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• Re: hard to reach seam rust .. best options
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 May 2006 17:34:56 -0700
  ...RHD (SA, UK, or Aussie) vans have the fuel filler on he same side as LHD vans. That let VW use the same fuel...
• Re: 1987 Vanagon GL Synchro for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Luke Plaizier
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:55:15 -0800
  ...The only way to register a LHD vehicle there (in NSW at least) is if it is more than 25 years old. Believe me...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:54:18 -0500
  ...is it to get the cable for a RHD car in LHD Europe? I know it is different, and it is definitely not stocked...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - think of others
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:22:56 +1200
  ...blue-tinted H4 bulbs in nonQH units RHD H4 units H4s in US-market lights lights misadjusted A proper LHD H4 unit has a...
• Re: pictures 60 years meeting in Hannover Germany
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:45:09 -0700
  ...Type T25/3 Year 1987 Mileage 171150KM VW T25 Karmann Gypsy Motorhome, 1.6td, 5 speed gearbox, PAS, LHD, tax and mot, new clutch...
• Re: Rubber Matting
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:01:07 +1000
  ...the codes for RHD vans ?....otherwise your gonna get stuck with LHD stuff around the pedals. BTW, I am still on the lookout for...
• Re: Vans in europe? (Insurance)
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Mon, 16 Oct 95 11:16:40 bst
  ...I have insured a French registered car in the UK with no problems except they wanted a little more money because it was LHD...
• Re: Eurospec Rectangular headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:39:48 -0700
  ...Both look identical Is it just the Euro LHD pattern vs. the US DOT one that makes you want to swap?? Kim Brennan <kimbrennan...
• Re: Wing mirror question
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:18:13 -0400
  ...Our van is LHD > (import from USA) and so the passenger side mirror is vitally > important as otherwise I end up pulling into traffic...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Fri, 5 May 2006 18:04:16 +0100
  ...the UK by the current owner (suits me, my van is LHD and also from Germany) and he never got around to fitting it...
• Re: Wing mirror question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:46:41 -0700
  ...Our van is LHD > (import from USA) and so the passenger side mirror is vitally > important as otherwise I end up pulling into traffic...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 16:47:36 -0800
  ...Of course, the RHD lights may do that when used in LHD >traffic, but that is because of their asymmetrical nature. If the H4...
• Re: New carpets and curtains anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Mon, 11 May 2015 21:29:59 -0600
  ...http://www.newtoncomm.co.uk/cars/vw-camper-van/model-132/carpet-and-boot/2994-vw-type25-lhd-van-carpet-set-petrol-vans/ Jon...
• Re: bURNINGvAN 2009
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:37:07 -0800
  ...Shaun converted it to LHD and also recently put on those aluminum gates. The canvas looks like the German variety. It was nice to...
• re: What kind of bus do I have?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:50:51 -0500 (EST)
  ...and 130 (hinged windshields) > UP (?) type 241(vw micro-bus deluxe, LHD), Beige GRey/Sealing-wax Red > color, chassis # 761961 > I have the Mcode...
• Re: Trip Glasgow to Strasbourg
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:00:25 -0700
  ...We're returning home to Ireland in January & are bringing our LHD Californian 88' Wolfsburg with us. It's good to hear that the...
• Re: What's a Joker?
  Historical mailing list - steve d
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:11:27 +0100
  ...If it's from the UK it could be RHD but most I've seen have been LHD.. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Arnott...
• Re[3]: SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:44:34 +0100
  ...Do you know of an LHD Syncro Westy Diesels that are FS? or any good places to look for these? like web sites?? or...
• Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:57:39 -0700
  ...It would be legal to use LHD lows in New Zealand, but I'd have to make tape cutouts for them, which wouldn't...
• Re: sliding door bottom track
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:15:27 -0500
  ...panels to see if the offside ones will work for our LHD Vanagons. He does business with them in quantity. Freight will KILL you...
• Re: VW's 'new' van
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:36:33 -0600
  ...if enough people show interest, they might look at converting LHD long-wheelbase Toyota Hiaces for the US market... On Tue, Oct 7, 2008...
• Re: 1987 Vanagon GL Synchro for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:49:05 +1000
  ...Being LHD in a RHD country isn't that much of > a disadvantage, especially in a high van. > > Pete C > > -- > Pete Cassidy, pcassidy@apple...
• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:54:35 -0800
  ...They are usually much cheaper than the LHD counterpart because there is less demand. I've seen them sell for as �10 each from...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 05:33:50 -0400
  ...H4 units >H4s in US-market lights >lights misadjusted > >A proper LHD H4 unit has a low-beam cutoff and, correctly adjusted, >will not...
• Re: M-code puzzlement
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:10:14 +0100
  ...the rear and 2 swivelling seats in the middle, but as LHD. Damn, I want one! Raimund -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Per Lindgren <lindgre...
• Re: Importing New Vanagon from South Africa
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:34:24 -0500
  ...They do not produce a LHD version for export (I checked when I was last there!) But the person to talk to about importing...
• What Van was that?
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  3 Jan 1995 13:43:30 +1000
  ...It was LHD and had European or English plates (no country or State on them though). From the back it looked most like my...
• Re: Re[3]: SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:39:16 -0700
  ...I may even prefer a 14. > > Do you know of an LHD Syncro Westy Diesels that are FS? or any > good > places to look...
• Re: Please help... Now my cooling fan is dead!!! 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 12:24:57 -0700
  ...The resistor lives behind the driver's side headlight (LHD). It is clipped into a metal bracket and has 3 wire connections. A drawing...
• Re: 81 steering wheel height
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:01:36 -0500
  ...Past vans were a 69 RHDrive in England and a 74 auto LHD so have not encountered this problem before, however I do prefer...
• Re: rollover accident in a 1971 VAN
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:39:10 +1200
  ...swerve away from the cabinet side (swerving to the right in LHD vehicles). -- Andrew Grebneff 165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow...
• Re: Re[3]: SYNCRO - Different lands
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 06:26:47 -0700
  ...I may even prefer a 14. > > Do you know of an LHD Syncro Westy Diesels that are FS? or any > good > places to look...
• Re: The TRUTH about Vanagons: info for newbies
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 22 May 2010 19:49:25 +1200
  ...And of course they are not (legally) available in the US, even though they are available in LHD... ask Toyota management why that is...
• Re: Headlights don't work, why?
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 12:06:53 +0200
  ...I don't know if the earth connections are in the same place on your LHD's Cheers Jimmy >>> "Richard M. Myers" <myersr@SPAWAR...
• Re: How much different is a "Wolfsburg" Westy?
  Historical mailing list - RTF_SSS
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:25:41 -0600
  ...The Wolfies have a dual voltage refridgerator/cooler that bolts down behind the passenger seat (LHD version). They may or may not have an...
• Re: Trip Glasgow to Strasbourg
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:12:46 +0100
  ...We're returning home to Ireland >in January & are bringing our LHD Californian 88' Wolfsburg with us. >It's good to hear that the...
• Re: gas can in your westy cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 10 May 2002 08:13:58 -0600
  ...One listee said get the one with a left-side hinge for a LHD vehicle, so you don't have to walk around it...
• Re: [f] Our big happy family
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:33:08 -0500
  ...Chamonix (French Alps) about three years > ago, and got a 71 lhd, English registed bus from a German > for 100$ US (How's that...
• Re: Indian Mini?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 18:49:07 -0800
  ...Many of the Kei-class vehicles there are imported from Japan and converted to LHD with materials which are not always to say Vanagon...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:12:00 -0800
  ...that, US RHD cars would have had their headlights replaced >> for >> LHD New Zealand use, no? > > Sorry; I'm in Calgary right now, so...
• Re: Cibie H4 rectangular in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:02:00 +1300
  ...I remember from my motorcycling days, on my Honda CBX with a Stanley H4 (the bike shop sold me a LHD unit and I...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:23:05 +1100
  ...One of the few times that owning a RHD vehicle originally designed for LHD has actually been an advantage...:) Cheers, Steve O NSW Australia...
• Re: Reverse lights on
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:05:33 -0000
  ...I look at the engine towards the gearbox on the top LHD side you will see two wires connected to the switch which is...
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:59:33 +1300
  ...1957 VW panelvan 36hp, later single-port 1600 1966 Kombi 1600 1968 Kombi with Corvair drivetrain, LHD 1975 Kombi 1800 with 1916 kit; later...
• Re: How much different is a "Wolfsburg" Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:42:23 -0500
  ...The Wolfies have a dual voltage refridgerator/cooler that bolts down behind the passenger seat (LHD version). They may or may not have an...
• Re: Re[3]: SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:07:08 -0700
  ...I may even prefer a 14. > > > > Do you know of an LHD Syncro Westy Diesels that are FS? or any > > good > > places to look...
• Re: gas can in your westy cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 10 May 2002 11:52:24 -0700
  ...One > listee said get the one with a left-side hinge for a LHD vehicle, so you > don't have to walk around it...
• Re: Eurospec Rectangular headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:48:56 -0800
  ...Both look identical Is it just the Euro LHD > pattern vs. the US DOT one that makes you want to swap?? > > Kim Brennan <kimbrennan...
• Re: HIDs? Was: Does the H4 bulb put out more light than the 9004 bulb?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:36:26 -0800
  ...codes, and even worse the idiots running RHD 7" reflectors�on LHD cars.� If I'm not getting flashed in over a year, it...
• Muriel's return ...
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:19:27 +0100
  ...be the only people in Ireland to be driving around a LHD US-spec Vanagon *ahem* Caravelle. The insurance company had no idea as...
• Re: Intake Manifold? Woes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 May 1999 20:11:08 -0400
  ...Now if you have two studs on the right side (passenger side on a LHD vehicle) it suggests to me that you have a...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:17:33 +1300
  ...though to make mirror-image ones for LHD & RHD markets, as they would require some different bodywork also. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64...
• Cool VW story
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 07:44:15 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Which consisted of: '53 Deluxe (LHD) '60 15-window, '64 kombi (the one she was driving), '65 21-window, and a '65 notchback. Yes...
• Re: T3 images attached
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:58:21 +1200
  ...To import to USA you'd have to convert it to LHD and somehow convince the "safety" authorities as to its safety. Also the...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:19:08 -0600
  ...H4 units > >H4s in US-market lights > >lights misadjusted > > > >A proper LHD H4 unit has a low-beam cutoff and, correctly adjusted, > >will not...
• Re[5]: SYNCRO - Different lands
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:50:57 +0100
  ...I may even prefer a 14. > > Do you know of an LHD Syncro Westy Diesels that are FS? or any > good > places to look...
• Re: Rebuild longevity
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:41:27 -0400
  ...We're returning home to Ireland >in January & are bringing our LHD Californian 88' Wolfsburg with us. >It's good to hear that the...
• More news and replies from England
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Nov 91 10:35:18
  ...Westfalia's were only available as imports here, so we don't have too many and they tend to be LHD. Devon and Canterbury...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:07:21 +1200
  ...You can't legally (or morally) use South African main headlights, as the low-beam cutoff is on the wrong side for LHD countries...
• Volks World magazine - May 2002 issue, page 18
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:05:40 -0800
  ...Priced at L15,999 for a LHD or L16,999 (inc VAT) in RHD, these brand new traditional Vans are a great value for...