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• Re: Tom Hanks and his syncro Westy on Letterman
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:55:13 -0400
  (Phryday) If Tom Hanks and Terri Hatcher ('76 Sage Green Westy) had children - would they like the Vanagon or the Bay better? Pete '79...
• Vanagon Name
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:41:17 -0500
  ...In the Mideast, more likely to see a bay window, as in south america (which makes sense in south america, as the Bay was...
• '86 Westy syncro GL FS - NH
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:50:34 -0400
  ...Jalousie windows ( bay window westy style). All screens and curtains in good to very good shape. Interior in good shape Rebuilt - VWOA engine, now...
• Re: Bay window bus rims on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Weaver
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:32:45 -0400
  Sounds like these rims would be fine for my needs as far as clearance. Would anyone anticipate adverse handling issues? Dave Sent from my...
• Re: Vanagons seen today (Sat)
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 2 Sep 2007 07:45:18 -0700
  ...town driving today and saw nine Vanagons (includes mine) > and one Bay windowed westy, it was a nice day. > > We started off driving into...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:22:55 -0700
  ...Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 2:20 PM It seemed to suddenly happen, first with the splitties then with the bay window vans, that they...
• Vangon Sightings
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:31:38 -0800
  ...And was passed driving the other way by a Bay Window Riviera. But one Syncro Westy usually parked along that same route wasn't...
• Re: Moab man dies in I-70 crash
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:11:21 -0500
  ...Eastern Standard Time, > pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM writes: > > Were Vanagons called Campmobiles, too? Thought that was only Bay > Windows. > > > > > > > remember there are some of y...
• Re: (NVC) Snow in the flatlands
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 17 May 2007 17:17:19 -0600
  ...s- I was working in shorts w/o shirt! Not a pretty picture! Tom B.-saw 2 vanagons & a bay window while there-surprised
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 23:34:39 -0500
  ...have, "The Volkswagen Bus" by Malcom >> Bobbitt, >> they are still making bay window buses with 1.4 liter water cooled >> engine in >> Brazil. > > http...
• Re: Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:17:21 +0000
  ...named Vanagons-I always thought of this as more of a bay window bus thing. Back in boating days a buddy of mine had...
• Michelin tires & EV recalls
  Historical mailing list
  21 Dec 1995 16:45:55 GMT
  ...Recall Campaign SW Recall Campaign SP One is for the power window regulator and the other is for the improperly torqued shifter nut. E...
• Re: Sway bar bushings-Poor shape..
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:29:22 +0000
  ...Bay window buses may be "cuter" than Vanagons, but I'll never own another! Jeff
• New To List-Sort Of
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:32:03 -0500
  ...I was tired of the shortcomings of the bay window buses, mainly freezing in the winter, getting blown into another lane on windy days...
• Re: Fitting a jaleosy windiow
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:16:55 -0700
  ...HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I scored a really nice jalousy (sp?) window from a bay and I know > > these can be modified to fit my...
• Re: looking for a good one!!!
  Historical mailing list - jennifer dumpert
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:44:31 +0000
  ...from hotmail.com (bay2-f13.bay2.hotmail.com) by gerry.vanagon.com > (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id ><0.FBB5F79E@gerry...
• Re: Sliding rear window
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:47:39 -0500
  The window I bought is for the drivers side, the british ones are listed as both driver and passenger side. There are photos on...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:12:44 -0800
  ...Another solution would be have a Safari (awning) window similar to the ones Wolfsburg International in Redding, California manufactures for the bay window buses...
• Re: SoCal Window Tint Referrals
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:45:49 -0700
  ...Bay area. Mike On 3/21/09 7:20 PM, "PB" <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I'd like to have my Westy's windows...
• Re: Better than stickers
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 12:34:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...I see...late model vanagon owners could have rectangular streamers, bay window owners' streamers could be slightly curved, and splitty owners could, of course...
• Early1969 Westfalia interior into a 1961 split?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Sep 1996 20:12:15 +0200
  ...Will a westly interior for 68 or 69 fit into a 1961 split? Is the interior volume of the later bay window larger then...
• Re: Rubber Tramps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 23:06:17 -0400
  ...so he > jumps into his yellow Bay Window bus and boogies out of the frame. > > I'll just bet he drives a faster vehicle...
• Re: paper bus
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:37:47 -0400
  There are bay window busses if you look under Fahrzeuge then PkW Ric At 08:27 AM 9/1/2006, Ahlgrim, Kevin wrote: >The...
• Re: 3 Buses in One?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 7 May 2007 22:34:38 -0400
  ...Owsianowski wrote: > > What would a bus look like with a Splittie Front, Bay Window Side > and a > Vanagon Rear??? > > http://message.snopes.com/showthread...
• Upholstery Questions
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:17:57 +0000
  ...I really wanted to do the brown VW "Mexico Plaid" from the late Bay Windows, but that stuff is some kind of expensive through...
• Re: Friday trip planning
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:15:38 -0400
  ...http://sluggoproductions.com/iac/viewforum.php?f=56ee4997e6ab11286d7d9701384525d5 or simply go to http://sluggoproductions.com/iac and then Arctic Circle Bay Window Bus Tour...
• Re: Removing Rear Springplate (revision!)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Wed, 15 May 1996 14:39:01 +1000 (EST)
  ...I have now asked another one to pull a bar from an earlier bay window (oval tail lights), again after I showed him how...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:03:43 -0500
  ...engine and 4 speed > transaxle and installed same in my Safare Bay Window Camper. > Fortunately after the adrenaline rush, my experiences racing Porsches > at...
• Re: Non pop top bay Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Mon, 01 May 95 10:04:54 EDT
  > Something I saw today has me wondering, now I know Westy > did fairly common non pop top versions of bay window Buses, > certainly till...
• Re: New Electric van
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:23:39 -0400
  ...is responsible for www.ratwell.com - an awesome sight for the Bay Window Bus. Pete '87 Westy "JoesVan" '79 Westy "Aardvark" On Mon, Apr...
• Re: jacks
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:34:41 GMT
  >Brent: > >I believe these are all the same, even for the earlier bay window (and >maybe > >even splitties?) buses. They should be pretty plentiful...
• Re: drain holes for air scoops?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:47:22 +0200
  ...front of the engine bay wall, water was behind the side panels. I guess it came in through the window sealings. No need to...
• Re: Golf hubcaps on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:11:35 EDT
  ...I haven't figured out what the Wolfsburg package added to this van except the black window moldings without chrome strips. >> the alloys were...
• '83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:09:54 -0700
  ...It has long screen windows along either side, and a front open window for accessing the luggage rack. Also has the dual-burner, sink...
• Re: [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 04:21:59 -0500
  ('67s don't have firewalls, Clara? The engines are in the cargo bay? The split-window Type II must be a primitive beast indeed...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Oct 2004 (#2004-1000)
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:53 -0700
  ...My friends use one in their bay window westy. We live in Oregon, so the coldest it gets is a shade under freezing at...
• British Airways and Bay windows
  Historical mailing list - M. Grant
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:01:03 +0000 (GMT)
  ...Among all the wierd thingy- majigs and odd looking bits were two bay window panel vans, painted in the BA vehicle colour scheme (white...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:34:45 -0500
  ...Are vanagons as prone to catching on fire as the earlier bay window > buses? > > - Shawn > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years...
• many Eurovan Sightings at Joshua Tree Nat. Park
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:17:25 -0800
  Hey guys, Slightly off subject since I did not spot any Vanagons, but I did see 4 Bay Window vans and 8 Eurovans between...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:47:08 -0800
  ...grill or kerosene heater, not safe for >indoor use unless the windows are open , so what would be the point? > >CO buildup is silent...
• Re: nomenclature variation ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 03 Aug 94 22:31:57 CDT
  ...1968-1979 are Buses, or Bread-Loafs (or just Loafs), or Bay-Windows, >]and 1980-1991 are Vanagons or Caravelles or Bricks ... >If I...
• Re: The Vanagain Game (F)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:55:46 -0800
  ...It would not suprise me to see a '91 GL prowling the south bay looking, kids hanging out every window, lusting after a glimpse...
• Re: Looking for roof rack clamps
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:05:08 -0500
  ...Nashua NH, on the MA/NH border This will also fit Bay window Hard-top Busses as well as as splittie Hard-tops and...
• Re: FS: 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:38:15 EDT
  ...might do OK, Bays are very tough to find in decent shape, and you can forget about a split window- if there are any...
• Nice looking '86 Westy Auto FS in Bay Area
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:31:26 -0700
  ...I walked around it, peered through the windows etc: '86 Westy Automatic 136k mi Very clean body and interior, looks really well kept Catalina...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:50:31 +0000
  ...Hell, maybe I put on an '84 or earlier door, which has a bigger window opening! That was the reason for replacing the glass...
• Re: Need plastic/chrome window deco
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Tue, 18 Feb 97 18:12:28
  No, the trim is cosmetic. --- On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:39:44 -0600 David Bayer <bayer@sybase.com> wrote: >>| Does anyone know where...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:11:27 -0800
  ...I converted my old 72 bay window 1600 dp engine from straight points to electronic and it made a nice change. What's a...
• Hollister Hills Spring Syncro Event
  Historical mailing list - Steven Schwenk
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:47:48 -0800
  ...Although the event is primarily a syncro event, we had hoped to have (and almost have) a splitty, a bay window and an air...
• Re: vanagon tows vanagon(almost)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:11:21 -0400
  ...sealed the bottom of the engine bay > for more storage space, even used the driver side sliding windows on the > front of the trailer...
• Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:38:26 -0500
  ...this is for a 84 van or a 71 bay window as long as it fits the rear fender lip. im not sure on...
• Re: VW camping season started?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 3 Mar 2019 17:06:48 -0800
  ...Today there were a 9 VW vans > camped, all spread around in different spaces, seemingly all unrelated. > > 6 Vanagons > 1 Bay window > 1 Split...
• Planning a trip "around the block"
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:03:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...The "window" of time when I will be able to take this month is between May 1 and July 15. I would like to...
• Re: rear view mirrors - samba thread
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:18:41 -0700
  ...Friday, August 13, 2010, 11:05 AM I guess you missed the bay window long stalk mirror, which was my main reason for posting...
• Re: Could this be The One[tm]?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 15:53:32 -0800
  ...He also says dire things about swing axles, but points out that the bay-window busses came in at the same time as the...
• Re: Where have all the Vanagons gone???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:39:37 -0400
  ...The point I wish to make is that Vanagons were never as popular as Bay Window vans of the '70's. I see as...
• Re: Late Bus Pop Top on Splittie, possible ?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:04:58 EST
  ...COM writes: > Any chance that the Pop top from a 75 Bay window bus would fit a 66 > Splittie? > I've located a decent...
• Vanagons Spotted
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:08:28 -0800
  ...Over in the Bay Window community the vanagon people are thought of as stuffy, so of course, I wave at them too. Matt _________________ Any...
• old bus to vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 3 May 2018 18:48:36 -0400
  ...would the oil plug from a bay window or splitty be the same as the one I use in my 1.9? I found...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:36:08 -0700
  ...Peter Marsh Vanilla Shake http://www.vanwurks.co.uk/kompact-interior-for-volkswagen-t2-bay-window-from-1-095.00.html#.UUc0z1t4al0