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• roof rack for earlier van, er bus
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:41:07 -0800
  ...It's a Yakima I think, sorta looks like a cage for your roof, attatches with gutter clips and wing nuts. Doesn't fit...
• Re: Insurance Hall of Fame (nvc)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 22 May 2003 15:48:44 -0400
  ...chain-saw job, and there is an impact > point on the wing. Yeah, I saw the whole story posted on another mailing list, but...
• Re: Billy Bones at 100 - dumbest thing I've ever done
  Historical mailing list - "Phil Zimmerman "
  Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:29:05 -0500
  ...you are my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Naugh... Bett Midler already sang that and anyway, she don't have balls but...
• Re: Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 May 2015 08:48:43 -0700
  ...I'm genuine wingnut VW repairman. Now that GW has solved the foil problem, it's time for them to commission new cluster bodies...
• Re: wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Sun, 14 Oct 2018 09:55:39 -0500
  ...dbeierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Chris Camacho at uniwerksdesign.com has a wing you can slip over a plain > wiper arm. > > https://uniwerksdesign.com/
• Re: FS: Stationary Front Door Quarter Windows
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:54:41 -0700
  ...These replace the wing windows and do not open. Found on 'L' model vans (often referred to as Non-GL). These came from my...
• Re: empirical data on heating a bus
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 09:32:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >Glancing through the my 1964 owners handbook, the section on heating >says that by opening a cab side window or a vent wing the...
• I need 2 Vanagon vent wings(trade or reasonable)
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 05:24:41 -0400
  Looking for left and right vanagon vent windows with frames..........minor rust Ok, solid frames necessary. Is this the holy grail? Every van I...
• Re: Fuel Saver ?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:52 -0500
  fwiw, i know those little winglets do smooth the airflow over the rear window considerably. the mitsu evo8 something-or-other gained some downforce...
• WTB: Used Front door molding from late vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:18:48 -0400
  ...My distributor lists the one above it (parallel to the vent wing edge) but not the one on the verticle section. I'd love...
• Re: Space Shuttle- longish
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >of course, ALL of you realize that the Space Shuttle is nothing but a >sunroof-VW-bus-with-wings-and-a-bigass-rocket-stuck...
• Re: Smelly Heat
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Haskins
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 09:16:51 -0500 (EST)
  ...Any suggestions would help me out a lot! thanks, kyle "Wake up, your wings have been tied too long" ---Rusted Root--- -------------------------------------------------------------------- khaskins@indiana.edu...
• Re: A Westy "Utility" question
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 May 2003 10:04:41 -0400
  ...When I travel down the freeway I can see this cover soar up in the > wind like a wing. Is there anyway to fix...
• Re: New Absurdity -$75,000 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:27:55 -0500
  I have to come out of the wings here and say ha ha ha. This is funny. This is thigh slapping funny. Either their...
• Re: lock yer doors without keys?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:28:40 -0700
  ...Easy to get to when you need it (undo the wingnut, pull the bolt out, down drops the key), and it won't fall...
• Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:11:49 -0700
  ...indeed it actually worked...The wing on the 928 rear hatch was just such a beastie...not a wing for downforce, but a spoiler...
• [NVC] - Looking for old radio navigation gear from old airplanes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 14 May 2010 00:06:18 -0500
  ...Of particular interest is the old radio compass stuff that used flux gates mounted out in the wings. If anyone knows of this stuff...
• Re: Pools of fuel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 13:41:01 -0700 (PDT)
  > fuel lines and tighten with a wing nut. When I emptied the tank recently to > remove it I used one of these clamps as...
• vent window adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:54:34 EST
  Hey all, Tell me, does the Vanagon have an adjustment for the vent wing? Mine is an '81 if that matters. The problem is...
• Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:54:45 -0600
  ...Pacific Daylight Time, jklun@GJ.NET > writes: > > << If a plane needs wings, then wouldn't a 1957-1959 Cadillac have made it in > the...
• Re: Big brake and rear disc brakes for 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:52:00 -0400
  ...Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of WILLIAM WINGET > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 4:21 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - dbeierl
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:58:57 -0400
  ...Now I just have to see if I can justify spending $45 on > a wiper arm with a wing. Especially after Jim said he...
• Re: Wanted: Engine cleaning tips
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:13:25 -0700
  ...It is wide enough that I can flip up the hatch cover and the wings of the plastic sheet still protect the side panels...
• Re: Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 12:38:15 -0400
  ...thick rubber > washers for mounting the fiberglass luggage rack to > the roof, roll pins for the latch mechanism on the > wing windows, various stainless...
• Re: water under sink
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:10:13 -0400
  Look at the little wing nut at the bottom of the P-trap under the sink. They rust and begin to leak. GoWesty! has...
• Re: I'M IN, YEA!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Brune
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:03:13 -0800
  ...Kenny Rogers in Troy, Michigan near Detroit Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers. Forget the Lions. 85 westie. --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your...
• Re: Friday bird AKICIV (All Knowledge is Contained in Vandom)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:38 -0500
  Winter goldfinch is something I thought of, but David did not mention wing bars, which goldfinch definitely has and junco definitely does not. Goldfich...
• Re: rear 3 point belts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:07:33 -0900
  ...Dan Winget <william.winget@VERIZON.NET> Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:53 am Subject: rear 3 point belts To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: toothpaste
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:24:40 -0400
  ...because it's too hot. �A cat bird landed on my wing mirror, �then hopped/flew on to the cab top, and every other...
• Re: wing window leak
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:14:48 -0400
  I think it might also be due to the rubber door gasket/seal not being in good shape. Mine is in bad shape at...
• Re: TIICO
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:00:34 -0700
  ...Rennie VolksDragon@earthlink.net Peyton Cramer VW Dan Winget wrote: > > Hello tic owners > > What oil filter are you using? The # on the filter is...
• Re: Sealing propane tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:20:25 -0600
  ...Any better ideas? >> > > I like Teflon tape on any tapered thread fittings myself, but the tradesmen I > know who spend their days winging together...
• Re: Trans whine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:37:18 -0700
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dan Winget Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 9:24 AM To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 23:14:34 EST
  ...These had rear-facing "jump seats", but lacked front armrests, rear ceiling ventilation, carpeting, and the wing windows don't open. Regards, Jim Davis
• Re: age of listees?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:21:28 EST
  ...if i was in a '07 WRX STi, lowered, with a huge rear wing and BOV screaming, now that would have gotten their attention...
• Re: Larger tire front storage was fixing the missing posts
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 5 Jan 2020 17:29:42 -0800
  Eric, I alleviated the “floating tire” syndrome by adding a carriage bolt through the center and a large wingnut on top. Others have used...
• Re: Smoke break to Julian
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Apr 1996 22:21:00 -0300 (ADT)
  ...We settled on having his front vent wing open a bit, and the fresh air duct on full and aimed right at it. The...
• Oil plug stripped, fix needed
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 11:57:30 -0700
  ...there was a wing nut device lolding a rubber stoper in place. It fell out with a gentle wiggle. My heart alomost stopped. What...
• Re: Wing mirror question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:25:14 EDT
  In a message dated 8/5/08 2:15:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, paul.clarke@IQEA.COM writes: > Hi All > Sorted! I hadn...
• Re: Buses/vanagons FS in Connecticut/Northeast
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 18:50:29 -0300
  ...windows, with canvas sunroof, exc throughout, > ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ > > Must be counting the vent wings. ;-) > I thought that in late '66 and/or '67 VW produced a...
• Re: fresh water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
  Sun, 25 May 2003 13:48:42 -0400
  ...Scott K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <william.winget@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 8:12 PM Subject...
• Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:10:21 -0500
  ...global warming." > > I can't imagine defacing my van with right wing bumper stickers in the > interests of not being hassled. Ick. > > > > On Mon...
• Re: Space Shuttle- longish
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:29:20 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the Space Shuttle is nothing but a > > sunroof-VW-bus-with-wings-and-a-bigass-rocket-stuck-on-its-rump. :) > > > > Well, the old lunar...
• Re: Vent Windows
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:51:50 -0700
  Somewhere I read that it is possible to get locks for the wing vents. Does anybody know where? Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Fleming...
• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:33:48 -0500
  ...I think it did about 140 mph on a little VW engine. > It was a little machine with a cantilever wing (no wing struts...
• Summer Comfort Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:11:16 -0700
  ...the perennial question on maintaining the viability of the celebrated wind wing window feature so it can actually be opened and won't fold...
• Re: Wierd '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:41:48 EST
  ...No armrests, no paded dash (like you saw), non-opening wing windows, no rear ceiling air vents, rubber floor matt - no carpet, etc. Regards...
• Buying A Vanagon - End of Search
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:31:59 -0700
  ...There was no time to haul this one off for diagnostics as other suitors were lurking in the wings so I broke all the...
• Re: Need vent window
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:33:51 -0400
  ...The wing windows are the same. I know because I've >done it in reverse! Cost me $15 (actualy cost my friend as I...
• Re: VW MicroBus Concept
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:36:18 -0700
  ...in mind that the replacement for the Eurovan is in the wings, and it may be a little bigger. Of course, as with all...
• Wing Window Rivet for the top pivot point.
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:04:08 -0800
  Is there a special tool for putting this rivet on? My frames are back in, the lower pivot point seems rocks hard, you know...
• Re: Seattle secrets and an oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:55:16 -0800
  ...just know where it is!); surprisingly good prices to replace my wing mirror and seat belts (uh, yeah, I forgot to mention that "other...
• Re: Wing mirror question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:09:27 +0100
  Hi We have a mirror problem which is driving me crazy. Our van is LHD (import from USA) and so the passenger side mirror...
• Wiring Harness Plug Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:14:07 -0700
  ...I found useful, was to push the wire in so the wings were easier to compress. A while back I had tried the proper...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:01:15 -0800
  ...with a plastic one> You want an "Old Work" which > uses wings to mount instead of screws in to the "plaster" ears. -- Neil n...
• FREE bay window doors in WV
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:21:15 -0400
  ...These have minor edge rust, and are complete, windows, winders, vent wings, no handles, pulls, or door panels (already given away.) In WV, you...
• Re: parts for sale!!! (f) must see!!! LOL
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 23:41:37 -0800
  ...parts for sale!!! (f) must see!!! LOL folks, theres a good deal on a set of vent wing windows FS on ebay now.. ;<) sometimes...
• Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:30 -0800
  ...you put the wing frames in first, and > then the roll ups, or the roll ups and then the wing.. and then there's...
• Re: cool headrest cushions (and more)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 01:28:41 EST
  ...notice the seats have stitching on the wings also..another euro only thing.. chris
• Re: [VANAGON] Re: �berpanzer :-)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:51:07 -0700
  dear fellow vanagoners that is interesting the armoured products of VW the antitheses of the tank blasting the bulli next time those right wingers...