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• Re: Friday - Bumper Stickers
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:53:51 -0700
  ...Then, in parking lots etc., stick them over the little hearts on other people's bumper stickers. Gives a whole new meaning to: I...
• Re: Walmart parking
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:19:19 -0500
  Here's a link to the website with the trailer: http://www.highplainsfilms.org/fp_nowhere.html Edward At 01:05 AM 2/7...
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 03:17:11 -0500
  I would have run after him and stopped him. Save the next guy. I had someone back into my Corrado and drive off. No...
• Re: Driveway/parking list
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:19:05 -0400
  On Oct 30, 2004, at 1:11 PM, Ron Tipton wrote: > On Oct 30, 2004, at 12:44 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote: > >>> Was wondering...
• WANTED: Off-street parking near NYC for a few weeks
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 14:16:18 -0500
  I just sold an 87 Westy in NYC. The tags expire in 2 days. The buyer is coming to pick it up from New...
• Re: Going Down to VW HQ to Throw a Rock Through The Office Window
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:12:41 -0500
  ...Could you imagine the impact of a long line of buses from all eras pulled into their parking area? It would be so cool...
• NW Vintage Meet details
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 06:42:07 -0700
  ...The Burger Meat, our FREE pre-Vintage Meet parking lot bash at the University Burger Master, 3042 NE 45th St, Seattle. Hosted by the...
• Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:26:31 -0400
  ...Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com >>> > >>> > > wrote: >>> > > >> >>> > > >> I noticed a few weeks back that I don't have a driver's side >>> parking >>> > > light >>> > > >> any...
• camping spots at 9:00 PM
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:03:19 -0800
  ...If you leave home, you are expected to go to approved overnight parking spots, for which you are supposed to pay. Anywhere else you...
• Re: idea? The Vanagon in RV parks.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:45:37 -0700
  "Not for everyone but just parking in middle of desert and boondocking with no facilities is not for me." .... My fave! ;-) Been on the...
• Vanagon ASI Campers (and ASI poptop needed)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Mar 1997 02:43:33 -0500 (EST)
  ...as his met an untimely end when the PO misjudged a parking garage overhead clearance sign.... He would also enjoy hearing from other ASI...
• Check when using wheel ramps...
  Historical mailing list - Barb and Scott Stothers
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 15:00:02 -0600
  ...Had a block under the rear wheel which shifted, but had forgotten to put car in gear and use parking brake. I'm writing...
• fryday COP show VW=fire
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:48:00 -0800
  ...on an old type2 for his friend and caught the back parking shead on fire, anyone see this? I guess he still had the...
• Walmart parking
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:25:53 -0800
  If one were to park ("Camp") overnight and were confronted by a security guard I wonder what would happen if one said they were...
• LVC I'm driving a Porsche 911 from Toronto to Phoenix starting
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 21:03:53 -0700
  My newlywed parents slept in their 1959 356 Roadster-- On their arrival to a Niagara Falls parking lot very late at night on their...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 10:23:51 -0600
  ...Seems to me that the > resulting > drag (from applying the parking brake) >> > > When the ass-end is sliding, the wheels have already stopped > turning...
• Parking lots and not this forum
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:54:52 -0400
  ...Just the past 72 hours in Laurel, a man apparently backed out of his parking spot and got into a scuffle with the other...
• Re: You know you are a Westy owner when....
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:03:03 -0400
  ...You memorise all the drips and stains already present in each parking spot you pull into so you'll know when you return if...
• Re: Emergency brake cable
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 14 May 2007 23:08:57 -0400
  ...I found parking brake cables to be far more of an adventure than i expected. But then again....its a vanagon....everythings an adventure...
• Re: Any Suggestions for Northern California Camping Near the Beach?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:48:11 -0700
  ...There are 2 parking areas to access the beach. One is a day use only parking lot, the other which is closest to the...
• Dometic. City Water & Rear Fan. Reverse Air Flow?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:12:03 -0700
  ...Doing things like parking in shade and keeping windows opened helped. Having the City Water and rear fan on all the time really helped...
• Re: front parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:37:02 -0800
  ...replacement? theres > practically nothing in the archives about replacing the front parking > brake cable, and i really cant find a way to do it...
• Re: diagnosing by smell - maybe brake problem?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:00:04 -0230
  ...And I noticed the problem when I returned from being away. > I'd suggest looking at the > parking brake/rear shoes first. If parking...
• Daylight Driving lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:06:26 -0800
  hi all, I have a pair of small LED lights on the bumper of my vans wired to the parking light circuit at the...
• Re: Van-O-Rama #15 tomorrow 9/13/15
  Historical mailing list - Van O Rama
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 20:18:54 -0700
  ...iPad >> >>> >>>>>>> Van-O-Rama >>>>>>> 09/13/15 >>>>>>> Alta Loma Park >>>>>>> (south parking lot) >>>>>>> 350 Camaritas >>>>>>> So. San Francisco >>>>>>> Noon 'til dusk >> >> >> >> -- >> 1989 Swedish Tristar...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 09:49:40 -0700
  ...I'd probably sell the T-Bird if I didn't need the lower clearance to get into a couple of parking garages I...
• Re: 1995 Eurovan Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 07:22:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Same over here in Victoria, Speedway Volkswagen has a slew of them in the parking lot, tops-popped. (diesel eurovan westy, Can$39k) Alistair
• Re: 1/87 Scale vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 14:20:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...Helps me remember where the front end isn't when I'm parking. Herpa makes all sorts of T3's and T4's including...
• Re: The list is now on hold.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:27:01 -0700
  ...not server) with banishment for just SUGGESTING that the use of parking brakes was optional!! Larry PS. No need to reply, I'm not...
• Austin Gathering of Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:53:48 -0500
  Any fellow Austin-area vanagoneers out there? I met Jim Bowen, a fellow listee, last week (nothing like sweating in a texas parking lot...
• Transmission/Clutch problem?
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:31:35 -0800
  ...First, when parked on a slight incline in first gear (manual) without parking brake, the van tended to slip backwards. Second, when stopped at...
• Campout at Clydes
  Historical mailing list - GreenWesty
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:29:55 -0500
  ...It will be camping on a level gravel parking lot and some grass spots. Have about 15 picnic tables and will throw out a...
• dent in door
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:12:12 -0600
  ...When my fir bug got hit in a parking lot I went to a body guy. No paint no scratches and cost me only...
• Re: From a Westy, to a "Motorhome" ?? (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 09:36:16 +0200
  ...living yet compact enough to cruise on dirtroads and find a parkingspace in town ! Need I add good looking and trustworthy ?! Calle Mullhyttan, Sweden
• Re: bURNINGvAN 2005 Pictures Available
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:23:22 -0800
  ...the folks who had to park 2 miles away because the parking was filled up with 275 Westfalias...BenT really missed something... > > :O) > > I...
• Re: [WetWesties] Court ruling could impact National Forest Fees
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:24:10 -0700
  ...Day Fees A few years ago Washington State Parks started the $5 a day 'use fee' in the parking lots of all the various...
• Re: bURNINGvAN 2015 and GW MB wheel
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:52:31 -0800
  ...This might not work so plan on being there early and probably do some jockeying around with parking places. > > Joel V d Q still...
• Re: Anyone familiar with 1000 Islands area?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:21:39 -0700
  ...I found out, inadvertently, that Canadian change does work in US parking > >meters. Thinking about it, I recall using US change in Canadian meters...
• Re: How to Steal VW Vans Qu
  Historical mailing list - ray landers
  Tue, 30 Aug 1994 19:18:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...busses, through the > wing window) that she wantonly parked in our parking spaces. Seems she'd drive > up, park, go for a jog around...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:46:28 -0800
  ...So the designers must have figured it's only necessary as a parking brake. All modern cars have dual hydraulic brake circuits, so they...
• Re: Westies everywhere!
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 6 Dec 2020 09:30:22 -0800
  ...WA and have seen > four > > Westies between driving into town and parking down by the marina/TV park. > > > > Different. > > > > Rob > > vwrobb@gmail.com > > Waiting...
• Re: On a flat bed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:15:23 -0500
  ...But that was the best 'repair shop > parking' I could have found :)
• Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 7 May 2016 17:33:04 -0700
  ...Can the big rear axle nut be removed with bus in gear, wheel chicks but no e brake? ( parking brake) Thanks. Neil. -- Neil n...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:31:25 -0700
  ...John Dillon <johndillon@JOHNDILLON.COM> wrote: > > sunny day … walk into a parking lot and put your hand on a whitish or light coloured car...
• A Secret World
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:43:52 -0800
  While walking through a parking lot yesterday, I spotted a blue Westy with a grey poptop. The same notion popped into my head that...
• Re: Need replacement turn signal light socket
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 09:13:36 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Paul Chubbuck wrote: > My '82 Vanagon left front turn signal and parking light socket is badly...
• Re: Brake Light Prob
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:37:45 -0500
  ...Where is that switch, Neil? > Is the parking brake switch connected? > > Slim chance, but if that brown wire came loose, and shorted to ground...
• Re: 1400--1600 rpm in '85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:07:40 -0600 (CST)
  The squeeking sound when manouvering into parking spaces or otherwise turning tightly is probably the upper control arm bushings. They rapidly deteriorate to the...
• [Syncro/all] PS pump winch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 17:38:36 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Now you can camp in a tree, just haul yourself up! Good for clearing parking spaces too. Looks neat, see Elaine at: http://elaine...
• Hello to Westy owner at Amelia Island
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 22 Sep 96 00:13:44 UT
  I'm on a business trip at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island and there is a yellow Westy in the parking lot, a...
• MoKan VW Club Fall VW Swap Meet
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 07:29:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Free spectator admission in a very nice parking lot! 8-) For more info, please contact one of the Volks-folks listed below: Jon Christensen...
• Binding when turning
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:21:58 -0700
  my '89 westy syncro binds up really tight when its hot and i make a sharp turn...like to turn around in a parking...
• Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:55:14 -0700
  ...It occurs most often after I've backed out of parking space and try to shift into first. It's as though first gear...
• FOAF Response
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:59:27 -0800
  ...He also noticed their car in the same parking lot after they went to the car, got in, and then got out. In their...
• replacement antenna?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:12:42 -0800
  ...morning, noticed a really clean manual-trans EV MV in the parking lot. Very nice! Stephen '87 Westy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving...
• Re: Municipal camper bans
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:39:45 -0500
  ...Barring this, though, it definitely could apply to Vanagons or pickups with campers, etc., and if you're parking on city streets 24/7...
• For Sale - New Window Insulation Kit for 80-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:41:55 -0600
  ...Great for camping or for parking on a hot day. Folds flat or roll up to store. Attach easily with provided suction cups. All...
• Fwd: RE: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 20:41:43 -0800
  ...I replaced several corroded or loose ground and fuse wire connectors, though the under dash headlight and turnsignal/parking lamp connectors seemed fine. I...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 24 May 2010 22:15:47 -0600
  ...Funny that I just got a phone call from a co-worker telling me my parking lights were on! Thanks again............. Miguel I have...
• parking lights, high EV prices
  Historical mailing list - Matt Brickell
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:24:17 EST
  My parking lights had bad connections too. Turns out the sockets were corroded down inside somewhere. I think this is pretty common, as any...