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• Fwd: Question about 86 Syncro Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Feb 1997 22:15:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...Ahhh...yes...it's the "Weekly Westy Weekender War" (and, folks - that is the "WWWW", remember.... :<) Yes, Jim - "Westy Weekender" is not a official...
• Re: 85 Westy back from shop
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:55:03 -0600
  ...Apparently my westy came without radio/antenna and hole for antenna,found that out after ordering an oem version and nowhere close and on...
• 82 GL poptop conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:54:24 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Shiels 84 Westy 1.9L, Maybe 82 diesel GL 79 Westy rebuilt and sold in Saskatchewan Burlington Ontario
• Re: Fan-Tastic Vents
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:54:36 -0700
  ...Phil 84' Westy w/Tiico --- Mark Hooper <RxHoop@DANIELISLANDMEDIA.NET> wrote: > Has anyone on the list installed one of these in a > Westy? My...
• Re: Oppinions / Best deals on Bilstein shocks?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:11:37 -0400
  Konis are adjustable, which is useful on a Westy, since you need them stiffer to start. (No one makes Westy/non-Westy specific shocks...
• Re: 1985 Westy Auto Window Sticker and photo
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:05:49 -0500
  I priced a syncro westy when I bought my 90 Carat, and I seem to remember it would have run $34K. I could have...
• Re: Drip tray to fit over stove - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:27:52 -0300
  ...Drip tray to fit over stove - 91 Westy > > >> Steve, >> >> maybe I understood you wrong, but isnt exactly that standard on all >> westy's? >> it...
• Fw: Re[2]: diesel westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Larry Sanford
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:42:38 -0800
  ...diesel westy FS > Diesel Westy page is great! Thanks for the tip. > > >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: Re: diesel westy FS >Author: kinnes@earthlink.net at...
• Re: Interior Panel Clips 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Thu, 24 May 2001 15:20:22 -0400
  >If you can, thats a westy only thing. Non-westy's have hidden clips. I think you confirmed my point...I knew that non...
• Re: Our first trip in our Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:19:34 -0800
  Thanks for the slide show Phil! Nice trip in your new to you air cooled westy. That's what it's all about. I...
• Re: Westy Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:35:05 +0000
  ...I bought a 1996 Safari AWD a couple of years ago as a replacement for an '84 Westy. There is even a company they...
• Re: nice '91 westy in atlanta FS
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:58:40 -0900
  ...nice '91 westy in atlanta FS > > > > > dont see westys FS in the southeast too often.. this one looks nice > > http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat...
• Re: Making Ice in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodger
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:23:38 -0400
  ...John 88 Westy 00 Jetta TDI At 12:49 AM 17/07/2001 -0700, jim&kim wrote: >Yes the westy fridge does make ice...
• Re: WTB Westy, I'm tired of looking
  Historical mailing list - tony yeh
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:37:39 -0700
  ...check out www3.telus.net/yeh/westy.html for detail tony >From: R Blake <blake@OAKHARBOR.NET> >Reply-To: R Blake <blake@OAKHARBOR.NET...
• Re: who needs a vehicle transported??? i have a friend who willdrive your ...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:07:28 EST
  In a message dated 12/14/02 9:03:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, vanagons@ntplx.net writes: > Chris, > That was '80 Westy Pokey...
• Re: Busses by the Bridge?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:33:16 -0800
  ...Rich Joy Jim Thompson Melissa in the '84 Honey Bee (with bee stickers...is the van yellow?) Ken Wyatt in a blue 82 westy...
• Left rear seat belt in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:52:48 -0400
  Last weeek-end in one of the two summer meeting of the Westy club of Qu�bec, I saw a 1999 Eurovan Winnebago. The...
• Re: Westys insulated?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:55:39 -0400
  ...Westys insulated? > I'll pipe up- Matthew Bulley insulated his westy to the extreme. He has a > webpage out there somewhere that talks all...
• Re: Westy table arm needed
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:06:48 -0700
  ...Westy table arm needed > I'm looking for a gray [or brown] front Westy table arm, this is the type > that flat-mounts to...
• Re: pop out on westy
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:42:50 -0700
  ...It would perhaps be useful to have just the fridge/stove/sink cabinet of a westy that cranks out. Leave it uncranked, you've...
• Re: Best for the Westy (shocks)
  Historical mailing list - trooz
  Mon, 15 May 2006 09:26:57 -0700
  ...Bob '90 Westy
• Re: $75,000 syncro SVX Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:38:38 -0500
  ...There are other reasons to suspect that it was not a Westy to start with, or at least not a full Westy. Mark what...
• Repair Chattanooga TN
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Thu, 29 May 2014 22:19:51 -0600
  A good friend of mine is moving to Chattanooga TN with his 91 Westy. I have searched the archives and also The Samba and...
• window seals
  Historical mailing list - Mike Holm Toronto
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:36:36 -0400
  I'm in the process of repainting the van which is not a westy but has sliding windows. I'm not sure what window...
• Fwd: [BSKA] Somebody please take this Westy
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 2 Jul 2013 08:53:51 -0600
  Velma 82 na diesel westy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "John Kolak" <jkolak@gmail.com> Date: Jul 2, 2013 3:31 AM Subject: [BSKA] Somebody please...
• Re: Electric motor in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:36:50 -0800
  ...wrote: > Anyone attempted to install electric power in Westy? > Ark > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com...
• '80 Westy FS - Victoria, BC
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 09:58:37 +0000
  Just saw this one at Triem Used cars: '80 Westy, 2.0L, 227K new paint (cheap paint job, but body looks ok) interior looked...
• SP to DP
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:40:20 -0400 (EDT)
  I have a sinle port 1600 engine that came out of a 70 westy, i'd like to convert it to d dual port...
• 91 Westy: Rear Wiper Motor Rebuildable?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:18:41 -0600
  ...This one (91 Westy) is pretty cooked, but I don't know if an alternator shop could rebuild this dude. Probably not worth my...
• Installing Starter in '81 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:11:03 -0230
  It's a beautiful day here today (12 �c), and I'm about to put the starting motor back on my Westy. Quick question...
• Wanted: '87 to '91 Westy 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:19:39 -0400
  I have a friend looking for a nice Westy (or Adventurewagen?), must be white, 4 speed, under 100K miles (preferably a lot under!), and...
• VW Diesel Mechanics U.P. of Michigan
  Historical mailing list - - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 00:30:46 EDT
  I am planning a fall trip to northern Michigan in our '82 Westy Diesel (39k original). Does anyone know of a good or even...
• Stupid Question: Westy -> Synchro Westy Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:38:31 -0500
  Hi all, This may be a stupid question, but I've got a 2WD '85 westy with a 1.9l motor. Is it possible...
• Re: 87 westy buying advice
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 29 May 2002 06:43:19 -0400
  Rich, A 2wd Westy of your description (86-later) will sell for anywhere between $2500-$8000 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most will...
• Re: opening rear hatch from inside van
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:26:55 -0700
  Compliments of Gary Lee http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/westy/westymods.htm William Polowniak 1989 Vanagon GL 1988 Mercedes 300 SE Subject...
• Re: saturday stumper: why do Canadian westys have the elec. outlet down low?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:42:56 -0500
  Richard Golen wrote: > My son's 80 Westy which is a Canadian Westy had the built in cord. We > bought a US electrical plug...
• Re: RV insurance on Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Tue, 27 May 2003 23:23:36 -0700
  ...Progressive who insures my RV will not insure the Westy. That's really strange. Progressive insured my '85 Westy and paid off very fairly...
• Dash - 84 vanagon vs westy?
  Historical mailing list - karen davis
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 02:35:36 +0000
  ...They show vanagon and vanagon Wolfburg in the book....do both of these have the same dash as a westy or are they different...
• Re: Jimmy Buffet's Westy???
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:41:07 -0700
  ...Jimmy Buffet's Westy??? Oh, yah, I wasn't a Westy, it was an Adventurewagon.
• Diags for 86 Westy idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:49:57 -0400
  The idle stabilizer on my 86 Westy Syncro has stopped running. It does seem to run/vibrate when 12v is directly applied to the...
• Re: Weight of poptop, and west interior?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:49:53 -0800
  My 7 pass 84 weighs 3400 lbs, my Westy Weekender weighs 3800 lbs, my mom's 91 Westy weighs 4000 lbs. On 1/22...
• 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:55:59 -0500
  Hey everyone, Would you recommend transplanting the rear vent wings from an 89 or later Vanagon into an 85 Westy? I already have my...
• Ivory Westy Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:37:42 -0700
  I just got waved at in my work van by an 83-84 Ivory Westy on 24th Ave. I could tell it wasn't...
• Paint code for '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Tue, 22 May 2007 13:18:23 -0400
  I need to order paint for my '87 Westy and cannot find the paint code label on the body. My VW dealer was unable...
• Re: Going To Pick Up My New 88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:07:33 -0600
  Congrats Miguel! Warren 88 Westy
• Re: I Want a Westy Tent !
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Harrison
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 18:20:42 -0600
  I have a 67 Westy Tent. Any offers.
• westy propane tank for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 00:02:23 EST
  '80-'91 westy propane tank for sale. $175 chris
• Re: [F] My first Vanagon and my love affairs to date
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:23:32 -0500
  ...I have been contemplating selling the '79 Westy, but man, it seems like everyone that has done that has regretted it down the road...
• Re: New Sprinter Westfalia - Sorry but I did it!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:12:23 -0700
  ...I know this forum if for older > Westy but I need help from Canadian that may be looking at the Sprinter Westy. > Airstream, the...
• Arizona Westys FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Oct 1996 20:13:19 -0700 (MST)
  ...285-4787. '81 Westy $3995 *dealer* 968-6611. '85 Vanagon non-poptop Custom converted to camper. detailed description of all westy interior items plus...
• Re: Westy vs. Regular Seats
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:16:22 EST
  ...I used the seats out of a Westy in my van and they are about one inch or so lower than the regular V...
• Re: the 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:25:25 -0400
  ...The "REAL" westy tracks (from 85 Westys) have two equal length tracks. These are a different length than EITHER track from a passenger Vanagon...
• Re: Cheese Bus
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:03:24 -0500
  ...Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "JoesVan" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com...
• Re: Front door speakers - Westy vs. Pass van?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:37:19 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I test drove a '91 Westy last week, and it had the speakers you describe. Oh yeah, the '91 Westy is a GL model...
• Re: 81 Westy Question, Please help
  Historical mailing list - Wolowicz, Shawn
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 22:25:27 -0500
  ...81 Westy Question, Please help > I have an '81 Westy. They don't make a cot for it, but you probably could > with a...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy vs. non-westy Vehicle Weight
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:20:40 -0700
  > But I can't wait for springs for use this summer, so I'm gonna go and buy > stock Westy springs for now. > If...
• Re: How Would This Look Behind The Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:55:10 -0600
  ...php > > Would look cool behind the Westy! > > Pete > '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > '79 Westy > '77 Westy > Www.busesbythebeach.com It looks like a...
• "83 Westy Seat Arm Rest Question
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:29:12 -0500
  Was looking at pictures of an '83 Westy interior and noticed the front seats had only one arm rest each on the inside, none...
• Re: How much range on your tank?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 4 May 2005 21:40:20 -0700
  ...I am running 185/80 14 tires :) Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ On 4...
• Disassemble '86 Westy Sliding window
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:59:06 -0400
  Is there a way to disassemble the sliding window pane and/or screen from the sliding door and drivers side 1986 Westy windows for...