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• [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:54:05 -0400
  It's Fryeday, and it was sugggested the vanity plate would be a good topic for today. The most obsure plate I saw on...
• Re: nothing to laugh about
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:05:41 -0800
  ...Geo Metro~ > > Would the average licensed driver be better of with the modern > econobox over an older Volkswagen? Maybe yes since with the Geo...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:53:54 -0400
  ...Let's contrast that to the state of New Jersey, where I got my license in 1981... After passing the written test, I went...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:47:16 -0700
  ...I discover NO > coolant in the tank behind the license plate. I had to go to work so could > not do a further inspection...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:42:56 -0700
  looks like that can be pronounced a few ways, one of which sounds like a busy weekend. alistair On 2011-10-28, at 12...
• Surprising Syncro Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Wed, 06 Dec 1995 19:26:53 -0800
  ...a white Syncro Crewcab circa '89 (?), kicked myself for not noticing the license plates. With surfboards in the back. And this was not one...
• WTB: Diesel Vanagon Westy or Dead Synchro?
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:18:17 -0600
  ...now, or forever hold your peace. ======================================================================= Copyright, Harmon F. Seaver, 1999. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for US$1,000...
• Wading depth & a question
  Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:37:16 EST
  ...The picture shows it to be behind the rear license plate and directly below the oil fill tube. However, my Syncro does not have...
• Re: Insanity on our roads WAS: Re: That recent post bashing Tiico
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:40:10 -0700
  ...Take a look at the back of the newest North Carolina driver's licenses.
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:35:04 -0700
  ...Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 8:27 AM Just sharing, the annual fee to license my 84 Westy in Michigan is $68.00 Michigan bases...
• Re: Friday Wal Mart standoff.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:32:15 -0500
  ...The best >response is hasty flight. > >The NM incident is more than likely does not involve a licensed CCW >citizen, >but we shall see...
• Re: Burning Bus Crashes Into House
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:57:40 -0700
  ...Tried extinguisher through the license plate door, no help. Lost the whole Westy.
• Re: [F] Names
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:05:50 -0400
  Before I forget and it's no longer Friday, one of the coolest license plates I've come across is on this bus: http...
• '75 breadloaf FS near SF
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:02:39 -0800
  ...has all service records. It's orange and white. Manual transmission. License plate # 951 UIJ, and the mileage on the odometer (which I saw...
• Re: '79 Fuel Injection Airflow Meter Adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 23:35:13 -0400
  ...Just another attempt at proving to the government that only licensed mechanics be allwed to work on vehicles. Especially the emissions systems. Dennis.
• Re: Rough Cost of Half Lilley -- copyright
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:51:05 -0500
  ...Sawyer wrote: > Anyone wishing to purchase a license to use this name may do so > for a reasonable fee of $17,000. Piker! Excuse...
• Re: [Was: Billboard cars/vans Now: Somehthing not Vanagon related]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 May 2001 18:21:13 +1200
  ...A few years ago I saw a car with FAR Q license plates! How this slipped past I dunno. Remember, Kiwis pronounce (or rather...
• Re: Beer and poetic license
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:26:49 -0900
  > Tomorrow temperatures in S. California are again going to >be hot and dry and around 80 degree and up. How I hate these dry...
• Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:27:55 -0700
  This place has several of the license plate covers to choose from. I have no idea if they work. I hope they do, though...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got t...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Apr 1994 09:11:18 -0600 (CDT)
  ...Unfortunately, I can't remember who invented it - Honda or VW. ]But I have a feeling it was Honda and *they* licensed it to...
• Re: Mystery van pics (do you know what it is?)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:37:14 -0800
  ...Find an old one which predates 1968 and chances are they >street licensed here. The Daihatsu HiJet featured in "Pimp My Ride" on >MTV...
• Re: Calif: Buying out of state
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:17:09 -0700
  ...Pennsylvania is different from California in that when somebody sells a vehicle, the SELLER keeps the license plates. I've got time to get...
• registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:45:21 -0230
  ...I'm supposed to register it within 30 days (which is pretty nuts, since I have 90 days to get a NL drivers license...
• Re: rear hatch lock
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:40:37 -0600
  ...Steve Sandlin, Steve's Lock Shoppe 84 Wolfsburg Westy Subaru 79 bus 74 412 wagon 00 New Beetle License # B12682
• Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:40 -0400
  ...volt piezoelectric >buzzer connected between fuse # 11 (wipers) and fuse #20 (license >plate light) You can find the part at Radio Shack. They also...
• Re: Personalized License Plates
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:30:58 PST
  >>>Claralw@aol.com said: > "4/2/95 was at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis TN. Interestingly, Not Fade > Away was not played. [...] > Wharf Rat...
• Re: Importing vans to CA
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:00:03 -0800
  ...However, the sticker inside the license plate pull down thing says "meets USA EPA and California emission standards for 1987 light trucks". Seems to...
• Re: List Reserves
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:40:45 -0800
  ...Schwenk wrote: >Ron, perhaps you would get a better response if you would provide a mail >address where people can send donations, license fees...
• Re: Carlisle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 May 1999 02:29:21 -0400
  ...Look for a white Syncro Westy, Fun Bus license plates. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Ralph P. Geho <sales@RALPHOTO.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Leak symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:17:26 -0700
  ...the one directly in front of the license plate? Barry Mercer Sudbury, Ontario Moo 88 westy 153k kilometres. _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE email for life...
• Importing a vehicle from Canada to US
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 10 May 2002 12:23:22 -0400
  ...but I'd like to hear how other people have handled license plates and insurance prior to actually registering the vehicle upon returning home...
• Stolen Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:36:14 -0500
  ...So it's easy to see them.) I printed out the license plate info just in case. Hope you get it back soon. Mark...
• USA Vanagoneers going to/thru Canada this summer???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 May 2005 15:58:27 -0500
  ...This did not use to be a requirement for US citizens - only a valid drivers license was needed. Not so any more. Don't...
• Re: Propane bleeder valve gloves..
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:42:12 -0800
  ...Operator said they were not licensed to fill tanks inside or attached to vehicles, pointed down the street to another propane fill station. Went...
• Re: Coolant tank -- how full is FULL
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:28:23 -0700
  ...as that's bad for the environment! The expansion tank (behind license plate, had min & max lines. m --- John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM> wrote...
• Re: Splicing damaged brake pipes???
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:46:58 -0400
  ...Bob- in trendy Royal Oak- the home of the #1 & #2 liquor licenses in Michigan
• Re: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:35:39 -0800
  ...Scott Jim Lahyey On 1/18/2014 8:53 PM, Alain Thibault wrote: > The expansion tank behind the license plate shows coolant under the...
• Re: Vans in europe? (Insurance)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:45:17 +0100 (MET)
  ...We've never heard of this law." > The ones who did would: > (2) Require me to get a NY state license first, even though...
• Re: lock yer doors without keys?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:21:21 +1300
  ...key, a key in my wallet, >AND a key behind the license plate on ALL my cars. There are time when I've >forgotten...
• Vanagon Xmas ornaments
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:55:08 -0700
  ...I guess we didn't deal with the Syncro gas filler, but he did put his own license plate on his own version. Anyway...
• Re: vanagon heaven in trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:02:46 EST
  ...LOL I don't see how he is going to be able to sell them if he doesn't have a dealer license, but...
• Re: Speaking of vanity plates (and eatin' possum)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 10:34:24 -0500
  >On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:38:11 -0600 Mark McCulley said: >>I used to have an Eat More Possum license plate on the...
• Rear Bumber Cost?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:36:53 -0800
  ...I got the guy's license plate number and the local police say they have located the guy. This was a scary thing and...
• okay: Nutshelling WIZBANG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 14 May 2000 06:41:40 -0400
  ...1278 tollfree "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera . . . fax mentis incendium gloria...
• Re: junk van title
  Historical mailing list - Joel Wilson
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:22:03 -0500
  Kim, try your local DMV or License Plate Agency. they have procedures to search for lost titles. good to hear you are saving another...
• On the Issue of I4 Mounts and Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 6 May 2004 02:18:16 EDT
  ...engine rpm yet, but they have made me go back to the license plate to check if the engine is running on many occasions...
• Today's PUZZLER... SLWR-VAN won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:19:34 -0400
  ...Thanks for any new suggestions! Chris 1986 Vanagon GL, VA license "SLOW-VAN" 1986 Vanagon GL, VA license "SLWR-VAN" 1986 Vanagon GL, no...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:43:01 -0700
  ...how much money it costs to get a driver license in >> Germany? Lessons and license cost >> >> > I did not want to advocate the german...
• Coolant Tank and Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:03:21 -0600
  The tank behind the license plate was empty after I replaced a hose and bled. I have added a full amount twice, and still...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:40:52 -0700
  ...to the Vanagons!!!! >> watch out for those flourescent pink distributor caps!!!! ;<) >> >How 'bout neon lights glowing under the car & as a license plate frame???
• Sighting in Sweden
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:51:40 +0200
  ...It had german license plates. All poptops I've seen here was made by Westfalia. -- = Peter Larsson 1994 Eurovan Doublecab Diesel Syncro Sweden ______ = /__][__] = /=B4...
• FS: 1986 Syncro Westy was Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:12:01 EST
  ...California licensed and passed smog inspection. Formerly and east coast car. Now located in the vicinity of San Francisco. Not too pretty but mechanically...
• Re: [vanagon] FS: '93 LT 28 Diesel Westfalia on samba in Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 16 May 2007 13:27:12 -0700
  Interesting that he got it licensed (and I presume titled) in the US with the speedo still in kilometers, I though the speedo had...
• NVC : Anyone a RE broker or atty licensed in NM?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:56:14 -0700
  Once again calling on the vast resources of the vanagon list: Due to a small inheritance issue of real property in New Mexico, my...
• Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:02:12 -0500
  ...the right--blah blah blah!.. > > Wanted our drivers licenses...Huh? To ride a bike? Drivers > license?..Speed > > limit?---we played it dumb---Then Marie...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Mary K Creasy
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:46:13 -0400
  ...Re: [F] license plates > On my '89 Westfalia, CMPNFOOL > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Greg Potts <greg...
• Re: vanagon heaven in trouble
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:08:42 -0700
  ...I heard they served him for tax evasion and no license > for > selling cars later md >
• Re: Hey California folks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 14:02:22 -0500
  ...The sticker was located on the back of the rear license plate hatch, though I have heard that it can be on the driver...
• Power steering failure ?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:54:59 -0400
  ...Does the fluid level in the reservoir (behind license plate) drop? Mine still reads OK. The steering wheel has a funny feel to it...
• Re: AFM how to set ?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:47:10 -0700
  ...of the ignition module, or on the inside surface of the license plate door. You want clean idle somewhere between 1.0% and 1...