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• Re: You've got it all figured out....and then this
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:25:54 +0000
  Best wishes to your body shop guy, and you. On Saturday, February 10, 2024, 7:49:06 AM PST, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net...
• Re: swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Arthur H. Walker
  Wed, 10 May 1995 17:35:16 -0700
  ...I don't know the years, but I know that on for instance my 80 vanagon->adventurewagen, they are welded onto the bodywork (when...
• Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:57:31 -0700
  ...The existing weatherstrip/gasketing is in good shape, I guess the issue is that the door no longer seals as tightly against the body...
• Re: '70 Bus - Is this a good deal???
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:26:37 -0600 (CST)
  ...This is > an engine from one bus in the body of another. The body has 57K > miles. Don't know about the engine yet...
• Re: Swivel Seats
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:38:32 EDT
  ...tracks off that is welded to the body????? if you dont cut this off the body, then you're missing half of the swivle...
• Re: FS: '81Westfalia $1990 OBO
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:26:06 -0500
  ...I've seen this van and it also has body damage on the front (under a nose bra)... > --FS: '81 VW Westfalia in Austin...
• Winkler Katalog
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:51:13 +0200
  ...There are body kits, poptop kits, performance goodies ... the works. Does anybody know where I can get a (year) 2000 copy for cheap? Hello...
• Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:45:10 EDT
  ...like to stop it right there as the rest of the body is in great shape. Is there an alturnative to the dealer for...
• Re: eurovan spotting
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:35:22 -0000
  ...by a town called lockford. > does this belong to any body on the list or does any body know where to purchase one the...
• Re: body parts
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:07:11 -0400
  ...C- ya Jonce >My recent query about a source for body parts necessary for an upcoming >major rust and paint job elicited only two...
• Re: CARFAX anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:43:27 -0800
  ...mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e...
• Re: Xmas wishes unfulfilled
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:13:58 -0600
  ...van? ;-) My old Westy needs a new body >> desperately! >> >> >> > > >
• Re: Which tire position wears fastest?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:00:06 -0800
  ...mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent...
• Re: Body metal...area behind the drivers side rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 May 2020 00:42:35 +0000
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• Removing carat body trim-front doors
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:00:34 -0400
  How do the fiberglass pieces come off the front doors? Bolts from the inside behind the door panel somewhere? Thanks! -craig
• Re: bodywork idea????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:26:23 -0500
  another idea is to weld a nail or some such on the outside of th edent, pull it out, then grind the nail off.
• Transporter parts
  Historical mailing list - wyman
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:09:39 -0800
  Does anyone know where I might find doublecab\singlecab body parts?? I'm looking for a rear engine lid for an '86 double\single...
• FREE 82 Vanagon body Dallas, TX
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 6 May 2001 13:29:23 -0500
  see the ad .. http://www.ep.com/js/mi/c0/b0/v0/1110279.html now you know more than i do! :)
• body shops in bay area?
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:38:38 -0800
  can anyone recommend a decent reasonably priced shop in the bay area within 50-75 miles will do if they are good.
• Oil ring hunting
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 14:19:23 -0800
  Hi All, I am looking for just an oil ring (on the piston) for a 1990, 2.1. Any body got one? TIA Jere
• bad ground
  Historical mailing list - Neal Powers
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 07:23:59 EST
  Try to clean the ground strap where it attaches to the body, that was what was wrong with mine it would not make a...
• Re: engine dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:19:18 -0400
  ...That would be sweet! If your throttle body isn't worn out the Bentley procedure works just fine. If the throttle body *is* worn...
• Re: Looking for '81 Sliding Door in or near Calgary, Canada
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:03:57 -0700
  ...new 1981 Westie's body, and I am > in need of a slider door body for a 1980-1991 body style (I believe this...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 10:01:40 PDT
  ...703-494-0086. '74 Super Beetle, new seats, windshield, tires, low miles, runs great, needs body work, $3500 obo. 202-667-1276. [$3500 for...
• Body work question
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:13:24 -0800
  Volks- Quick one for those in the know: * Body shop initially told me that they could shape the front panel (below the grille/above...
• Good news (after bad news (after good news))
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:18 -0500
  ...I know that there's been some previous bodywork and I suspected some current rust in the area, so I wasn't surprised. After...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:11:56 -0700
  ...can drop further into the lifter > body is if some of the oil located in the valve body, but below the > piston, is removed...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:41:28 -0600
  ...Very slight > hesitation, but I know it's still there. > > I fear there may be something worn in the throttle body preventing accurate > adjustment...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:58:02 -0400
  ...An engine is an engine, a person who rebuilds one, often has tips about rebuilding the other, bodywork is bodywork, interior is interior. Unless...
• Re: 84/85 fuel injection
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 10 May 1998 14:19:08 -0400
  ...if the ECU and throttle body are the same on the 84-85 >digijet engine. > The throttle body is different only in the throttle...
• wanted: 81-83 clean westfalia body to swap my rustbomb into
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:36:32 -0700
  I am looking for a clean body for my rust-ridden, somewhat banged-up but otherwise excellent '81 (gas) westfalia. I've found a...
• a fun thing on I-280 today
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:31:15 -0700
  ...Window busses - there was a metal-flake purple solid body van that had the body down to about 5" from the road and the...
• Re: Sliding Door Not Locking Open
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:53:52 EST
  ...There is a latch with a spring on it on the back of the body that snaps into the rectangular plastic mound on the...
• Question about using magnets to hold back table in place
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:04:01 -0800
  ...Maas "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:36:27 -0700
  ...Sand blast, treat with a chemical rust killer, prime with etching or epoxy primer, and fill partially with a professional type body seam sealer...
• Re: grey stripe
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:00:34 -0600
  3M makes a device that chucks up in a 1/4 or 3/8" drill called a " decal and auto body pin stripe remover...
• Re: mounting a laptop in vanagon The answer!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:12:30 -0500
  ...thanks, dj > >>------------------------------------------------------------ >>+ To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >>+ listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >>+ in the body of...
• Re: painting the fiberglass roof
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Fri, 23 May 2003 16:44:26 -0500
  ...That includes the top, originally the same dark blue as the body. I think VW changed about '87 or '88 to matching the body...
• Re: You've got it all figured out....and then this
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:58:56 -0700
  But I really do hope Your Body Guy gets through health prob’s OK ~ > On 10 Feb , 2024, at 8:44 AM, Richard Koerner...
• Re: gimme a brake
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:56:02 -0800
  ...mail to > > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > > + in the body of the message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 21:01:05 -0700
  ...i would not hesitate to beat my throttle body with this mallet. On 7/1/15, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: WTB: Rear hatch name badge?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:15:12 -0400
  ...Mine, on my 1984 2WD, got a > little banged in a collision and while the auto body shop is hoping to > kid-glove it...
• Westy poptop donor body in Maryland
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:12:46 -0400
  I have an '85 Westy Wolfsburg rolling body with decent poptop (bad canvas) I need to sell. No interior or glass, but still has...
• Re: Grill fix glue?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:53:31 -0400
  At 04:29 PM 3/26/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >the product is POR 15..........which I bought in a body shop supply...
• Steering column shear bolts
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 07:27:00 -0500
  ...During a crash these bolts shear off to prevent the column from damaging your body and to allow the front of the van to...
• Westy Body Lean
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 12:09:07 -0800
  Hi all, I'd like your opinion on my conclusion regarding what I feel is excessive body lean/sway on my '86 Westy. After...
• Re: Vanagon is Type 25
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 02:22:58 +0100
  Volkswagen Type2 T3 (Transporter Mk3) The Type designation is different for the several body versions. Have a look at the top of this page...
• nitrous oxide
  Historical mailing list - jibboo
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 11:34:57 -0400
  ...The term "buzzkill" would apply literally to NO2, so please don't put any in your body! http://leda.lycaeum.org/Chemicals/Nitrous_oxide...
• yes, there was competition
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:01:02 -0500
  <BODY><P>Hi all,</P> <P>Gnarlie wanted to know whether Billy Bones had to face any competition to win First Place at the...
• Painting the Exterior Fiberglass Body molding and bumpers- best methods, materials?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:58:07 -0400
  ...I was interested in painting my 87 Wolfsburg Exterior Fiberglass Body molding and bumpers, what the best paint, process/ methods? I was thinking of...
• Re: Seam Sealant - What Brand is best? What is the best documented procedure and process?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:00:59 -0400
  ...The only down side I see, is if you have had previous body damage. Sometimes this is around seams, and it seems that the...
• Re: Bumper Paint Code for Black - does it exist?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:58:26 -0700
  Just tell them you want them satin black - any North American body shop knows the colour from painting undersides/suspension parts. On Wed, Jul...
• Re: need tires for 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:14:19 -0700
  <html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;">185's fit both the stock steel wheels (stock for this wheel...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 15:21:30 -0800
  how old is your Temp2 sensor? (the one on thermostat body) - is it connected and/or the wire is not damaged?
• body panels
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:21:48 -0400
  I'm looking for a rt, rear, panel for my truck. �It's the one with a vent in it. �Any ideas? ed- looking...
• DOE's VW have and EMAIL address??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 13:28 EDT
  Does any body know if VW is on the NET and if they are what is their address... thanks in advance....
• FROM CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10.19
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 06:38:45 EDT
  Found the following in this morning's paper: "VW Vanagon Westfalia Camper '82. Body redone '97. Engine broke. $1000. (513)574-7629." Chuck
• Looking for a good body shop in Seattle.
  Historical mailing list - scott holpainen
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:52:55 EDT
  Anybody know a good shop with fair rates? Thanks! -Scott ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
• Re: Vanagon Seams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:55:02 -0600
  Sand blast them clean with a spot sand blaster, and fill the seams with body panel adhesive. Never show rust in that area again...
• Re: Pics Requested: '90 Cladding (Front)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 8 May 2009 06:45:15 -0700
  ...me >> pics >> of your '90 body cladding? >> I'm looking specifically at the spacing in between the body of the vehicle >> and the cladding...