom...
• Re: Most Outrageous Vanagon Stealth Camping Spots?
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:26:33 -0700
  All this talk of "stealth camping adventures" brings me back to my more youthful days driving around Mexico in my green 63 split window...
• Re: Door Handle Repairs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Oct 1996 11:24:47 -0400 (AST)
  >split-window models. Apparently removal of the core involves >removal of a dowel-pin instead of a set screw. Anyone else have >any experience...