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• Re: It's Frydaye and... SF memories
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:16:25 -0800
  ...However, I am in a pretty > good mood for the moment - sitting at work, but the view out the window of > San Francisco Bay...
• Re: Vanspotting in Van City (as they call it) and on Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:42:49 -0700
  ...in > Victoria; slammed cream microbus panel with safari > windows in Parkesville; several bay high-tops and one > Vanagon high-top; a yard in Chemainus...
• Re: GEX Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:13:01 EST
  ...the vanagon air-cooleds, were they longer lived than the older bay windows? mark>> Sorry, but this isn't quite true. Properly maintained, you...
• Re: Idle Fry-day Vanagon Sighting...
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 16:35:35 -0600
  ...equipment - and there, plain as day, is the nose > of a bay-window and the tail-end of a Vanagon. > > Alan Bosch > & Phred ('88...
• BART: was Re: Loose Wind Wings 94 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 22 May 2007 17:17:40 +0000
  ...were flying high in your "94" > Vanagon. > > Unfortunately, adjusting the wing windows isn't so simple. The adjustment > clamp is buried inside the door...
• Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 17:27:49 -0700
  ...Maps "Street View" and stumbled upon >> what >> looks like a stretch Bay Window Westy. The "street view" thing is >> kinda >> wierd worth checking out...
• Re: nifty looking little trailer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:47:37 -0700
  ...Splittie and Bay Window Bumpers are a bit beefier for this type of trailer. One was for sale, but ya better have a very...
• Re: brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 30 May 2005 17:56:11 -0700
  ...These are German made > bulbs that fit into the bayonet mount socket. > > While an improvement over the stock back-up lamps, they still don...
• air vanagon vs. water vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:50:34 -0500
  ...so i thought i wanted to go to the late model bay window say 76-79 westi and sell the 85. the group (you...
• Re: [WetWesties] Do I Live In Vanagon and Bus Land?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:57:52 -0700
  ...camper, then across from where I'm parked a very clean Bay Window > bus, and across from that another Westy, about an '84 w...
• Re: sweet!
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:47:09 -0700
  ...sweet! > >And oldbug.com has (or did have) one one these under a bay window body. Go >to: > >http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp...
• Re: Friday - Bus Stories
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:38:06 +0000
  ...She also wonder why anyone would put a trailer hitch on (splittie or bay) VW van, Then''s there's my friend Jean who...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:18:21 -0700
  ...Does >> the Vanagon respond well to the Bay Window starter relay fix, or is it a >> better bet to change the starter? Has anyone...
• Re: Weekenders & Westy Weekenders & Wolfsburg Westy Weekenders.....
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:38:53 -0500
  ...I don't know much about Splitties, Bays & Eurovans, so I won't comment there. The Vanagon Multivan was a model in 1990 & 1991...
• Vans for sale: Dayton, OH
  Historical mailing list - Laura Fathauer
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:45:06 -0400
  ...I'm going to be concentrating on my 77 bay window... Laura Fathauer 937-767-7594
• Re: Call for .. Actual Vehicle Weight info
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:13:40 -0500
  ...why 2wd vanagons perform worse in the >>snow/offroad than the bay window buses. buses supposedly have a rear >>weight bias. > > > Well, I have...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:49:15 -0700
  ...the Split Windshield Bus thru 67 and the 68-71 variety Bay Windows as well as some 72-79's with the Type 4...
• Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:22:34 -0700
  Here's the reply I got... To: sale-460765279@craigslist.org *please send me info on this camper. how long have you owned it...
• Re: Size of Westy side window opening vs. Tintop
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Sep 2019 02:07:00 +0000
  ...air-cooled 70 Baywindow, I made homemade screens out of wooden frames with grooves on the underside to match glass windows lifting up, and...
• Re: Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:12:28 -0400
  ...It is also where the bay-window busses had their battery, so you probably could even use factory cables for a bay-window bus...
• Re: Where To Buy a Windshield
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:05:04 -0700
  ...I used them before for a Bay window bus, and they asked if I >> wanted to pick it up from their "warehouse" to save...
• FS: '82 Camper w/I-4 conversion in Maine
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:22:54 -0400
  ...he said he has a non-diesel transmission in it for better gearing, and has purchased by e-bay and with the help of...
• Re: Burning Van...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:44:24 -0800
  ...It is alleged that I was spotted last week in 8�C standing at window to catch the morning breeze in my boxers. Several...
• What to buy? Many "buying guide" questions
  Historical mailing list - Hans Bos
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:47:23 -0800
  ...Aesthetically and emotionally, I think I would prefer a Bay Window Type II (bus) instead of a Vanagon. What are the advantages of getting...
• Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:40:48 -0600
  ...Love and good fortune to you all. > >> > >> Jim C > >> Mexico > >> 71 Bay Window (The Bing) > >> 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss) > >> 87 Morgan 44 sloop...
• Re: It's Frydaye and... SF memories
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:58:49 -0800
  ...However, I am in a pretty good mood for the moment - sitting at work, but the view out the window of San Francisco Bay...
• FS seen by Jeff Schneiter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 14:02:10 -0700
  ...It looks like a long VW bay window, with a raised roof and funky moldings. It *has* to be a converted VW, it looks...
• 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: What is your dream van? Friday Topic
  Historical mailing list - simon glen
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:43:44 +1000
  ...with the big South African windows, a lovely Westfalia camping fit-out, the enlarged 5-cylinder motor engine bay would have the room to...
• FS Various parts found in the garage
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:41:03 -0500
  ...Rusty Bay window bus parts - 4spd tranny, slight grind into 2nd - 78 CA longblock #3 dropped a valve seat - ALL fuel injection parts from...
• Burnin Man VW pictures
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:45:00 -0400
  ...Bay Window Westfalia http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?image=9562&results=9562,9560,9549,9535,9511,9435,9289,9288,3522,5730,9198,9194...
• painting the 61split and pop out window seals
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:27:41 +0200
  ...They had a bay all cleared out for me, so I went to work removing glass lights crome and anything else I could spot...
• Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:13:10 -0400
  ...Get as close to the window defroster wire coming from the front as you can and feed your brake wire with the defroster on...
• Re: Upholstery Questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:03:51 -0400
  ...wanted to do the brown VW "Mexico Plaid" from the late Bay Windows, > but that stuff is some kind of expensive through GoWesty and...
• Re: Windshield? Leaking
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 07:36:29 -0500
  ...The middle slidding windows. The channel that the window runs on, have small drains that fills up with dirt. Also the Aluminum is not...
• Vanagons seen today (Sat)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 19:02:59 -0700
  10! Did a little town driving today and saw nine Vanagons (includes mine) and one Bay windowed westy, it was a nice day. We...
• Re: Gaskelet leak and overheating
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 9 Jul 2024 06:20:45 -0400
  ...That worked and the engine is still running today powering a friends now water cooled Bay window. But, this was some air in the...
• David's van was: Gerry
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:46:28 -0500
  ...it had a Bay window with canoe, full outdoor scene and nice for me to be able to touch. All curtesy of fellow bus...
• Re: Do I Live In Vanagon and Bus Land?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 07:28:27 -0500
  ...camper, then across from where I'm parked a very clean Bay Window > bus, and across from that another Westy, about an '84 w...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sun, 7 May 2000 19:33:33 -0400
  ...Oar Locks on the driver and passenger window sills. My calculations indicate that with the willing(not likely) help of my wife manning the...
• Re: Vanagon external sun visor?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:20:43 -0700
  ...of my pals in his Bay Window westie, passing through Utah,  for having reflective film camper windows on his van....pulled him and...
• Re: AC systems
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:48:24 -0500
  ...What about the older bay window or Kombi vans? Do you know if they also had a front AC system? Thanks Owen Houston TX...
• For Sale - 87 & 85 White Sunroofs in California
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:45:32 -0800
  Hi All, I have an 87 GL Factory White Sunroof Vanagon for sale in the San Fran Bay Area. This Vanagon has 179k on...
• Re: Adding Arm Rests to an Early Vanagon - 1981
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:33:11 -0500
  ...in the earlier seats and it reminds me of my old bay > windows. All good but man the Vanagon seats are a nice upgrade...
• Re: Dash improvement?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:50:38 -0800
  A buddy of mine uses Olive oil on his Bay Window dashes when he restores them and they look great. Not shiny , just normal...
• Re: Burning Man Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:11:02 -0600
  ...Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:54:54 -0500 I've got a good friend who is driving his Bay Window from Austin, Texas to...
• Vans for sale, dayton, oh
  Historical mailing list - Laura Fathauer
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:36:35 -0500
  ...Steering is some of the best I've seen in a bay window van. White- previous owner drove into a low- clearance parking garage...
• Clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:48:38 +1200
  ...I had slightly oily KEP 2300lb clutch discs in my Toyota V6-powered Bay and my V6-powered Caravelle. Both would slip under full...
• Re: classified ad - Vanagon for sale. Eurovan dead!
  Historical mailing list - tp
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:22:21 +0100
  ...VW Brasil continues to produce the classic "Bay Window" van in several versions, but there are strong rumours that production will end in 2004...
• Re: Junkyards are to blame
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 22:38:29 -0500
  ...The simple truth is that for passenger vans there isn't much in the way of a market, compared to bay window busses. Many...
• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features" (& least-favorite)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 May 2005 22:28:19 +1200
  ...sprung setup?) Rattling slider top roller (a maddening VW problem, my Bay had it as well, Japanese vans don't) Awful plastics Poor electrics...
• Re: ever seen such a site? akciddento
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:32:39 +1200
  ...140mph '65 Split >Screen Samba or the monster Danbury pop-top bay window in the tech >articles. see workshop mayhem and our buses in...
• Sportsmobile
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:30:26 -0400
  ...I have a picture of one of their '70's bay window conversions and it is the tackiest thing you ever saw. Big vinyl...
• Re: "Bus" or "Vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:35:48 +1000
  ...type 2 rounded shaped split window Microbus was introduced in >1950, continued until '67, and then the Baywindow Bus from '68-'79. >1979 was...
• FW: VW Garage Sale Utah Area
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:02:15 -0600
  ...I am holding a Bay Window > > fire sale this weekend: > > > > Too Much to list but here is some of the main things: > > > > Westy top...
• Re: SDM-East, bad dog, door panel needed.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 11 May 2007 12:00:10 -0400
  ...It rides behind the rear seat and if we want to leave Bayley in the van it takes me about 15 seconds to setup...
• Re: How to tighten vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 11:40:47 -0400
  ...This was a > piece of cake on the Bay window buses as well, why VW changed it is > anybody's guess. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Hi...
• Re: first time buyer
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:49:28 +0000
  ...When I sold Bay window Westys my favorite question I was always asked was "Will it make it to California?" Jeff Oh good grief...
• Re: about "Under the Bus"
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 26 May 1996 01:44:59 -0400 (EDT)
  ...i wonder if i could put hinges on my baywindow...and somesorta holdupholdown item too...<i have considered making the rear window of my...
• Re: Fw: Re: [VANAGON] vanagon chess set
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:53:28 -0800
  ...different gender" from the splitty/bay/vanagon > > buses ... that is, its engine is in the front. ;) > > > > > King - > > > > 21 window samba splittie, with sunroof. and...