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• Re: New Westy and Syncro Westy alternatives under $30k
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:20:17 -0800
  ...have a GMC Safari conversion available on either >a 2WD or AWD van base. I've only seen a couple of pictures sent to...
• FW: Re: Trade 4WD for our 1988 Westy camper?
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:36:07 -0600
  ...Anyone can own an SUV, but it takes a special person to own a Westy! Yes, I own an 84 Westy, and 2 - AWD...
• Re: Custom exhaust repair questions. PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:10:49 -0700
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• Re: It's A Sickness, I Tell You...
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:03:31 -0700
  ...I sold that and bought a 1996 AWD Safari. Just an hour ago the buyer of the Safari drove off. I didn't even...
• Re: Eurovan w/ 5-spd
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 05:23:31 -0700
  ...if it's this one .. >>> but he was officering a Canadian AWD 5 cylinder TDI Eurovan .... >>> the whole works from that crashed van into...
• Re: Jacking Up a 2WD GL w/Syncro stuff?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 6 Dec 2008 15:56:17 -0800
  ...I DO NOT wish > to have the AWD stuff or I would've kept all that too. I also don't > want to do...
• Re: First timer needs advice...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 09:11:08 -0700
  Yes, the Honda and the Vanagon Syncro use a similar AWD system -- I think some bits are even made by the same outfit. They...
• Re: Why do some CL sellers NOT mention that it's a camper?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 10:46:18 -0700
  ...No > mention of Syncro or AWD etc. The only clue was "5 speed transmission", > which made me wonder if it might possibly be a...
• Re: Great Danes (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:28:37 -0700
  ...but no load capacity or > > ground clearance), not the stretch Aerostar AWD (great mileage, power, > > and traction but no ground clearance and no load...
• Re: SUV was road rage
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:29:22 -1000
  ...Sure, my outback AWD did the same thing when we were a family of four. It was small, trendy, chic, and granola enough that...
• Re: 15" wheels - what about spare?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:29:46 -0400
  ...heard too many warnings about running different sized tires damaging the AWD system. I use Volkscafe's oversized spare carrier with no problems: http...
• Re: Who syncro-knows it all?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:30:50 -0400
  ...ALL of the options my Wolfsburg Edition van has, in an AWD vehicle. > I don't think I've seen too many Syncros with...
• Re: What's the scoop on early vanagons? (Circa 1981)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:56:44 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) > '65 Beetle - Type IV powered > '99 CR-V AWD station wagon > '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle > 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: Camper van
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:42:37 -0700
  ...These are Rear or AWD, >> available with a supercharger in some years and almost as unique looking >> as >> a Vanagon...but the Previa is...
• Re: towing capacity with big brakes and turbo zetec engine
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:47:19 -0400
  ...I don't think it says if this is a 2WD vanagon or a Syncro AWD one. some factor there on the trans I...
• Re: Syncro Critic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:25:57 -0700
  ...Everysyncro I have ever seen have provision on the dash ..for knobs and indicator lights for rear diff locked, decoupler in AWD or 2WD...
• Re: Jacking Up a 2WD GL w/Syncro stuff?
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 16:57:09 -0800
  ...I DO NOT wish >> to have the AWD stuff or I would've kept all that too. I also don't >> want to do...
• Re: FW: Subaru Engines (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 27 May 2004 15:46:03 -0400
  ...better than the small SUVs? I have a >92 > legacy wagon AWD, gets over 30 mpg, gutless yet, but cheap to drive >and > bulletproof...
• Re: Sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:25:37 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) > > '65 Beetle - Type IV powered > > '99 CR-V AWD station wagon > > '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle > > 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: winter driving to Spokane
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:09:29 -0800
  ...conditions chains can be required for all vehicles, even 4WD and AWD, or you will be stopped and turned back, or ticketed when you...
• Re: cig lighter light?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 7 May 2002 13:14:41 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: 15" tire pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:21:06 -0700
  ...check the tire sizes front and rear , and rim widths , on any modern hot 2WD sports car- - corvette, porsche, even AWD ones..... they often...
• Re: Newbie has Westie & Vanagon Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Fri, 29 May 1998 17:07:42 EDT
  ...Decide which kind you want, 7 passenger, Carat (rear facing seats & table), Multivan (rearfacing seats, table, and rear cabinets, pop-top), Syncro (AWD), Westfalia...
• Re: 14 inch tire feedback
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 4 Jun 2018 14:00:12 -0400
  ...I have go forms on my AWD Safari van, too but in 15" > >>>> > >>>> On Jun 3, 2018 1:57 PM, "Dan N" <dn92610@gmail...
• Re: Rear Axle Bearing Installation
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:50:09 -0600
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: Sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:39:19 +0000
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: 91 Headlight Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 10:15:15 -0400
  ...https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011MTXIY2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_14qcxbG3H3WA9 Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 07.04.2016 o godz. 16...
• Re: Anyone use Les Schwab for tires?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:40:53 -0700
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: AWD
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:26:56 -0800
  dear all quattro lovers one year ago tonight my fiance and i were burning up the interstate eastward bound /// in the 1989 Audi Quattro...
• Re: Solving disc brake noises!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:07:07 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: interesting tire safety video
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:25:06 -0700
  ...My front tires wear more quickly on my van > than > > the > > rears and it's AWD, but the main drive is rear. Factor: the...
• Re: Huh? was: VW obscene parts pricing
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:03:32 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 00:03:55 +0100
  ...and they have offered a SKODA kombi (station wagon) with AWD and a souped up suspension... looks just like the AUDI off-road thing...
• Re: Syncro tire dia. spec. - tolerances?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:48:33 -0700
  ...wouldn't cause a problem - he seemed pretty knowledgeable about various awd systems (Subaru, Volvo, etc.) - and he certainly had an easy opportunity to...
• Re: 2.0L AUDI Turbo thots
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 19:49:55 -0700
  ...The closest is the Tiger on the Astro AWD chassis. A comparative bargain. Fordzilla (460CID Quadravan) cost 7500 USD used, gets 10MPG on a...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:33:33 +0000
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• Re: Thoughts on 2000 eurovans
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:46:39 -0700
  ...per gallon...so it's not too bad for a 4000lb awd van.. I still prefer my Vanagon, for sure... On Fri, Jul 25...
• Re: High pitched noise
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 3 Aug 2015 20:49:28 -0700
  ...my poor man's Syncro almost every day.A.97 GM AWD automatic...and the two differ in fuel economy, significantly...Using data from...
• Re: NVC: I want a sports car
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kirstein
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:30:08 -0500
  ...the R8 is. > Read about it in Wiki. > It's an AWD supercar. > It would be more fair to say some Lamborghini models are...
• Re: New Westy and Syncro Westy alternatives under $30k
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:46:56 +0000
  ...Safari conversion available on either <DIV></DIV>&gt;a 2WD or AWD van base. I've only seen a couple of pictures sent to...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk!
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:40:07 -0800
  ...I've owned an E350 extended, an E150 standard length based hightop conversion, a 73 and a 77 VW bus, an Aerostar AWD extended...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:59:52 -0700
  ...Never liked > having the car or truck shifting for me...but I needed a van with AWD for > work and winter, so I picked...
• Re: What's the scoop on early vanagons? (Circa 1981)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:24:33 -0400
  ...67 Hamster Power) >> '65 Beetle - Type IV powered >> '99 CR-V AWD station wagon >> '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle >> 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: Fw: Drivetrain Diagnosis - Update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:59:53 -0400
  ...It just doesn't allow your AWD to work, but you can run forever on rear wheel and the front stuff is fine without...
• Re: Thoughts on 2000 eurovans
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:50:34 -0700
  ...per gallon...so it's not too bad for a 4000lb awd van.. > I still prefer my Vanagon, for sure... > > > >> On Fri, Jul 25...
• Re: SUV was road rage
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 17:53:35 -0500
  ...Sure, my outback AWD did the same thing when we were a family of four. It was small, trendy, chic, and granola enough that...
• Re: What's the scoop on early vanagons? (Circa 1981)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:47:23 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: FW: Subaru Engines (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Thu, 27 May 2004 22:17:37 -0700
  ...better than the small SUVs? I have a > >92 > > legacy wagon AWD, gets over 30 mpg, gutless yet, but cheap to drive > >and > > bulletproof...
• Re: Camper van
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:55:31 -0700
  ...with a Country Homes-style pop top. >>> >>>� � The GM Safari/Astro AWD vans interest me a lot and can be found very >>> frequently for...
• Re: Limited slip diff..comments.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:57:17 -0800
  ...conditions, I've heard. And 2WD can only do so much. AWD or 4WD is what's really needed when it's really bad...
• Re: vc question on syncro / I stand corrected
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:08:10 -0800
  ...This would allow you to truly have a 4wd vs AWD. and the energy savings of not spinning the drive line up to speed...
• Re: The truth about Florida--Love Bugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 7 May 2002 13:22:59 -0500
  ...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 18 May 2008 10:08:27 -0400
  ...matching numbers. This is one you don't want to miss. AWD too. Scott www.turbovans.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Shocks: Follow-up report/impressions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:08:58 -0800
  ...20-XX Subaru, automatic, new tires,good heater, auto tranny, AWD, fancy little unit. I went out the door fully intending to 'take advantage...
• Re: <Syncro> viscous coupling fluid !
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:00:03 -0800
  ...all three green dots would light up when I had true AWD right?). To be serious, has anyone looked into importing one/a set...
• Re: 14 inch tire feedback
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 4 Jun 2018 17:16:41 -0700
  ...I have go forms on my AWD Safari van, too but in 15" > > >>>> > > >>>> On Jun 3, 2018 1:57 PM, "Dan N" <dn92610@gmail...
• Re: Camper van
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:25:07 -0500
  ...These are Rear or AWD, >>>> available with a supercharger in some years and almost as unique looking >>>> as >>>> a Vanagon...but the Previa is...
• Differentials: open, limited-slip, & locking (was: limited slip rear end)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:48:28 -0400
  ...These vehicles are often refered to as All Wheel Drive (AWD) to distinguish them from the 4X4 variety of 4WD vehicles. The Syncro uses...
• Re: Priced a little high?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:47:01 -0500
  ...what I > call my "Poor Man's Syncro" general motor safari awd van for well under > 1/10 of the going price for tin...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:48:33 -0500
  ...It's not AWD or anything. > rear axles ? > camshaft ? > > The heat load on the cooling system will be more than that produced by tired...