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• Re: Eurovan/Winnebago - just a bad dream?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Jul 94 13:18:13 CDT
  ...the 'bago model is called the Riata and lists for nearly $40,000. the vw model is called the Eurovan Camper, and lists for...
• Re: Weekenders & Westy Weekenders & Wolfsburg Westy Weekenders.....
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:38:53 -0500
  ...VW did not call it a Camper model. I wouldn't call it a "standard" or "base" model though, because it was equipped very...
• Whats a "Weekender"?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:38:52 -0800
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/info/years/1990/index.html#1990_vanagon_multivan for your model information. There is no Vanagon model called a "weekender...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Dann
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:23:15 -0800
  ...specialized for > the various years, exactly as per Jim's explanation. > > Wire Sets: > > <http://busdepot.com/view.jsp?model=58&prodgroup=632&sort=3...
• Re: Heading to Germany.....
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 27 May 2012 16:47:45 -0700
  ...model. > Bucket list = the things you MUST do before you "kick the bucket". > > Jon Durham wrote: > >> Jason, I lived in Germany for 10 years...
• Re: Production Dates of T3's delivered in Europe
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 May 2010 21:52:34 -0700
  ...However, unlike models originally > sold > > in the US and Canada, there is no VIN sticker on the door with the > > month and year of...
• Aftermarket stereo to stock radio harness
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:11:44 +0800
  ...http://bestkits.com/app_guide_2001/bk_app_details.asp?model=VANAGON&Submit=View+the+Years+Applicable&ID=553 I just installed a new...
• Re: is it a 91 or 87?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:56:45 -0700
  ...Lots of miels inone year if it is a 91. I've seen this Syncro advertosd elsewhere. Probably Craigslist. This comment sugest to me...
• Re: Dometic cooling fan noise
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:02:16 -0700
  ...I'm pretty sure it's a 12v model. > Has anyone replaced theirs with a quieter model from Radio Shack or other > places? I...
• Re: porta potty
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:45:39 -0700
  ...the flushing chemical toilets (replaced after ten plus years of use with the identical model) and still use on a regular basis. As for...
• Re: Afraid to enjoy the ride?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:34:18 -0500
  ...AT SOME POINT IN TIME.....!! Think about it - these Vans are 2o plus years old - even the youngest - 1991 models are 23 years old...
• FS: Eurovan VW Camper(s) for sale (KC, MO)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 27 Jun 96 23:39:16 CDT
  ...VERY low mileage, 94-95 model year. call Cunningham VW, Kansas City, (816) 941-0555. the sales person mentioned was Ed Fisher. joel
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Jan 2015 to 3 Jan 2015 (#2015-4)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Mon, 5 Jan 2015 08:32:46 -0500
  Heat inside the camper Several years ago, a van was discovered in a truck stop parking lot with its occupants dead. A small propane...
• Oil leak from rear - oil pump gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil leak from rear - oil pump gaskets
  September 30, 1987
  ...from Service Bulletins, Model Year 1985 .......................................................................... Technical Bulletin Group: 27 Number: 87-04
• Re: '71 bus For sale
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 15:00:05 -0400
  ...list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > > '71 bus not camper, automatic, snip FWIW automatic trannies weren't offered in busses until 1973 model year
• Vanagon Bentley Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 21:29:29 -0400
  ...size through the years. My question is: Would the later versions give my any more info about my 84 model? My manual seems a...
• Re: vw dealers refuse (conspiracy)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Jan 1995 23:06:59 -0800
  I needed something done recently on my '79 bug convertible, and inquired if the local dealership could still work on this year/model. They...
• EV engine question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:39:19 -0000
  ...American) Eurovan model years and the engines that were spec'd on each? I'm specifically interested in knowing when the 5 cylinder engine...
• 81 Westy fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:12:30 -0700
  ...instructions for the RM182A model fridge in it. Also it looks like this fridge hasn't been used in years, what should I do...
• BMW Mail List (OT)
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:08:12 -0700
  ...you need the factory "Electrical Troubleshooting Manual" specific to your year and model... available (usually special order) from your dealer, but worth its weight...
• Extra Gas Tank for non-syncro model
  Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:47:26 -0500
  hey all, I heard about having this modification done a few years ago, can anyone tell me where I can get more info on...
• Re: year model interchange info
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:54:22 -0800
  Try busdepot.com, they sell those Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Lee Peterson wrote: > Will the front heater core/fan unit from an 85 fit...
• '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Blouin
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:01:22 -0800
  ...Cal for the last 17 years. It is a standard (no tackometer) model. Both have highly optimistic speedometers. Both have fairly accurate odometers. How...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:58:55 -0400
  ...When the sliding door was changed for the 85 model year, the window was changed too.Not just the door latch mechinism. Never knew...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:49:56 -0800
  ...The better parking brake was phased in during >> >>the >> >>>>85 model year and many 85s don't have it. Ditto for the plastic coolant...
• Re: Value of double cab?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 04:56:50 EST
  ...Maybe sell my Vanagon to restore >> year? model? bus? vanagon? aircooled? need to know more to determine value.. chris
• Re: New circuit board options
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:03:02 -0700
  ...I’m looking at both the Vanagon.org <http://vanagon.org/> and Gowesty.com <http://gowesty.com/> models, and while they both appear to...
• Re: Car model names [no Vanagon content]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:56:01 -0800
  ...Car model names [no Vanagon content] > I thought the R-5 was a super "Le Car" on steroids. (turbo, different > suspension, wild body flares...
• Re: my visit to autostadt (Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:45:13 -0500
  ...There's a tri-star double cab pickup, an "executive" model, as well as one of the last T3s to come off of the...
• Copy of: FS in NC: 91 Syncro Westy - w/ sunroof!
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  14 Dec 96 14:28:36 EST
  ...was the last year they were offered with any regularity. The few and far between '86 and '87 sunroof models were rare, due to...
• Re: "Carat"?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:19:44 -0500
  ...that offered the same interior package in a distinct model that was available all year long. Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg
• 80-85 Westy - which years are best?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 20:39:12 PDT
  I'm in the market for a Westfalia for $8-10K CDN, which around here means 1980 - 85 models. As this will be my...
• Re: Model changes
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:15:01 -0500
  ...Chris, and Mark Drillock, are the two best sources on model year differences. Probably Chris has posted the most detail on interiors. Mark's...
• Re: T2/T1/0.5?
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:22:10 -0700
  ...model because it came out in 67, but the US call it a 68 because it was produced for the 68 model year. ALL...
• Re: Windshields: all years the same?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:15:21 EST
  ...Are windshields from all years interchangeable, > or do I need to get one from a later model to fit my 1988? Also, if anyone...
• Re: Need model # on my Dometic refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:05:22 -0700
  ...model number to see if there is a replacement > > option, but unfortunately, some of the numbers on the aluminum plate are > > abraded through years...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:38:32 -0400
  ...Mfg dates are consistent with model year. Since this isn't factory a/c -- look behind driver side headlight for a large green resistor...
• =?utf-8?Q?Cabriolet_help_-_it=E2=80=99s_Friday_somewhere!?=
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:12:09 -0500
  ...Does anyone have any by any chance? Or know where to look? Or know the part numbers or what years/models are compatible? I...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list
  07 Apr 1994 09:22:17 -0800 (PST)
  >i know for a fact that double sliding doors WERE available for the 1971 >model year ... cause when i bought mine, i *almost* ordered...
• Re: Photon driven Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - George Hahn
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:42:55 -0700
  ...It's the Sleeping Beauty model and still spinnin' after all these years. Walt was always on the cutting edge of technology.
• Re: another cv question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 03:58:57 +0100
  ...cooled vanagon and > late model busses? > > matt greenwell > 87gl Matt, the CV joint is the same for all years 1968 to 1992 (T2 & T3...
• Re: Lowering the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:42:14 +0100
  ...How did VW lower the > Vanagon in the later model years? I would love to bring ours down about 2". > > Thoughts? They only used...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used?
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:50:19 -0500
  On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Timothy Hannink wrote: > My 1987 Camper (non-GL) has one. My '87 Syncro also has one. Though, like the...
• Re: GPS Nuvi 750
  Historical mailing list - Gary Anderson
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:53:56 -0600
  ...Thoughts on this model and price? TIA > https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10625 > > -- > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL AT 'Gringo' > Michael...
• Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:55:02 -0400
  There seems to be only one brake disc for all '80 to '85 model years, but more than one wheel bearing style (up to...
• Article Buying Used Buses (Australia, 1979)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 10 May 95 16:07:04 CDT
  ...The easiest way to determine the year model is to look at the chassis number. The third number always indicates the model year, whether...
• Westfalia 1991 or 1986
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:41:20 -0800
  ...What would you suggest me to buy? Will the 1986 be much more difficult to resell at good price in 5 years for instance...
• Re: white '90 Carat on ebay, good clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:19:49 -0600
  Probably still available outside of US, but here the only model available for the last few years has been an automatic. Chris -----Original Message...
• Re: Need late model sliding door outer handle.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:03:30 -0800
  ...Need late model sliding door outer handle. Anyone have one? My son finally broke mine after 2 years telling him not to pull out...
• Re: Revell Vanagon model kits
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:10:37 -0400
  Christoph Boltze wrote: > Hi folks, > I'm collecting the 1:25/1:24 scale Bus/Vanagon/T25 Revell model kits. I've > made a...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:58:57 -0800
  I've been using Ctek chargers for years now, and have three, one on each of the three cars I store. On the two...
• Re: '71 bus fuel cap
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 29 Aug 94 13:52:40 CDT
  ...also, I've checked 'Stant' locking gas cap >books and they skip right over 71 model year indicating none available (?). >anyway, thot I'd...
• Re: rear heater leaking coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:05:37 CST
  ...from Service Bulletins, Model Year 1987 ........................................................................ VW Technical Information Group 80, Number 87-01 Date: July 31, 1987 Model(s): Water-cooled Vanagons, 1983...
• Re: What year vanagon to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:27:37 -0700
  ...There is so much custom cosmetic equipment out there that you can spiff up any model year of Vanagon. Just check out the archives...
• Re: Searching the Vanagon archives
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:36:19 -0700
  Which year Vanagon is the "newer one" in? Please and thanks, Neil. On 10/2/07, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote: > 8 degrees...
• Re: PORTABLE TOILETS
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:31:31 -0800
  ...I used the first one I had until about two years ago and replaced it with an identical model when they were on sale...
• Re: 87 westy ac refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:22:03 -0500
  I switched mine over to r-134a three years ago (new drier, properly evacuated system), it works fine and blows cold but does need...
• Re: air-cooled vanagons are cool
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 15:19:19 -0700
  ...Westfalia 'Rocky' nor*cal frontleftspeakerposse.com Warren Lail wrote: > My first Vanagon was an 81 air-cooled model that I drove for 12 years.
• '87 syncro 36K miles 3.2porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:53:30 -0400
  ...dealer_id=58889717&car_year=1987&marketZipError=false&awsp=false&search_type=both&num_records=&keywordsfyc=&make=VOLKS&transmission=&model=UNAVAIL&distance=500&make2...
• Re: The Lone Gunmen
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:04:00 EST
  ...Believe it or not, I have the exact same model bus. I've watched closely when they show interior shots and I could see...