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Re: FIAT
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:59:56 -0700
Topolino, 600DZ, Tinkerers dream. But the REAL FIAT is the Dino. p
Re: What tint do you have on your rear window? How do you like it?
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:26:07 -0400
...Sudhir On 8/22/07, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm in the process of a tint job and I...
anyone have any experience with these replacement canvas tops
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:23:41 -0400
http://tinyurl.com/y9ku2dw thanks mike
Bad tint job rant / any advice?
Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:04:01 -0500
...only the tint job is brand new. The skylight on the AW top does not go to the edge, and the gap is uneven...
Re: Tin top camping
Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
Mon, 7 Oct 2013 23:42:58 -0700
...Jones@colorado.edu> wrote: > I camped in my '81 air-cooled tin top for 19 years before I bought > my Syncro Westy. I still...
Re: Poptop conversion from a tintop.
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 6 Sep 2024 08:10:28 -0400
...For your situation I think either finding a donor van for the roof tin, or the high top makes the most sense. The Pop...
Re: vanagon windshields
Historical mailing list
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:32:11 EST
oh, and if your over 6' then make sure you dont get the ones w/ the tint strip at the top! the original vanagon...
Re: LED Headlight bulbs
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 1 Jul 2015 14:10:39 -0700
...http://hi-lemon.com/zen/cache/Ebay/car-elec2010/top/CE_1000.jpg http://hi-lemon.com/zen/cache/Ebay/car-elec2010/top/ROHS...
Re: Window Tint
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 6 Apr 2022 16:36:14 -0500
...The top of the line tint currently is a ceramic based tint. This project will take approx. 50 sq. ft. to do a whole...
Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:46:33 -0500
...a strip of dark tint >across the top of the windshield. about 8" worth, of the same >stuff on the windows. you have to...
Re: Bad tint job rant / any advice?
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:01:20 -0500
...what a professional tint job > should really look like. > > I was dismayed that the upper rear window of the AW top looks like one...
Re: Window Tint
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:28:37 -0700
...my Capri blue tin top was nice and warm today even w/o the heat fan on. 30 degrees and 10 - 15 mph wind...
Re: pop top canvas install, please help
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:30:31 -0700
The canvas "bead" will be tucked inside the aluminum groove for the top. The "bead" will be on the inside edge of the aluminum...
Re: tinted windshields
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:05:39 +1200
>I noticed that on many of the german Caravelle pics that Andrew had >sent me that many had the graduated tint along the top...
Re: window tint
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:55:41 -0700
In Arizona you can tint the side windows with 65% tint (passes 35% of the light). Only a strip across the top is allowed...
Re: Tin top camping
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 7 Oct 2013 11:57:19 -0500
...COM> wrote: > > > I know there are some folks out there with tin tops that still go > camping in these vans. > > > > I was wondering if...
Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:27:29 -0500
...Nice tin top weekender $5500 > > > > > > Just popped up on The Samba: > > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1842748 > > > > > > > > > > > > Stuart > > > > -- > > David McNeely...
Re: Vanagon Sighting(s)
Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:53:22 -0400
...I too have a tin top 85 that is in Wilmington de. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2013, at 9:11 PM...
Re: Cylinder Numbering
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:23:07 -0800
...Cylinder Numbering > As you stand looking into the engine, top right is one, next to it is two, > top left is three, next to...
Re: High tops- removal/trade
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:32:28 -0700
...The easiest will probably a poptop designed to be added on to a tintop. The tougher ones will be the Westfalia poptop which requires...
Good Deal On Latern at Amazon One Day Sale
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:17:05 -0800
Amazon has a very good LED camp lantern on sale, today only: *http://tinyurl.com/mrn7c7z <http://tinyurl.com/mrn7c7z>* I have one of...
Re: Best wishes
Historical mailing list - Neil
Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:02:39 -0800
What? HH and HNY got top billing to 'keep those vans alive' ? LOL. Agreed on all fronts. Neil. On 12/25/21, Dan N...
Re: Rear facing seats for camper
Historical mailing list
Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:18:47 -0400
...writes: _http://tinyurl.com/7dwjyt9_ (http://tinyurl.com/7dwjyt9) the one i had looked like the above box. with a padded top. the other...
Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Nov 2001 - Special issue (#2001-1364)
Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:40:07 -0800
...glass to the darkest you can tolerate. > - Adding a tinted strip to the top of the windshield. > * Body insulation > - This part can be scary...
Re: Window Tint
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 6 Apr 2022 14:40:39 -0700
...The top > of the line tint currently is a ceramic based tint. This project will take > approx. 50 sq. ft. to do a whole...
Re: Sally is FS
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 14:26:50 -0500
May Tin-tops Live Long and Prosper!! (I've got three) John R On 7/21/2013 1:55 PM, Jason wrote: > Ok - I...
Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:44:10 -0700
...Access to the top of the tank is from under a tin cover, held with a couple of screws, that is the bottom of...
Re: Adding Westy Top, was: No Lowly Vanagons
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:12:11 -0700
...The top kit does not necessarily include an upper > bed. That is a separate option. > > http://www.t3-infos.de/images/Mosaik-Joker_Aufstelldach...
Door seal replacement
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Sat, 7 Mar 2015 19:19:15 -0800
...Thanks! Aaron '91 tin top.
Re: Dometic fridge question
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 10:10:52 -0700
...to a terminal block on top of the fridge. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2...
Nice tin top weekender $5500
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:58:20 -0700
Just popped up on The Samba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1842748 Stuart
Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:08:45 -0500
...a strip of dark tint across the top of the windshield. about 8" worth, of the same stuff on the windows. you have to...
Re: Great device for lubing cables
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:03:42 -0700
...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
Re: Window Tint
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 01:16:20 +0000
...The top of the line tint currently is a ceramic based tint. This project will take approx. 50 sq. ft. to do a whole...
Koni shock question
Historical mailing list - Dean S
Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:15:20 -0500
Does anyone know if a Knoi 822101 will fit a 1985 Westy camper Vanagon not a Tin top? Thanks DS
Re: vector drawings of syncro
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:24:36 -0700
Looking at the pictures here http://tinyurl.com/tigerbus Where/how do I get one of those tops!!!!!
my latest vanagon mod
Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:01:54 -0800
Kept the top, but replaced the engine and body with a nice aircraft wing and bomb: http://tinyurl.com/3hv99
Re: window tint
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Sat, 8 Mar 2003 17:56:17 +0000
...tint on my '87 Westy, lighter on the door windows, fairly dark on the back, with a fairly dark strip across the top of...
Re: Window Tint
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 02:27:47 +0000
...The top of the line tint currently is a ceramic based tint. This project will take approx. 50 sq. ft. to do a whole...
Re: Window Tint..Professional or D.I.Y.?
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:25:07 -0500
...I have a band on top of the windshield also. Something to watch out for, if you use the newer metallic tints on the...
Re: Dramatically Improving AC capacity
Historical mailing list - Tim
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:05:34 -0800
...glass to the darkest you can tolerate. - Adding a tinted strip to the top of the windshield. * Body insulation - This part can be scary...
Re: Edging my way toward pop top tent replacement
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:35:33 -0700
...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
Re: Top replacement
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:41:49 -0500
I was always under the impression that the country homes campers were made from converted Tin Top busses, meaning the roof is still round...
Now: long term wear horn relay. Was: Horn installation
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:29:38 -0700
...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
Re: Cool roof paint on material for vanagon camper tops?
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:56:48 -0500
...beating down on the old Tintop heats it up like a solar oven.It needs new paint on top - and I was wondering about...
Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:51:46 -1000
...Nice tin top weekender $5500 >>> >>> Just popped up on The Samba: >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1842748 >>> >>> >>> >>> Stuart >> -- >> David McNeely >>
Westy painting - Phoenix area
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:26:32 -0700
Anyone on the list in the Phoenix AZ area had your Westy or Tin Top painted? Or have any good recommendations? Keith
Re: Window Tint
Historical mailing list - Tom C
Wed, 6 Apr 2022 18:19:30 -0400
...The top > > of the line tint currently is a ceramic based tint. This project will > take > > approx. 50 sq. ft. to do a whole...
Diesel Questions
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Mon, 1 Aug 2022 20:39:41 +0000
...I'm a long time list member, owning two regular tin-tops and a tin-top Syncro, but have been without a van for...
another pop top on tin top conversion
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:19:52 -0800
...here http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/westy-poptop- fit_topic49144.html looks like he is using the mosaik kit, or the repro...
Re: Top replacement
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:28:26 -0800
...stuff that comes with the Westy roof so I guess cutting off > the tin top and replacing is it. > > Now, about that headliner.... > > Mike >
Vanagon on Budweiser Commercial
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:13:45 -0800
Anyone else see the POS tin top on the new Bud commercial? I especially like the duct tape on the seat... Cheers, Jeff
Re: Bad tint job rant / any advice?
Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:15:18 -0500
...what a professional tint job > should really look like. > > I was dismayed that the upper rear window of the AW top looks like one...
Re: Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
Historical mailing list - BenT
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:04:29 -0700
...today and found something pretty rare, an "assembled in Austria " 2wd tin top. Year of manufacture was listed as 91. One of the 2wd...
SkyCamp by iKamper
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:52:03 +0000
Came across this and thought it might work for those of us with a tin top. They are raising money to go into production...
RE: tinting vanagon windows
Historical mailing list
Fri, 3 Feb 95 9:39:16 EST
...tint put on by a tint installer in Hawaii. He had every window done, and also installed a 4" strip across the top of...
Re: 86 Syncro tin top FS
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:55:53 -0700
...86 Syncro tin top FS I generally don't respond to any ads that ask for "serious inquiries only" or to any similar implied...
Re: Fix the nasty beginning
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 09:08:23 +0200
...schrieb Alistair Bell: > Yeah, and the fuzzy stuff glued onto the tin top roof was fun to remove :-) > > I hope I get rest done...
Re: Blinking coolant light...
Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
Fri, 5 May 2000 13:27:13 EDT
...i discovered a tiny bit of salt deposition around the top of the expansion tank. the tank was only about a year old, so...
Window Tinting for Heat Loss: Opinions Please
Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
Wed, 17 May 2000 08:45:27 -0400
Our Westfalia had the windows tinted by the po, and despite being a bit too dark for me in terms of gazing about, I...