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• Re: How are carpets formed ?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:08:32 -0800
  ...How are carpets formed ? Carpets are formed by growing them in a suitable culture medium on three-dimensional forms, called "scaffolds," which have been...
• Carlisle car show
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:01:21 -0500
  ...We're sort of "on the way" for anyone who's coming I-78 from NJ, so if anyone wants to caraVanagon (or loaf...
• Re: Carpet shopping recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 18:37:43 -0500
  ...Give me the feel of having shown up at a Vanagon > convention! > > Ok, any good recommendation for a new grey carpet for my '87...
• Re: diesel Vanagon vs. MB, Volvo, other diesel VW
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:56:01 -0500
  Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > The Benz diesel cars are great , all those 80's era ones. Problem > is, they mostly all...
• Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:09:15 -0700
  ...The only thing in that car that needed repairs was the > body of the car: japanese cars of that era have more paint than...
• Re: legitimate scam warning (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:28:56 -0600
  I recently had to get a card reissued because the 3 digit code was no longer readable. That was when I found out that...
• Re: carpeting advise
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:23:39 -0700
  ...robert shawn feller <carboncow@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: carpeting advise > surefine was really great to deal with, good communication...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Carat for sale -
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:06:01 -0400
  ...Dennis dennis...all carats came standard with alloy wheels in the USA. ..that was part of the Carat package...as with the grey velour...
• Re: vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:47:19 -0700
  ...vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!! Klik and Klack(or is it Fric and Frac?), the Tapet Brothers are just...
• Paint and other care questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 8 Apr 2021 13:53:53 -0400
  ...Any tips on how to buff back a car is appreciated. I need to be careful as When I did this as a young...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:33:44 -0800
  ...Keeping stock wasserboxer gearbox.� Do I need the '82 carrier bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this project...
• Re: Car back carrier
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:01:18 -0700
  Robert Fisher wrote: > Anybody ever use such a thing? > > > > http://www.lakelandgear.com/car_back_carrier.aspx > > > > The reviews I've been able to...
• Re: Worst cars??
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:58:10 -0800
  ...tim "Carrington, Tom" wrote: > > Of course I have to disagree with what's on the bottom. > > http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Worst-Cars/worst...
• As the fleet turns... VW hail and farewell!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 23:38:09 -0500
  For those of you who COULD care less... I need to adjust/update what I call my full V-List signature... as follows: -- Stephen...
• Re: New carpets and curtains anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 May 2015 02:14:27 -0400
  ...Yeah, factory molded carpets are the best. I’ve been getting all the for sale ads from the Samba, but no brown carpets yet...
• Re: Cash For Clunkers
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:54:22 -0400
  > A few are real beaters but most are in decent condition, many equal or better than 1/3 of the cars on the road...
• Re: Carying 4x8' sheets of plywood
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:37:29 -0500
  ...A tip: - it's much easier to do if you just carry 1/4" plywood sheets! Marshall Ruskin >Anyone ever carry 4x8 sheets of...
• Re: Carpets, and maybe a sale?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:00:46 -0400
  ...I've got what was > salvageable from the old GL, the back, center & right floor mats! > Cant even use the cargo mat since it...
• Re: Ethics & CarFax
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:25:22 -0400
  Ah yes, the old day when everything was better! Do people really lose sleep over thinking about car fax ethics? This is the most...
• Rivets in my carb?!?
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Hendrickson
  Sun, 30 Jul 95 21:51:08 PDT
  ...Doesn't look stock :-) Both carbs have the hole, but only the carb that works has the rivet. What gives? Is there supposed to...
• Re: I've had it...Ed's finished with me.
  Historical mailing list - Odyssey Stickers
  Sat, 13 Mar 1999 09:47:46 +0000
  Check under the hood, I remember reading in Car and driver, Saturn uses Nissan Engines in their cars, So is it still an American...
• Re: VW car names ...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:06:37 -0600
  If they are so into winds for names of cars, they should have given at least one vehicle the name of the wind that...
• Re: Five Year Dream Car Pick
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Nolan
  Mon, 3 Oct 1994 11:40:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Range Rover or a Hummer New Car: Mercedes Benz S-class (500 SEC specifically) New sports car: Porsche Carrera RS America Preowned picks: preowned...
• Smart Car Opinions
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 4 May 2012 18:38:50 +0100
  First, the name is annoying: "Smart" car. Does that mean that anyone who does drive one is automatically "smart" and anyone who doesn't...
• Re: carfax: Can someone check this 91 carat for sale on ebay ?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:11:25 EDT
  ...Can someone check this 91 carat for sale > > on ebay ? > > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > >Its for sale at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws...
• Re: Roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:22:42 -0500
  Best shop tool I've seen was a shopping cart with the basket removed and a Harley Davidson motorcycle seat mounted on the base...
• replacing all carpet - what else...
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:14:41 -0600
  ...should i do while the carpet is up and before the new, custom carpet kit is glued down? sewfine is doing the job for...
• was Inline 4 trans...Now, displaced...whatever..No van content..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 May 2007 16:55:54 -0700
  ...a frigging carb was built? Do any cars even still use carburetors? And NASCAR tries to keep the "Murikan Made stock car racing" thing...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:04:45 -0700
  My son uses Mobil1 15W50 and on;y Walmrt carries it. I use Lucas Hot Rod & Classic 20W50 (High Zinc) https://lucasoil.com/products...
• Re: New carpets and curtains anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 May 2015 02:20:46 -0400
  the sewfine carpet kits remind me of stuff from jc whitney. ive seen them in person.. not impressed. their seatcovers are worse. of course...
• Re: Car model names
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:11:12 EST
  Stupid a name sounding "Le Car" may be. But that name finally got Americans buying a car which they seemed to refuse to buy...
• 1989 Vanagon Carat/Wolfsburg for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shanley
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:10:55 -0500
  To anyone interested, I'm selling my 1989 Vanagon Carat/Wolfsburg. Please see: http://www.coresponsor.com/vanagon/carat.html for details and lots...
• In need of a carfax report, NVC
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:29:27 -0400
  If anyone has access to carfax at this time I would appreciate a report on a car I am contemplating buying for my wife...
• Re: FS, Carat/Audi wheels with new tires
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 09:10:24 EST
  In a message dated 2/2/04 6:16:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, vwgary@COMCAST.NET writes: > Currently has mint 14" Carat/Audi...
• Anyone have a CarFax account available?
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Tue, 18 May 2004 03:23:12 -0500
  ...I would like to get a CarFax report on a Vanagon I'm looking at. If someone is willing to run one for me...
• Anyone have a Carfax account
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:15:50 -0700
  ...See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html
• NVC: I want a sports car
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:42:37 -0600
  I want VW to build a new sports car. I loved the Scirocco and Corrado. I don't want a rebadged Chrysler. I want...
• Re: GL not Carat
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:22:58 -0700
  Now if we could get the six other ads (last time I looked) on the Autotrader and Cars.com that show Syncro Carat vans...
• Re: What Makes a Carat a Carat ??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:27 +1200
  >On 3/25/06, Sam P <samhp@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I have been reading with interest the discussion of the " >>Carat/GL " offered for...
• semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:17:17 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if you can carry a canoe on its side when travelling? I'd like to be able to carry a canoe...
• Converting plain vanagon to Carat specs
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:04:06 -0400
  I have been looking for a Vanagon Carat for some time but have now found a nice plain Vanagon model. What is the feasability...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars5)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 29 May 2004 02:45:35 -0400
  <Snip> > AHIP! REAL sports cars don't have roll up windows or built in hard tops. > <snip> > > Does this mean that the big Healeys...
• Fw: Fryedaye/NVC- The $46,616.47 Oil Change and Size-22 Carbon Footprint
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:03:32 -0700
  ...http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/the-46644-oil-c.html Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Fisher To: gerry Sent: Thursday, July...
• Re: Friday: What's the perfect second car for Vanagon owners?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:26:35 -0700
  Since my other car is a diesel Westy, my vote for the perfect third car is a one ton pickup. When I need to...
• Re: 1986 2.1L carburated 5 speed vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:17:32 -0800
  --- Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote: > Looks like they've got a heat exchanger to provide preheated intake air for the carb...
• Re: Caravelle?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:30:22 -0500 (EST)
  A Caravelle is the model name for the T3 and T4 passenger vans sold by VW in Europe. There are at least two Caravelle...
• Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - ~David~M-
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:40:07 -0500
  The cars they picked were obviously picked from an American perspective. How they included the VW bus, one of the most successful designs of...
• Re: GL not Carat
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:36:57 -0700
  ...a Carat, but he insists that it is. > > A visitor to TheSamba.com has replied to your ad for: >> 1991 Vanagon Carat Price: 7900...
• Re: Extra storage?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 6 Jun 2015 23:05:24 -0400
  ...Options seem to be a > rooftop carrier, motorcycle trailer or hitch mount cargo carrier like this: > > > http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/53-1...
• Re: Converting EFI to Carberator(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:25:12 -0600
  ...A carburetor is simple. It can be taken to > bits with simple tools and without specialist equipment. > The worst car-buying mistake I ever...
• Re: RRe: The best awning
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:50:12 -0700
  ...Carefree of Colorado awnings I may be the one that suggested that the 'crank out' awnings from Carefree of Colorado were Fiammas. Just yeaterday...
• 1990 Carat with Analogue Clock?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:00:21 -0700
  ...http://cimages2.carsforsale.com/329956/00B09988-5507-4587-A019-42DAA36C2386_15.jpg That is a clock right? Was looking for Carat specific info but...
• Re: Cargo area cover
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 19 May 2010 10:45:25 -0500
  alistair, can you re-post the link? http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/cargocover.pdf doesn't seem to work. mike On Mon...
• Re: Syncro Westie pages
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:36:55 -0800
  > 928's are beautiful and somewhat affordable cars now days as they > age, one of the worlds finest GT's, but engine rebuilds are...
• Re: carpet cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:44:39 +0100
  Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler wrote :- > The best and easiest way to clean your carpets, is...
• Re: What parts to carry on the road...
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:06:25 -0400
  Credit Card Thanks, Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:32:12 -0400 >From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> >Subject...
• legitimate scam warning (NVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:31:23 -0400
  ...The caller then says,"he needs to verify you are in possession of your card". He'll ask you to "turn your card over...
• Re: screwed part deux..the insurance company's offer??./salvagecert.???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 11 May 1999 11:17:35 -0700
  ...This used to be a common way to "launder" stolen cars. Rings used to operate with junk yards and buy expensive wrecked cars on...
• RE: Volkswagen 'quality'
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 09 Nov 95 12:51:27 CST
  ...this is NOT to say that a 1950's car won't last ... just that a 1990's car goes a lot longer before...
• Re: The gutted cat girl...who knew nothing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:52:34 EDT
  ...We need to go to a single Carburetor or fuel injection, they suggest the single carburetor because maintenance will be less expensive. He quoted...