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• Re: older american propaganda film where the bad guy drives a VW Van
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:16:04 -0600
  ...BZ-never getting into a Bay window bus again > > -- > roger w > There are two kinds of jobs in the world: > Picking up garbage and...
• Re: Frydaye - Advice Needed re Tinted Windows and Dog
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:54:21 -0700
  ...over while driving through Utah, for 'reflective windows', and busted when they searched his bay window Westie and found a roach in the ashtray...
• Re: Window tinting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:50:11 -0500
  ...My neighbor was passing through Utah in his bay window with tinted silver rear windows and was stopped by the Smokies..They then searched...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:47:27 -0700
  ...Does > the Vanagon respond well to the Bay Window starter relay fix, or is it a > better bet to change the starter? Has anyone...
• Re: 83.5 gas tank removal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:45:48 EDT
  ...Any info about this problem? Thanks, Skip 71 bay window 83.5 westy >> i got a good used gas tank for sale, from a...
• Re: Odd AC contraption
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 01:42:17 EDT
  In a message dated 4/3/01 8:16:45 PM, sneakers@OZ.NET writes: << The last thing, which is definitely a bay window...
• Re: Inner CV boot replacement on an '81
  Historical mailing list - Chris brown
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:21:28 EST
  Though I had done the procedure many times on multiple bay window busses, I had much more difficulty when I replaced all four rear...
• Re: What about Custom Handbook by Meredith?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 95 10:14:47 gmt
  ...Most of content is about split screen vans (as usual), and only a small amount on Bay windows and Vanagons. There is a fairly...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:43:07 +0000
  ...I modified it to fit my Vanagon, but have not used it since the bay window days. Jeff Jeff Stewart ----- "Stephen Steele" <steeles@HORIZONVIEW...
• VW Classic in Irvine, CA
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 96 14:34:50 PDT
  ...There was a beige bay-window camper with a Devon pop-top and a split window Devon that had a tent on the side...
• Re: trivia question
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Wed, 27 May 1998 16:08:58 EDT
  ...called Typ II, T1; the odd S.African Bay windows with the square side windows, clamshell doors, and "fishbowl" rear wrap-arounds could be...
• RE: VW on Star Trek
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 8 Nov 96 11:09:25 UT
  ...VW on Star Trek Well, for those who haven't yet seen this weeks Star Trek Voyager, there's a bay window bus used...
• San Francisco HELP, part deux!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:00:23 -0800
  ...Help in San Francisco! Is there anyone in the Bay Area (San Francisco) that can put a window in the sliding door of a...
• Re: OIL Grade ?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:36:17 -0500
  ...Works good for me, and keeps the Vanagon Lifter Syndrome a bay. John Rodgers 88 G:L Driver Pierre Monette-Dorais wrote: > Hello, > > I...
• Re: OT: Eurovan forum information?
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:33:39 -0400
  ...And so are things newer/bigger than the Vanagon (next up we can let the bay window air-cooled vs wasserboxer Vanagon debate resume...
• Trip Report--East Coast
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 13:13:50 EDT
  ...We passed one friendly, later > bay window bus in Pennsylvania but didn't see any other buses until we > reached Charleston, South Carolina (surprised...
• Re: Michelin tire report (bay window/vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  08 Jul 96 15:11:53 PDT
  Tires - I have a set of Sumitomo's on my '80 Westi, love 'em. I drive about 100 miles a day, up & down the...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:15:42 -0700
  ...name for the split-window and bay-busses. That's what's being referred to here. Vanagon is not called a Type 2 in...
• brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 May 2005 09:09:29 -0700
  ...These are German made bulbs that fit into the bayonet mount socket. While an improvement over the stock back-up lamps, they still don...
• Re: Rotary engines
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Thu, 13 May 2004 19:10:25 +1000
  There have been a few bay windows converted to rotary power here in Australia. From what I understand it isn't the best engine...
• Re: 1971 on Bring a Trailer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 1 May 2018 17:18:54 -0400
  ...No idea on the Bay window engine sizes as I was never a Bay window aficionado. > On May 1, 2018, at 5:09 PM...
• Transporter designations
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Martin
  Tue, 26 May 1998 23:48:58 -0700
  ...T1 Transporter = split screen (to 1967) T2 Transporter = Bread Loaf/Bay Window (to 1979?) T3 Transporter = Vanagon (to 1991) T4 Transporter = Eurovan Yet I...
• Re: South African parts For Sale.....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:59:55 +1200
  >please explain to this novice: > south african parts > bay window > >thanks... VW South Africa manufactures various models. The Type 25, or Type 2 T3...
• Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:43:42 -0700
  ...Maps "Street View" and stumbled upon > > what > > looks like a stretch Bay Window Westy. The "street view" thing is > > kinda > > wierd worth checking out...
• Re: Bassackwards Bay Window
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 05:32:56 -0800
  > Moderator Comment: > > Too bad it's not Friday. This would be perfectly suited then. Or > perhaps join Little Ms. Sunshine on the Type 2...
• 1985 Vanagon GL For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 15:58:28 EST
  ...Route 35 in Mantoloking/Bay Head. Right near the ocean. Good Luck!! Paul Bucco Ibuyvws@aol.com 1987 wolfsburg Vanagon 1965 21 window bus...
• Re: WTB: Westy upper mattress or cover
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sat, 22 May 2004 18:01:39 -0400
  ...IIRC my old bay-window westy had thicker stuff up there and with the design of the hinges you could get at least another...
• battery holder thing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 30 Jul 2018 19:30:27 -0400
  ...Were similar holders used on bay windows and buses? I have a part that was given to me along with other older bus parts...
• Re: FS: 87 Synchro
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:38:13 -0800
  To fellow listerines, Before I go to E-Bay with this, I thought I would see if there is any interest in my 87...
• Re: Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:21:05 -0700
  ...It is also where the bay-window busses had their battery, so you probably could even use factory cables for a bay-window bus...
• Re: Craigslist Ad
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:04:40 -0600
  ...Richard > But when did VW go with electronic ignition? Wasn't it toward the end of Bay window production? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless...
• Re: Dash mounted Hula Dancer?
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Tue, 16 May 2000 11:28:37 -0700
  ...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: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Thu, 11 May 1995 15:02:19 +0100 (BST)
  ...in the brake department to say the least :) Going for the bay window chassis is a very neat way of getting round any steering...
• sunroof like i Jurassic Park, The Mermen
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 17:02:15 -0800
  When I was a boy, Oldsmobile's had such windows for the middle seat passengers in their station wagons. They called 'em Vista Crusers...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:05:49 -0800
  I've used talcum powder and soap over the years, but the last time I replaced my rear hatch window seal I could not...
• Re: Do I Live In Vanagon and Bus Land?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:02:13 -0700
  ...camper, then across from where I'm parked a very clean Bay Window > bus, and across from that another Westy, about an '84 w...
• Back from down under
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Thu, 4 Jan 96 12:45:21 gmt
  ...I also got a few small things that would fit in my pockets like some bits of bay-window deluxe trim that are practically...
• Re: Gas Heat in a Splittie....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 10:25:28 EST
  ...Look for a late model bay window or early vanagon. I'm not sure when the first year was for this model (anyone?) Also...
• Re: BART: was Re: Loose Wind Wings 94 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 22 May 2007 14:14:03 -0700
  ...self-explanatory.) > > > I remember when they were excavating in the East Bay by my house, and I > have some sort of commemorative coin that...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Danny C
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:14:30 -0700
  Yes I grew up owning bay window and split window vw's always kinda not liking the vanagon and thinking it was stupid and...
• Re: re Aerodynamics for MPG - 1971 Bay air dam
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:24:21 -0700
  ...During my senior year in college, I focused on fuel economy improvements for my 1971 bay window. Built a wrap around air dam that...
• Re: Where To Buy a Windshield
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:51 -0800
  ...I used them before for a Bay window bus, and they asked if I > wanted to pick it up from their "warehouse" to save...
• Re: Am I the only one that 'checks out' every vanagon I pass?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:55:54 EST
  ...Funny thing though....most of the "wavers" are driving Splitties or Bay Windows. Andrew Martin '87 Vanagon GL Syncro 178K Poulsbo WA
• Better than Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:03:14 -0500
  I like the layout of the cabinets on this Kustom Synchro and lack of window obstruction is also nice, but with the added clearance...
• Re: "Pick & Pay Ecotour Vacation"
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 02:51:42 +0000
  ...Last time I went to my favorite yard in the summer, I popped open the sliding door of a bay window bus. First surprise...
• Re: mounting cb radio?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:05:45 -0500
  Hi Stephen, I do the same thing with my baywindow westfakia. It works pretty well. I have also had good results from a "through...
• Re: VW camper van article
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:49:12 -0500
  ...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: Modern Japanese Vans with Retro Faux Split / Bay Window Looking Front Facades
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 23:10:41 -0700
  ...I recall seeing some modern Japanese vans with retro faux split / bay > window > >> looking front facades. I'm assuming these are kits, does anyone...
• Re: better seats
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:50:42 +1200
  ...I wanted to be able to throw my Bay around the twisties without having to use my knees against the steering column to hold...
• Re: Another Stupid Tire Thread..was Re: 15" Wheel/Tire Report - Caution
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:42:13 -0500
  I have had 3 Vanagon's (1 synchro), 2 Bay windows, and 10 sets of tires. I have had 2 unsafe sets of cheap...
• Timing Help
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 08:30:29 -0700
  ...Decal on engine bay says 5 degrees ATDC, unplug O2 sensor and Breather hose. Haynes says disconnect Vacuum advance and time at 5 Degrees...
• Re: Let's go Canada!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 1994 15:22:25 -0800
  ...In fact, taking the ferry boat from Port Angeles, in the family 68 bay-window, you could look up and see where the marine...
• Re: Many newbie questions.
  Historical mailing list
  20 Oct 94 24:28
  ...Anyway, there's this guy in england that makes fibre-glass bumbers for Splits and Early Bay-windows (like yours). The front bumper comes...
• Re: your mail
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Fri, 3 Feb 1995 15:19:55 +0000 (GMT)
  ...relay i have is 9 The flasher relay on the earlier bay windows, is a pain to get hold of, and twice the price...
• (F) TV Ad Bus Sightings(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:09:16 -0800
  ...her and she's riding in the passenger seat of a bay-window bus, unknown vintage. There's a third ad featuring a splittie...
• Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:41:39 EDT
  In a message dated 26/10/2007 3:07:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: What in the world...
• Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:11:58 -0700
  ...Maps "Street View" and stumbled upon > > what > > looks like a stretch Bay Window Westy. The "street view" thing is > > kinda > > wierd worth checking out...
• Re: '79 Water-cooled Bus? Yessirree!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jun 1997 09:52:56 -0700
  ...I have seen a number of bay windows that have had this modification preformed kicking about the bay area... I was looking to do...
• Re: Vanagon external sun visor?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:34:16 -0700
  ...They stopped one of my pals in his Bay Window westie, passing through Utah, for having reflective film camper windows on his van....pulled...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:36:30 -0400
  ...Peter Marsh Vanilla Shake http://www.vanwurks.co.uk/kompact-interior-for-volkswagen-t2-bay-window-from-1-095.00.html#.UUc0z1t4al0