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• Re: Mazda wheels? Porsche too.
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 01:50:49 EST
  ...Check my page with info on Porsche alloys w/o redrilling. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/page1.html">VC alternative alloy wheels...
• Re: Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:37:22 -0700
  ...What's next? A pickup? Backhoe? Porsche built tractors way back when the 356 was still in production. BenT
• Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:49:42 EST
  In a message dated 2/14/2002 11:55:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM writes: > Has anyone popped a Porsche...
• Re: GL-4 vs GL-5 Some more good reading!
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:31:20 -0800
  ...This make these parts, the most highly stressed part of Porsche transmissions. This requires a GL-5 rated lubricant to protect these components against...
• Re: Q: Porsche 914 engine compatibility with Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:25:55 -0400
  Hi Larry, The 914 Porsche shares the same block as the 72-83 bus and the 411/412. There are differences in the cam...
• Re: Sad News: MSDS is no longer offering the Porsche engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:21:13 EDT
  ...MSDS core business is making fast Porsches go faster. Marty like Vanagons. He married his two hobbies into one and offered others the chance...
• Re: Porsche wheels advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:40:16 -0800
  On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:35:10 -0500, Chris S <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > I ran across a set of Porsche 928 wheels...
• 3.6L Porsche hack job!
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:47:57 -0800
  Have a look at the fellow who's selling his 3.5 litre Porsche Vanagon on eBay Germany! Quite the hack job to get...
• six cylinder vanagons
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:57:53 -0400
  ...One of the catalysts for my long dream of a Porsche=powered Vanagon was a conversion done by the Porsche factory, which I saw...
• Re: Porsche Flat 8? on ebay.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:58:49 -0700
  ...http://project917xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.homestead.com/917v20.html http://jalopnik.com/cars/auctions/vasek-polaks-porsche-engines-recovered-auctioned-for-charity-185241.php On 6/11...
• Porsche wheels advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:35:10 -0500
  I ran across a set of Porsche 928 wheels and wouldn't mind putting them on my Vanagon. They're 16x7 in size. Is...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:39 -0700
  ...Watching one of the last aircooled Porsches, what they always call 911s, run against a newer water cooled Porsches, also sometimes called 911s, you...
• Re: porsche engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:47:23 -0700
  You would use the porsche heater boxes. You could also put in a watercooled porsche engine. I don't know the year - early 2000...
• 180hp Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:54:35 -0400
  -Alabama Pete wrote: > In response to a previous post regarding the retrofit of a Porsche 3.2L > engine in a Vanagon, I have a...
• Re: Scary Westy on German eBay
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:33:01 -0800
  ...On 12/21/06 7:44 PM, "Karl Ploessl" <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > funny that you mention Porsche, the last porsche 928 "special...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:14:56 -0800
  ...Can't we dream a little? You know, fun dreaming? :-))))))) I know there is some german web sites with porsche engine and transmissions out...
• Re: why did VW ditch the boxer motor?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 01:28:30 +0200
  ...Wonder if Porsche-land is going > to get a harsh wake-up to german waterboxer reality? > > Mark Yep, all (both) Porsches are watercooled now...
• Porsche now 10.3 owner and still aiming for 20 percent
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:16:57 -0600
  From a clip this morning September 29, 2005, 5:55 AM FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Luxury automaker Porsche AG has increased its stake in Volkswagen...
• Re: Cost of Ownership
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 15:41:18 -0500
  ...A little VW experience can go a long way in saving money on Porsche parts. I tend to think most Porsche owners aren't...
• Re: VW / Audi / Porsche SUV? AutoWeek Article
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 06 Aug 1997 23:02:37 -0700
  ...Go figer... >Regards, >Jim Davis >87 GL Syncro >88 GL Wolfsburg Remember the 'Porsche' 914 with the VW Vanagon engine ? - & the VW dealers would...
• Re: Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:31:23 -0600
  ...What's next? A pickup? Backhoe? Porsche built tractors way back when the 356 was still in production. BenT
• Re: PORSCHE Engine
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:41:03 -0400
  ...PORSCHE Engine > Hey, > > > Could someone tell me if it is possible to put a PORSCHE engine into my > 83 Westy air-cooled, and what...
• Re: 79(80) Convert. Replacement Found...
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 1 Mar 1995 16:22:58 -0800 (PST)
  >So folks here it is....taaaa daaaa! > >1984 Porsche 944....62k miles....garaged in winter...sunroof... >cruise....leather....new Goodrich TAs....etc...etc... Congrats...
• FS-Porsche wheels,trans., VW bus engine
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jun 1996 21:43:45 GMT
  5 Porsche steel wheels, 5 bolt, late 356/early 911 edition, EC, all with VG Tiger tires and 4 original Porsche chrome caps. $450...
• Re: Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:19:50 -0700
  ...What's next? A pickup? Backhoe? Porsche built tractors way back when the 356 was still in production. BenT
• Re: NVC Might be of interest to some Porsche for sale not mine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:45:47 -0400
  ...For some reason, VW decided not to bring it into the >US, so Porsche sold it here as a Porsche. The car Porsche >designed...
• Re: Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:34:34 -0700
  ...What's next? A pickup? Backhoe? Porsche built tractors way back when the 356 was still in production. BenT
• Re: Aftermarket Fog Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:21:25 -0700
  ...On 10/10/06, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Porsche must be insane, then. > > My '82 911SC has factory foglights \below/ the bumper...
• Re: Ultimate tool box?
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:15:00 -0800
  ...Donna, 1987 Wolfsburg, et al. >>> Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM> 11/09/00 10:39AM >>> Keith Adams wrote: > (Porsche 911 is my other obsesssion...
• Re: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 10 May 1995 16:46:11 -0700 (PDT)
  A fellow here in Victoria who did the Porsche thing with his passenger syncro, (3.2 liter, is that right?), constructed a system so...
• Of Porsches, Porta-Potti's, wives and toolboxes...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:33:06 -0800
  I own two Vanagon campers (one with a porta-potti), a Porsche and some tools. Thus I feel qualified to comment on the following...
• Re: 3.6L Porsche hack job!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:24:03 +1300
  ...bus, Porsche change (Claer) 250PS 3,6l! Full equipment (climate, >seat heating, 6Einzelsitze electrically, Carat equipment, standheizung, >Oettinger Bremse+ expanders on Porsche brake, expanders...
• RE: Porsche power
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 07 Jun 1996 13:40:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >Guy in CT that parts out Porsches has a reasonably priced start on your >Porsche-powered VW van: a 2.7liter (roughly 150hp) Porsche...
• Re: Porsche 944 Motor & transmission in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:02:02 EST
  ...Stan Wilder (Actually has a Porsche). i posted them for bruce somewhere... i can dig it up for bruce if he doesn't have...
• Re: Ultimate tool box?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:05:02 -0500
  ...a Porsche of the same $ value). Twenty plus years and four boys later my values have shifted somewhat. -- Stephen Steele '91 Caravelle '84 Westy...
• Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:09:24 -0600
  //from the news wires// FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German luxury carmaker Porsche ... has secured a further 8.27 percent stake in Volkswagen ..., making it VW's...
• Porsche wheel studs? Where to get?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:24:17 -0400
  ...Several people have suggested the longer Porsche wheel studs in place of the OEM VW. Where can I get these and is there another...
• Campout at Porsche Vintage Races at Lime Rock
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 08:28:43 -0400
  ...through 7/29? LRP is having a Porsche historic/vintage race weekend at the park featuring Porsche racing cars from the 50s through the...
• VW/Porsche Merger
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 9 May 2009 06:59:19 -0700
  http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/07/porsche.merge/index.html?eref=rss _topstories Cya, Robert
• Re: Will (Audi) Porsche transaxle fit in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:59:55 -0000
  ...Will (Audi) Porsche transaxle fit in Vanagon? > In my own daydreams I build a Beck Spyder, which is a replica of the Porsche > 550...
• Re: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:56:55 EST
  ...They got > tired of waiting for the Vanagons, so they put old Porsche engines in > some of them. They were described to be the...
• Re: Is a Porsche 911 engine too powerful for a Vanagon and/or Syncro Drivetrain?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 13 May 2001 09:45:29 -0500
  ...Is a Porsche 911 engine too powerful for a Vanagon and/or Syncro Drivetrain? > I am intrigued with the Porsche 911 engine swap that...
• Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 01:27:43 +1200
  >Has anyone popped a Porsche 6 in their Vanagon? I used to have a couple >of 914's and the swap was fairly easy...
• Re: Porsche' number one. No Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:53:42 -0600
  http://jalopnik.com/porsches-first-car-found-after-being-left-in-a-shed-fo-1509719443 Howard
• Porscheagon on samba
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:01:24 EDT
  Porsche 911 powered vanagon... interesting.. not mine.. go for it http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=207034
• Re: Porsche/Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:34:25 -0600
  ...Full Porsche instruments >nicely fitted into Vanagon binnacle. > >Warren C. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join...
• Re: Porsche six transplant
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 21:06:55 -0600
  ...The main thing that would stop me from using a porsche engine in my vanagon, is that mine's a waterboxer, and that porsche...
• Re: Cost of Ownership
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 15:54:13 -0400
  On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Stan Wilder wrote: > With my recent purchase of a 912e Porsche I've had a lot of high numbers...
• Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 19:58:05 -0700
  ...And one minus is heating...To heat a little Porsche is one thing, but heating a huge T3? IMHO best bet when installing a...
• Re: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 10 May 1995 19:44:09 EST
  ...pictures piping water rather than air through the Porsche's heat exchangers, presumably after doing lots of work to make them watertight. Probably less...
• Re: Porsche Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:44:29 +0000
  ...VW's finest! If it indeed has a Porsche six in it, just pay the man. Excellent price if you can drive it home...
• 1999 Porsche 911 C4 transmission in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 15:47:00 -0800
  I was reading my latest copy of European Car magazine where they have an article on the '99 Porsche C4 all wheel drive. They...
• Porsche Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:09:32 -0500
  Hi; I am scheduled to go look at an '84 Westy tommorrow in which the owner claims to have a Porsche motor. His add...
• Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:58:48 -0800
  Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_OrF7zA
• Re: Unofficial alliance to become corporate alliance??
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:11:49 -0600
  One of the reasons given by Porsche actually is to block any take over of VW from outside of the unofficial partnerships. This has...
• Porsche transagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:07:53 +1300
  ...Someone reckoned the VW and Porsche flanges are the same diameter, and the CVs are interchangable. And having just typed that, I went to...
• Re: 3.6L Porsche hack job!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:57:18 -0800
  ...3.6L Porsche hack job! Have a look at the fellow who's selling his 3.5 litre Porsche Vanagon on eBay Germany! Quite...
• Re: porsche heads question (sorta VW)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 12:25:49 -0300
  ...There is a Porschephiles list, 900+ members and lots of traffic. I'll look for the # in a parts catalogue for you. tim s.
• Searching for Porsche 996 tranny data
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:31:46 +0200
  ...Since the porsche trannies are the same except for the rear end, I�d would like to know if there are any matching gear...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 28 May 2004 20:25:11 -0500
  ...Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> >What I find amusing is that in Paul Frere's most excellent book "The >Racing Porsches" the photo of...