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• Re: Lego Vanagon kit available for ordering from Lego
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 21 May 2009 16:19:48 -0500
  ...how close is the the one that i can buy from lego to the one at http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi...
• Re: Squeaky Mintex brake pads anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:08:28 -0800
  ...you're supposed to put the brick in the tank, not the bowl] > > You guys are brutal. At least it's Friday. Seriously...the...
• funny farms..
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 14:19:58 +0800
  I remember that song very well. Have it still on a Dr. Demento tape! Would be great to sing on our brick tour! :) /martha
• Re: Vanagon on ice?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:33:28 -0700
  Entity Chris S. uttered this profundity: > http://www.knology.net/~vw/iced%20vanagon.jpg Now THAT'S what I call a "brick"!
• Re: What's the biggest box you carried in a VW
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  17 Sep 96 00:47:19 EDT
  ...Try *that* in a Brick! (Of course, you could probably get 13 sheets *inside* the Brick). Andy McKinley 75112.2101@compuserve.com '72 Westy
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Martine Boudreault
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:33:48 -0400
  ...our vans more closely resemble the brick :) >> >> >> > My goodness you guys, nobody is thinking, and I can't sit quietly any >> > longer! >> > >> > The mass...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Brandon
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:47:28 -0300
  so by that logic a 1 pound Tear dropped shaped object has the same wind resistance as a 6 ton flat brick. note: our...
• Re: Porsche's SUV
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:58:40 -0400
  David writes: "If you hit a brick wall or another Vanagon, things won't be quite so pleasant." And THAT explains why I never...
• Buying my first brick...wish me luck!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Wed, 14 May 1997 17:00:05 +0000
  ...The brick has about 163K miles. Anything else I should watch out for? Other advice for new owners? I did notice that the Bus...
• Re: List Must Mass VW On A/C
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Aug 1994 09:16:54 -0400
  another point - even if you dont have a/c you might want to buy a brick with a/c someday ....
• List Split.
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Thu, 28 May 1998 11:19:16 -0700
  ...Hopefuly I will have the Bronze Brick back on the road by the middle of June. -- Colin Moran Beebe Ar. '86 Syncro GL "The...
• toot toot too [f]
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 95 07:00:38 -0700
  ...Oym getting a kick Out of sailing my brick, Oym Olive the sailor girl.
• Digest mode
  Historical mailing list - Bolliver
  Wed, 30 May 2001 10:05:26 -0500
  How do I set the digest mode? I can't find my list instructions Thanks Colin Moran "The Bronze Brick 244,000 and still...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:48:13 EST
  Remember the steel "brick" in the front bumper of the diesel Rabbits? Maybe you can start playing with counter balancing that resonance.? Jeff
• vanagon slide out room extension
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 May 2010 08:40:13 -0700
  found the image! on the samba, not the brick-yard here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php? t=383215&highlight=japanese ugh...
• Re: need CA ECU and OXS relay--1980 aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:02:09 -0400
  OOps i forgot to state year Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 12 May 2000 21:38:36 -0600
  Some links http://cartalk.cars.com/Columns/CC/CC6932TXT.html http://www.miata.net/miata/products/pmisc/boschplugs.html http://brickboard.com/ARCHIVES/1998SEP...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:22:52 +1300
  >(Both Volvo 240 owners and Vanagon owners refer to their vehicles as >"bricks".) For some inexpilcable "reason" the Englisch call the T3 Type 2s...
• A Bus Made of LEGOs
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:28:41 -0500
  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=232035 -- Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" '02 Audi A6 Avant WWW...
• New Catagory for Joel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 Aug 1994 07:13:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Split Windshields, Bread Loaves, and Bricks e. Split Windshields, Bread Loaves, Bricks, and those WAY COOL EuroVans f. Don't remember anything.....too many...
• Re: Comments on displacement
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:02:55 -0800
  ...You own a 4500+lb brick. It is a "light truck". I suggest picking a powerplant that matches the task. The real holy grail...
• Orcas/Lopez Ferry Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:56:43 -0800
  Saw a brick colored air-cooled with clever bedliner rocker panel coverup. We were the tan WBX parked next to you on the outbound...
• Re: Brick Tour Packing List!
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Sun, 7 Aug 1994 19:52:50 -0700 (PDT)
  So what say I just bring another bus to hold the stuff? After syncing carbs, syncing throttles should be a breeze. H Steven Dolan...
• Re: Friday crossword!(Answer?)
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Fri, 06 Jan 95 10:27:30 EST
  ...on a beautiful restorable old brick carcass > > > Down: > What the friendly brick driver does upon sighting another friendly > brick driver > A way to come...
• [f] Morse Code Cheer
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 95 04:21:13 -0600
  ...DIT DIT DIT DAH, DIT DAH DAH, VAN-BUS-BRICK-LOAF, RAH RAH RAH! Will
• Re: <Syncro/all> fender lip rubber ?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:36:34 -0400
  ...what are these, what constitutes a set, what $, when ?, any images on line? adrian 89>syncro<GL "Red Brick"
• Re: Woohoo...
  Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
  Sun, 3 May 1998 23:50:18 EDT
  Im not sure but I think the 202,000 bronze brick is the highest ive seen so far. Hopefully some of us can surpass...
• Re: Lego Vanagon kit available for ordering from Lego
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 21 May 2009 17:43:59 -0400
  ...t3nettet.dk are working on creating a Lego brickset for this > creature: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=333586 > > We need...
• Re: New Catagory for Joel
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sun, 7 Aug 94 16:15:53 PDT
  ...Split Windshields, Bread Loaves, and Bricks > e. Split Windshields, Bread Loaves, Bricks, and those WAY COOL > EuroVans > f. Don't remember anything.....too many...
• Re: 81 Vanagon Interior Panels
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:15:24 -0500
  ...In my personal bus "the brick" I sanded and stained that tan wood and it looks awesome. In another bus that i bought strictly...
• Re: Volvo List ?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:07:46 -0500
  http://www.brickboard.com/ hk At 01:45 PM 12/13/99 -0700, Leif wrote: >Any one aware of a late model volvo list...
• [Fwd: [vanagon] 87 brick for sale]
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:40:41 -0700
  not mine. From: stephanie and jeff <jwinkelmann_99@yahoo.com> To: vanagon@yahoogroups.com 87 vanagon new tires and 30k on rebuild $1500 littleton...
• Re: HEY!!
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 09 Sep 94 10:36:31 CDT
  ...On the other hand, what does this >have to do with bricks? ... well ... in a way, driving a bus/brick IS kinda of a...
• RE- nicknames for generatio
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  5 Oct 1994 14:30:56 U
  ...In keeping with the "B" theme (Bulli, Bus/Bread-loaf/Bay-Window, Brick) I'd like to toss out Barn, as in, "as big...
• Re: Spring replacement site needed
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:31:11 -0400
  Exact site i was looking for..thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter...
• Re: Friday Haiku
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:02:24 -0500 (CDT)
  Ok, I *gotta* try this :-) Internet Mania Net heads at their desks Hearts home with VeeDub Bricks -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu...
• Re: Vanagon Tires
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:46:19 -0600
  Maybe i will stencil that on the side of my"box, brick" jimt On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 10:31 AM, Mike Miller...
• Re: Syn oil in Converted S/A Inline 4
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:38:27 -0400
  ...It's on my list of things to do (the transmission in the Gold Brick is a new one $$$ from the dealer, so most...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:58:00 -0700
  ...our vans more closely resemble the brick :) > >> > >> > >> > My goodness you guys, nobody is thinking, and I can't sit quietly any > >> > longer! > >> > > >> > The mass...
• The time has come the Walrus said
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:24:37 -0500
  ...I'm putting my beloved Red Brick ( 1988 GL) up for sale and I am looking for good venues in/on which to advertise...
• Are there other canucks on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Christopher L
  Sun, 5 Mar 1995 16:47:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...I know the survey Joel publishes mentions about 14 'bricks' in Ontario, but I've only noticed a few regular post-ers with Canadian...
• Heading West in Westy....
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:42:19 -0400
  ...Cheers, Doug 84 Westy B# --- Big Blue Brick
• Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 02:02:38 -0400
  >>accelerating a heavy and large brick-shaped vehicle<< Karl, this is good, i will remember this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ben ps.: do you remember the Aries...
• Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:35:35 -0500
  ...1) how many accidents have you seen in real life involving a straight head-on collision with a brick wall (and a brick wall...
• Ken Wilford, please pmail me.
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:36:21 -0500
  ...Adam P 81 Vanagon westy ( The Brick) 81 Vanagon Westy (For sale) 70 SingleCab 74 Beetle 73 Transporter Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly...
• Re: A NAME FOR VANAGON FANATICS!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Splitters, Loafers, Brickies, Euroids? Alistair
• Re: story: 7 months in a 1967 Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 13:00:46 -0800
  ...I wanna "move" the brick tour to SOUTH America, ok? I liked every part of the story, with one exception: No hot showers???????!!!!!!! :(((((((((((((((((((((((( /martha
• Installing cruise on 81 aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:02:11 -0400
  Please do not waste bandwidth with the usual replies of broomstick, brick, etc. :) I have read about the Rostra Ultracruise and the Audiovox.........I...
• Re: Selling Vanagon Westfalia business
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:40:19 -0700
  Thanks very much for all you've done to keep these bricks on the road over the years Zoltan. And the knowledge you've...
• RE: A NAME FOR VANAGON FANATICS!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Retherford
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:41:17 -0500 (EST)
  ...Copley wrote: > > R2-T2s? > > Ugh! > > Tobin > What do you call an 80's Westfalia Poptop? A Brick House (My apologies to all you Rick...
• Eureka Springs VW show
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:29:45 -0500 (CDT)
  ...If anyone has information of this event please let me know TIA Colin Moran '86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick" 188,000 and still...
• Re: 12V Space Heater (The Sequel)
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:16:25 -0500
  ...Works fine for us to heat up the bricks on the Westy range and turn in with the heated bricks on the grate for...
• Re: NVC: Volvo Forums?
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Lockwood
  Sat, 26 Nov 2016 21:17:17 -0500
  ...To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/bricks or, via email, send a message with...
• Re: New Catagory for Joel
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 7 Aug 94 10:44:37 PDT
  ...Split Windshields, Bread Loaves, and Bricks > e. Split Windshields, Bread Loaves, Bricks, and those WAY COOL > EuroVans > f. Don't remember anything.....too many...
• Re: Who's going to the Bug Out in Manassas
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 21 May 2002 06:36:28 -0400
  I will be there.............I am driving my 81 "The brick" ........not in the show, but there to have a good time............ Adam P...
• List commands :-(
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 09:54:35 PDT
  ...Does anyone remember how to unsubscribe from this list, or how to get the digest form? thanks, carl 73 camper4sale, 74 brickwall, 90 westy
• Re: group of buses...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 Aug 94 13:06:19 EDT
  ...A bevy of buses? A bevy of bricks? (This must have been used already, it's so simple...) Dave Mancuso ('87 Westy, 11th in...
• Re: Another safety point of a Vanagon re: road monsters, was Re: California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:09:33 -0500
  AS a long-term SoCal driver,(40+ years)I've learned a trick that works well driving our bricks-Just drive one car at...
• Free tires and rims (Seattle)
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Fri, 18 May 2007 13:07:52 -0700
  ...Bretts 83 Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde" 79/81 Brown Volvo 240 "The Brick" (For Sale!)
• Re: Phone number for WCM
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 17:37:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...800 247 3202 -- Jerry Huff Data General _____ Brick Unix Development RTP, NC 27709 | |_|_\ on \/ huff@dg-rtp.dg.com (919)248-6277 `0---0...