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• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:01:47 -0600
  ...If you have a good nut splitter try that. It has worked on rusted, rounded exhaust nuts for me. I have been able to...
• Trip Rpt: KC to Moab, UT
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sun, 29 Sep 1996 09:22:47 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Buses, buses everywhere! Lin Ottinger's Rock Shop has 'one' of his splittie sunroofs on display. The rest are hidden behind a fence and...
• Re: Timing mark
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Nov 96 20:20:05 CST
  ...all i can figure from the above is that the (2) mark should line up with the (3) crease/split in the light of...
• Re: The tale of the 3 cyl bus
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 21:32:30 -0500
  ...When I replaced the clutch in my 83 2.0L AC V-gon I had to split the engine and trans. Your situation is...
• Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:07:20 -0800
  ...vertically split crankcase. XS650: horizontally split crankcase. TR6: chain drive primary. XS650: gear drive primary. etc, etc, etc. About the only thing that they...
• Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:42:43 -0600
  ...Before that I had a '76 and two splitties. The '76 was the worst to drive--the position of the seat and wheel, etc...
• Re: 2 person middle seat avail
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 1 May 2008 23:48:14 -0700
  ...Will they really be as hard to find as a splittie middle seat in 2039, who knows, will anyone really care? John BenT Syncro...
• Re: Weight Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:40:14 +1300
  ...Masswise, I tawt dese were one-tonne vans, like the later Splits & de Bays. Or a Hiace. Heck, the small Liteace which was sold...
• Re: Peter Aschwanden web site NVC
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:43:05 -0400
  ...the illustration of the beetle split in half and the driver picking > it up, the caption read "Split Open and Melt", man I loved...
• Re: The Ultimate Bus
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:57:10 +0000
  ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > How about a 123-window splitty? It's also a camper! > http://www.oldtimergalerie.ch/images/auction/mb312h.htm > Chris...
• Re: Friday-Any Orlando camping reccommendation? Trip report
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:13 -0500
  ...s unintelligible grunting! A new for 2011 Christmas vehicle is a Splittie lookalike (unfortunately, big window in front) that's full of cookies. Geo...
• Re: Delta Six/Camper Parts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 1995 17:31:19 -0400
  ...stock go? does he have anything for bay windows (hoping?) or splits (really hoping)? basically i am trying to ascertain when he started supplying...
• Re: Friendly Waves
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:19:04 -0400
  ...Cetin \ >kinds of breadloaves, splitties, bricks and EVs. They get bummed >when their vawes are returned.... > Cetin Seren Direct: 412-635-3479 Software Development...
• Re: Splittie Roof 'Grafting'
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 05:34:53 -0500
  > I've been looking for someone that has done this first hand. I've got a > '66 Westy, and I've got a '65...
• Re: Removing middle seat/81 Transporter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:40:29 EDT
  ...2) roll up carpet, and roll away from the seat (carpet is split under the seat). 3) unbolt 4 small 10mm (i think) bolts...
• the original exterior design for the 2002 microbus
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:44:37 -0600
  ...It had the look of the split window with the big "V" in the front. Does anyone have this picture they can post or...
• Crying Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:20:20 -0400
  Does anyone have a good .jpg of the old Crying Splitty ad they could send me? The only one I can find on the...
• 85"1.9L What happens when 1 or more injectors go bad?please help...
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:00:26 -0800
  ...maybe one is spraying lean and anothere is trying to compensate by running rich or something....any ideas..... :-) Tracy 85' GL "Ripple" 65' Splitty
• improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:13:02 -0500
  ...I once had a fuel filter split on the way home during rush hour. I used the barrel from my clickable federal pen, shaved...
• SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 09:50:59 -0700
  ...I see no valid reason that riders should be prohibited from splitting lanes....it's their life....and it doesn't slow the rest...
• Re: hidden bus
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:56:57 -0500
  ...hidden Vanagon > > I used to have a '58 splittie (bus) and later a '64 splittie (bus) and > now that I have two Vanagons the...
• Re: breadloaf EV sighting
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Hintz
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:28:01 -0800
  ...Pre-68 is split window, 68-79 is bay window, 80-92 Vanagon. Can also be referred to as Type 2 {T1, T2, T3...
• Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 2 Sep 2018 12:55:28 -0700
  ...My bias is if one seal was dry enough to split, others are probably not far behind. On the related question, the roll-ups...
• Re: SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 22:09:26 -0700
  ...I see no valid reason that riders should be prohibited from splitting lanes....it's their life....and it doesn't slow the rest...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:56:21 -0700
  ...It's too bad no one sells a split boot anymore, at least with those you can replace them easily. You might call these...
• Re: my brother invented the poptop
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:41:01 -0600
  ...John On 1/5/2013 9:29 PM, Richard A Jones wrote: > In 1962 my brother bought a Kombi with split seats and built...
• Re: comics
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:14:35 -0700
  ...comics > So I'm reading the comics this AM, and "ZITS" has the two boys working on > a > splittie. One comes out from the...
• Re: Potts new Vanagon(s)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:16:38 -0400
  ...How many "Bus" pilots have both Bay and Vanagon, do you > think, > Greg? Is Bay/ Vanagon less common than say, Splittie / Bay - which > would...
• Drop-sides for '67 Splittie Pick-up needed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 17:27:57 -0400
  Hi there, I live in the UK, and am trying to source out a set of drop-sides and tail-gate for my '67...
• Re: Fuel sender removal (splittie)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 27 Apr 1996 11:21:16 -0700 (PDT)
  And Jonny Miner thus wrote: > > I have determined that the fuel gauge sender on my '64 is busted. I have a > spare, but is...
• Flying to US ..advice? (non VW)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 96 18:30:24
  ...David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re[2]: Mystery single cab splittie!
  Historical mailing list
  30 Apr 96 20:48
  > There seems to be some question about whether bullets existed in the > 1961 model year. > > Tom F mentioned that the number 672483 would be...
• Re: air cooleds in Hollywood
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:55:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...same with Winona? Or does she save her self for the Splitties only? Larry (In Ms. Rider's line w/ 85 Westy) \ ===________\ Columbus /_] [__][__]| Alpha...
• VW do Brasil on Web
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M. Merritt
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:24:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...http://www.volks.com.br There are a few pictures of Beetles & Splitties, and this nutty truck that (as if I can read Portugese...
• Strictly Vintage Home Page is up again
  Historical mailing list - Klaus Jacobsen
  Tue, 06 Aug 1996 09:22:20 +0200
  ...Klaus, -- ---------------------------------------------------- Klaus Jacobsen, 1950 Split, 1952 Convertible vwcabrio@dk-online.dk STRICTLY VINTAGE VW HOMEPAGE http://www2.dk-online.dk/users/vwcabrio/index.htm -----------------------------------------------------
• Re: vanagon questions to the folks that know
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Sat, 10 May 1997 04:43:49 -0500
  ...TBillMark McCulley wrote: > > Not really although 84 was a split model year and the first year of the > water-cooled engine. In 86 they...
• Body work help!
  Historical mailing list - William Carden
  Thu, 28 May 1998 23:21:52 -0400
  We live outside of Phila, I just bought a 66 split window camper yesterday. I'm also trying to to get a 56 Bettle...
• Re: [un-vanagon] gee,that shore is awful purdy! (21-window splitty for sale)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:36:11 EST
  In a message dated 2/28/01 1:30:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, themisanthropicmeanie@YAHOO.COM writes: << http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/awcgi...
• Re: 1985 GL for Trade
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:13:37 -0700
  Miguel, he just wants a pickup truck, not a Split! On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com...
• Re: Looking for a part
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:28:58 -0400
  ...However, > you should be able to find this at a good auto parts or hardware store. > It's just a common split pin. > > > On...
• Re: @!**&*%^$**#@$ % Computer!!
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:24:18 -0400
  What do you think accounts for the fact that you had to split the diff to get it to work? Slack in the dist...
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 22:20:25 -0500
  ...SoCal lane splitting coming to WA? Are you okay if a woman with a shopping cart pulls up next to you? The post didn...
• Re: A "Tandem List Mailer"
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 14:16:40 -0400
  ...I wrote: > >Everything clear? Anything missing? It seems to me this is the real >goal of splitting the list: reduce the needed remailer resources...
• Re: nifty looking little trailer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:01:07 -0400
  ...Mike Old Volks Home wrote: > Saw a few of those attached to "Splittie" Buses at the recent Bugs & Buses > Invade The Village Show in...
• Auto show - kinda Westy like camper
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:36:27 -0500
  ...Van seems about the same size as the old type II splitty. Looked kind of neat anyway. Happy travels. Spencer https://www.reconcampers.com/
• Re: Good fuel filter arrangement?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:59:06 -0400
  ...The original fuel never did fail I gave it to my Dad and he installed it on a wood splitter it still works as...
• Re: Engine rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Aug 1994 12:11:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...bolts around the cam end...and smashed the case trying to split it apart... once the bolts are off...get a rubber mallet or...
• Re: Bumper Stickers (was Re: Bentley cost?)
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Tue, 13 Jun 95 17:02:33 EDT
  > > > On Tue, 13 Jun 1995, Steve Johnson wrote: > > > This reminds me of a older bus I saw (forgot if splittie or not) but it...
• Re: TV VW Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:30:50 MST
  > On The Simpson's tonight, Homer's mom rides off into the sunset in > an _electric_ split window bus! You could hear it go...
• WTB Wheel covers for '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:08:40 -0700
  ...stirling@aol.com (which gets checked more often) Red '93 Corrado SLC (Highly modified) Red '87 GTI (mostly modified) and '67 deluxe split window...
• Re: anothersplit window busquestion -> door hinges
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 96 19:30:33
  ...David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• FS Fiberglass Font Bumper w/ rocker panels
  Historical mailing list - mattf
  Thu, 17 May 2001 21:55:30 -0400
  ...Gray, no cracks or splits, only stone chips in the paint. Fiberglass side skirts ( rocker panels) with mounting hardware. All in excellent condition EXCEPT...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 15 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-594)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:55:07 -0500
  ...Maybe if I had dreadlocks, a scraggy beard and blood-shot eyes or a split-window VW Bus. Chris.
• Life expectancy of valve cover gaskets?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 29 May 2005 03:04:10 -0500
  ...I had a leak on the passenger side cover and popped the bail and the gasket was split in 4 places! Pulled the other...
• Re: most carried in a van
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:21:24 EST
  I just remembered a friend of mine who had a old splitie with the roll back sunroof. He had a grand father clock and...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:12:11 -0700
  ...the > > what are some of your predictions? > > chris > Given the number of Splitties and Bay Windows I see on the street a daily drivers...
• Re: Wow
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 22:42:13 +1200
  >Has this been posted? I haven't seen it until today. > >Basically a Vanagon chassis with splitty sheet metal and a turbo Porsche >motor...
• Re: Re: CA, land of busses galore
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Sun, 25 Sep 94 11:31 PDT
  This weekend while getting gas, this guy pulls in with the split window w/ the four/five small windows along the top and the...
• Re: Splittie Sells For $198K at Barrett Jackson Auction
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:21:53 -0700
  ...Seriously, it seems that Synco Vanagons are headed towards Collector Car status they way people pay for them...Splitties have been there for years...
• Subject: Re: 1966 Split Bus - What Carb ?
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  1 Jul 1996 13:24:29 -0800
  ...to this one, Douglas said last Wednesday that, "The 1500 T2 split from VIN #216000001 (August '65), used a 30 PICT-1. It had...