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• Re: Dead in Wash
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 08:44:31 MST
  > Anyone see the shows this past weekend? Lots of sweet loafs, > but a lot of splits with missing rear bumpers. Why is this? > 2nd...
• Re: Smells like Gas
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:22:58 -0400
  ...It was a rubber elbow on top of the fuel tank that had dry rotted and split. Every time I filled up I lost...
• Re: doughnut spare gas tank
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 1994 21:22:25 -0400
  I'm not sure if that is a serious question (putting a '68 tank in a split window) but if it is, I did...
• Vanagon Interior for Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:00:49
  ...Blue cloth front seats Blue cloth middle seat with split fold-down seatbacks Blue cloth sofa bed Carpet All interior panels No rips - good...
• Re: Pad over engine & Fire extinguisher
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:22:14 -0800
  ...stirling@aol.com Red '93 Corrado VR6 SLC (Highly modified) Red '87 GTI G60!! <---- and '67 deluxe split window (9 pass.) '71 Westy Breadloaf...
• Tent Pole Measurements
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:49:37 -0500
  ...Can someone help out? Mike PS I am looking at the 67 splittie in CT and might look at the synchro.... Now if I...
• Re: im lucky to be alive....
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:45:05 -0700
  ...Think about the alternative had you not been wearing your seatbelt! >all those years of maintenance, and care - *poof* gone, in a split second...
• Re: [Re: Rear Window "jailbars"]
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:50:03 EDT
  ...a carryover from the old split window deluxe buses. chris [text/html]
• timing marks
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:59:58 -0400
  ...the timing about 5 degrees advanced (to the left of the split in the block; about where the "bump" on the housing starts.) Runs...
• Re: Vanagon carrying capacity
  Historical mailing list - selten
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:23:04 -0600
  I once put the entire interior from an splitty westfalia inside my Westy. All the cabinets and seats and assorted cushions . The biggest piece...
• Re: Exaust
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:54:33 EST
  ...pipe flush with the flange. >> While the ubiquitous type of nut splitter which encircles the nut probably won't fit, the pincer type will...
• Re: � � � Who sells exhaust m anifold studs?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:54:55 EDT
  ...I was thinking about trying to split the nuts off to avoid what will inevitably need to be done...replace the studs. g. 1984...
• shops in L.A.
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:14:07 -0500
  I'm having some coolant leakage (I think I saw a hose starting to split when I was replacing the starter, haven't verified...
• Re: I love Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 22:24:38 -0500
  ...backfire...I once watched a friend load a canoe in his splitty. > It was a couple inches long so he pushed it and then...
• clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:54:31 -0400
  ...I am still running all 4 originals I never have had a original split without gross failure of the cv joint. I wonder if...
• Re: falling tree branch/Sandwich head & Gmail
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:17:41 -0600
  ...A" instead and then the replies > are split. Just wondering. Again,no biggie. Just wonderin'
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:39:49 +1200
  ...I could do this easily in my 57 T1 Split. In my 75 T2 Bay or 84 T3? No.
• Driving a splittie... NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:56:27 -0700
  One of my favorite driving activities when I owned my 1966 SO-42 camper was to break loose the rear end as part of...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:49:44 EDT
  ...I also need a new set of rings and he said this requires splitting the case, a 7.4 hour job. Obviously, now is...
• Re: THE BUS - the Movie - 3 days left to chip in some coin and support the ca...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:45:45 -0400
  They buy a Splittie and take a long vacation? Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Apr 21, 2011 o godz. 22:24 JordanVw@AOL...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] 79 or earlier Transporter (was RE: Engine swap help)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 20:37:02 +1200
  ...Even swingaxle-IRS vans (Splits) can be punted hard. I know... I did it for years, and always got stuck behind slower traffic. Admittedly...
• Re: [T2] A very special VW Van!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:09:33 -0500
  If you look at the image, it looks to me like a photo taken of a splittie with one of those 15mm fisheye super...
• Needed: Mint Condition Split Window Bus for a Photo Shoot next Tuesday on Long Island, NY - Paying $1000
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:31:42 -0400
  Hello Fellow Volks Folks, Joe Nicholas is looking for a Mint Condition Split window bus to do a photo shoot with next Tuesday on...
• Re: The 19 Most Memorable Cars of the 1970s and 1980s
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 1 Jul 2020 13:42:18 -0400
  Heck, he mentioned the Split as a vehicle of the '70s. That's when I owned my '63 but the Bay's were out...
• Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - John Thomas (jt)
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:20:45 -0700
  ...Far more than I need/want, so if anyone wants to split a box of these, let me know. Cheers, jt (in Campbell)
• Re: late vannie arm rest flopping
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:22:45 -0400
  ...Open split in roll pin if necessary to prevent it working its way back out. Be careful to reassemble correctly, you can get the...
• Re: Vanagon Icon for GPS
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:42:28 -0500
  ...Also on Garmin's website (in garmin garage) there's a splitty panel > van shortbus named Tiny. > http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/product.html...
• Re: $25,000 splits
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Sep 94 14:15:34 bst
  It is sad that prices of some cars get pushed up by speculators who are not interested in driving them, only in making money...
• Bus Names
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Foley
  Fri, 14 Jul 95 12:04:04 PDT
  ...It may be going soon anyway to be replaced by a split I've heard of sitting in someones garden. Don't know what...
• '81 Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 1996 12:55:27 -0700
  ...Will trade for '50 23 Window Deluxe or pre 58 convert, or split oval sunroof ;-) Motor~vated to sell! =) -ellis\
• Re: Weakly Stats ...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 10:38:54 PDT
  ...include single cabs AND double cabs? There's no need to split the stats up! You've done enough work on this already. I...
• RE- HELP! ANYONE IN LA?
  Historical mailing list - Robert King
  12 Jul 1996 16:28:06 -0800
  ...for assistance! Is there anyone on LA who could check a split bus for me reasonably quickly? Its apparently in a shop in Compton...
• Split-window buses wanted to buy ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 20 Apr 96 22:49:54 CDT
  found these messages laying around "out there" ... :) Article: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled.8877 From: spiff@interport.net (Spiff) Subject: Wanted! VW BUS under...
• Stickers removed - thanks!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 96 09:21:49
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:19:33 -0800
  ...It is shaped like a split window bus. It holds a speaker, amp and drive motor. Just place it on the record and the...
• Copy of: RE: Bus drivers and waving.
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  19 Oct 96 15:27:51 EDT
  ...And, I usually get BLASTED by my splittie friends if I mistakenly call my Vanagon a "Bus", so I just call it a Van...
• Re: Dual Fuel Tanks
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:30:05 +0000
  ...This is similar to what Bob Hoover did with his splittie. Tom F.
• FDyen listening? (fwd) successful Fairbanks rescue
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:56:45 -0700 (PDT)
  good buddy dan the skateboarding splittie van man dropped in yesterday enroute from fairbanks to ensenada. need to put him in touch w/ fdyen...
• Re: RESCUE ALERT: 67 bus, no motor, $500. Alabama
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 21:00:53 -0500
  ...Tuesday, December 03, 1996 8:47 PM > > in the Birmingham News: > > VW Bus '67, last of the Splittys, good body, no motor, $500. > call...
• Fwd: Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 02:07:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I'll have to agree with the latter... :<) Maybe he and the guy with the split window Vanagon are brothers??? :<) chris
• Re: Service Manuals
  Historical mailing list - Peter Eaton
  Thu, 29 May 1997 11:10:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I went to my mechanic and asked if he had a current Bentley; when he said "no" I offered to split the cost of...
• "crying splittie" tshirt and NAFTA
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Landis
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 15:37:51 -0600
  I just got my shirt that I ordered from the Bus Depot and they look great. Both the shirt itself and the print job...
• Cranks, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 19:50:36 -0800
  ...the weekend is upon us, the '88 is blocking my '67 splitscreen so we can't drive it, leaving only the Rabbit Pickup for...
• Need to check it the cam is set corredctly
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 09:12:46 -0400
  ...Have checked pretty much everything short of pulling the motor, splitting the case, and seeing if the cam is set right. Can anyone thing...
• Re: List Census
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:16:41 -0500
  ...Have owned two split window microbuses and a 66 Westy. Currently own a 1985 Westy MV (or Weekender) named "Wolfgang." Interests: astronomy, sailing, underwater...
• Volksfest in Ohio, anyone camping?
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:38:37 -0400
  ...Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and prepare for war..."
• Re: my new job (w/link, NOT attachment)
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 19:30:39 -0500
  ...Are we talking about Splitzine's infamous "El Ghiabilo", or a certain Amphi-Ghia? http://www.registerguard.com/news/19990829/ol.true.0829.html...
• Re: R12 or R134?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:48:14 -0700
  Splitting hairs? Cost of REPAIRS is about the same. And R 12 will be around for a long, long time I was told. My...
• Teenage drivers
  Historical mailing list - Brent Berisford
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:02:45 -0400
  My daughter helped restore her own 51 split VW and knew how to drive it at 13. An early apprecation and respect for the...
• Re: COMPRESSION {#~<�>~#} Why so low?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:24:55 -0500
  ...valve seats worn, split >3. piston rings worn >4. head gasket leak > You missed the worst possibility ........... as was in my case! A hole...
• Re: BusFusion 2004 - Report
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:07:13 -0400
  ...Lot's of nice busses though --- a beautiful '66 splitty camper and a multi-coloured Bay that has to be seen to be fully...
• Re: Need to really get away this winter?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 6 Dec 2014 00:42:00 -0600
  ...56 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: > > That poor split. > >> On 05-Dec-2014, at 01:35, Goetz Aust wrote: >> >> For anyone...
• Re: I love my Bus
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:52:22 -0700
  ...I call them all buses. > > I've owned a '58 panel van (walkthrough), a '64 splittie, and now 3 1 > 1/2 Vanagons (one...
• Re: breadloaf EV sighting
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:03:08 -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: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:51:39 -0400
  ...64, but I started down this road in a $300 '63 splitty. > > Tom > > Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! > > ----- Reply...
• Newbie with Q's
  Historical mailing list - Jeff W. Bourdeau
  Tue, 6 May 1997 16:18:56 EST
  ...I have been on the list for 3 years...originally on the vanagon list then on the type II list after the "split" I...
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?Mudd_=E2=80=9CNot_Jack=E2=80=9D_Sparrow?=
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 15:20:08 -0700
  ...SoCal lane splitting coming to WA? > > There was a motorcycle stopped at a red light so I pulled up beside him. Apparently that is...
• wanted a decent split window
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:43:40 GMT
  I'd like to buy a running and reasonably rust-free split window. Of course, I'd like a 23-window delux, but who...
• Re: 66 splitty
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 05:02:23 -0500
  In a message dated 97-11-25 23:58:34 EST, robbian@GTE.NET writes: << Hi guys! I just bought a 66 splitty, Kombie...
• Re: vin info request ... last one
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 May 2007 09:31:48 -0500
  ...i'm lucky if i find three numbers out of ten ads. > :( the older splitties are even worse. > > i have slightly over a thousand...