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  • Re: Anyone in/near PDX have extra Vanagon dash pod??
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Wed, 4 Dec 2013 21:08:47 -0800
    As far as I know, that is a separate company licensed by VW. They have some of VW's old tooling but not all...
  • Jersey Turnpike
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 8 Oct 1995 22:42:04 -0500
    ...Couldn't see the license plate to tell if it was just visiting or had somehow snuck in and stayed. bcnu - G jgladu@bcm...
  • Nerd joke [F] /F /f
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:48:33 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Seen on the personalized license plate of a VW Beetle: "FEATURE" If you think this is funny, you are a computer nerd. Hint: Pretend...
  • Re: Decorative License plates
    Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:22:59 -0400
    Chip & Co. wrote: > > For those who were not interested, would you please take a moment to > tell me why you wouldn't order. Please...
  • Westy weight
    Historical mailing list - Tom LaLanne
    Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:45:34 -0700
    ...bought it as a part of the process of getting commercial license plates. (These plates are invaluable around crowded commercial areas because there are...
  • Fw: Uh oh....No coolant in the tank
    Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
    Sat, 14 May 2005 11:20:34 -0400
    ...but there is no coolant in the tank just behind the license plate.....but there is coolant in the reservoir.....I did not think...
  • Re: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Wed, 4 Apr 2007 19:02:33 -0400
    Thomas, Which container was low? The one behind the license plate (aka overflow tank) or the one with the pressure cap (aka coolant reservoir...
  • Re: VW Vanagon Syncro one owner - $3500 (seattle)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Fri, 30 May 2008 10:06:03 -0700
    ...dif. lock > works to.Body has some side damage (see pics). License plates exp" > > Lotsa photos. > > http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/699871324.html >
  • Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:32:37 -0800
    ...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: Tail lights 'n gators (vent)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:15:15 -0700
    ...I've wondered a few times about the feasibility of mounting one somewhere near the license plate. This would have the added benefit, if...
  • Re: Leak symptoms
    Historical mailing list - David Greenland
    Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:54:24 -0700
    Barry, First, you'll notice you have to top-off the coolant (the tank behind the license plate). - Without leaks, this shouldn't budge...
  • Re: Since is Friday: Can I ask a question about....
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:14:01 -0400
    At 07:02 PM 6/26/2015, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Any licensed electrician should have no trouble visualizing this and >rigging it. It...
  • Re: Engine fire-what next?
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:16:40 -0300
    On 3 Sep 2002 at 21:45, Steve Sandlin wrote: > When I opened the license plate door, I was greeted > by a small flame...
  • Fwd: Stolen syncro westie in Seattle
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Sat, 26 Jul 2003 19:31:27 -0000
    ...Thule box on top. Please call me if you see it. License is WA 437KLU. THANKS Kurt Krusinski 206-661-1638 --- End forwarded message ---
  • Re: Other Volkswagens
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:12:46 -0600
    ...very old VW van this weekend in Morgan Hill, CA. >> The license plate frame said "1958". What was the first year that VW >> vans...
  • STOLEN Bus Alert!!!-----SF area!
    Historical mailing list - Doug
    Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:38:19 -0500
    ...There are only 2 or 3 vans that look like this in the city, so if you see one with license plate starting "4PTV...
  • Re: Interesting Comment from 14 yr old son
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:16:56 +0000
    ...Now that she's almost 15 and a drivers license is on the horizon, it's fantastic leverage when she gets an attitude (which...
  • Re: Wiring questions
    Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
    Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:36:30 -0400
    ...The cut wires you show by the license plate go to the other license plate light (there's two wired separately). Always at your...
  • Re: teenagers and vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
    Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:42:03 -0400
    In Japan, when you get a license to ride a motorcycle, you're only allowed to ride one at-or-below the cc's...
  • Re: Lost coolant cap?
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 9 Jan 2018 18:53:57 -0700
    ...Rabbitt wrote: > Has anyone ever dropped their coolant cap behind the license plate? > > My hands were slippery in the rain and it dropped behind...
  • STOLEN: 1981 Vanagon Westfalia Camper in Vista, CA
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:16:16 -0500
    ...1981 Vanagon Westfalia Camper California Disabled License Plate: DPW4825 Added Details: Stock. Drivers side rear 1/4 panel has evident damage, damaged rear bumper...
  • Glow plugs and tank troubles
    Historical mailing list - Erik O
    Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:42:01 -0800
    ...As soon as I turn on the pump gas spills out all over the license plate and the bumper. Real messy! I chalked it...
  • Re: License plate mount
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:31:34 EDT
    In a message dated 6/30/98 5:15:17 PM, DChec@AOL.COM writes: >Any thoughts on where to mount a lic. plate...
  • Re: swapping serial numbers
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:00:32 -0700
    It's an invititation to do hard time in prison- making , what else- license plates! Robert 1982 Westfalia ----- Original Message ----- Wrom: IDREXCA Sent: Thursday...
  • Westy sighting near Torrance,CA
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:58:00 EST
    ...I had a "surfriders" license plate frame. Does it belong to any of you listees out there? Hat's off. Best, Jeff 83.5...
  • importing
    Historical mailing list - Dara Reimers
    Mon, 31 May 2004 15:19:38 -0400
    ...There is a sticker on the back of the license plate holder but it is all in French. Can anyone help with alternate sticker...
  • NVC Seattle WA STOLEN CABRIOLET!!! APB!!
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:04:47 +0000
    ...call me or send me an email. Thanks! 1992 model year. license# 382-RNS Washington plates Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www...
  • Re: Powerwindows?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:31:35 -0700
    Oooh...lambo doors and revolving license plates... gotta love Autoloc. Their kits looks pretty simple. Has anybody installed one? Jeff On Mar 12, 2008...
  • Re: Libel / retraction demanded in 24 hours
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:36:52 -0600
    ...Sawyer" wrote: > Excuse me Schwenk, I certainly do have a license, and certainly may discuss > law and the legal system anytime I want to...
  • Re: Temp Gauge High on Startup + Blinking Light
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 6 May 2011 06:17:26 -0400
    ...If I filled the coolant tank completely, and the overflow (behind the license plate) tank was also at max, it would all overflow when...
  • Re: '91 GL -- no brake lights, no license plate lights, but have tail lights, directional signals, and back-up lights
    Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
    Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:34:42 -0400
    ...Small bayonet > for the license plate. All turn signals common fuse, brake lights fused I > think with the horn, taillights fused right-left side...
  • Re: Help near bus fusion
    Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
    Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:32:15 -0400
    Anyone know if Garry made it up? I see one Mississippi license plate up here... And Frank is not more than 100 feet from...
  • Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
    Historical mailing list - courtney hook
    Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:00:06 -0800
    ...another note, what about one of those neat new computer generated license plate frames that you can put a scrolling comment on? Courtney > > The...
  • Re: stolen Vanagon Westy Weekender
    Historical mailing list - VW Vanagon
    Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:06:21 -0700
    ...Vanagon <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm contacting owner for the license plate # as it isn't listed on the > posting, unbelievably.... > > > > On Sat...
  • Freon CMathis
    Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
    Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:02:05 -0700
    ...Any licensed AC shop can get Freeze12 from the company. Randy Herd 86 GL Weekender 68 Kombi 98 Jeep Cherokee _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download...
  • Re: Gah. Inspections
    Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
    Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:41:58 -0500
    ...got yourself a sticker in tx. > I've lived in and licensed vehicles in WI, MN, and AL, and none of those states have...
  • Re: What will you all be driving...
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:25:59 -0700
    ...they'll have taken my driver's license from me by then and I'll be on my bicycle. Bob Stevens '87 Syncro Westy...
  • Here's my email to VW
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:54:17 -0700
    ...If you are worried about the legal aspects, then license the name for $10. My next car might just be a Toyota! Shame on...
  • Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate-why it goes down after filling the system.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:41:09 -0400
    ...No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate > > one suggestion.. > fill your license plate bottle with whatever coolant mixture you use. > > another is ...in...
  • '91 GL -- no brake lights, no license plate lights, but have tail lights, directional signals, and back-up lights
    Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
    Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:20:21 -0400
    I went to the FLAPS this afternoon and got a complete sent of Sylvania bulbs for the rear lights. All the numbers matched what...
  • Re: Westy Xmas Ornaments
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Wed, 4 Dec 2013 08:02:12 -0700
    ...When I joked that I wanted my license plate on it, he easily edited HIS onto the jpg just to rub it in harder...
  • Re: leaking coolant - reservoir cap failure?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:34:54 -0400
    ...the cap stops directing >coolant to the overflow tank behind the license plate? All >comments, guesses and opinions are greatly I highly highly doubt...
  • Re: Importing a vanagon from canada?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:22:18 EDT
    ...COM writes: << What happens when the van was originally sold and licensed in the U.S. and got imported into Canada and then a...
  • Westy sighting:I-5/SD
    Historical mailing list - Mark G
    Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:20:32 -0500
    ...Was this a list member? License plate read: CA SOUL Mark Garcia Alhambra, CA So Cal VW Campers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCalVWCampers...
  • FS: '91 Westy Syncro in So. Ca.
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:09:03 -0600
    ...Can anyone figure out the license plate state? Says it's now located in So. Cal for sale. Not mine, no connection to me...
  • Re: STOLEN Vanagon alert - Tacoma WA
    Historical mailing list - tmiller
    Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:31:52 -0400
    ...or this morning. > >It is an 85 Vanagon (white) with Washington License plate 279-KVS. > >The van just received a 2.0L swap with...
  • Re: 134 conversion
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:09:53 -0700
    ................ > Yes, I am a licensed A/C tech (big whoop), and my shop does have an R-12 > recovery machine, however, R-12 is...
  • Re: jack, costs - At What Cost?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:44:02 -0400
    ...for some bizarre reason you want to reproduce or distribute it. License is freely given for individual personal copies of course. Thanks, david -- David...
  • Re: Lighthearted Vanagon content - Boy or Girl?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:51:08 -0400
    ...I called her Katy for a while (the license plate ends with KT). Mike Trina Lindal wrote: > Anyone else out there refer to their...
  • Re: Blinking Coolant Light Mystery (to me)
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:42:52 -0800
    ...not the tank you can check or add to from the license plate door. Mark dusty edwards wrote: > so, the coolant light seems to...
  • Re: Electrical Help nEEDED - 90' Carat
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Tue, 22 May 2007 14:39:35 -0500
    ...I am still without guage lights or license plate light. All fuses check out ok. I have been told that I may have fried...
  • Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate-why it goes down after filling the system.
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:16:03 -0700
    ...No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate > > one suggestion.. > fill your license plate bottle with whatever coolant mixture you use. > > another is ...in...
  • Re: Tail lights and brake lights
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:46:52 -0800
    ...red1 : (license plate) :.....................................: : red2 : red3 : red4 : :..............:..........:............: yellow is the turn signal, always out the outside top of the fixture. clear is the backup light...
  • Re: Free Small Stuff in San Antonio
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:02:03 -0500
    License plate light is called for. BTW-If anyone who gets these items has a spare dome or glove box light they want to...
  • Re: Graphic Novel about 1974 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:00:19 -0700
    Sounds like the heroine drives a Vanagon (looks like a Vanagon front door edge and hatch edge/license in the teaser illustrations) and the...
  • some breadloaf parts for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:26:13 -0500 (EST)
    ...rims -sliding door handles(in and out) -engine compart handle -rear license plate light assembly If interested in any of this, make an offer...
  • Re: demographics of Vanagon.com
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:32:55 -0700
    J wrote: > Licensed massage therapist. I usually drive 4 miles over the speed > limit, and I try to take off for a couple of...
  • Re: The little red light
    Historical mailing list - Hajasz
    Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:32:44 -0500
    ...If you lift your deck lid, it is the coolant tank to the left of the tank you see when you pull the license...
  • Re: Third Tail light
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:52:52 EDT
    ...What I am loking > for is a license plate frame with a built-in brakelight. > > I have seem some custom aluminum ones on the...
  • Re: Reminder: Buses of the Corn - August 10-12
    Historical mailing list - Mike Scarff
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:39:16 -0200
    ...43.9292> 78.9812 " too Google Maps, I got out my passport and my International> driver's license and packed my bags for KAZAKHSTAN...