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• Re: refilling propane bottles, potential hazards?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:30:41 -0800
  ...I use air-tight and nuke-proof surplus explosive projectile cannisters. I can fit 6 cans upright and at least one on its side...
• vanagon model for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:40:09 -0700
  ...You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
• Re: Let's go Canada
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 09:19:28 CST
  On Mon, 31 Oct 94 05:40:36 CST Andrew Kirk said: >I think we in Canada deserve to be broken down by province...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:59:19 -0700
  depends on the canoe, an old Grumman aluminium canoe could perhaps take being on its side, but never a cedar canvas or stripper. I...
• Re: Monday Meanderings & Musings ;-)
  Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:50:02 -0500
  "There is a lot more to Canadian Tire than Tires", in fact that mantra even became a ad slogan for them for a while...
• changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:21:32 -0800
  Hi, I am thinking of changing my pop top canvas, 84 Vanagon. I could use all the help and advice I could get. My...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:05:12 -0700
  Considering your 1944 Jerry Can .. would you like a 1944 canteen, in stainless ( some where aluminum ) with matching heavy duty canvas holder , with the...
• Re: Assistance in Valuation of Rare Original VW Canopy Requested
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:19:23 -0700
  I thought for a moment you were talking about the DoKa canopies - they are $4100 CAD from the dealer if they can still get...
• Re: It's not the same thing!
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:22:49 -0700
  ...Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't help...
• canadian listers ...read up! (nrvc)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 00:18:35 EDT
  i got a question for all you canucks... i sent a us postal money order to a guy in canada.. and he says he...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:50:18 -0400
  I don't carry my canoe on its side but I still have room up top. I use a Thule hullavator to help get...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:42:19 -0700
  ...Alexander wrote: >Fellow VolksMasters - I have been advised about an active Canadian >Conspiracy that threatens AMERICA! > >Have you noticed how so many of these...
• Re: Favorite Fluid for Unsticking Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:35:26 -0700
  ...You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
• Re: '85 Westy paint Color
  Historical mailing list - scmills
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:35:44 -0500
  ...Any store can mix any color, and any store can put it in a can if you like. I'd stick with a spray...
• Re: European VW Delivery, Eurovan TDI
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 01:40:33 EDT
  In a message dated 98-07-01 12:59:57 EDT, Mancuso@mtwp.k12.pa.us writes: << >The Eurovan TDI was from Canada. You...
• Re: Crappy Tire was Re: Monday Meanderings & Musings ;-)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:58:40 -0800
  Hold on there! The Royal Canadian Mint doesn't print Canadian Tire Money. Canadian Tire Money is printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, which...
• Re: Friday Follies: Canadian Pride
  Historical mailing list - wayout
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 01:54:28 -0700
  ...Baseball is Canadian; 7. Basketball is Canadian; 8. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers @ss; (Ed note: Mr. Dress-up was actually an American!)
• RedTek in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:52:53 -0400
  Does anyone know if RedTek refrigerant is sold in retail stores in Canada? Does Canadian Tire or some other chain sell it? I've...
• US cellphones in Canada, Canadian phones in the US
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 31 May 2006 12:06:03 -0600
  I missed the start of this thread but if you are thinking about touring in Canada you might want to check out Prepaid cell...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:31:09 -0700
  It will hurt some canoes for sure - cedar canvas, cedar strip. Aside from hurting the canoe, I bet having canoe on side puts more...
• Canvas won't fit
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 23 Jun 2018 11:53:09 -0700
  Hi to all, I am trying to fit the canvas on this ‘82 Westy and the canvas in the rear is really short. It...
• engine year???
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:00:32 -0700
  ...You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
• Re: European VW Delivery, Eurovan TDI
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:03:33 -0400
  On 7/1/98 2:53 AM EST, Michael Modl said: >The Eurovan TDI was from Canada. You can buy them there and bring...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:16:13 -0500
  For a while I was buying european military metal fuel cans, the 20 liter variety. They were getting expensive I thought so I bought...
• Re: ripped canvas in pop-top
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 17:28:07 EST
  ...You can even purchase canvas needles and thread and sew the tear in the canvas right through the mending tape. That way it will...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:31:18 -0700
  well, I'm not completely at the stage of being a WWII re-enactor :) But what would be useful is one of those canvas...
• Re: Prepared foods
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 00:40:20 -0700
  ...You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
• Re: spray painting black plastic exterior parts?
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:50:33 -0700
  ...Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't help...
• Re: Quick Help!!!! 85 Westy camper top canvas holder
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:31:05 -0400
  Dana, On my '85, the aluminum strips around the bottom of the canvas are on the inside. I haven't had this van since...
• No Vanagon Content: Canadian Tire EFlyer
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:05:22 -0500
  ...As has become my Friday custom, I am again sharing the "Canadian Tire Experience", for any Canadian-Wanna-Be's. It's better to...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Liberte, Joel
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:23:46 +0000
  ...I have the yakima rain gutter racks with 72" cross bars and can carry two canoes no problem, we just stuff things in water...
• Re: importing from US to Canada (was consumer reports...)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:24:51 -0500
  ...I got the link from the Transport Canada Gov't web site - so they are for real. This is the Gov't of Canada...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:24:10 +0000
  ...TECHNO DANCE MUSIC !!!! ;o) > I say, we can dance, we can dance Everything out of control We can dance, we can dance We're...
• Re: Canadian taxes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:20:34 -0500
  ...Here in Houlton, Maine (3 miles from the Canadian border) stores will accept US or Canadian money at the cash register. Mike Mike Miller...
• Re: eBay ship to US only - why
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 19:05:44 -0600
  >In case anyone was wondering Canada is not two Continents away. We >border the USA to the North, actually there are parts of the...
• carrying canoe on camper top
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Thu, 26 Dec 1996 12:27:24 -0500 (EST)
  (Happy Holidays & best Wishes everyone....:-) As to the matter of the canoe, we have a 17-ft. aluminum canoe that we carry on a...
• Re: Bus routes: most scenic bypasses.
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:20:53 -0700
  ...Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't help...
• Re: US cellphones in Canada, Canadian phones in the US
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 31 May 2006 10:49:56 -0400
  Make sure you call your US cell carrier before you use your cellphone in Canada and confirm rates. Your phone will work fine, but...
• Re: $CA Bra & bike rack & Shady boy canopy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:56:16 EDT
  In a message dated 4/11/01 4:51:11 PM, scotiawesty@NS.SYMPATICO.CA writes: << Are there any Canadian sources for a new...
• Re: Canyon de Chelly and syncro???
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:12:01 -0700
  ...Still can't drive into the canyon on your own as far as I know. I know Jeep has done some group things with...
• Re: Canadian taxes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:49:33 -0800
  I don't know the denominations are all in Canadian and I don't speak Canadian. Mike On 1/11/07 9:46 AM...
• semi-pre-weakly stats ... location
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 09 Nov 94 00:08:34 CST
  ...i forgot to put the location stats in: :) so here's where everybody is: -AUS 3 AR 1 LA 1 NM 1 -CAN 1...
• Re: Tires In Canada
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:58:51 -0330
  ...Are you talking about the Canadian Tire "Roughrider" ?? Product#: 0042088 Size: P205/75R14 95S $81.49 Canadian ?? http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortments/product_detail...
• Fiamma and Aux Battery kits, in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellsmere
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:33:49 -0400
  Hello Canadians (and helpful people from other countries) Is there a Canadian vendor that sells Fiamma (F45) awnings? Or a source for used ones...
• Vanagon: Bosch Platinums?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 16:29:07 -0300
  ...The dealer can't, can you? Our local cheesy autoparts supplier gave me a number, and will have to order them in, hence the...
• Re: Questions about (making) 3 window Westy Canvas
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:31:12 -0500
  > Wouldn't opening the windows with screens give adequate ventilation? But I > suppose if one needed to replace the canvas three windows does > give...
• Re: Canada brokerage fees
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:49:34 -0400
  I've only sold about 10 or 12 items to Canada(still lots of rusty screws up there). I have a hard time believing...
• Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:20:32 -0600
  ...Hangs in gear, can't shift, or can't get it in gear at all. Reverse is difficult - often can't find it. Happens...
• Dropdown LCD bracket
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
  Sat, 8 May 2010 12:26:07 -0400
  Can anyone on the list recommend where dropdown bracket for an LCD TV can be purchased in Canada. Cant find any North of the...
• Re: Touch up paint in spray cans?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:01:03 -0500
  ...Touch up paint in spray cans? > > > Zoltan...Yep. tehy said they make 1 gallon which (they say) they can fill 3 >> spray cans approx...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:27:30 -0700
  number of times I have seen a canoe carried on its side, trailer or car top.... scroll down: zero. Honestly Jim. Things must be...
• Re: Speaking of tops
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 1994 21:05:34 -0500
  Someone here on the list explained last summer how spraying on water repellents on the canvass is a real no no and will make...
• Re: favorite bumper stickers
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 02:10:06 -0700
  ...Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't help...
• Re: Removing the poptop -- how many people?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:02:20 EDT
  ...You can remove the canvas with the poptop partially raised. I > used a folding chair to prop it up. > > this is true on the...
• Re: Friday Follies: Canadian Pride
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 16:40:35 -0500
  In Canada, we call our bacon, just "bacon". I asked a French-Canadian Officer, who used to be my boss, "What do they call...
• Re: Yellow Jerry Cans?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:17:48 -0700
  There seems to be no new metal Jerry Cans here in Canada, only the red ones. In the plastic variety there are 20L yellow...
• Re: Tin-can westy toaster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:01:35 -0500
  At 06:34 PM 1/8/2012, Jason wrote: >Yes - most modern tin cans contain a plastic coating that has BPA in >it. Our...
• Re: Monday Meanderings & Musings ;-)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:01:17 -0800
  OK, based on Wikipedia and Dr Chris, my take is that Canadian Tire is Canada's version of the USA's Western Auto (now...
• Re: Crossing into Canada with just a "pink slip"
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:53:02 -0400
  But the Canadians say "please" and "thank you"... Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• CANADIANS: Rear Bumper $79 INCUDING SHIPPING/DUTY
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:19:42 -0500
  I have a new rear bumper, primered (not chrome), currently at a customer's home in Canada, which he needs to return. I can...