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  • Re: Syncro shocks - group purchase?
    Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
    Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:52:25 -0800
    ...I was a bit absent minded over Christmas because my brothers wife and her kids got crashed in their Passat in Germany on December...
  • Re: Mexico mob
    Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
    Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:18:32 EST
    The kid made the story up, apparently after seeing me walking down the road in this small mountain village. At one point the men...
  • Re: Sin Bin - No Vanagon Content
    Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
    Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:08:35 +1000
    ...Some kids called it the "house van." One interested 10 year old > > boy spent a lot of time looking at all of the features...
  • Re: Camping In My Westy!
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Tue, 1 May 2012 15:37:09 -0600
    ...I'll second that thought! Right on� I've enjoyed reading through this thread and all the family / kids aspects. I came late to...
  • Re: (F) Re: New Toy / I'll Have My Rodent Well-Done
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:59:56 -0700
    Nuts to that! Kids need to face reality. Think of the flavor enhancing that would occur if you used mice charcoal in the barbie...
  • Re: Top Bunk Safety
    Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
    Fri, 28 May 1999 15:01:09 EDT
    ...m.laycock@STRATH.AC.UK (Martin Laycock) > > How does the rest of the world stop their kids (4 and 1 year olds) from > falling...
  • Re: Yikes!
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:38:21 -0400
    Jeeze, I could have got a Darwin award years ago back when I was a pyromanical kid doing WD40 flame throwers. Come to think...
  • Re: Subject: Westy Q's
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 18 Oct 94 15:17:59 ADT
    ...The top is damned nice to have however in summer with two kids asleep you can still have company over. If you want a...
  • Re: small car VW engine conversion
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:01:44 +1300
    ...Yet I still drive a 2 >door exploder not to be isolated from the road, but to have enough room to >haul two kids...
  • Re: Rear turn ligth stuck on/Baja trip awaiting
    Historical mailing list - Kinesis
    Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:53:29 -0700
    ...westy -named "Tamarindo"- for summer ride in > Baja, first, for the kids "Las ca�adas" water park located at south of > Ensenada, then I...
  • Re: 12 volt X-Mas Lights!?
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:13:59 -0500
    ...get something like this? > > Thought it might be cool to 'decorate' the van > for the holidays :-) Kids would get a kick out of > it! >
  • Re: To give those air-cooled Westies a little oomph!
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:39:15 -0700
    ...These things are so fun! Remember to mail your cards to that little boy, too, 'cause he's still alive (poor kid). malcolm
  • Re: Radiator Air Deflectors/Cooling
    Historical mailing list - -Chip
    Sun, 19 Jul 1998 06:45:44 -0500
    ...Thanks -- Chip Shaner 5 kids and counting..... ICQ# 14983821 http://www.fament.com/chip/vw/vw.html - The Un-named VW page
  • did you know there are provisions for headrests on ALL vanagon seats?
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:34:42 EST
    ...keep your kids safe from whiplash.. let me know, chris
  • Re: Kids cots
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 23 May 1999 03:04:20 EDT
    In a message dated 5/22/99 2:47:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, diesel82westy@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << I have a question about the...
  • Re: A Cautionary Tale on Titles
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:58:43 -0400
    ...YOUr KIDDIng right!!!! Trust an attorney? Eric TGIF
  • Re: where is the 02 sensor on an '85 1.9l
    Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
    Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:12:22 EST
    ...steve "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! " "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP! "
  • Re: Window trims on my '87 - YANK 'EM OUT!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Fryday
    Mon, 8 Apr 2002 11:21:06 -0800
    ...give me the > $300 and ill take your trim out for ya :<) Whoa! No kidding! Never really understood why rubber and trims costs so...
  • Re: Urethane suspension bushes?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:25:39 +1200
    >You must be kidding, >delrin is good bearing material, NOT bushing material. >Urethane is ideal material for bushings. >Leon >85 Subwagen Westy Hmmm... why...
  • Re: Urethane suspension bushes?
    Historical mailing list - wb6otg
    Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:15:29 -0400
    ...sitting on a jackhammer!) Bill Leon Korkin wrote: > You must be kidding, > delrin is good bearing material, NOT bushing material. > Urethane is ideal material...
  • Re: Carbon Fiber vanagon bumpers!!! yeah!! lets do it!Re:
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:53:54 EST
    ...light, eventually it will > deteriorate.., > > gee, dont tell that to all the kids who shelled out $500+ for a polished CF hood..huh? chris
  • Re: Syncro de Mayo Este 06 evolving plans
    Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
    Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:18:27 EST
    ...While I could probably get my wife/kids to go with me, I suspect that most wouldn't be so lucky, and attendance would...
  • Draining motor
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:41:03 -0800
    ...How much splooge will I be draining out of the cooling system? 1 Gal? 2? Are we talking ice cream bucket or kid's...
  • Re: Kids and Westies
    Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
    Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:32:40 -0700
    My kids , 11 and 8 have mixed reviews. They love Lola, and fight over who will sleep on top. We took a long, inexperienced...
  • Re: Teenage Vanagon Drivers
    Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
    Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:52:07 -0700
    ...Who am I kidding. My Vanagon is my mistress! Ron P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Van Till" <rvantill@ISERV.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
  • Re: NVC - 86' Cabriolet
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:20:53 -0500
    ...Apparently, the idea was to store it until the kids were old enough to drive but the kids don't want it - they would...
  • Re: Interesting Comment from 14 yr old son
    Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
    Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:08:10 -0500
    ...just sleep in it once and see what the kids think. Our kids were 11 and 9 at the time - they would not hear...
  • Re: Maximum Occupancy of a Westy?
    Historical mailing list - ChrisTopHer
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:25:21 -0400
    ...Since I had the only > Westy, we all took refuge in it during the wind, & managed to fit 5 > adults, 4 kids, & 3 dogs...
  • Re: Friday mod discussion - language
    Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
    Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:32:01 -0400
    ...I would never knowingly use language that you didn't approve of around your kids. But that is my choice and would never support...
  • Tent camping in the Mammoth Lakes area
    Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
    Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:27:46 -0700
    ...You can pick up some Death Valley root beer for the kids, and some Blackout Stout for yourself, in case you think you'll...
  • Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:50:48 -0500
    ...Much later my kids had one of their own - a 72 model as I recall - that they shared and it chirped. Funny how some...
  • Re: 91 westy
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:43:28 +0800
    ...I'm not mechanically inclined. >> I prefer the non-kitchen setup for most sports and for 7+ people/kids. And when we camp we...
  • Re: (Wives) Ultimate tool box?
    Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:49:20 +0000
    ...Look for a lady who digs Porsches, not so big on >kids. *ahem* .... When we arrived in the US first, we went out & bought...
  • Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
    Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
    Tue, 29 May 2001 13:03:04 -0000
    ...Last night, kids in the bath tub after a long and hard day of playing outside, the door bells rings. I rush downstairs, frantically...
  • Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:08:52 -0700
    ...Think back to when you were a kid when at Thanksgiving or any other big family event you had to eat at a separate...
  • Re: Electric vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:29:59 -0800
    ...short trips like going to the grocery store or > taking the kids to school. > And right now, with current technology, that is the strong...
  • Camping in rain was Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:41:58 -0400
    ...4 adults, 4 kids, 2 dogs. We sat under the Change the subject please, Volks. Yours, David
  • <f> Somewhat VW-related "Ghost" Story
    Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
    Tue, 11 Apr 1995 01:59:54 -0400 (EDT)
    ...s life on Uranus. <a href="http://www.polaris.net/~jclark/">Click here.</a> **Floridiana*Fiction*VWs*Computer-Mediated-Communication*Kids*JoeClarks** ---------- Forwarded message ----------
  • Van names...
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 14 Jul 1995 07:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
    ...and when we have all the kids and their associated stuff in it.. "Mommy Van". Didja ever notice how EuroVans (and I'm sure...
  • Re: westy middle seats for sale.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:04:29 EST
    ...in front + 2 in middle + 2 in back == 6 seating positions >> well, 3 kids with little butts can squeeze into the back sofabed ;<) chris
  • Re: Sticker printing
    Historical mailing list - * MtnGal
    Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:42:44 -0700
    > Debi, I tried to vote twice but it wouldn't let me! What's up with that? > : ) > How are the van and the kids...
  • portable buddy heater???
    Historical mailing list - Radish150
    Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:54:01 -0800
    hey kids, what's a portable buddy heater? I've been wondering what I'm going to do about camping heat in my evolving...
  • Re: Has anyone put a turbodiesel system in a gas inline-4?
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Mon, 12 Feb 2001 06:18:32 -0800
    ...Denis wrote: > the VW's can't keep their heads on WITHOUT the turbo... > > steve > > "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! " > "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP! "
  • Re: digifant wiring discovery
    Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
    Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:47:45 EST
    ...Thought you all might want to know. >> And saved a few for others..Bravo! steve "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! " "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP! "
  • Re: Census
    Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
    Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:53:13 -0500
    ...Chris Geiser Age 33 Male Married - 3 kids (5,3,1) Live 45 min. North of Milwaukee, WI Occupation: Physical Therapist / Athletic Trainer Hobbies...
  • Fwd: NVC... snow job!
    Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
    Tue, 11 Mar 2003 21:15:56 -0500
    ...A recent storm kept kids IN > school for two nights before busses could safely travel. No vanagons > were buried in this storm! >>
  • Re: Sweet '89 vanagon carat on Vortex - $1900!!!!!!!!!!
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:35:59 EST
    ...out, and cut up the shell in my > backyard. > > dont do that to that van, its way too nice! i seriously hope youre kidding
  • Re: 24 hr clock
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 7 Feb 2006 01:02:56 EST
    ...t find any reference to > anything like that. > i was just kidding.. IIRC the same digital clock was used on all mid 80's...
  • Re: Very squeaky front end
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:48:47 -0500
    ...Well, so much for the kid's braces. Geza
  • Re: age of listees?
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:34:50 -0500
    ...Maybe five? Really smart kid. Brien, is he using email yet? I'm sure he'd have lots of useful advice for us! Joy
  • Re: Push covers/enging tins
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:28:18 -0400
    At 02:54 PM 9/10/2008, Jake de Villiers wrote... >No kidding! And I really don't think the covers aid engine cooling...
  • Re: Please no politics.. Stop NOW!!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:32:51 -0800
    ...Just kidding, kiddies. I'm still waiting for someone to speculate on whether it's okay for me to leave a baywindow drum brake...
  • New fuel standard
    Historical mailing list - Chip Shaner
    Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:55:33 -0600 (CST)
    Chip da Family Man......4 kids and counting ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:36:36 -0600 (CST) >From: "Randolph G. Shaner...
  • Re: campouts
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:33:12 -0500
    ...is it a decent campout? i had always envisioned the >:::Limbo >:::campouts as a "family thing", just attended by older folks with >:::kids...and...
  • Re: Yea Got my shirt today
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:19:31 -0700
    ...she likes to >see her kids squirm. > >-- >Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana...
  • Re: I finally got a transplant
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:31:29 -0700
    ...wrote: > > Woo hoo! > > After more than 8 years I got my kidney transplant! Now it's just a > matter of time and I'll...
  • Re: New kid on the block
    Historical mailing list - Jnovak
    Wed, 2 Oct 2013 20:41:49 -0700
    I think we have your cousin... Jvk 86 Westfalia 338k and counting... On Oct 2, 2013, at 6:31 PM, Alain Thibault <alainthibault@TELUS...
  • Flooring in back
    Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
    Sat, 8 Jun 2013 06:14:18 -0700
    ...My rear carpet is in decent condition, but with two kids, I kind of like the idea and look and seems easy to install...
  • Re: source for 251 947 575 (rubber stop for sliding door switch)
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:03:37 -0500
    >> Westfalia was trying to let your wife and kids sleep while you got up in the middle of the night to re-distribute some...
  • Re: Play in front wheels
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:51:32 -0700
    ...On 9/3/09 3:33 PM, "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Am I the only one thinking kids/pets playing under the...