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• Re: Busses in Cartoons...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 1 May 2001 07:50:18 -0500
  ...I caught the beginning of >"Futurama", and they dug up a bay window (literally) complete with flower >power graphics, and went on tour with...
• Re: Just wondering
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:05:23 +0100
  ...Even the little slotted aperture at the base of the front doors on > later T2 (bay-windows) and all T3 (Caravelles, Vanagons, etc) takes...
• Re: Tom Hanks and Letterman
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:11:32 -0700
  ...he refers to it as '70's Yep, you seen one bay window syncro, you have seen them all? Anybody else get the gas...
• Random musings?
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:51:00 -0500
  What the !@#$%^! is a bay window? Where does one get these vanagon stickers? Regarding the who owns the Earth comments, I saw a good...
• Re: [T2] Tip for anyone installing 30mm oil pump on vanagon air cooled engine.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:26:19 -0500
  ...On bay window buses, that is true, for it has a different mount for the engine carrier. But on the vanagon, with the aluminimum...
• VW shop
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:50:02 -0400
  ...out it was a shop, with Bugs, Westys, Vanagons and old Bay Windows. Where is this, L.A.? Does anybody know where that shop...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_=95_Looking_for_drivers_side_power_window?= =?windows-1252?Q?_motor_and_pop_top_luggage_rack_mounts_?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 May 2012 20:07:11 -0700
  ...Hope everyone's van's are running smoothly. > > I am Looking for a drivers side power window motor and pop top luggage rack mounts...
• Re: Cayman Islands Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 03:47:26 EDT
  ...Today I saw two Vanagons, 2 bay window westies (and a bug) and this was a slow day.>> Man, I really feel sorry for...
• 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:35:16 -0800
  ...Email Living and Working in the SF Bay Area Automobiles: '83 VW Westy (watercooled); '77 VW Bay Window Other Info: http://communitybuilders.info/~craigoda/
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:36:21 PDT
  ...all the other nicknames (split-window, > bread-loaf/bay-window, brick) refer to an external feature or the shape of > the bus. besides ... EuroVans...
• Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:58:50 -0800
  ...back to air-cooled days' ... > so I'm figuring that means Bay Buses and that ilk. > > Many parts do carry on through the years...
• Re: Moab man dies in I-70 crash
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:29:46 -0500
  ...Were Vanagons called Campmobiles, too? Thought that was only Bay Windows. Either way, my thoughts and prayers go out this guy and his family...
• Comittment (Was Re: Michelin tire report (bay window/vanagon))
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Mon, 08 Jul 1996 14:36:43 -0800
  Steve Tokar wrote: > "It's not a car, it's a commitment." And sometimes can be the reason that family members consider commitment (to...
• Re: Replacement Jack
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:53:09 -0800
  I believe these are all the same, even for the earlier bay window (and maybe even splitties?) buses. They should be pretty plentiful. Brent...
• Re: Dash mounted Hula Dancer?
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Sager
  Tue, 16 May 2000 11:16:11 -0400
  ...I noticed an older Bay Window in >decent shape. Upon walking by it I notice a Dash Mounted Hula Dancer, I >assume it bobs...
• Re: how to keep your vw alive
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:07:43 -0500
  ...Since the Vanagon evolved from the bay-window Bus, which is covered in the book, I would recommend you borrow it from someone and...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0700
  ...If you take that same type 4 engine (I know, the heads are > slightly different) and put it in a Bay Window bus, the...
• Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:02 -0500
  ...Love and good fortune to you all. > > Jim C > Mexico > 71 Bay Window (The Bing) > 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss) > 87 Morgan 44 sloop...
• Back from down under
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Tue, 2 Jan 96 14:48:27 gmt
  ...Anyway, one morning I did a bit of sight-seeing at a VW-only scrapyard that had about 20 bay windows and 3 splits...
• Re: Splits F.S.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 07:45:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Split window, cooler, bed, pop-top, water pump. > Has some rust. Nds some loving! $2300 (Buzzards Bay, MA) 508-563-6369. $2300! And needs...
• Westy bed mechanism
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 95 11:03:12 bst
  ...Can anyone please measure up their hinges and let me know the lengths between the joints? This is for a bay-window bus BTW...
• Re: Anyone ever fit a motorcycle in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:33:26 -0600
  ...K75S, which has to be larger than your Honda, into a Bay Window bus. Good Luck, Bruce >From: Brian Butler <bbutler@PRODIGY.NET> >Reply...
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 15:11:47 -0400
  According to the new book I have, "The Volkswagen Bus" by Malcom Bobbitt, they are still making bay window buses with 1.4 liter...
• Re: Sell my 91GL?????
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:34:22 -0700
  ...Expect to pay at least $10K for > a bay window camper and at least $15K for a Vanagon camper in excellent > condition. Yeah yeah...
• Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:02:30 -0400
  ...Maps "Street View" and stumbled upon >> > what >> > looks like a stretch Bay Window Westy. The "street view" thing is >> > kinda >> > wierd worth checking out...
• BBTB Weather Report
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:51:05 -0700
  ...4 > vanagons (3 were westys), one bay Westy and an early bus with the > small rear window in Santa Cruz. > > Weather still good, not...
• Re: VW camper van article
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:12:22 -1000
  ...left. > People decorate bay windows as hippy vans , the mass of the movement was dead by the time Bay Windows were introduced, and at...
• Re: A Friendly Wave
  Historical mailing list - Sarah Gallagher
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 23:06:06 +0100
  I wave at post-bay-window buses on long journeys when I get bored. (means over 20 miles for me....well this is England...
• Re: Dash mounted Hula Dancer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Tue, 16 May 2000 11:27:19 -0400
  ...I noticed an older Bay Window in decent shape. Upon walking by it I notice a Dash Mounted Hula Dancer, I assume it bobs...
• Re: BaT sale
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:51:10 -0500
  ...And, bay window trucks, Bay panel vans, and on and on. All tightly packed in this very large space. I realized they likely never...
• For Sale: 1987 Wolfburg Ed Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:25:57 -0700
  ...bay. Has working cabin flourescent light. Has the original gray privacy curtains. Has power locks (all work except the passenger door). Crank windows (not...
• Re: VW camper van article
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:16:22 -0700
  ...Pretty sure Bay windows were around a year or two before Woodstock in 69. Also well into the time of Vietnam and many related...
• Re: SoCal Window Tint Referrals
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:16:39 -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: Rubber Floor Mat
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:23:38 EST
  ...Now, this is an observation I've made of the many Bay window buses > I've owned, and I could be wrong on this...
• Need help with rust- window frame
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:34:53 EDT
  ...Today I removed the rear driver's side window of the bus and upon cleaning out the bottom ledge with a stainless wire brush...
• Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:57:31 -0700
  A couple years ago, my van was struck by a parked 70s bay window VW bus which had been struck by a passing car...
• Yeehaaar. No road tax for me.
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 14:33:37 +0100 (BST)
  ...Which I imagine will boost the prices of the early bay windows a bit. cheers Marcus '70 bus (old banger) __ Marcus Grant mty016@coventry...
• Re: Burning Magnesium Engine Case
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 May 1999 00:19:56 +0200
  ...flames out > the front windows, car fire. > Fire truck arrived 2 minutes later; they hit it with the hose, and chunks of > burning crankcase...
• Re: Any Idea what this is?????
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 23:30:43 EDT
  ...it has skylights in the roof, and a "V" - nosed front a-la split window bus, but has the baywindow windshield. the engine is...
• Stand or Bench for engine?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:46:15 -0700
  ...When I work on my aircooled 1600DP from the 71 bay window I put it on an engine stand I got from aircooled.net...
• Re: Is this a rare van? sunroof van FS cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:30:52 EST
  ...Standard Time, pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > today I saw a 71? bay window bus that had a factory sliding roof. not so > much a...
• Re: protect your van from fire!!! metla engine lids FS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:05:11 +1200
  ...Even if the engine-bay electrics are toast, the rest of the van should be okay, and the engine-bay can be repaired. Hmmm...
• Verification
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:47:39 +0000
  ...stanshapiro.com> wrote: > > > I wish to verify my membership 1977 VW bay window camper van > > Stan Shapiro > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:20:27 -0400
  It seemed to suddenly happen, first with the splitties then with the bay window vans, that they just dropped off the streets. We still...
• Split window brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Moseley
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:42:59 -0700
  As I hit my brakes quite hard yesterday on the approach to the Bay Bridge Maze (that's the intersection of I80, I580, I880...
• air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:07:34 -0700
  ...Two white Bay window style Westfalias passed me, obviously loaded and really going, they must have been doing 80. I was hoping they would...
• [Fwd: bay window bus parts]
  Historical mailing list - Jim Digennaro
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:27:29 -0500
  Hi All, I'm forwarding this message for this guy, if you don't get it, let me know. He has found a large...
• Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:44:46 EDT
  In a message dated 26/10/2007 6:09:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Gerry, you're in...
• Re: Who makes the straight-up pop-top?
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:22:27 -0800
  ...Only a few Vanagons were converted.>> > > I restored a 69 Bay Window Riviera. The quality was good but not great, > particularly in the area...
• Re: Z-bed shift to the port bulkhead
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:32:54 -0400
  ...It's kinda like calling a Bay window a > Vanagon ,serves > > the same purpose but way different from each other. > > > This is a Z...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:18:47 -0700
  ...My friend Syd is running a pair of similar Dellorto carbs on his 1800cc Bay Window. You are in a high humidity area, which...
• Re: Thermostat and other things???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:04:53 -0800
  ...I just bought the Bay Window/Breadloaf/ 68-79 Bus Bentley book and I'll look-up thermostats tonight. Thermostats are popularly left off...
• Re: Crew Cab Part Numbers?
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:21:22 -0500
  Tim McDermott wrote: > > Hello, > > I a looking for information on obtaining the part number for > the sliding window assembly for a crew cab. > > I...
• Re: Air-cooled heat?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:37:45 -0500
  ...Are these the same ones that the bay-window > buses use? > Thanks, > Ed Maikranz > Abilene, TX > 81 Westy > 71 Superbeetle > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y...
• portable A/C in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:17:36 -0500
  I have used a portable window A/C in my Vanagon for years, and have been asked about it at Busses Nowhere near the...
• Ghia/Herbie Cruise Update
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 19 May 2005 09:19:40 -0700
  ...Here are two additional links on the Cruise's progress provided by Phillip & Catherine (cruising along in their Bay Window Crew Cab)(taken from...
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:02:17 -0700
  ...have, "The Volkswagen Bus" by Malcom Bobbitt, > >they are still making bay window buses with 1.4 liter water cooled engine > in > >Brazil. > > http...
• Fwd: Re: [VW-TDI] MIL light?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 01:26:22 -0000
  ...None of the dealer's in the sf bay area have a used car for meto look at myself (and the one service dept...
• Re: wind noise
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:59:06 -0700
  ...Next check would be the window gaskets. good luck, Bj�rn Bj�rn Ratjen Mill Bay, B.C. 1987 Syncro Est Alia (self camperized...
• Re: Interesting Article About Pete Townsend's Bus
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:21:05 -0500
  ...Quite allot just to have a cool new bay window. Bryan