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• Re: New guy on list need feedback
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 09 Dec 95 18:53 CST
  ...I have the 1968 VW Workshop Manual for split window buses (two volumes) and inside it looks just like (same crazy format) the Bentley...
• stats for the holidays (weakly and otherwise)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 28 Nov 94 10:36:17 CST
  ...bread-loaf/ bay window buses, and about another 15 or so split windows. :) and maybe about 15 more eurovans or so. and 20 more...
• bug-out 34
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 21 Apr 96 16:34:17 EDT
  ...buses, some nice some lowered and turned into crap, a couple split-window single cabs (one of which was for sale for $4200 -- looked...
• Florida Bus Exchange Adventure Report
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:44:00 -0500
  ...Not a problem, though, as Kevin is working on a new project, Bus Bones, a service of Split Window re-vitalization and restoration. He...
• westy insights (may only interest old westy nutz)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 5 May 1995 09:40:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...As the van changed from the split window to the bubble window the westy interior changed just enuf (sic) to make it infuriatingly *not...
• CV bolt stories, different kinds of car people
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 20:14:17 -0700
  ...t think a 9xx is a 'real' Porsche, guys who think split-window beetles and barn-door vans are 'classic' but nothing else after...
• Re: First breaker-bar of the summer!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 03:46:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...SLC (Highly modified) > Red '87 GTI (mostly modified) > and > '67 deluxe split window (9 pass.) > '71 Westy Breadloaf (high performance engine B&B) > 81...
• Syncros, Westfalias, & stuff (was: No Subject)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:51:26 -0400
  ...This era bus is sometimes called a "Splittie", or a "Split window" bus. From 1968 to 1979, VW sold the VW bus with a...
• Re: SoCal beach camping?
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:31:19 -0700
  ...all but swallowed up by > the > > mamoths.... > > > > Yep, & a turkis & white split window bus further down, also sandwiched > > between the ginormous RVs. > > > > At least...
• Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:02:12 -0500
  ...25. > > > c > Don Hanson wrote: > > Some years ago, we took the split window VW panel south from Jackson > Hole, > > Wyoming, for our normal springtime...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 21:18:51 EDT
  ...This is true for Vanagon/Bus/Split Window van, not for Eurovan or the new thing with Ford. 2. Seems kind of a heavy...
• Re: alternators & CBs
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 17:32:08 -0800
  ...stirling@aol.com Red '93 Corrado VR6 SLC (Highly modified) Red '87 GTI G60!! <---- and '67 deluxe split window (9 pass.) '71 Westy Breadloaf...
• Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 4 Jul 2016 18:05:56 -0700
  ...course ...camping and adventure etc. > > their last VW was a 67 Split Window Bus I think I read .. > that sure is a Quantum Leap...
• Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons"..
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:09 -0400
  ...kayaking, we always > took > Harry's bus, not the old beater split window hippie vans...And his would > start at -40 f, so he...
• 2nd Annual Meeting of VWs Owners and Lovers (Report)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 95 22:51 AST
  ...A Cherry 82 Westy, a 1949 VW Split Window, a 78 Well restored Westy ( that's my bus :), several oval windows, water coolers, and...
• Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:48:05 -0500
  ...On a Bug, a lever you twisted to access a lower point in >the fuel tank, on split window Buses, a cable knob to...
• Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:53:34 -0700
  ...when I was 20, I worked to barely own my 57 split window 36hp > house > on wheels. Fried burgers in Seal Beach, Ca. and...
• Re: Most Outrageous Vanagon Stealth Camping Spots?
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:56:08 -0400
  ...my more > youthful days driving around Mexico in my green 63 split window > van, nicknamed "el chapulin". My Mexican girlfriend at the time, Nela...
• Re: a newbie with some problems: hissing 2.1 L WBX and thrown belt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:52:10 -0700
  ...L wbx) i had a '67 split window for about 7 years. i am thinking and hoping that this is just a hose, but...
• Re: purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:17:54 -0800
  ...I still think my sorely missed 67 split window van was the best "low-tech" vehicle I've ever driven in snow. Lots of...
• Re: Happy 30th birthday, my van
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 16:42:18 -0500
  ...It sits right with my 1957 split window bus, my > 57 356 Porsche coupe and my ~600hp Porsche 928 roadracing car...I guess I...
• Re: Sliding side window mini-awning / rain deflector ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:48:09 -0500
  ...era sliding side >windows with the 70s-era bus hand-crank split window. Anybody tried this? >This seems like a nice "always available" option...
• Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 4 Jul 2016 17:54:27 -0700
  ...course ...camping and adventure etc. > > their last VW was a 67 Split Window Bus I think I read .. > that sure is a Quantum Leap...
• Vanagon Jailbars (was Re: Metal railing along rear glass?)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:40:48 -0500
  ...On the split window buses, they were also in the rearmost side windows too. In '68, the Baywindow bus Deluxes became known as "clippers...
• Re: powder coating alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:38:56 -0800
  ...ve done it a bunch of times for the older 15" Split Window rims, and it can be more work than you bargained for...
• Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:17:00 -0800
  ...Those might be the samefrom the beginningof the Split Window Bus production to the last vanagon produced, for steel wheels. On 11/18/2012...
• Re: How long on the list?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:32:21 -0600
  ...lotsa engine info) and the vintage bus list (for the old split-window buses). eventually, even the eurovans split off (sorry, don't recall...
• Air Suspension Meeting
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 23 May 2000 09:19:11 -0700
  ...So far full suspension kits are available for the Bug and the Split-Window Bus. Jason is currently working on a full suspension systems...
• Back from vacation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 95 11:22:30 PDT
  ...Sadly, the only split window vintage bus I saw was welded to the top of a purple & green school bus. Out to Lake Mead...
• List Census
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:19:00 EDT
  ...70(2) Ghias '68, '71, '72 Squarebacks '60, '63, '66, '67 Split window busses ' 71(2), '77, '78(2) Bay window busses '78, '79...
• Buses By the Beach - Raffle and Silent Auction Items Needed!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:14:57 -0400
  ...Awesome VW Split Window bus painting going up for auction! Famed Michigan artist Stephano Owen Sutherlin (http://stephanostudios.com). He has graciously donated time...
• ~400 great miles today, round Oregon..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 22:41:11 -0700
  ...in the 'bus-lean' position..brought back memories of my old split window.. No runs no drips no errors.. Oh, I finished 4th in...
• Re: The flattery of flashing blue lights
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:51:02 -0800
  ...Doesn't involve a Vanagon, but it does involve a VW Beetle, a vintage 1950 Split Window w/a 36hp and full crashbox tranny...
• Re: Electric Vanagon via EV West?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:47:32 -0700
  ...some fun videos about electric conversions of a 356 and a > >>> split-window > >>> bus <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOUc75r39g&t=123s> by...
• Re: Volkswagen Type 2 Bus Evolution Detailed In Groovy Family Tree
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:33:54 -0700
  My father had a 1960 split window Bus when I was 8 year old... I started with a 1974 Bus in 1978, kept it...
• There are few bargains on eBay (Was: Can't Believe the Van Prices on eBay)
  Historical mailing list - Pokey
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:14:59 -0800
  ...Last summer I was bidding on non-running rust free split window westy. In the last 5 minutes the price climbed from $800 to...
• Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:22:27 -0700
  ...When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus > > Back when I was 20, I worked to barely own my 57 split...
• VW Euro meeting
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 14:55:24 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...There were 2 double cab splitties, a long chassis singlecab, a wide bed single cab, and a unique bodied panelvan (a split-window) made...
• Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:32:37 -0800
  ...c Don Hanson wrote: > Some years ago, we took the split window VW panel south from Jackson Hole, > Wyoming, for our normal springtime Baja...
• Re: VANAGON digest 426
  Historical mailing list - corbin blaine connell
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:28:54 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Corbin Connell '65 split window. Good Luck
• Re: my Carat
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:05:13 -1000
  ...at auction, a VW Split Window Bus , 64 I think, sold for some 100,000 plus dollars, and a VW Bug of Jerry's...
• Re: Standard Pop Up Alternative
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:39:14 -0400
  ...This design i believe was only used on the split windows (or maybe bay windows as well), and folded out to the drivers side...
• some Vanagon in-use observations..(what works for me) long-ish
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:49:25 -0700
  ...I had one on a previous Split window van and I miss having one now. Useful for checking out potential campsites at night, for...
• Re: Oil Light On!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:28:46 -0600
  ...suddenly? > > Thanks, > > John Flaherty > Portland, Maine > '84 GL > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper > '83 H20 Vanagon > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: retro-fitting retractable rear seatbelts, '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:49:30 -0500
  ...face? > Thanks -- > > Alan Cote > '86 Westy > (almost born in a '64 split window) > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http...
• Re: please help me decide!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:03:18 -0700
  ...please help me decide! It's not my decision, but I wouldn't trade either of my Vanagons for either of the split windows...
• fyi
  Historical mailing list - Jon Peters/UB Networks
  26 Apr 95 16:22:06 EDT
  ...Admitted are Split-window and Oval-window bugs, Type II made before 1955, special/rare Volkswagens made before 1967. Entrance fee for driver and...
• Re: Mustn't it be the ECU? Reman Parts
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 18:21:53 -0700
  ...Westie (coming back from the dead) >Just got rid of 65 split window Deluxe after 13 years, long enough! >86 Porsche 944 (engine lovingly...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:09:37 -0500
  ...finished rebuilding a 1966 > triumph spitfire, and I had a '67 split window van (with the mini-pop > top) back in the day. $5k...
• Re: Thoughts on Larry, the list, and State Your Ages!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 11 May 2004 15:22:48 -0500
  The last non Vanagon bus I had was a 66 Split window bus with a 1776 cc engine, it had a few mods other...
• Kelly Park VW show, valuable documents and sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 10:35:43 -0700
  ...VW show was amazing! Lots of cool, cool, busses, including a split-window crew cab with Microbus roof windows (way too pretty) and a...
• Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Tue, 27 May 2008 16:05:25 -0700
  ...Back in my Split window Hippy Van days, we > used to make a > home brew we called "Pineapple Swipe". Took only a few days...
• Re: Resurrect the Vanagon? Letter Writing Campaign?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 05:45:00 -0400
  ...The old split window buses had tons > of bug parts common. As a design philosophy, less if more. And the more less > the better...
• Re: SoCal beach camping?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:04:23 -0600
  ...all but swallowed up by >> the >>> mamoths.... >>> >>> Yep, & a turkis & white split window bus further down, also sandwiched >>> between the ginormous RVs. >>> >>> At least...
• Re: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:26:20 -0400
  This reminds me of an option I saw on a British split-window bus in Bad Camberg during the 1999 show. They had a...
• Re: gas mileage--existing cars kept running have a huge edge
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 4 May 2005 21:26:10 -0400
  ...If I remember correctly, the Whole Earth Catalog :::back in the early 70s lauded the freight locomotive and the :::split-window bus as the...
• Re: Vanagon seats over the years
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:17:29 -0700
  ...to the top of the front seat backs, like an old split window Bus. ( that particular non-walk through Double Cab Syncro .. with 27...
• Re: Help Finding List Member
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Mar 1995 19:13:57 -0600
  ...helpful to someone who says he is looking >for a particular split window. The sellers phone # is included so you >can find out why...
• Re: powder coating alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:21:40 -0800
  ...ve done it a bunch of times for the older 15" Split >Window >rims, and it can be more work than you bargained for...
• RE: Trip Report: Border partings :-(
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 23 Jul 1996 18:41:04 -0300
  ...UTORInfoCommons <michael.heron@UTORONTO.CA> > > the point being that my sole crime I seem to be > guilty of is happening to enjoy split window...