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• Re: Converting EFI to Carberator
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:19:11 -0800
  ...guys like Eric Zeno hate carbs. But....... Yes, if you have emissions testing in your state, be carefull. But carbs do not castistrophically fail...
• Re: Carfax when buying Vanagons (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:57:16 -0700
  When I bought my van and paid $65 for a buyer's diagnosis at a VW dealer they run a carfax as part of...
• Can I carry a motorcycle on a Type III carrier?
  Historical mailing list - olists
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:37:27 -0500
  I have been looking at some of the Type III 2" hitch motorcycle carriers to carry an Enfield 500 that weighs 350#. Most specify...
• Re: FS, Carat/Audi wheels with new tires
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:15:32 EST
  In a message dated 2/2/04 2:08:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, vwgary@COMCAST.NET writes: > : > > > > what are "carat audi wheels"???? > > chris...
• Bus or Van? Answer=VAN
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:46:48 -0500
  ...My van has removable seats and lots of cargo room. (3) With the current popularity of passenger mini-VANS, the term 'van' has long...
• Re: Friday post: Why are new vehicles connected to the Net?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:15:00 -0700
  ...And that sells some cars. But they don't need to be replaced as often and that doesn't sell cars! So, when the...
• Re: carfax anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:56:12 -0800
  ...In the past, an individual could sign up for 30 days of unlimited Carfax access for a reasonable amount. Now, Carfax sells individual reports...
• Re: adjusting rear view mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Firebaugh
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:04:48 -0800
  ...http://www.cartalk.cars.com/About/Worst-Cars/results1.html -Steve Firebaugh On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 04:45 PM, Alistair Bell wrote...
• Re: floor mats
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 20:36:11 -0400 (EDT)
  Here's another alternative....go to your local carpet retailer/installer and get a section of reminent rug....you know the left over stuff...
• Wisdom?? From CAR TALK??
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:33:33 -0800
  ...Wisdom?? From CAR TALK?? To quote the producer of Car Talk, Doug Berman: "A car is just a big inanimate object through which we...
• member requested carfax
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:15:25 -0700
  --- historyreport@carfax.com wrote: > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:12:18 -0500 > From: historyreport@carfax.com > Subject: Register Your $5,000 CARFAX Guarantee...
• EV mats [2]
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 12:42:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When we bought our EV we stopped by the local carpet store and bought a large piece of grey carpet for $5 or $10...
• Re: Worst Cars
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 13:41:16 -0700
  Since we're discussing worst cars, best cars, and non-USA list members, thought I'd offer this on USA car culture: http://www...
• Re: Carburator help please
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:36:47 -0400
  > They make a carb kit for vanagons? I thought they were all fuel > injection. This has my attention...do you have info on the...
• Re: Car-O-Scope
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:50:28 -1000
  > Anybody do their Click and Clack Car-O-Scope? > go here to do it: > http://cartalk.cars.com/Survey/Results/Psychographics/caroscopes.html > Well...
• Re: LHD caravelles? (SA caravelle)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 11:10:44 EST
  In a message dated 4/6/02 10:52:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, voicebox@DNAI.COM writes: > Does VW make this caravelle for...
• Re: Westy vs. non-westy Vehicle Weight
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:39:56 +0200
  Lawrence Johnson wrote: > PerL > Do you happen to have the cargo load ratings too? Sure thing! 2WD, Gas/Diesel Panelvan: 995/995 kg Panelvan...
• Re: carburetor on vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:47:26 -0800
  ...when cold, Carb icing, when hot, and vapour lock. If you want to try a carb, I have a Solex carb that used to...
• CARFAX was:Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:20:28 EST
  ...i tried to use carfax on a 80 westy and it wouldnt work because VW used a shorter VIN # back then and apparently it...
• carfax please
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:00:30 -0700
  If anyone has a carfax subscription and wouldn't mind running a VIN for me. VIN: 4N2XN11T6XD819027 Thanks. Jamie --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new...
• Re: Car-O-Scope
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:00:19 -0800
  I think this car-o-scope is a big joke and it says the vanagon is not right for almost everyone and also uses...
• Re: no VW sports cars? No longer any Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sat, 29 May 2004 11:57:55 -0600
  Sports Cars do not have to go fast. Fast cars are not necessarily Sports Cars. the MG Midget, MG B, Austin Healey Sprite, Early...
• Re: (F) Microsoft Cars
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:49:52 -0500
  ...You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought "Car95" or "CarNT". But then you would have to...
• Re: cleaning carpets
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:33:54 -0500
  >Anyone have any tips on cleaning the carpets for an old Vanagon. Took it to >one of those coin-op car washes and used...
• Re: Carpet for cargo area wanted
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:25:56 EST
  Yes, we have carpet mats for the Vanagon campers, including the cargo mat. Available in black/grey/tan or brown. The cargo mat is...
• OOPPS...here's the address for the Car Talk Website....
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:54:32 -0700
  ...In my haste to post I forgot the URL for the Car Talk Website... WWW.CARTALK.CARS.COM Sorry for the omission... Ric
• Re: Carfax when buying Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:16:39 EDT
  ...I think, while Carfax can be used to disqualify a car, it should never be depended upon to qualify one. For example, I often...
• Re: VW inline four-bangers
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:50:42 -0400
  ...JC Whitney used to sell carb conversion kits, but I'd bet that the early Rabbits were carbed. Most cars were still carbed at...
• My Carbon Forehead Print (on my screen)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:45:28 -0500
  I am so sick of hearing about the "Carbon Footprint" of everything. Our Vanagons have one. You have one, I have one, everything has...
• Re: Top 10 gay cars (F)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:26:42 -0700
  ...I keep all my cars happy simply changing oil during the recommended intervals. So for that matter, all my cars are gay. http://cartalk...
• ]Vanagon Westfalia w/ 2.0 2000 VW Golf Engine!
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:51:39 -0700
  This will not smog in california http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1824104150 --- historyreport@carfax.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 24...
• source found for rubber rear cargo floor mat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:25:39 EST
  FYI, i found a source for a great rubber rear cargo floor mat for passenger vanagons. the company is called Koneta/LRV and the...
• Re: Can I carry a motorcycle on a Type III carrier?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:21:06 -0700
  >I have been looking at some of the Type III 2" hitch motorcycle >carriers to carry an Enfield 500 that weighs 350#. Most specify...
• De-carbonize engine with carbonized water?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 17:01:08 +0200
  Hi all What are real-life-experiences with de-carbonizing engine with carbonized (sparkling) water? A friend of mine used to do with his...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:28 -0700
  www.CIP1.com has some air intake manifolds & carbs for the air-cooled. I've been told that these do not fit water cooled...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 28 May 2004 21:04:35 -0400
  ...Yep, my Lotus Esprit isn't a sports car. Yep, no doubt about. I have never yet seen any "definition" for sports car that...
• The Car Lounge
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 17:28:58 +0100
  Dear Sir / Madam, This brief email is to inform you that the Car Lounge, in which your web site has been referenced, is now...
• Re: Car back carrier
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 20:46:25 -0500
  ...DM&FS At 07:32 PM 6/1/2010, Robert Fisher wrote: >Anybody ever use such a thing? > > > >http://www.lakelandgear.com/car_back...
• Re: Special Screwdriver Source
  Historical mailing list - James L. McGill
  Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:28:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...CARVER_JEFFREY} CARVER_JEFFREY} I just called Sears, the details: CARVER_JEFFREY} Name - Screw Starter CARVER_JEFFREY} Stock Number - 41024 (division 9 hardware) CARVER...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Fri, 9 May 2008 08:40:27 -0700
  ...That's part of their cost of business - - even in the 80's when I drove a car carrier we were charging $1.00...
• Re: Carat vs. Carat Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Road Trip
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:16:54 -0800
  ...Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:19:20 -0500 > >Just out of curiosity anyone know what differentiates a Carat Wolfy from a >plain ol' Carat...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Mon, 31 May 2004 14:32:45 -0400
  My 78 Datsun 280Z coup has roll up windows and GEICO refused to insure it because they do not insure "sports cars" so I...
• Re: Vanagon .. is it a Car or Light Truck
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:31:04 -0700
  ...Car merely is an abbreviation of > "carriage". Same goes for train cars... so truck is a subtype of car. > Light truck is a subsubtype...
• Re: Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:11:45 +1300
  ...Definitely "could not care less". If you COULD care less, this means you do care... at least a little bit. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans...
• anyone on this list own a Carat?????
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:33:41 EST
  i finally found a carat badge for my '89 carat.. now i need someone to take a pic of the back of their carat...
• Our Caravelle online
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:57:16 +0200
  http://www.zorck.dk/Caravelle/Caravelle.html
• Re: Floormats and carpet
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:59:44 -0800
  ...BUT the number one reason I could never have carpets is our climate1! Once a wet smelly soggy carpet, always a wet soggy moldy...
• Re: Roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:16:00 -0500
  ...Safeway used to have their own proprietary cart style... it was a high mounted basket, with not very deep sides. It was just about...
• Re: ]Vanagon Westfalia w/ 2.0 2000 VW Golf Engine!
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:08:53 -0700
  ...It may >> have problems that >> have not been reported to CARFAX. CARFAX recommends >> a vehicle >> inspection by a professional mechanic. >> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> How CARFAX analyzed this...
• High Heat Rust paint
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 12:19:37 EDT
  ...dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613) 788...
• Re: 1991 Vangon GL
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:32:24 EST
  ...chris if someoneone puts a poptop on a carat, does this mean its called a "carrot top"?? :<P ************** It's Tax Time! Get tips...
• Re: Installing carpet
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:43:27 -0400
  > 80-84 westys (except wolf ed) had carpet in the galley, > standard. and yep it goes under the cabinets and bed > (just a little...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 May 2008 08:03:12 -0400
  ...closed car carrier, that was really your choice as it really is a cost issue. As for the hood flying off, my bet is...
• WANTED: vanagon "CARAT" rear hatch badge
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:11:34 EST
  i need the rear hatch badge off a vanagon carat.. says "CARAT" in capital letters. please let me know if you have one..im...
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Jan 95 19:00:46 EST
  Well dudes, I've checked and even sniffed the carpet (but not kissed) and no sign of any fluid (human or otherwise). Said carpet...
• Re: 50 Worst Cars
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:10:26 -0700
  There's a great little book out called "Crap Cars" by Richard Porter. Each page lists a different crap car (50 total) and how...
• FS Solex & Pierburg Carbs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 31 May 2003 07:50:05 -0700
  I have 2 carbs that I am selling. 1) This is a Solex Carb from a 1600 cc VW beetle. On the side of...
• Roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 08:46:48 -0800
  Yesterday I saw a small honda car with a shopping cart mounted to the roof. Similar to those gear baskets that Thule or Yakima...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 14:25:37 EDT
  I have their book, which is pretty good and as funny as the show...There is one car they like to slam more than...
• an easy way to get your car stolen...READ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:41:15 EDT
  ...The car thieves peer through the windshield of your car or truck, write down the VIN number from the label on the dash, go...