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  • Pescados Trip
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 13 Jun 1995 07:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
    ...don't think they'd get too jazzed up over the bricks, no offense. There are a _lot_ of nice early busses here in...
  • Re: He's After The Unknowns AGAIN!!! :)
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:53:24 -0500
    ...we left NJ with our wonderful 78 standard poptop, found storing bricks behind a gas station in Trenton, not even for sale, and we...
  • Re: radio
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Sun, 9 Jun 2002 17:44:50 -0400
    ...antenna section of the store Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: Cylinder sleeves, new problem
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Mon, 23 Sep 2002 05:47:41 -0400
    ...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75...
  • Re: 2.1 WBX, larger oil cooler availability?
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:04:16 -0400
    ...like having stainless braided hoses made ($$$$$$$$$$) Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: Need listmember coupon code!!
    Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
    Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:10:51 -0700
    ...do not have > > >it" Go figure....... > > > > > >Adam P > > >81 Westy "The Brick " > > >70 Single Cab "Whitey" > > >74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > > >73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: $50 dollar rustoleum/tremclad paint job pictures?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:35:08 -0800
    ...Roller_painting And there may be another UK site with more. Brickyard somethingerother. I can't attest to the content above, and YMMV, but...
  • 84 Westy Propane Tank Question
    Historical mailing list - Matt Brickell
    Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:14:51 -0500
    ...Matt Brickell 83 Jetta Turbodiesel 86 Jetta Diesel 84 Vanagon Westfalia Olathe, KS
  • Alternator woes!
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:06:28 -0400
    ...Any thoughts? Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: light blue 82
    Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
    Tue, 1 May 2007 23:10:26 -0400
    ...my bus responds to the blue brick, the blue bomber but mostly my daughter just calls it blue bird JP Burdett | Product Marketing Manager...
  • Re: Trailer light wires don't match up...old vs new replacement
    Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
    Thu, 30 May 2019 17:33:44 -0700
    ...connector I put on the car (which has a euro conversion > brick kind of thing spliced into the tail light wires). > > However, the trailer...
  • Question about battery light
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Thu, 4 Apr 2013 18:47:19 -0400
    ...I have been trying to troubleshoot the battery light staying on and I am bumping my head against a brick wall. The cluster seems...
  • Re: [f] Will's Last [f]
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 May 1995 09:12:14 -0700
    ...On the way to get a pizza 1 hour ago my friend and I saw >a late 70s westfalia pinned between a brick wall...
  • Re: Air intake "scoops"
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:31:23 EST
    ...I say "What laminar air flow? Its a brick for Pete's sake not an airfoil!" Anyway it's Friday, I've already sold...
  • recent posts
    Historical mailing list - Matt Brickell
    Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:23:29 EST
    ...blue 7 pass 84 van rolling along, give a wave! Matt Brickell Olathe, KS 00 VW New Beetle TDI GLS 5spd Silver 84 VW...
  • '85 not level?
    Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
    Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:49:03 -0800
    ...my (rear) shocks to fail? Maybe I should just load some bricks between the driver and passenger seats to bring the front down a...
  • Re: Broken AT in my 88..need donations.
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Fri, 7 May 2004 17:25:34 +0000
    ...msn.com > > >Adam P >Charleston,SC Coburn, WV >81 Westy "The Brick " >70 Single Cab "Whitey" >74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" >73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: 90 Westfalia - sticking power window switches - interior cleaning - jumps...
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:54:47 EDT
    ...Will it have holes already? > > THANKS! > > Aaron > > 90 Westfalia Weekender "Brick" > > > > first off, please refer to your '90 vanagon as a MULTIVAN..which is...
  • 130Mph, or even 90 -- you're still nuts
    Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
    Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:13:08 EST
    ...You're in a brick. You're on the highway going too fast. If there's no one else on the hiway, then you...
  • Notification: message ignored (fwd)
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Tue, 12 Jul 1994 12:24:40 -0500 (CDT)
    Yo Bricks!....don't include the headers when you reply to list messages. The list has to be pretty conservative to keep all the...
  • Re: Strange Bus Sighting
    Historical mailing list - Bill Ernest
    Tue, 23 Apr 96 13:42:00 PDT
    ...a brick wall ... a wood burning stove ... a piano in it. >> ... I have no idea what it was doing in that junkyard. I think...
  • I have a brown/white two-tone watercooled sunroof
    Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
    Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:15:37 -0800
    ...to find in working order. > > > >Adam P > >81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) >70 Single Cab "Whitey" >74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" >73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Attention MAC vs PC Geeks
    Historical mailing list - Terry K.
    Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:29:47 -0500
    The answer to all your insignificant pig trough questions is, to simply hit the bricks Jack---- If you don't like the peaches, don...
  • Beetle Barn Update ( I-70 & I-77 Cambridge Ohio)
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Sun, 1 Dec 2002 09:25:18 -0500
    ...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976...
  • Re: much as i hate to admit it ...
    Historical mailing list - J. Walker
    Sun, 02 Oct 94 09:56:01 CDT
    ...owl-eyes, then bread-loaf/bay-window, then brick, now urinevan. :) i kinda like it. ;) joel
  • Re: AVP Kudos
    Historical mailing list - Pensioner
    Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:57:35 -0700
    ...Before the jacked up pickup totalled Ruby the red brick, she had an AVP motor withy 22Kmi and ran like a Tony Scott Tuning...
  • Re: Thump, Thump, Thump when turning????
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:14:57 -0600
    ...You might try driving very close to a tall brick wall (I use the grocery store alley wall) everything will be amplified as it...
  • Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:57:22 -0400
    ...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75...
  • Re: Cardiac Event
    Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
    Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:56:42 -0700
    ...I drove myself in the Red Brick to the clinic at the VA hospital to see the PC. I was rushed to the ER...
  • Re: Cassette deck woes
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:14:23 -0700
    ...cruise >across Canada and won't be bugging the list with these nagging little >questions for awhile! > >Doug, >84 Westy >B3 --- Big Blue Brick
  • Re: VW Solar Panel
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Fri, 31 May 2002 14:48:39 -0400
    ...Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg...
  • Re: Great inventions of the world
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Sat, 3 May 2003 11:14:22 EDT
    ...Fortunately, my Sweetheart, who among other things has a BS in Food Science, got a Hobart N50 mixer and a brick-lined oven then...
  • Re: Need radiator fan motor...help please!
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:30:14 -0700
    ...day now! Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: Bench testing new rebuild...............no oil pressure!
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:04:48 -0400
    ...What did I miss? > > > Adam P > Charleston,SC Coburn, WV > 81 Westy "The Brick " > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > 73 Transporter...
  • Re: 2.1 hose price deal
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:26:50 -0400
    ...Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop...
  • Re: RMW bumpers live - CRASH TEST
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:58:12 -0800
    ...So I got the unfortunate chance to crash test my front RMW bumper and took out a huge brick post at the end of...
  • Re: Antifreeze smell with heat
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:03:32 -0500 (EST)
    ...Asking 5500$. > > Tom Ervolina > -- Jerry Huff Data General _____ Brick Unix Development RTP, NC 27709 | |_|_\ on \/ huff@dg-rtp.dg.com (919)248-6277 `0...
  • long journey - new van
    Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
    Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:21:06 -0400
    ...i'm in michigan (not too many good air-cooled bricks around here, winters are harsh and they put salt on the roads), and...
  • Re: Curise control for Diesel?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 25 May 2003 13:09:00 -0400
    ...just put a brick on the pedal.... > > Wondering if anyone has any better solutions for cruise control on a > diesel? I have an '82...
  • 10 year anniversary
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:07:43 -0700
    ...that old I4 has been pushing the brick for around 121,000 miles with hardly a hiccup. And its been doing it with the...
  • Extra! Extra! Axle nut turns!...Read all about it!
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Mon, 1 Jul 1996 17:40:25 -0300
    ...Bugs & Things & Bricks...Oh, my! Roy -- Roy Nicholl Atlantic Systems Group Phone: (506) 453-3505 Incutech Centre Fax: (506) 453-5004 B/S 69000...
  • SAE 30 wt
    Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
    Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:50:09 -0700
    ...Hoping to get my motor ordered this week.:-) Take care! -- Colin Moran Beebe Ar. '86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick" 200,000 and still...
  • Oil buzzer problem.
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:59:55 -0500
    ...If there is no ground, how can the light and buzzer work? Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74...
  • Webcam #107i for sale with lifters
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:01:31 -0400
    ...N/A N/A 00-612 Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: fish Need Wolfsburg Emblems - Will PayPal Immediately!!
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Tue, 13 May 2003 08:27:39 -0400
    You can get these new from www.motorworks.com for reasonable price Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle...
  • Re: SHEAR bolts/steering column
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:35:20 EDT
    ...While I can respect an impulse created during a change in momentum, it would be like the straw piercing a brick which many of...
  • Re: How to disable oil warning buzzer?
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Thu, 13 May 2004 18:38:43 +0000
    ...run >new................... > >Adam P >Charleston,SC Coburn, WV >81 Westy "The Brick " >70 Single Cab "Whitey" >74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" >73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re hot solenoid not kicking
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 7 Jul 1996 23:57:30 -0500
    ...I'm completely paranoid about having trucks drop on me (I don't even trust jackstands, I put bricks under the frame after I...
  • Re: Driving with no Power Steering
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 4 Jul 2007 18:21:16 -0700
    On 7/4/07, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > > OK Gang, > > The Red Brick split the pressure hose back by the PS pump...
  • Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
    ...hate > to see this disapear when the split window/loaf/early brick crowd has spun > off onto another list.... Ric, I don't think...
  • The end of the list
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 9 May 1997 11:43:35 -0500 (CDT)
    ...THREE CHEERS FOR THE LIST, LONG MAY IT LIVE!!!!!!!! Colin Moran '86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick" 182,000 and still going
  • Re: how to tell if water pump bearings are going.....
    Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
    Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:23:44 -0500
    ...Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" (finally on the road) 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint...
  • Re: VW to Napa Hose Conversion for '86-91 Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Wed, 19 Nov 2003 05:20:02 -0500
    ...Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop...
  • Re: Van Cargo
    Historical mailing list - Dennis
    Wed, 3 Aug 2005 01:28:50 -0400
    ...Being that the vanagon is such an aerodynamic brick on the highway, loading the roof seems to have much more of an effect on...
  • Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine? and some info on floor jacks.
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:44:01 -0700
    ...I used a similar set up, with out the bricks though. I took out Totoro's engine with a floor jack underneath and a...
  • More HP Stories?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 20 Aug 94 08:05:00 UTC
    ...I've toured one end of Dixie to the other in my former 76 yellow brick road Camper...Joe
  • back from the dead
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 2 May 95 16:22:24 EDT
    ...We've always felt that the 'Bricks' were just about the safest form of transportation, aside from Suburbans and 18-wheelers. I guess the...
  • RE>GNATT'S LEFT LEG
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 03 Apr 95 19:29:18 -0400
    ...s best friend; inside a dog its too dark to read." - groucho marx 2 bricks (71 westy, 78 vanagon) and a plop (74 bug)
  • Re: OE VW floor mats
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Tue, 10 Sep 2002 07:47:27 -0600
    ...one trip to his storage > building................ > > Adam P > 81 Westy "The Brick " > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > 73 Transporter (STILL at...
  • Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:06:40 -0400
    ...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75...