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• Ride to Syncro De Mayo
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:44:33 -0700
  Anyone in the Portland area want to ride with me to SDM and split the gas? I want to go but the wife does...
• Re: Field trip to M&M Salvage, RuckersvilleVA (short)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:35:55 -0800
  ...to stop at the place just north of Waldorf MD where 5 and 301 split (or merge, depending on your direction of travel).. Stephen
• Ben Pon's Birthday
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 10:27:35 -0400
  ...He is the man whose "drunken sketch" resulted in the splits, bubble windows, bricks and eurovans that we enjoy today. here's to you...
• What Price Beauty?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 Nov 95 10:51 CST
  Splittie people: Anyone have any idea what 15" beauty rings for old bus wheels are going for? Last I heard a set of 4...
• VW on Album cover/f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Sep 95 17:28:13 EDT
  I remember the album cover of "Freewheelin'" by Bob Dylan contained a shot of a split in the background. Don't believe I ever...
• Re: favorite bumper stickers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:45:23 EST
  ...I dont give a sh*t, i drive a split Pass me, make your day Never get behind a VW Bus chris
• trans oil level
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:52:02 +0000
  ...I decided to split the difference and fill it with 4 qts. of Mobil One 75 90w gl-5. Thanks again, Dennis A _________________________________________________________________ Get...
• Rare 21 window Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:41:12 -0700
  ...How bout a split window windshield? Phil Stanhope, 84 Westy w/Tiico __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo...
• Re: Porsche's SUV
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 21:07:46 -0700
  A guy in Phoenix joined two splitties to make a stretch bus and put in an American V8 midships. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan...
• Re: O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:25:25 -0800
  ...The O2 socket I was using was split up the side and would spread open and round the sensor. A standard box end wrench...
• Re: Bus Spindles Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:41:07 EDT
  ...NET writes: > Hi all > Im in need of a set of Split window Bus spindles. A few years ago I borrowed > a set from...
• Re: Parcel Shelves WAS: Wood Westie Interiors (T2)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:06:54 -0500
  >>Forgive my split ignorance, is the parcel shelf the one under dash? I >> saw something in the WCM catalog , part # 211-110 $125 for...
• Re: Now that the dash is off . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:59:25 -0400
  ...david At 01:29 6/18/2000, Marc Perdue wrote: >The Bentley talks about splitting the heater unit to get the fan out. >It...
• Courtneys' Air vs Water Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:39:32 -0700
  ...A Splitty, a '69 Westy, & currently a watercooled ('85) Westy. I love all three! And as much as I love & trust my current Westy...
• Re: 1963 VW double cab on eBay
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:18:51 -0800
  ...The Splitties (Type 2 T1) and Baywindow/Loaf busses (Type 2 T2) have split off on their own forum. You are also less likely...
• 88 GL - Coolant Loss
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:04:33 -0500
  ...For fourteen years it's always been the other way - top edge of the needle splits the light or the top edge is just...
• Re: Restoration references
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 12:44:38 -0500
  ...Are you doing it stock with a splitcase trans and a 36hp motor? That is harder to find, If the trans isnt good, it...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:19:58 -0400
  ...Just more to go wrong. > -vertically-split tailgate option (as in current Toyota Hiace) Hmm...my opinion is that it's best to avoid...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:09:15 -0400
  ...What's actually occurring is that the extra electricity is splitting the water portion of the acid into hydrogen and oxygen. Since most batteries...
• CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:10:00 +0000
  ...They all split at the same place, the large diameter pleat. Is there any update from trying Rockford or Rein or a VW Tiguan...
• Piston Pin
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Thu, 4 May 95 9:34:18 PDT
  ...By mini rebuild I mean I am changing the cylinders and pistions but do not spliting the cranckcase open. Everything has proceeded well except...
• Re: locations (again)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 16 Nov 94 13:04:32 CST
  ...if it was big enough. :) so how do i split you into northern & southern sections??? joel <juuuuuuuust about over the edge!>
• cargo door hinge question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 17:46:24 -0400
  could anyone tell me what year the hinges on cargo doors on old splitty's moved down? i think pre' 1963 and older busses...
• Digest-format problems
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:36:48 -0700
  Lately(since the list split) I've been seeing problems with the digest format of the list. Today, #1058 came across 4 times. While...
• Bus Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 10:37:21 -0600
  There is a splitwindow double cab in a new Idaho potato commercial. It's blue w/ "Tater" on the license plates. I've seen...
• shipping question.....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 23:05:06 EST
  has anyone (vendors or whoever) ever had any luck in shipping a split bus front bumper?? neither UPS nor FedEx will take it because...
• Sulfur-like exhaust smell??
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:55:30 -0500
  ...Running too lean???? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and prepare for war..."
• Re: Need a speedo head
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 22:39:47 -0400
  ...Both had a small plastic gear on the side of the speedo split so that it would slip on the shaft. The repair using...
• Side windows (year change and different splits)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:28:41 -0500
  Does anyone know what year the middle side windows changed size? Also, apart from the absence of screens, does anyone have any comments about...
• Re: About that steering wheel and those seats....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:37:55 -0500
  ...and I've always wished that my Vanagons had a MORE bus-like steering position like my old splittie had. Mikel BenT Syncro wrote...
• Those undersink hoses!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 14:49:38 -0700
  Has anyone tried moving/realigning the undersink hoses? It's a nuisance having the lower shelf split in half by them. -- Mike "Rocket J...
• TONS OF VW STUFF/CARS/PARTS FOR SALE! (REVISED)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:49:23 EST
  ...late bus gas tank -split bus under dash tray ('67 down bus) -1500cc bug engine cheap!! -bug rear apron, '67 down -bus seats, '79...
• RE: Go with the split
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 19:21:39 -0700
  ...I don't think the list splitting will be the end of the vanagon@lenti community, but if it were my choice I would...
• Looking for support...[was Inuvik trip]
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 5 Jul 1996 23:38:35 -0300
  ...I-self as I look out the window at Ras Bulli Split -- up on four jackstands with front suspension laying to one side of...
• One Born Every Minute?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 03 Nov 95 15:05 CST
  Fellow Splitters and Splitterettes: A year ago I bought a '66 Deluxe for $200, saved it from the crusher. I didn't really need...
• Re: [/F] So a...
  Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:48:56 -0400 (EDT)
  On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Ryan McGee wrote: > So a 'loafer, a splitty owner and a vana-goner walk into a bar. The 'loafer...
• Re: Condenser Compatibility?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:10:27 -0800
  ...the split condenser, while the '90 uses the larger, solid, > condenser. They're compatible for size, but the fittings are completely > different. Split condenser...
• Re: Changing the propane regulator -#2
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Thu, 5 May 2011 08:47:16 -0700
  ...Need to > redo the lines & splitter or redrill the hole. > > Rob > > > At 5/4/2011 11:57 AM, Rob wrote: >> This is on an...
• Re: Craigslist 69 Splitty no pic
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:51:28 -0800
  The '69 splitties are really rare - someone should check this out! :) --- Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Last one...I promise. > Michael > 91GL 'Gringo...
• PNW Camping
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:23:17 -0700
  The Wetwesties are about to do it again! After a succesful first camping trip to Eastern OR, where we met splitty, breadloaf and brick...
• More Prhyeday Phollowup on BUs Stolen 35 Years Ago
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:54:22 -0500
  Looks like the German Gentleman is out $20000 and a charity will benefit by the auction of the Splittie:P http://www.bellinghamherald.com...
• Re: Where is Mecca?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:07:34 -0400
  ...There you can still see Bays and splitties as well as old beetles being used as daily drivers, too. Mike
• Re: Bumper Sticker - my turn
  Historical mailing list - Brad J Winemiller
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 15:04:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...It has a splittie up on jacks with the engine out with a skeleton working on it. Across the top it says FarFromMoven. All...
• Re: Brazilian buses
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 10:23:12 bst
  ...The Delux Microsbus > split-screen body with the bubble front window and doors. > > Lee. > I've seen a couple in the UK. One at...
• shots of bus on movie "The 'Net"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 23:23:31 -0700
  Anyone check out the movie "The 'Net" yet? There's two deliberate shots of a red and white splittie, plus one of a VW...
• two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:31:07 -0500
  ...By the way, VW pioneered sliding door in 62 or 64...saw one in DB and Hot VW's once...a split w/sliding...
• Re: Is there any way...
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:22:49 -0400
  ...Need I say more?<< For us idiots, YES! Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: which poptop canvas to purchase?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:50:07 -0800
  ...90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen" Past VeeDubs in the family 1984 Westy 2WD "Brownie" 1980 PU diesel 1979 Rabbit 1963? 23 window Splitty 1965 Bus...
• Re: tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:22:50 EST
  ...RUNBOX.COM writes: > unfortunately, in the mean time I have a split in half carat rear bumper > held together with rope.., > > ever heard of...
• Wow
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 17:44:04 -0400
  ...Basically a Vanagon chassis with splitty sheet metal and a turbo Porsche motor, carbon fiber roof, etc. I can't imagine the amount of...
• Re: Do you drive a Bus?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:32:56 EST
  All splities were in fact busses/combi and converted here in the USA to the camper modles due to tarifs and domestic market protection...
• Re: Number Detective Work (was RE: Splitty Chassis/dating)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 19:24:30
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: Brought home a '90 Carat yesterday...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:51:52 -0600
  ...The bays and splits have a fairly good following. I've bought running Air Cooled Vanagons for as little as $250.00 several Westies...
• Re: another edition of the dictionary ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 Jan 95 21:37:40 CST
  ...also called a >> Split-Window. >I don't like referring to pre-68's as split-windows, because of >the confusion with the bugs...
• Re: 76 engine dead
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 11:11:07 MDT
  ...Always split the case. I got a '79 vanagon type motor out of a wreck and yes it ran fine with good compression on...
• I'm so bummed...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 19:48:28 -0400
  ...Still Splittieless in NH... JonR
• Heater Box
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:55:39 -0500
  ...What is the best way to split the glued heater box? Will heat at the seams help? I have a feeling that new words...
• Re: VW van ads to laugh at
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:27:25 +0000
  Hey, the Splittie in the picture only has "surface rust", a little sanding and some primer & paint and it will be a show winner...
• Re: insurance
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 1995 17:06:01 GMT0BST
  ...Cheers Ricky 1991 Mexi-Bug 1967 Split Camper 1995 Overdraft "Turn On, Tune In, Chill Out"
• Re: sure is quiet out there ...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 10 Oct 94 14:24:38 PDT
  ...Oh, I did see that commercial Thom was talkin about that had the split bus in. It was real brief but it looked sharp...