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• Re: Power & Heat
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Wed, 06 Aug 1997 09:20:56 -0400
  ...I am amazed how light the frames are on these bikes. I just hope they are not fragile! Are you sure the camper was...
• Great Side Tent Deal from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
  Wed, 20 May 1998 14:30:29 EDT
  ...at side walls) Aluminum frame. - much lighter than steel frames of other tents. Polyester fabric - lighter and stronger than many cotton tents, and takes...
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:15:17 -0700
  ...There was about seven holes in the front, three on the side windows frames. Now, I have one here that has a few under...
• Re: Sliding window locks (2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:14:17 -0400
  ...This prevent the two metal frames from touching. These plastic inserts often dry out and crack apart. Replacing them is straight forward I would...
• Re: Anyone need '53? parts
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Fri, 2 Jun 1995 13:55:48 -0400 (EDT)
  ...their age, nothing inside > the rear of the bus, front seat frames present, 3-spoke banjo > style steering wheel present (black) and in OK...
• Re: syncro trans gear engagement
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:07:22 -0500
  ...but these refill plugs just get blocked by the Syncro sub-frames. TIA Yi-Ruey Wei 87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/78K miles 85...
• Re: Screen for non-camper
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:38:04 -0500
  ...They just screwed the screen frames to the window frame on the outside. It works well, but not the best looking way to do...
• Re: What to buy? Many "buying guide" questions
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:20:22 -0800
  ...the Info section, then go to articles/essays (or bypass the frames and go to http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/#buying ) >Do I...
• Variable temp solder iron.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:42:31 CST6CDT
  ...In bee-keeping, we use a 'hot knife' for removing the wax cappings from the frames of honey. Same problem as the soldering irons...
• Go Westie? Might be worth the $
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:47:10 -0800
  ...A newer medium blue one with a Go-Westie soft luggage pack up on te roof and Go Westie license plate frames. Looked to...
• Re: window frame parts problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 14:36:46 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Sep 1995, Tyson, John wrote: > On this subject of windows and frames - do you have ANY ideas as to > how the winding mechanism fits...
• Re: how do you get super glue off velour?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:20:20 -0600
  ...If you tried to clean your safety glasses, the plastic frames would dissolve. After 30 years, practices may have changed as public concern (justified...
• '56 Kombi Progress Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 21 Oct 1994 19:00:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'm am considering having the frames chromed. I think this would be real spiffy, along with chromed safaris! Anyone seen or done this...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:24:54 -0500
  ...Bus Depot has > some plastic frames with heavy duty stretch netting that make a more > open pocket. They are intended for use in campers...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:45:58 -0800
  ...Bus Depot has > > some plastic frames with heavy duty stretch netting that make a more > > open pocket. They are intended for use in campers...
• Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:44:14 -0800
  ...When you reinstall the front glass do you put the wing frames in first, and then the roll ups, or the roll ups and...
• Re: POR-15 and seams
  Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:34:29 -0700
  ...I do know this product will do areas like floor pans, frames, trunks, etc. But I don't think it is intended for smooth...
• Re: FS 85 Wolfsburg Westfalia Without Kitchen W/73.4K
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 2 May 2009 13:53:37 -0600
  ...Hey, this > thing just turned 24! Even the Wolsfsburg Edition specific black window > frames are unfaded. The radio is not original and the pop...
• Re: Anyone need '53? parts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sat, 3 Jun 1995 07:41:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...their age, nothing inside > the rear of the bus, front seat frames present, 3-spoke banjo > style steering wheel present (black) and in OK...
• Re: What is that strip?
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:49:09 -0700
  ...rust, including a few perforations, was found sitting > in the window frames. On the front windshield, I ground/blasted all the > rust away, then...
• Re: [vanagon] E-bay Solar Auto Battery Charger - any good?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:21:35 -0800
  ...They have white frames and are somewhat square with four suction cups to mount them to the inside of the wind shield. Do rememeber...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:25:34 -0500
  ...is needed, and I think the grill pushing on the light frames is one of the reasons the lights go out of aim easily...
• NEW Website Updates!!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:05:03 -0400
  ...I have also improved the navigation of the site, while at the same time trying to keep the pages simple enough (no frames, and...
• Re: Tiico and Diesel Bent Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:26:37 -0400
  ...and they can handle the torsion. > But you guys may be installing a mounting system on flimsier US model V-gon > frames. Just speculation.
• Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair... and westy screens FS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:26:40 EDT
  ...i do have some good used ones FS though, and i repair screens as long as the frames are good. and yes the skylight...
• Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:50:42 -0500
  ...as well as from the round inside corners of the cabinet > frames. > > > > I used a heat gun to soften and stretch all of these...
• Re: Tiico and Diesel Bent Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:51:33 -0400
  ...be installing a mounting system on flimsier US model V-gon > frames. Just speculation. > > > > Daniel Snow > > '82 Vanagon Diesel > '78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:12:55 -0800
  ...Bus Depot has >> some plastic frames with heavy duty stretch netting that make a more >> open pocket. They are intended for use in campers...
• Re: tools needed to: (?) fix the rust, or find a new body?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:11:16 -0400
  ...Is fixing rust that expensive these days or were they going to cut your old window frames out and weld new ones in? Bryan
• Friday...Jerk at the Border Crossing..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:54 -0800
  ...as sold in the US, and eyeglasses are about $70, including frames and exam, delivered in about 3hrs, etc etc etc. The little town...
• Re: Jalousie windows (cleaning/restoring)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:42:48 -0700
  ...plastic like backing) that goes on the inside of the window frames on the vertical edges. It's the same stuff typically found on...
• On the Lower Perceived Lifetime of Diesel Vanagons ACT VW Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:42:01 EDT
  ...than do similar engines mounted in G/J/D/Q/A frames. Even more odious, the suggestion was made that the problem was related...
• guide piece for sliding window
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 04:11:23 EST
  ...Are the later frames black? Here's the part numbers I got from the VW parts list: 14a is: 253 847 717 E (this...
• New age advertising - Fuel Cells - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 22:05:52 -0600
  ...who do you suppose wound up with those trucks with bent frames, over plunged shocks and cracked tranny cases? The news just said that...
• Re: Pop-top of carbon fiber
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:05:12 -0700
  ...a co-worker has two carbon fiber bicycle frames that cost about that each... they are incredibly light and stiff though. Not great in...
• SOLD Re: [Syncro] FS: '86 syncro transmission core, front springs, complete set OME shocks, Airlift
  Historical mailing list - Kerry Stanley
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:24:06 -0500
  ...This is the basic kit without the onboard compressor - $70 See http://www.airliftcompany.com/new-index/Frameset.htm and click on Online Catalog...
• Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations
  Historical mailing list - j fritz
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:06:27 -0500
  ...FYI > >5) I have whistles from air leaks at the top of the door frames. Any good >remedy besides playing with the heating and...
• Re: Bentley on CD?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:29:26 -0700
  ...The first cd seems to be the program with frames for year, make, model. The second is #6 of 8 cds with specific cars...
• Re: HF Specials
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 07:34:07 -0700
  ...At the very fine (and critical) settings that are required and the fragile nature of bike frames and components, a low-cost, possibly wrongly...
• Re: ug back bumper
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:29:12 -0700
  ...points made about SUVs were the height and stiffness of their frames/bumpers. Fortunately, for those of us with non-lifted vans, our bumpers...
• Re: [vanagon] more goofy mid year changes
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:08:37 -0700
  ...of '89 vw changed the color of the > jumpseat > brackets and frames from grey to black. > > i have 2 jumpseats from two different '89...
• Re: Some Good Photos of the Smoked Tail Lights sold by MTS FISH
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:18:38 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >What are the Carat frames? Were they available her in the USA? Where can I >get some? Lights look great...
• Re: Shoulder Belts, Booster Seats, Infant Car Seats... Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:21:49 -0700
  ...If you elect to do this, be aware that VW places the track bolts through the floor at the sills, frames, and angled floor...
• Re: Power & Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 09:51:40 -0600
  ...I am amazed how light > the frames are on these bikes. I just hope they are not fragile! > > Are you sure the camper was...
• Re: Possible Parts Source
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:17:06 -0800
  ...A coupe of frames. And that > just touchs on what is out there in my storage. > I have 2 whoel 2.O Liter Aircooled...
• Re: For Sale -- Magnetic Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:33:32 -0700
  ...would do a fine job of forcing the screens against the frames there easily). Can't comment as to whether the fabric has a...
• Re: Traveling lighter... a goal... Kayak carriers, Lake Superior?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 30 May 2005 09:43:26 -0500
  ...It used wood frames with aluminum tubes for the stringers. The tubes were in sections and could be broken down. The whole thing packed...
• two ebay parts providers
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:49:49 -0800
  ...A coupe of frames. And that just touchs on what is out there in my storage. I have 2 whoel 2.O Liter Aircooled...
• Re: What is that strip?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:15:53 -0400
  ...rust, including a few perforations, was found >> sitting >> in the window frames. On the front windshield, I ground/blasted all the >> rust away, then...
• Re: Motor Scooter hung off backside?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:15:05 -0700
  ...It could be lengthened, as described > by Greg Potts on his Westrailer project, by welding on some mattress > frames. But I am welding-challenged...
• Re: Spiffing up the sliding glass frames
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 19 May 2005 06:31:48 EDT
  In a message dated 19/05/2005 12:06:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Well, I've never actually...
• Re: [Syncro] meet tim...
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:53:51 -0600
  ...And they are still using their >1980s technology in the frames etc of theirs as well. They just updated the >internals and the breaking...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:34:03 -0700
  ...cables are installed > with a lot of slack to follow along frames, handlebars etc. Because of this > the housing my not have been designed...
• Re: Restoration Shopping List
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 04:44:27 +0000
  ...Front door window frames (the butterfly / triangular window) both sides 3. electrical parts for license plate lights (plastic housings are ok) 4. Diesel fuel...
• Buses by the Beach This Weekend!
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Tue, 22 May 2012 22:14:53 -0400
  ...GoWesty JELLY CELL MATE, BLACK W/SINGLE COLOR IMPRINT (T2G12) GoWesty PAIR OF GOWESTY LICENSE PLATE FRAMES (T1I3) GoWesty BLACK TRUCKER HAT WITH ADJUSTABLE...
• Buses By the Beach - Raffle and Silent Auction Items Needed!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:14:57 -0400
  ...Assorted VW hats, VW key chains, VW picture frames and Beetle Pins. A special thanks goes to Volkswagen of America for donating to our...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Wed, 21 May 1997 23:05:52 -0700
  ...You end up with two frames with perpendicular (X-Y-Z) axes. The X axes join to each other, the Y axes hit the...
• Re: Announcement: the BZ Shelf (NVC) Friday
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 23:51:16 +1300
  ...bolt-onto other variants, but profiles would not match and window frames might not be the same shape). The last version was 4WD (AE111...
• Re: Bud Vases (F)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:33:19 EDT
  ...Sam saying "Back Off", "My Other Car Is A..." license plate frames, "La Cucaracha" or "Dixie" air horns, cow-moooo, train whistle, or other...
• Census
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:03:31 -0400
  ...Kestrel MxZ with most of the original XT, about ten other frames in various states of disarray), Camping, Feigning ignorance when asked computer questions...