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• Re: vw bus owner wanna-be
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:23:47 -0700
  ...what year and model is considered the "ultimate"? is it better to >buy a completely restored model or one that needs work and do...
• Re: Tiico oil?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 16:17:11 -0500
  ...5, 2003, at 11:46 AM, Bob Stevens wrote: > It's going to be a filter specifically for the model/year of your > TIICO.
• Re: springs ?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:58:16 -0500
  They may fit, but I'd be concerned about the weight difference between the model years. Wasn't the '84 air cooled? If so...
• Re: Need Model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 May 2003 08:29:35 -0700
  ...Stan Wilder On Sat, 17 May 2003 09:15:04 EDT No Name Available <Vanagonluvr@AOL.COM> writes: > I need a model vanagon for...
• Re: Eurovan e-brake boot (picture)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:53:58 -0800
  The e-brake lever/handle was greatly improved during the 1985 model year. The newer style works much better for holding the vehicle on...
• Re: Dashboard Tray
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:24:38 EST
  ...non-GL" as in the base model, Syncro, Carat, and Multivan? I know > the Syncro that year was specifically NOT available as a GL...
• subaru engine list, 1990-2000 models
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:34:02 -0800
  ...lbs torque at 4000 rpm As of Model Year 2000 All Legacys have the more powerful Phase II 2.5L SOHC 4 cylinder Boxer...
• Re: '81 plastic vents
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:17:17 -0700
  ...If any '81s had the metal vents, it must have been earlier in the model year. Sometime in the model year they also added...
• Re: ECU Recall?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:28:52 -0800
  ...You can go there and get the exact information by searching under the model year, manufacturer, model and system (fuel, body, AC, etc). You...
• RE: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:04:28 EST
  ...The higher-priced heater boxes in JCWitless are for the Type 4 engines, commencing with 8/71 manufacture for the 1972 model year. B.
• Model Inst. Thanks all!
  Historical mailing list - Route87
  Sun, 3 May 1998 20:24:37 EDT
  Wow! Whata response! Thanks for everyone's help! I wish there was a chance there could be a Vanagon.com meet at this year...
• Audi 5000 wheels FS
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 7 May 1999 00:08:04 -0400
  I have a line on some Audi 5000 turbo wheels from an 82 model year car. They are the thin multi-spoke style. They...
• Re: 1988 Camper Manual Download
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:23:44 -0400
  ...Refrigerator model must have changed between those years. << The fridge gained an automatic piezoelectric sparker. My 89, a late 88 build is manual. Geo...
• Re: Model changes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:05:10 -0800
  ...2 different models of 84 Wolfy Westy Camper so you mean the Full Camper 84 Wolfy. They also made a one year only partial...
• Re: (Friday NVC) When Euro hits parity
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:57:45 -0600
  ...of 15 years ago. >>> >>> And as to the idea that 'special low volume models aren't part of that business model" - VW sells the...
• non-GL model
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:10:24 -0400
  I've never seen a non- GL model in the later years until a friend found one just a few weeks ago. No vet...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:23:03 -0600
  ...in the year 2015...... 10 years from now, i predict that the only vanagons still existing will be late model campers..a few dokas...
• Re: cheap 1984 westy... (not mine) - long URL's
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Sun, 4 May 2003 21:43:00 -0400
  ...http://tinyurl.com/ Dan Brideau > 1984 full westy for under 1k. > > http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/results.jtmpl?model=VANAG&start_year=1984 > &end...
• Re: Bumpers and years
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:03:33 -0800
  ...While the cognoscenti could probably name the model and year of a Vanagon with a quick glance, I can only identify Westys, plain Vanagons...
• Re: [vanagon] SA trailer hitch NLA? other SA parts drying up
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:52:58 -0500
  ...in the US, auto manufacturers >> are required to make/stock parts for a certain number of years after a >> model is made, apparently this...
• Re: Camper seating arrangements
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:22:02 -0800
  ...Which years and > >> models have something like this. > > > > You need a Vanagon Westfalia Wolfsburg edition > which has 6 seats, nor > > fridge > > or sink or...
• Re: heater cointrol lever differences by year?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700
  ...Squirrel's > thought-provoking typo, I'd like to ask the following: > Are there any early-late model year differences in the heater control...
• Importing SA Vans
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 13 May 1999 21:57:49 -0700
  ...situation here in Oz too.If that model van was not marketed here in that year,I think ADR (Aust.Design Rules) requirements would...
• Re: Recalls for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:02:21 -0500
  ...Year, and click Submit Year pick Volkswagen as the Make, and click Submit Make select Vanagon as the Model, and click Submit Model (if...
• my visit to autostadt (Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 06:32:05 -0800
  My company recently moved me to Hamburg, where I will be for the next year. Naturally, I headed straight for Wolfsburg: http://gallery.openfbo...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 08:47:00 -0700
  ...Stan Wilder On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 00:20:53 -0400 Chris S <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > > Are there any years / models that we...
• Shift Lever: Fits All Years?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:36:17 -0700
  ...Have folks found that a shift lever assembly from an 80-83 air cooled - diesel works in a later model year Vanagon? Thanks, Neil...
• Re: WANTED: Aircooled Vanagon Exhaust parts
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 15:05:39 -0700
  ...edu> wrote: >> Ken wrote: >>> >>> It's a 1982 Federal modeln wiuth new engine last year. �I'm starting >>> to think I may have to...
• Early Westy prices!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:27:55 -0800
  ...Sure it is the Wolfy model of that year but that just makes it almost as good as most any 85 Westy. http://losangeles...
• Re: Upgrading an '85 Westy to '86 Spec?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:14:14 -0600
  ...There were different improvements made at >different points during the 85 model year. >All 85s have the much improved sliding door. >During the production...
• Re: Model changes
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:55:33 -0800
  ...I guess I need to know if I went this route what model year I should be looking for to find a significant improvement...
• Re: Advice for 85 Westy Synchro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:42:14 -0400
  ...Valid Syncro model years in the USA are 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, & 1991. Question everything else. Good luck, Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 17:46:01 CDT
  ...3052 Affected Model Order Affected Model Years Number Component Subject ------------ ------- -------- ----------- ----------------------------- Vanagon ALL 90-90-02 Electrical Instrument Indicator Lights System Malfunction ALL ALL 90...
• Re: Bentley CD-ROM and New Book- LIST DEAL!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:45:45 -0800
  > The new Bentley book, "Volkswagen Model Documentation," details the > important dates, changes, and milestones in each model's production run, > including quotes from press...
• Re: REALLY cheap westy on www.trader.ca
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:26:22 -0330
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Year: 1985 >Make: VOLKSWAGEN >Model: WESTFALIA >Model Detail: >Price: $1,450 >Mileage: 170,000 km >Date: 1/20/03 >Ad...
• RE: Campers: Request for General Information
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Oct 1994 19:03:56 PDT
  ...Walker, I have a file that describes the changes made to each >model year of bus (that information is what leads me to want...
• Re: Transmission Options
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:56:34 +1200
  ...By far >the most US Vanagons are 4 speeds but autos are pretty common and more >common as the model year gets newer. I...
• Re: Unintended deceleration?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:36:38 -0400
  I always thought that the VIN reflected "Model Year" regardless of actual date of manufacture. Larry A. On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3...
• Hot VW's "Type2 the series"- what happened?
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  22 Sep 96 16:16:16 EDT
  ...This series started by going over a year of the type2 each month, starting with the early '50 model type2's. Each month there...
• Re: Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:47:31 -0700
  ...Model/year recommandation > What exactly goes wrong that requires every vanagon to have an engine > rebuild done around 100K miles? > > My 82 is original...
• Vanagon 86-91 Models
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 15 May 2005 00:16:48 -0400
  ...I need to know: -What are the advantages of any year Vanagon 86-91 over the other years 86-91? -What changes are "nice...
• Model Year Changes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:16:29 -0400
  ...In acquiring a second Vanagon, my real interest has to do with absolute parts interchangeability between the two years; any notable exceptions? Thanks. Bill
• reading VIN & stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 28 Dec 94 10:56:53 CST
  ...for model years 1981-1991. (model year 1980 is the same as 1968-1979) WV2YB0259DH000000 Manufacturing Country ---------------------------x||||| |||| | W - Germany ||||| |||| | Manufacturer -------------------------------------x|||| |||| | V - Volkswagen...
• Hello
  Historical mailing list - John Dorn
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:47:17 -0500
  ...Is one model year, and or model, better to buy than another? I am interested in upgrading the power, what is a tried and...
• Re: quick trip report
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48:56 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > --snip-- > son bought a 1916 model Swiss Army helmet > --snip-- > > Does it take model glue or is it a snap-tite? What...
• Re: Looking for a PCB
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 May 2009 15:27:45 -0700
  LOL - let 'em have it !! and for sure, for a dash printed circuit, one needs to specify year and model of vanagon, but it...
• Re: Need info on window channel sizes for different year Vanagons.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:32:47 EST
  ...but if anyone owns both a powered window model and a non-powered model, would you mind comparing the glass sizes and channel clearance...
• Brake master cylinder rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Fri, 6 Jan 1995 10:19:36 -0500
  ...first year for a dual-chamber MC (one for front brakes, one for back), but it is different from the late model MC's...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:32:02 -0400
  ...difference's between model years > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Did anyone mention bigger brakes in the later models? > > I would also argue that...
• TIRE PRESSURE SURVEY
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:22:17 -0400
  What's your tire pressure? Please modify and reply-all Year: 84 Model: Westfalia Tires: Hankook RA08 Size: 195R14 load rating: 2084lb at 65psi...
• Re: Is anybody still on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:32:24 -0300
  ...US. >> >> http://vanagon.com/info/years/syncros.htm >> >> Mark >> >> Jon VO wrote: >>> No "official' 1988 Vanagon Syncro models, I believe...what was sold were...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:18:17 -0700
  ...Westfalia's are the WORST > models > > 2) Thank God they only sold the Diesel > models for two years > > 3) Round headlight Westfalias are not...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:07:39 -0400
  ...difference's between model years > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > Did anyone mention bigger brakes in the later models? > > > > > > I would also argue that...
• Re: Swap Dometic 182A Thermost to 182B?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:03:06 -0700
  ...RM182A and B) > > Thermostat changed in 1987 model year thru 1990, then changed again on 1991 > models (RM182B and B EGI) > > Hope this helps...
• looking at 91 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:36:00 -0400
  ...clientid=buyeuroparts&baseurl=http://www.buyeuroparts.com/&cookieid=27J1BJHBW27J1BJSKD&year=1991&make=VW&model=VAN--003&category=All&part=Gear+Shift+Repair+Kit Would...
• Re: Questions?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 12:24:52 CST
  ...Lubricant Capacities/Lubricant Type Model(s): Air-cooled, Water-cooled -- All 1975-1990 Vehicle: Vanagon Model Year: 1980-up - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Engine Oil: Air-Cooled: 3...
• Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:28:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...ANY water-cooled models that didn't have this problem? For you current Camper owners, what are some good years where camper features were...
• Re: To Buy or not to Buy? 86 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:35:16 -0700
  ...Only number 003991 made that model year out of something like 100,000. That means it is probably lacking the most significant improvements introduced...
• Re: alarm+pwr door locks
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sat, 11 May 2002 22:28:54 -0700
  ...Had these for about three years now with no trouble. Couldn't tell you the model without some digging. TyG '86 syncro doublecab too...
• early or late 81? (looking for starter)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:36:18 -0700
  I was shopping for a new starter, and it looks like my model year changed somewhere along the line, so im not sure which...