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• Re: Vanagon crash article
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:18:04 -0500
  ...While the VW > looked to have suffered a bent bumper, broken grill and what looked like > minor panel damage to the nose. Most modern...
• Re: interesting body modded vanagon syncro camper
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:56:17 -0400
  ...On Aug 21, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Christopher Gronski wrote: > The ugy interior mathces the UGLY nose job. It looks like it fell...
• Re: On being a Vanaslob (was: sad decline)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:48:33 -0600
  ...And lest some of you are tempted to look down > your > long patrician noses, remember you share 97% of your DNA with a > banana...
• Re: Is Westy-lust justified? Do you use your appliances? was:chuckboxes
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:53:48 -0500
  ...Being that I am still in the Westy-lust stage of ownership, (using a self- camperized-nostove-nosink-nofridge, type II), I am sowing...
• Re: Syncro outer front CV boot
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Wed, 29 Aug 2018 21:25:59 -0400
  ...I have a new VW/ Audi nos White plastic boot in a > box which came with my van. Any comments on > the quality of...
• Re: Grille emblem
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:25:39 -0700
  ...33 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote: > > I use needle nosed pliers and 'worry' it off. Twist, rock, pull, etc. > Broken pin? Clear...
• Nomenclature rant- friday close out
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:07:36 -0700
  ...those that went to the shop to become Westfalia conversions, round nosed or flat, are Westies period. my 'shoe box/cinder block on wheels...
• Re: More Clutch - Pilot Bearing Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:36:34 -0700
  ...You may have to take a hacksaw blade and section the old bearing shell, then a needle nosed pliers and twist out the pieces...
• Re: Quick advice needed re bug purchase
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 22 Sep 94 9:41:41 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Project Decision
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:54:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...already have one, serious body work to be done (nose replace ment and pulling out front apron. Well, whadday think? I gotta make up...
• Syncro Fuel Tank Straps
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:35:03 -0700
  ...Space looks fairly tight, at least when you are lying on your back with your nose on the skid rails. Got my speedo back...
• Re: Hoses Age
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:49:27 EST
  ...of these hoses so that the only choice we have is NOS. However, I also agree that the main things that kill hoses are...
• Re: KYB shocks
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:03:55 -0600
  ...I would like a little less nose dive under hard braking. I've put about 10K on mine and overall I am satisfied with...
• Re: Terry kay sucks....AMEN!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 30 May 2002 08:47:13 -0500
  ...they certainly get up MY nose. I now generally just > use > the delete function... > > Perhaps he just likes to be contrary? > > -- > Andrew Grebneff > 165...
• Re: Sound Deadening/Insulation
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:59:53 -0800
  ...this stuff (or maybe a sound *absorber* material) on the front nose panel? I know much of the noise is wind noise, so I...
• Re: FS 87 syncro $1200 in St. Augustine, FL **danger will robinson** ;)
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Sat, 15 May 2004 17:24:57 -0400
  ...the engine out and taken apart! :( found it on www.traderonline.com (click on Auto Trader and follow your nose) ... 1987 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON, syncro...
• Re: Plastic ftting on the botton of the sink drain ???
  Historical mailing list - Audin Malmin
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:39:36 -0700
  ...fitting to replace this drain ... > > > thx tim -- Audin Malmin - audin@okb-1.org Your fingers are as divine as the pope's nostril hair.
• Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - Neptuno
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:50:07 -0800
  ...I can see how that crippled Vanagon with the Boxers nose just wont do! Thanks for the nice comments about my Scirocco. Rodolfo is...
• busdepot and thepartsbin going nose to nose
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:18:40 -0700
  I found my rear heater to be leaking so I ordered two rear heater cores from busdepot. I like the people at busdepot and...
• Re: FRYDAY: RE-OPEN VANAGON ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 27 May 2006 14:51:00 -0700
  ...The flat nose is murder on fuel economy. With gas crawling up toward the $3.50 mark here in the states, fuel economy is...
• Re: Blasphemy, tires, and handling.
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 20:11:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
• Re: busdepot and thepartsbin going nose to nose
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 00:07:38 -0400
  > When Consumer Report tested express delivery services a couple years ago, > they found that Express Mail (they didnt' look at Priority) was least > likely...
• Re: vanagon sized/shape/style vehicles (was: SUV Bashing)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:10:47 -0500
  ...i think they've discontinued it in favor of their more-minivan-shaped vehicles. :( and i think the public misconception of no-nose = no...
• Re: Uncle Joel
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 15 May 2018 16:10:41 -0500
  ...decided to search for myself! > That was fun! Really makes me nostalgic for some of the older original > members! David was mentioning Uncle Joel...
• Re: New Catagory for Joel
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 7 Aug 94 10:44:37 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Gunky gas (was 84 digijet misfiring)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:38:46 -0400
  ...Sooo, I've had my nose buried in the Bentley Manual and the procedure for dropping the gas tank looks straightforward enough: Are there...
• FS:Nose Bra for '86-91, or? '83+
  Historical mailing list - Adam
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 07:47:10 -0600
  Hello, I was writing to inform the list that I will be selling the bra that came with the '87 Wolfsburg I purchased in...
• How do you check the transmission mount?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Yorke
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:44:17 -0300
  ...I noticed that their is quite a bit of vibration at the nose of the transmission. The mount seems to be absorbing it but...
• Re: Kill Switches: Question: Does Defense attract Offence ???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:07:53 +1200
  ...and anyway, who wants dog nose slime, slobber & feces rubbed over every surface in the vehicle? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew...
• Towing a vanagon on a trailer
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:25:40 -0500
  ...We chose nose first with two 2" ratchet belts through the cab and leading forward on the trailer. Doors close with not issue. Two...
• Re: Terminal/connector source was Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:14:02 -0400
  ...For some reason (Old-Timer's disease?) this is making me nostalgic for the hum of the vibrator when you turned on the six...
• Re: leaky windshield
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 5 Jun 2020 10:03:51 -0700
  ...I've been > assuming mine is coming through that vertical seam running down the > "nose" of the vanagon just inboard of the radio antenna...
• Re: Hit a deer today in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 11:19:02 -0700
  On Sep 7, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > Not trying to be nosy but what's your cost...
• Propane Regulator: What's this hole?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 29 May 2012 07:57:22 -0700
  ...My nose and my electronic propane sniffer confirmed it was propane, so I shut the valve and decided to wait until I can find...
• Re: d pillar air intake hose
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:52:43 -0700
  ...http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air-conditioning/2-5-inch-flexible-duct-hose-57.php The snorkel is the same part (251 129 534A) between...
• What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:07:48 -0700
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's nose, if the cow was the size of a house. There is a tube...
• Re: (NVC) Any other LT owners on the List?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:59:56 -0800
  ...LT35. > Who would have guessed that someone was still keeping a NOS 30+ year > old carb for one of these beasts? > > Someone did and...
• Re: preventing theft
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:16:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Pushing Back The Darkness at http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the...
• Leaky gas tank fix?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:59:18 -0500
  ...It looks to be leaking from the seam on the side parallel with the nose of the van. What course of action should I...
• Re: Vanagon front sheet metal--tie bars structural?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:16:12 -0800
  ...If one were to cut these out, > would there be any concerns with strength of the nose in, say, a crash? > Has anyone here...
• Re: 67 or older split
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:53:12 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Needs cargo floor sections, rockers, and outriggers Needs new front nose.. looks like Rusty VanBondo has been here ;-) Carb might need to be rebuilt...
• Re: VW bus safety (was: back from the dead)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 2 May 1995 15:01:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:00:01 -0400
  ...had no air escape > > I Hope You did that with the Nose Down ~ Otherwise You May have > Let Air In rather than > > Air Out...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:02:26 -0700
  Ground goes from the trans front nose bolt )on either side) to one of the 3 bolts directly upward where the front trans mounts...
• Re: What's that? - a single woman's view/Plus a single man's
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:14:13 -0700
  ...to do with what I have said or am discussing. > My nose tells me > every bit as much, as it did in this case...
• Blue Ridge Rally
  Historical mailing list - ray hale
  Tue, 06 Jun 95 13:31:39 EST
  ...Oh yeah, the mouse that crawled into our bus friday night still lives there, in the nosepiece. Lea is trying to coax him out...
• /f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 07:39:03 -0800 (PST)
  ...The info on this list is better than any mag or press-release! Also, what's up with the new Westy's big nose...
• Re: question about Macs and VW relation
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:58:13 -0600
  ...That's a face with a black eye >and a bent nose. > I luv my Macintosh! I own an 85 Panel camper. I think...
• Re: my bus won't start!
  Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
  Sat, 4 Jul 1998 20:18:07 -0400
  ...mean really low!!) and was parked on an incline with the nose being maybe a few degrees UP...now, this bus has never NOT...
• Re: Oder from new brakes
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:53:52 -0800
  ...After putting on around 50 miles I have noticed an oder coming from the wheels when I put my nose right by the them...
• Re: syncro
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:07:12 -0700
  ...One of them comes from vent on top of trans >> nosepiece, the other one from someplace in front. My guess is there were connected...
• Re: PVC Hatch Support
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:44:39 -0500
  ...Rack, Hi Lift Jack, 5gallons of gas, shovel, pick axe, chain, nostalic stickers, bike)....... and it can be held up by a pair of...
• Re: Scrapping vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:31:00 -0700
  ...I needed the nose for another van (a Westy) and this particular Vanagon had been parted out/picked over already. It's sad what...
• Re: Van wrecked, wondering if it's worth repairing
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:31:01 -0400
  ...The door itself > is undamaged; the damage appears to be confined to the front nose sheet > metal. > > The van is a high-miler (over...
• European NOS Parts & Hoover CD on Website!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:27:32 -0500
  ...Included are new repair manuals for Vanagons and Breadloafs, NOS German heat exchangers, engine tin kits, Vanagon Euro bumper/spoiler kits, lock sets, and...
• Re: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:34:05 -0400
  ...On the 091, the linkages are up near the nose cone. There is a circlip that can pop off the selector shaft and leave...
• Re: Cheap places to camp (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 07:27:22 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
• Re: Metal Bumper Bolts
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
  Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:27:21 -0400
  Hey Scott Front bumper, and top meant as covering the front nose of the chassis Thanks Tony Sent from my iPhone On Apr 1...
• Re: wetfalia stock weight
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:13:25 -0600
  ...BZ-what's a gummibaren? > > Butt who nose. > > Pensioner > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com...
• 65 UnEarthing - how/where to attach drag chain?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 95 10:11 CST
  ...Since the bus is "nose in" and the rear bumper is questionable, I would suggest you do not *hook* the chain to the bus...