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• PA parting out 69 westy
  Historical mailing list - adamo robison
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 19:58:24 -0500
  ...Now it is in my driveway, since I'm too busy to work on it my mom wants it out. My auto is rapidly...
• Looking for a part for an 003 transmission
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:48:54 -0500
  I am currently working on a 75 Bus with automatic transmission in my shop. I am in need of a valve body from an...
• Busses $& Vanagon FS in Davis, CA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Great body, needs engine $ 350 (916) 756-5230 Volks Van, '77 Westfalia w/ pop-up top stove, refrigerator and sink Doesn't run, $ 300...
• Re: Report on K$3 Westy Syncro FS
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:41:19 -0400
  ...There is mucho body damage due to her poor driving. and she does not even know if the synchro works. it also is not...
• Re: Importing New Vanagon from South Africa
  Historical mailing list - Alan Hosage
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:18:10 EST
  ...They rebuild the pan and put new body, interior, and engine on it. So when you get your brand new beetle it is actually...
• Re: OHM Readings for 1.9 injectors and o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:59:25 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor resistance is meaningless as it is a voltage source when it is working. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• cheap westie seen in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gilland
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 10:55:24 -0700
  ...The body looked great -- definitely worth a little mechanical work if that's what it takes to get this thing on the road. I...
• Re: Painting Vanagon Fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:02:18 -0500
  Mineral spirits and /or Prep Sol works well for removing any trace of silicone prior to painting. Mineral spirits is my choice of products...
• Re: Blacks and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:14:49 -0500
  Hi Volks, I've seen ben's work in person, and the black trim looks as good as any new car. Look no further...
• Re: Body Panel Seams Cracked?
  Historical mailing list - Deaner K. Lawless Jr.
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:34:31 -0400
  Brian Cirulnick wrote: > While doing some minor body work on my 85GL over the weekend, I spotted cracks > in the seams where the body...
• Re: Need Painter
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:58:46 -0500
  ...Jon, >> >> I am also in Huntsville, AL. >> >> David Allen Body Shop did some great work for me many years ago but I don't...
• Re: Fridge vent cover
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:32:47 -0400
  <html> <body> Hi <br> A gentleman close to me made a few in aluminum a few years back. He passed away and his son...
• Re: Idle Control System Explanation, please?
  Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
  Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:06:38 -0700
  ...So, I put a known working idle control valve in, same > thing. Then I swapped in a known working idle control module (behind the...
• What changes in doors between '84 and '85? (was RE: Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door)
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 14 May 1999 15:25:54 -1000
  ...The reason I ask is because, as I write this the body shop working on my van just bought a sliding door off an...
• Re: New T3 - engine options.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:48:10 -0800
  The mechanic doing all of the repair work on Blackbeard has a '90 Syncro Westy with a Porsche 911 Carrera S engine . . . Says that...
• westie sighting on TV tonight
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:08:22 -0800
  ...Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:48:35 +1200
  ...I know that someone working in the German VW factories (Hanover) bought the very last T3 body made there. He had it galvanized, then...
• Re: @#$%! Trees!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 16 May 2016 13:46:43 -0700
  What little I know of body work, I agree with Jim. I guess the dented area has access behind it but is tough to...
• Re: Body work in SE PA
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:06:15 -0800
  ...Body work in SE PA >> >Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:34:15 -0500 >> > >> >I'm considering fixing the rust on my 83.5...
• Re: Leaking slider windows
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:54:47 -0700
  ...side, slider windows on my 87 vanagon were recently removed for body work. Reinstalled with new seals. Both windows leak, so retried the install...
• rear vent windows for Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 06 Jul 95 12:20:31 CDT
  ...Extensive body work isn't needed. Simply exchange the stock units <windows> for the Projektzwo motorized units, install the motor and wire the cable...
• The road salt in Vermont is very impressive
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:05:12 -0400
  Farmers around here have been pumping used auto tranny fluid into the body panels of their cars for years... drilling holes when they have...
• Re: Bus Depot mud flaps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:55:55 EST
  ...you have to do some drilling and fabricating your own metal brackets to get them to work. took a while to make my own...
• FS/89 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Bill Ferris
  Thu, 31 May 2001 18:08:23 -0700
  ...Runs great, engine is in good shape and the body is too. Needs break, exhaust work and a little TLC. Please reply with any...
• Re: Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:40:51 +1200
  ...then reality hits a few days later. "How did I work THAT one out??" If I can get back into employment, THEN I will...
• Westy Sink Drain Bowl - Broken
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:23:43 +0000
  During the process of working on my Westy today I broke the drain fitting on the plastic bowl under the sink. Has anyone out...
• VWs for sale - NE Wisconsin
  Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
  Tue, 28 May 96 10:45 CDT
  ...New floor, heater channels, body 70% finished with new metal and replacement panels. Everything works! Runs and drives great! $3500 1969 Custom Streed Rod...
• Re: Im back with a 1984 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:14:44 -0700
  ...The bus has >65k on the rebuild and 221k on the body. All parts that have been >replaced were replaced with Bosch parts and...
• Re: whitestar/bluestar
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:50:07 EDT
  ...White, white > fiberglass body kit, striped upholstery. There's a lot of work done to > this thing, so it's possible it's a...
• Re: Small Rust Areas.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:33:54 -0500
  ...Most body work shops, time is money, so Bondo is often the method of > choice. > > What became clear to me in the three course...
• Re: was tune-up 20 ?'s now how long on jack stands
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:35:13 -0500
  I am very fortunate, I have a good neighbor who has a really nice workshop which the entire neighborhood uses including me. It is...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:23:16 -0500
  ...Proof is needed that it works. This won't stop people buying it, however. Look at all the fools who keep the "penis-enlargement...
• 74 camper for sale (NO, LA) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 21 Apr 96 23:12:38 CDT
  ...work play interior clean, ice box,water tank,new tires,AM/FM/TAPE, sleeps 4,roll out blind type side windows/screened. Body needs...
• parts to use from 88 GL parts van on 82 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 08:43:34 -0800
  ...I have a complete 88 GL parts van, and will be swapping out all the goodies like the body kit, the interior (weekender) the...
• Re: rust and the wonders of naval jelly & keeping a van rust free
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:01:54 -0400
  ...I'm going to do regular body inspections for rust as long as I own my Vanagon to keep the body rust free. Does...
• Re: WBX: Paint Fuel Injector Body and Brackets with POR-15?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 10 May 2012 09:44:23 -0700
  ...Good to know aboot. (Can-con) ;^) What would be nice is if regular BASF or ? body paint would be suitable as a top coat...
• Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 15 May 2005 08:25:20 -0500
  ...I am thinking of buying a good working throttle body > with an > untampered with switch intact to see if this will remedy the problem...
• Re: Front End Damage-Opinions Please?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:40:48 -0500
  ...On 11/21/08, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > Volks- > > First off, things are starting to look much better for Blackbeard. > The body...
• Re: leaky turn signal lense
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:15:13 -0700
  ...Is there supposed to be a >gasket between the lense and the body? Mine has nothing (on either lense). >If not any suggestions on...
• tan captains chairs w/ adjustable armrests/swival seat fyi's
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:05:29 EDT
  ...your camper's body at the factory, but they are NOT part of the seat. ANY vanagon seat will work with these mechanisms. for...
• Re: Changing auto Trans. to Manual ??
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 06:22:33 -0500
  ...It is a lot of work. I swapped tranny's and related parts with another list member so I got all the parts off...
• Norseman Awnings
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 8 May 1996 20:41:11 +0000
  ...no marks on the bodywork. I use small pieces of innertube between the brackets and paintwork, and this works out very well. Our awning...
• Re: AFM Characteristics
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:23:39 -0500
  ...the European 2.1 "Digijet" ECU will work with > a US 2.1 AFM and throttle body when set up as a 1.9...
• FS: Out the door with the 84
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:22:17 -0700
  ...Radio doesn't work, needs antenna. Brakes haven't been done in 6 years. They still stop the bus just fine. Tires, Michilins up...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:16:32 EDT
  ...restoration, body and engine in great shape, $1000 obo. 703-356-9012. '70 Karmann Ghia convertible, new engine and top, interior needs work, $3500...
• Re: Nightmare : Daughter To Burning Man
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:13:48 -0500
  ...I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. > - Thomas A. Edison > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:42 AM, T...
• Parting Out - 4 Vanagons, 5 Buses, And A Couple Miscellaneous Things
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 23:40:42 -0800
  ...85 Vgn GL, lt blue (working sun roof); 1- 88 Vgn GL, burgundy, with wide fiberglass bumpers and body molding, T2: 1 - 74 transporter...
• Re: One shop that also rents
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 11:13:48 -0800
  Peace Vans is a great shop, they do pretty much everything with VW vans, mechanical work to full body restorations and customization. Pretty cool...
• Leaky Doors? Wet Footwells
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:43:39 -0500
  ...more gasket goo on the windshield? I just put $600 into body work this spring and don't feel like doing it again next...
• FS: 87 Syncro; Columbia, MO
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:01:12 -0600
  On the way home from work today I spotted an 87 Vanagon Syncro Non-Westy for sale. What I saw: Gold in color, body...
• '80 westy parts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Lindemann
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:29:08 -0500
  ...It has the entire camper interior, supposedly with working refrigerator and propane stove, popup canvas is in good shape. The exterior body is in...
• FS 87 syncro El Paso, TX $2000 obo
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:18:55 -0600
  ...Description I am the second owner of this workhorse van. The interior is great. the body has typical rust in the usual places. See...
• Check out my newly restored Syncro Doka!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:09:10 -0700
  Volks, Check out the pictures of my Syncro DoKa that just had 190h of work done at the body shop! I have posted some...
• Re: tire chains: cable vs chain
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:28:45 -0800
  ...think chains work MUCH better, however thy are harder on the tires, harder to install properly, and more likely to do body damage if...
• Re: Van content (really)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:43:03 -0800
  ...Guy has pumped tons of money, parts, bodywork > > into his van, including a replacement used 1.9 that he can't get working right...
• Re: You Subaru guys have got to "activate" your A.C.
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:17:49 -0500
  The air conditioning in my Subaru Vanagon conversion works great, keeping us cool even while stopped in 106� Arizona heat. Of course, the addition...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:22:42 -0500
  ...Flex couplings and floating exhausts work for vehicles as the have long exhaust systems. The short system on the Vanagon is best to be...
• Re: Won't spray gas, won't start
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:53:13 -0800
  ...The > following has already been done; > > Changed relays with known good ones, > changed distributor, to make sure Hall sender is working, > changed ECU, > fixed...
• Re: Check out this Audi Powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 3 May 2009 11:58:12 -0700
  ...Vanagon, if you look closely you can see some interesting aerodynamic body work around the front doors. http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh227/lcoldwe...
• FS Westy Even Cheaper
  Historical mailing list - aluscre
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:42:57 -0400
  ...Approximately 120,000 miles Body is rough previous owner used a lot of fiberglass and dull dark blue paint Has popup top with very...