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• Re: assorted ailments
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:51:25 -0400
  ...Anyway, I had to split it with the soundman (for the old folks among us). d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net...
• Re: convertible westy?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:34:10 EST
  ...I'd like to see that. >> It's been done by the KRE Racing back in the 70's on a split bus. BenT
• Getting rich???
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 13:03:52 -0400
  ...BTW, I need an emergency brake cable if anyone has one out there they are willing to sell ;-) Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:40:06 -0500
  ...Cut you sparkplugs > Hmmm...'Bosch Triple Electrode' or the 'Splitfire Triple Platinum' would be > the ones to try, vs. modified OEM? > Mike > ----- Original Message -----
• Re: Headlight unit replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:14:24 EST
  ...I Have a lense that some of the plastic bits are split or broken that i need to replace and I do not look...
• Re: Friday - Bumper Sticker Contest
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:47:23 -0500
  One I saw on a Splittie once: MY FAST = YOUR SLOW PASS WITH A SMILE! Simple, but it gets the message across! _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M...
• Re: T5 gearshift
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:15:14 -0500
  ...I used to race 2CV s in France too, with a splittie VW van. Sometimes I would actually win !! salut les gars ! Steve
• Re: Lake Superior trip --- any suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:58:41 -0400
  ...Stop along the way to see the lighthouses (Split Rock) and the Gooseberry falls. I've camped there in late fall. It was grrrreat...
• Re: Buses by the Depot
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:21:39 -0400
  ...There was a good showing, including 4 or 5 non-Vanagons (hey, that reminds me, I never did find out who had that splitty...
• Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:36:21 -0300
  ...anymore! 8) > >And that's not a Bay, its a '67 Split. I just found the zoom control. > >Look out for the tow truck! >
• Re: Mosquito Net/No See 'Ems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:33:45 -0400
  ...The only time this happened to me was out in the woods splitting wood (or cutting it to split?) I forget -- but I remember...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:41:07 -0800
  ...I'd say heating them really hot is the only thing to try before splitting the nuts. Can you back the nut WITH the...
• Buses by the Beach Raffle and Auction Update
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 13 May 2007 23:05:59 -0400
  ...6 really cool"Flower/Smile/Love Splittie KeyChains 9. 1 really cool VW logo pocket watch 10. 1 really cool rubber Splittie stamp 11...
• Re: Vanagon Virtues and Type 2 contrasts( was ahhh..
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Company
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:54:40 -1000
  ...I'm a splitty guy at heart and will have one again as soon as I can (like the 56 I just saw for...
• Re: gas overflow
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:34:57 -0700
  ...Those grommets can be split, the tube can be split, the spiked endpieces can be cracked and broken. The plastic tube goes over the...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 07:55:04 -0800
  ...Is it a Van or what? I don't think so - Type 1 is the Beetle, Type 2 is the split window bus, Type...
• Merry Christmas Lists!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:31:16 -0800
  ...I got a T-shirt with an image of a nice splitty from my nephew. Sweet! Neil. Who almost got into an older bus...
• More Junkyard Bugs (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sun, 11 Jun 1995 07:39:55 -0500 (CDT)
  Sliding cargo doors on splittys? Somebody go get 'em and bring 'em to the swap meet section at the June Bug Jamboree (Saturday, June...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Re: Reenforced Deluxe splitties
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 22:05:03 -0500
  I am reasonably sure my 69 sunroof bus has the reinforcment panels, as did my departed 67 sunroof deluxe. I assumed all sunroof buses...
• Re: Joel: Stat Change, Splittie PU Hoarding!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 12 Jun 96 10:01:15 CDT
  On Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:41:40 -0500 Jon Christensen said: >Do I win the 'Most Toys' quantitative category? nope. you're number...
• Re: Mystery single cab splittie!
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:19:16 -0400
  >There seems to be some question about whether bullets existed in the >1961 model year. > >Anyone else? :^) Bullet turn signals ended at the end...
• Re:Stanford Hall - The Movie!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Apr 92 06:17:49
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Syncro Westie Page back up, and updated
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 10:54:02 GMT
  ...I have not rebuilt my splittie files yet, but all the Syncro Westfalia and Eurovan stuff is back. Tom F. http://pwp.usa.pipeline...
• Re: peanut butter storage
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jul 95 15:24:27 EDT
  ...vehicle too.... :-) Cetin Martha Rubin writes: > > Mix it with Dot-5, split some pitted prunes, stuff it with the mixture, > and serve as a...
• Re: buses in movies
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:15:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...First couple of scenes featured a Deluxe Split! The kids spotted it first. I am so proud. ;-) Bob Hufford \\ // "...in the GROOVE" \\ \\// // '60 Double...
• 85 Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 13:45:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Looking for split westfalia. kacunn19@vivanet.com 716-243-4957 John Cunningham 85 Westfalia 72 Beetle
• Copy of: Restoring rubber
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  05 Dec 96 16:36:34 EST
  ...Restoring rubber which is it, hard and brittle - or moldy? I have used baby oil on some split bus washer bottle caps that were...
• Re: [/F] So a...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 08:41:40 -0700 (PDT)
  So Ryan McGee says: > > So a 'loafer, a splitty owner and a vana-goner walk into a bar. The 'loafer > sidles up to the...
• Re: vanagon questions to the folks that know
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Fri, 9 May 1997 12:23:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...halcyon.com (Mark McCulley) > writes: > > << Not really although 84 was a split model year and the first year of the > water-cooled engine. >> > > you...
• Re: Vanity Plate
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:39:16 -0700
  ...way back, on my green '58 split-window - TORTUGA on my Rabbit GTI - VWASCAL Ron Antaki 88 Wanagon > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Westy top hinge
  Historical mailing list - Rosebud
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:52:50 -0400
  ...Reefer, stove and sink at the opening of the side door (split and swinging) and the rear hinged top was the first year for...
• Re: Lunch boxes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:04:46 -0400
  I wonder how many of those test-driven busses are worth that much now? Since the lunch box thing was either during the split...
• Re: Dealers of parts for 50s Buses?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 07:55:17 -0500
  Ronnie of Old Volks in Arizona has lots of splitty parts. He is also involved in "Buses by the Bridge" each January-- a great...
• Re: Can't remove spark plug - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:14:58 -0500
  ...And for a split second, I understood the air control lever layout. Jim On Oct 18, 2006, at 8:57 PM, mordo wrote: > <does...
• Anyone ever see a vanagon boat top?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:15:34 -0600
  I posted this link on the vintage bus list after someone asked about anyone repoing a boat that fit on the top of split...
• SSVC back ..live 'n' kicking
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 96 18:25:02
  Hello again all from Dave on behalf of Splitty lovers in Britain (oops, nearly said England..BAD mistake). Mega - pro show here last weekend...
• Re: Digifant FI System Pro Training Manual PDF
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:49:12 -0700
  John, How many of these executable split files are there and how can I get access to them? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers...
• freezing lines
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:36:02 -0500
  ...I was worried that the freezing might split the lines or break something or other but have found that the pipes thaw out most...
• Re: Barret Jackson Auction
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:52:37 -0700
  ...Needless to say the splittie crowd was disparaging of the amount it sold for & price spiraling in the hobby, which was not even close...
• Re: Burnt Van Photos
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:03:00 -0800
  ...WRONG! Each time I went to push it on the brittle rubber just split. Soon I had moved it enough by futzing with it...
• Re: Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:42:38 -0600
  10Ft should do nicely as the Filter to "T"Splitter takes about 6.5Ft & the remaining 3.5Ft should cover the Splitter to Rails...
• Re: Heater Blower Motor Taking a Dump?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:48:39 EST
  ...The most difficult part of the job for me was splitting the plastic fan housing to remove the old blower motor. Splitting the housing...
• VW camping season started?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 3 Mar 2019 09:59:24 -0800
  ...6 Vanagons 1 Bay window 1 Split window 1 Euro bago Mark
• Door Handle Needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:04:34 -0800
  ...Just the door handle split in two. Anyone local to the Bay Area Peninsula have a spare in good shape they are willing to...
• BYE BYE
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 96 06:10:45
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: List Split
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jul 96 11:24:42 PDT
  Y'all I concur that one list is preferrable. Only been here a week, but I have learned plenty. A lot of waterbox stuff...
• Re: VW's on the big screen
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 13:14:34 -0900 (AKST)
  ...Fournier II wrote: > Then there's the new Sears commercial with the flash of a blue and white > 23-window sunroof splittie with roof...
• Re: The Vanagon Wave (was Vanagonitits Cured!)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:03:34 -0400
  ...I always wave to any VW bus, be it splitty, bay, vanagon, or EV. Sometimes I get a return wave, sometimes not. Other vanagoners...
• Movie Bus Sightings - Patch Adams
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:24:54 EST
  ...There were two different styles of campers, a splittie, and a blue and white loaf that appears several different times!
• FW: Vanagon & GUNS
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Mon, 29 May 2000 17:06:06 -0600
  ...Vanagon & GUNS>> John, I do know this; It will split the sane from the insane! Terry [message/rfc822]
• Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:54:21 -0600
  ...do you think when you see a bay-window or a split-window bus with a cut dash to fit that new CD player...
• Re: stay out of New Mexico - NVC
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:43:31 -0700
  ...Martian Desert??? Vanagon content-Loafs & Vanagons show up at their own risk-splitties rule Tom Buese-takes the 63 DC to Jerome for PC...
• Shifter parts sold
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:05:52 -0400
  ...Hose and fuel line kit still for sale 300.00 including shipping includes a free stuffed splitty bus ( I promised pictures for a few...
• Re: Splittie Sells For $198K at Barrett Jackson Auction
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:51:46 -0700
  ...2011 5:46 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: Splittie Sells For $198K at Barrett Jackson Auction | |The kicker is that the...
• Re: Late Split VDO Clocks..
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  1 Feb 1996 10:21:44 -0800
  RE>>Late Split VDO Clocks... 2/1/96 >From: SMAHER@po2.gi.com >Impressive German ingenuity... > >The VDO (Kenzle) clock. I took this puppy...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 12:10:21 PDT
  ...96 -0500, Ric Golen wrote: > >Gerry, > > > >PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T SPLIT THE LIST!!! > > > >I'll buy you extra beer!!!!!! > > > > > >We are loosing our...
• Re: Seinfeld and Kramer in a Splittie Doka
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:50:58 -0400
  That was absolutely classic! It don't get any better than that VW bus wise or comedian wise. That 17 minutes is going in...
• 19 or 23 window Bus wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 07:20:46 -0500
  I'm looking for a split for a good friend.It must have the overhead windows,sun- roof and wrap-around rear windows.Also...