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  • Temp fluctuation solved by new thermostat
    Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
    Thu, 6 Feb 1997 18:07:01 -0000
    ...Lionel Tun 84 Caravelle GL lionel@ark.prestel.co.uk
  • Re: Need help of South African listmember
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:03:47 -0500
    ...I do NOT want or need the stock Vanagon/Caravelle 81-84 7" light bucket. What I need is the "combo" 5 1/4...
  • Automatic lights
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:12:14 +1200
    ...I want to convert my Caravelle to auto lights. I may have to use Nissan parts, or perhaps Corona or Honda Legend, but a...
  • Porsche G50 trans price, mods
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:19:09 +1200
    ...Andrew Andrew Grebneff mollusc nut 84 VW Caravelle Geology Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56 Dunedin, New Zealand andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac...
  • Formalize hybrid name?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:09:53 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide 1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6 1984 Mitsubishi Galant...
  • Re: Lowering a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:20:14 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide 1984 Caravelle currently engineless 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2...
  • Re: !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:19:22 -0400
    ...What year vans do you own? AND how long have you owned them? My '91 Caravelle is a great 'sleeper'. The '84 Westy is...
  • Re: Steel Lids
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:28:25 +1300
    ...worked on had steel lids. >Ian Anderson >Queanbeyan Australia My 84 Caravelle is from Australia, and it had a plastic lid. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin...
  • On Mon, 26 Jun 1995, William Abbott wrote:
    Historical mailing list
    6/28/95 8:25 PM
    ...figured out how the gas > Rabbit engine goes into a Mexican Caravelle- its on its side at > 45 degrees. The tranny bell housing is...
  • Re: EV w/VR6
    Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
    Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:33:20 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Of the six powertrain models available, only the > Caravelle VR6 will be sold in the U.S. ^^^ I want the TDI! Is VWoA's...
  • Re: Which Subaru engine?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:39:04 -0600
    ...Should I buy this as an insurance policy? > > 1984 Caravelle GL auto, 188k miles > > Lionel Tun > ark@saqnet.co.uk Lionel, The 2.2L...
  • Value of damaged 094 5-speed
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:20:30 +1300
    ...4 & Powerglide 1975 Kombi derelict ex 3.6 Toyota V8 1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD) 1986...
  • Oil pressures in 1.9? Daily driving a Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:24:40 -0400
    ...Her solution is to sell the Caravelle and buy a newish ("buy the latest and best maintained I can afford") Westy as an allpurpose...
  • Re: What Van was that?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 02 Jan 95 23:36:15 CST
    ...From the back it looked most like my 76 bus (similar tail-lights etc). > From the front it looked a caravelle (or transporter or...
  • Eurolights
    Historical mailing list - Jack Ck by way of Ron Lussier
    Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:21:06 -0700
    ...The Vanagon is called a Transporter or Caravelle van. That's all I know. Found a cataolg for a bolt on electric supercharger for...
  • where your from
    Historical mailing list - Mark Fisher
    Thu, 30 Sep 1999 06:31:06 +1000
    ...It was called a Caravelle here. Has Power mirrors, central locking overhead aircon etc. I've just had BOTH the rear tranny and the...
  • Re: Sliding rear windows
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:29:56 +0200
    Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > Funny, my 84 Caravelle has sliding windows. This was standard on > Australian-market buses. All the way rear, or in the...
  • Re: Value of dead Syncro with good body
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:23:16 +1200
    ...Andrew Andrew Grebneff mollusc nut 84 VW Caravelle Geology Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56 Dunedin, New Zealand andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac...
  • Re: Fires
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:46:31 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota...
  • Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:26:23 +1200
    ...you lag behind) Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans...
  • Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Fri, 29 Mar 2002 06:32:54 -0500
    ...Is this BOTH lights or only the right? I pulled my Caravelle's left >and there was no foglight provision. >-- >Andrew Grebneff >165 Evans...
  • Re: Installing SA big brakes (on a syncro)
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:18:36 EDT
    ...They are probably for the Caravelle which is 2wd. Overland deletes those from their Syncro brake kits. BenT
  • Re: I found a German!
    Historical mailing list - sstones
    Tue, 28 Feb 1995 23:45:53 -0500 (EST)
    ...S:VW-Bus Caravelle > Message-ID: MSGID_2=3A2461=2F322.0_2f36e83e@fidonet.org > Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 21:57:00 +0100 > Lines...
  • New front on the T4, as reported earlier.
    Historical mailing list - Raukan Mactira
    Wed, 11 Sep 1996 21:59:05 +0100 (BST)
    ...As it is, all Caravelles currently have them, but there is a stock of square-fronted panel vans that will have to clear before...
  • RE: EV Transmission Preference
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Thu, 29 May 1997 09:48:52 -0400
    > Matt Dekker wrote: > >Could the T4/Eurovan/Caravelle owners on the list who have the 2.5 litre > >engine let me know their preference...
  • Re: Slow starting when hot
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 22 May 1997 20:12:25 +0100
    ...I suppose I'll have to take the starter out and work on it, sometime. ************************************************************ '62 Johan Nyberg, Sodertalje Sweden '86 Caravelle C Necessary...
  • Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:33:08 +0100
    ...of > connections in Austria. :-) <snip> The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units is: 255 941 105 for the left 255 941 106...
  • Flashing dash LED
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:25:07 +1200
    I've never been able to work out what the flashing red LED in my 84 Caravelle's instrument cluster is for. It starts...
  • Re: MSDS west coast Wilfy Design
    Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
    Sun, 23 Apr 2000 20:01:44 -0400
    ...address, pretty pretty please? > >Andrew > >Andrew Grebneff >mollusc nut >84 VW Caravelle >Geology Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56 Dunedin, New Zealand >andrew...
  • LA-area Porsche wreckers? Need to know badly!
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:25:47 +1200
    ...harbor some doubts, so need an alternative source for a G50 trans and CVs etc for my Caravelle. Can anyone help? Andrew New Zealand
  • Re: my cat is losing its marbles!
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:25:42 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota...
  • Re: Safari Trek now Winter Rally
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:33:40 -0500
    ...Set a date for next year, I'll try my best to make it! Any other takers? -- Stephen Steele Chillicothe OH '91 Caravelle Hans...
  • Re: WANTED north American right-front door lock
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:56:50 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2...
  • ReCarat in Aus
    Historical mailing list - David
    Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:03:03 +1000
    ...I thought the price was way too high though!!! David 1990 Caravelle GL --- Send the right message --- + Today freemail + Get your free, private email...
  • Cut-down Caravelle...
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:37:41 +1300
    Seen on p14 of the September issue of VolksWorld (England)... ...a yellow T3 with roof removed; sides removed down to rear loading lip at...
  • Re: South African Vanagon: Source for parts?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 5 Jan 2004 01:31:17 -0500
    I'd normally say that most things on the South African Caravelles is comparable to same year models of the Vanagon elsewhere, but since...
  • Re: Stupid project thoughts...
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:04:18 +1200
    ...Now thinking about it for the Caravelle. Racks & pinions? Solenoids? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell...
  • Re: Burnt Van Photos
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:00:06 -0700
    ...http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1195342 Regards Christoph Boltze 1985 Caravelle GL syncro
  • Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan etc.
    Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
    Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:51:05 +0200
    ...High-roof versions also available. -Caravelle The more car-like versions. Different specifications available, C, CL, GL, Carat. -Caravelle C Black bumpers, chromed hubs...
  • Re: gas smell
    Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
    Sun, 13 Sep 1998 09:32:57 +0200
    ...Good luck ************************************************************ Johan Nyberg, Sweden N 59o E 17o 25" '86 Caravelle C ************************************************************
  • Re: Chartreuse
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Thu, 7 Jan 1999 03:49:18 -0800
    ...Just wanted to drop a note to say I saw a brand new Caravelle at the local dealer yesterday, it was bright yellowy apple...
  • Re: FAQs-I like it!
    Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
    Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:01:47 +0100
    ...Sincerely Rainer '89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rainer M Woitok | Phone: (+49-9131) 85-27811,-27031 | | Regionales Rechenzentrum | | | Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet | Fax : (+49-9131...
  • Re: Vanagons in Japan
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:25:56 +1200
    ...I guess I'll just have to stick with my 84 Caravelle, which is pretty tidy really, but lacks the unstickability of four-wheel...
  • Re: Proper Pronunciation
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:12:40 +1200
    ...Raimund? Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 Caravelle (currently SVX engine waiting for a trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0...
  • Wacky T3 images
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:19:02 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota...
  • Re: A Friday Maintenance Story
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:40:48 +1200
    ...64 (3) 473-8863 fax 64 (3) 479-7527 84 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87...
  • Re: Are Car Problems Contagious?
    Historical mailing list - Tim Timothy
    Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:16:33 EDT
    ...I saw coolant pouring out of my '86 caravelle. Changed the water pump in the parking lot. 2 years later, driving a different Van...
  • Re: Cut-down Caravelle...
    Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
    Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:35:04 -0500
    Ugh! Now you tell me I was supposed to wax those runners! Of course with the amount of snow we usually get in Toledo...
  • Re: H&R Srings-Final Determination
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 5 Jan 2003 13:59:10 +1300
    ...Haven't fitted my new Konis to my Caravelle... well, it's engineless, so why bother! I would not expect changing springs to make...
  • Re: [Syncro] Longer studs for 15" Wheels*** Addendum to my reply
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:32:30 EST
    ...The exception is if you upgrade to the South African Caravelle brake drums. They are thicker at the center than the US spec Vanagon...
  • Re: When Is A Project Finished?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:23:04 +1200
    ...ABS (stock on some Caravelles... not mine, unfortunately). Power steering ;-) To add to my huge list of modifications-to-do, I am thinking of...
  • Re: <no subject>
    Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
    Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:32:13 +0100
    ...Jaap '87 Caravelle diesel > I'm sure this is a dumb question but the lower support for the sliding > door ('80 Riviera) sounds like...
  • Re: Burnt Van Photos
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:27:57 -0500
    ...video: > > http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1195342 > > Regards > > Christoph Boltze > > 1985 Caravelle GL syncro > -- Thanks, Jeff 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful...
  • '86 heated driver's seat cold
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:59:31 +0100
    ...I haven't tried to take the seat apart yet, has anyone? Johan Nyberg, Sodertalje Sweden '86 Caravelle C
  • Bilsteins or Konis (again)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:46:25 +1200
    ...the cost? Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 Caravelle (currently SVX engine waiting for a trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2...
  • Reliability of turbodiesels
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:05:30 +1200
    ...Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 Caravelle (currently SVX engine waiting for a trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD...
  • 2 gas tanks in SA Caravelle?
    Historical mailing list - DaveC
    Sat, 6 Apr 2002 07:49:55 -0800
    What's the cap on the right rear panel in this photo of a SA van? <http://members.cruzio.com/~cikasper/sa/pics/carrier...
  • Re: Cut-down Caravelle...
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:40:36 EST
    In a message dated 11/17/02 7:33:56 AM, bmuller@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes: << Of course with the amount of snow we...
  • Re: FRI in EST> a nifty porsche vw combo...not for dialup
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:46:57 -0700
    Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> http://www.caravelle.dk/film/porschet4.wmv >> enjoy >> Fint > > > What format is this in? I'd like to see it, but...
  • Re: Dont do this at home ( I didnt)
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 7 Sep 2006 23:23:02 EDT
    ...DK writes: > Dont do this at home.... > http://www.zorck.dk/Caravelle/vwdont.jpg > dude.. thats nuts. i know someone who was killed when...