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  • Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:22:29 -0500
    ...I recently got a Safari Van for work. > That has been getting a lot of my attention lately as I go over everything > and...
  • Re: Pictures - Trip to Burning Man
    Historical mailing list - Jack
    Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:47:46 -0800
    ...or, at least, not from Macs using Safari > which is the > default Mac browser. Soooo, I tried it on my Linux box and got...
  • question about Eurovan TDI
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 3 Jun 1996 17:31:58 -0700
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the New VW Thing () () mailing list by sending mail...
  • Re: Testing
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Tue, 5 Jan 2021 01:51:18 +0000
    ...which use OSX are no good.  Right...Firefox (which I use), Safari, Chrome....oh my.  Complicated. Well beyond my pay grade, that is for...
  • Re: Road Trip
    Historical mailing list - Syncrohead
    Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:37:13 -0700
    Check out photos and more from Syncro Safari, Canyon de Chelly ‘12 trip here: https://www.syncrosafari.org/canyon-de-chelly-12---overview.html...
  • Re: Jeep poptop camper Westy alternative?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:56:46 -0700
    ...or was) a company that puts pop top roofs on Astro/Safari vans. I can't vouch for their off road abilities, but I...
  • Re: High pitched noise
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 4 Aug 2015 00:47:16 -0400
    ...25mpg on the vanagon and 18 on the safari.. At those costs per mile, well documented (10k+ miles for each vehicle)...it will cost...
  • Re: Outside magazine article Vanagon/Sprinter content
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:52:13 -0600
    ...lots of Other & Probably Better choices out there ~ Sure, the Astro/Safari PopTops may come somewhat close ~ But there are Places that I have...
  • Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:24:20 -0700
    ...GMC Sierra/Chevrolet Silverado > Chevrolet S-10/GMC Sonoma > GMC Safari/Savanna > Chevrolet Astro/Express
  • Re: How to sew screen in poptop canvas?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:45:33 -0600
    ...Is this one of those Explorer-only sites? I'm using safari. Jonce, you could email me about the glue-in kit if you...
  • Re: Outside magazine article Vanagon/Sprinter content
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:09:08 -0500
    ...impressive than either, are the older mid-size GM vans >> like Safari and Astro, which match performance with the Collector Syncro >> and the Gucci...
  • 12v/DC coffee grinder
    Historical mailing list - Martha
    Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:45:15 -0700
    ...vroom! '74 Thing/Acalpulco (STILL undergoing restoration) type 181* ***************************************************************************** _____ /____o\___ * Have or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker...
  • Re: Pimp my ride!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:50:54 -0600
    ...they put in a 40 inch plasma with a playstation2 all >cleanly mounted, a custom couch, safari windows in the front, and a >little...
  • Re: Mail list history and happy news
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:29:01 -0800
    ...I've had my 85 > Westfalia since 1993, and before that I had a 73 bus with the Safari > (Safare?) conversion. 15 years of...
  • Tires again..specifically Michelin
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:48:46 -0700
    ...This time it is an AWD GM Safari I've got for work and off season driving. This van has a similar drive line...
  • Re: Subject: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:51:26 -0600
    ...GMC Sierra/Chevrolet Silverado > Chevrolet S-10/GMC Sonoma > GMC Safari/Savanna > Chevrolet Astro/Express > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now since the EV is dead?
    Historical mailing list - DB
    Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:54:45 -0500
    ...didnt GMC can the safari/astro too? that was the only >competition the EV had.. >anyway.. i digress.. maybe the daimler-chrysler Sprinters will...
  • Re: '56 progress - 'fridge
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Thu, 12 Jan 1995 14:16:34 -0600 (CST)
    ...in Britain and there is no mention at all of some of the US built campers like Safari, ASI or Country Homes. Dave Kautz
  • Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit?
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Thu, 4 Apr 2002 06:54:47 -0800
    ...get my westy ready for my Endless Summer Atlantic Coast Surf Safari that will extend from Fort Pierce Florida on up to Nova Scotia...
  • updated URL for German VW
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 29 Sep 1996 11:44:30 -0700
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the new VW Thing () () mailing list by sending mail...
  • Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:40:08 -0700
    ...Helens area last week of July for a few days (Syncro Safari '09 > > arranged > > by Jim Davis). I wondered what the locals thought of...
  • Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now since the EV is dead?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:55:45 +1300
    ...didnt GMC can the safari/astro too? that was the only >competition the EV had.. >anyway.. i digress.. maybe the daimler-chrysler Sprinters will...
  • Re: 1993 Eurovan with 127,000 miles: yes or no
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
    Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:42:54 -0800
    yeah...then get a VR6 VW engine..the later one with 24 valves - - and put that in the Safari. Chevdoubleyou. On 2/5/2014...
  • Re: Gerry List
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Wed, 3 Jan 2018 23:31:47 -0700
    FireFox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, Mozilla all Display the Same ~ On 3 Jan , 2018, at 11:13 PM, Neil N wrote: > Apologies if this has...
  • 62 Project
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 7 Jun 95 17:50:30 BST
    ...I have been visiting all the show's i can but i am still looking for some complete safari windows, which i think would...
  • Re: EV fuel econ. Q
    Historical mailing list - Jeff DeLeeuw
    Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:15:00 -0800
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ >/_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the VW Thing mailing > () () list by sending mail to...
  • Re: Socal getogether?
    Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
    Fri, 22 May 1998 02:18:31 EDT
    ...The event is at Irvine Meadows / Lion Country Safari in south Orange County. The datee is Sunday, June 14th. For more fun you could...
  • Good Westy on eBay
    Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
    Thu, 19 May 2005 19:20:07 -0700
    ...He's a vee-dub guy and has a 91 Westy and a safari van. I have no affilliation at all with Chris (it...
  • Re: Many more Vanagons at BBB
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:45:42 -0700
    ...Adventurewagens, Safari's, high-tops > both original VW and aftermarket. Beetles with teardrop trailers. And there's > no snobbery, just a cool laid-back...
  • Re: local fuel prices
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:48:28 -0700
    ...I have a utility which allows Safari to be MSIE 6 (You just have >> to turn on a hidden menu). Although it's not...
  • Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:51:05 -0700
    ...I put spares of those four on >> board and drove for years until a hose started spewing coolant >> at Syncro Safari '08. It was...
  • red rock/food/etc.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 24 Apr 1996 22:29:00 -0700
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the New VW Thing () () mailing list by sending mail...
  • next CCC's trip!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 3 May 1996 10:31:48 -0700
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the New VW Thing () () mailing list by sending mail...
  • Re: VAN O RAMA this Sunday
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:41:13 -0700
    ...Some of us (me) will be bragging about driving to Glacier National Park for this year's Syncro Safari - thank you to the King...
  • Re: paint (f)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:50:05 EST
    ...This way your Syncro will fit in better on safari and not outshine the Rovers. >> i would like to add, listmember (or ex listmember...
  • Re: INFO: Griddle for westy, great for bfst lnch and dinner!
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Fri, 30 May 2003 13:46:13 -0400
    ...My 73 VW Safari camper had a slightly different smell (burning motor mostly). Every time I get in my van I have this Pavlovian...
  • Re: Hankook RA08s
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:21:00 -0700
    ...I'm into my 4th set, 2 on the Vanagon and two sets in 15"on my GM safari awd. They perform just like...
  • Re: about "Under the Bus"
    Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
    Sun, 26 May 1996 01:44:59 -0400 (EDT)
    ...When you're hot, just give > > Safaris work just nicely, thank you... > > Thom > -- > > Find yourself a lover who will glue you to the floor...
  • 91 syncro for sale
    Historical mailing list - jim catterson
    Mon, 9 Nov 1998 06:08:08 -0800
    ...SA headlight grill, hella rear fog light, 2" reciever hitch, full safari rack w/ teak slats on powder coated metal frame, blaupunct cd w...
  • Re: Pictures - Trip to Burning Man
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:57:07 -0600
    ...or, at least, not from Macs using Safari > > which is the > > default Mac browser. Soooo, I tried it on my Linux box and got...
  • Re: It's A Sickness, I Tell You...
    Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
    Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:03:31 -0700
    ...I sold that and bought a 1996 AWD Safari. Just an hour ago the buyer of the Safari drove off. I didn't even...
  • next CCC's outing
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:57:48 -0800
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the VW Thing mailing () () list by sending mail to...
  • Re: Ultimate Camper Option
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:18:32 -0700
    ...I have pop-ups blocked, using Safari and OSX 10.5.8. I apologise if windows users are having problems :) alistair On 16-Apr...
  • Advice/ opinions/possible sale
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:17:06 -0800
    ...The old faithful Van is sitting home inside right now as I'm on the winter road in my cheapy GM Safari AWD, and...
  • Re: Westfalia roof rack
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:51:48 -0400
    ...pop top without removing the rack. >I've also made a safari basket carrier fitted to the racks and sized >specifically for the westfalia...
  • Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:59:07 -0700
    ...my eye...but for now I can > only afford a GM Safari, in many ways less fun, but cheap and easy with > AWD.. > So...
  • Re: Friday- Internet Explorer 9 help
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:24:40 -0800
    ...net> wrote: > Thanks for reminding moi why I use Firefox or Safari! > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ-Mac thread not intended > > > > On Nov 11, 2011, at...
  • Re: Diesels
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 13 Sep 1995 12:17:24 -0700
    ...You do have a point about the windows that roll down, but IMHO this is offset by the wonderful option of safari windows-almost...
  • Re: Synchronauts: Alert: Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:24:05 -0400
    ...Thursday, July 10, 1997 9:33 AM > > On that note, I've seen two GMC Safari AWD running around (very nice > looking truck, for...
  • Roof Rack Mounting
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:00:13 -0800
    ...and instead purchased a Sucro Safari rack for my syncro westfalia. It is made out of 3/4" alumnium bars, is very rigid and...
  • Re: Pictures - Trip to Burning Man
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:42:48 -0700
    ...or, at least, not from Macs using Safari > > which is the > > default Mac browser. Soooo, I tried it on my Linux box and got...
  • Re: Milestone? Millstone?
    Historical mailing list - Jason
    Tue, 2 Aug 2011 17:41:09 -0400
    ...Jason On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Just accessed and searched the archives using safari...
  • Re: Pictures - Trip to Burning Man
    Historical mailing list - William Alexander
    Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:49:56 -0400
    ...I have tried Safari, >> Opera, iCab >> and several other lesser known browsers and none of them work. >> >> r >> >> Ron Tipton >> IT Specialist III >> Laboratory...
  • Re: BusBoys~catalogs and more...(less?)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 1 May 1996 20:12:48 +0930
    ...They Believe me, when parts are ordered, the can never get here too fast! I can't say the stuff (Headliners, seat upholstery, Safari...
  • next CCC's campout!
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:59:26 -0700
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the New VW Thing () () mailing list by sending mail...
  • Eurovan 1999
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:41:39 CDT
    ...The Chevy Astro or GMC Safari are the same length and height and 5 inches wider and priced from $20000 plain to $28000 leather...
  • Re: Radiator fan resistor
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:33:20 -0600
    ...I have the 3rd on now, put on 2 weeks ago while at Syncro Safari in Idaho. I also have another in my take...
  • Bus models
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Tue, 1 Nov 1994 15:30:27 -0800 (PST)
    ...They need semaphores! Also, the windshields have a thick secondary frame, kinda like safari windows! I think I might paint one of them to...
  • Re: fiamma awning 10 ft or 11-8 ft
    Historical mailing list - honemastert
    Thu, 17 May 2007 22:40:21 -0700
    ...wind blows and I'm snug. > Bob learned this at Syncro Safari '04, when wind took his > awning down--staked to the ground--and...
  • anyone in Florida?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:49:09 -0700
    ...or interested in a VW type 181 or 182 (aka thing/ /_ _|__|_ _\ safari/trekker)? Subscribe to the new VW Thing () () mailing list by sending mail...