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• Re: Dan H's Heater
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 17:37:30 -0400
  ...the rear heater also. If you heat the floormats+snow/slush too soon, the humidity level goes up and you fog the windows before...
• Re: Table Leg
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:28:53 -0600
  ...I had them bend the pipe at 90� and weld a > T at the top end with a nut welded to the side of...
• Re: 71' bus type vehicle (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:01:05 -0500 (CDT)
  ...window. Has some rust starting off pretty good near the rear taillight, as well as on the corner of both the passenger side and...
• Harpies I
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 06:20:00 -0400
  ...Being a safe driver the right side doors are locked and windows closed, and you had stopped in bumper-to-bumper traffic in the...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:24:26 -0800
  ...later vans had the exit vents in rear side windows and added rubber seal on front door which I think reduces road noise but...
• Re: Brake Fade-wheel cylinder pull back!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:45:41 -0400
  ...Now that I think of it, this situation shouldn't account for the temp difference between the rear drums. Neither side is going to...
• Re: 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:21:28 -0500
  ...missing calipers Rear Brakes: right rear hub inside bus Engine/Trans: neither CVs/Axles: none Windshield: none Driver Door: none Passenger Door: none Side...
• bug o' rama report
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 27 May 1996 06:49:55 -0700
  ...NOS barndoor rear apron, missing the tab for the latch, and dented a little bit ($500!) Briefly checked out the car show; only 1...
• Syncro Tire Max size difference?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 02:07:27 -0500
  ...fences........ .....................why would we need Windows or Gates? ........... Only a True Jedi Master can touch the dark side ............ and remain untainted! We will return...
• Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:04:38 +0000
  ...my_photos > > > > Details- > > 1987 Titian Red syncro with factory power windows, mirrors, locks. > > Rear wiper, locking diff. WAS A/C but I removed it...
• Re: Winnebago or Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:26:23 EDT
  ...Basically, nearly everything aft of the cab (windows, seats, camping equipment, etc.) is added by Winnebago. The pop-top has side windows, and has...
• Re: Window Tint Nightmare :(
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:47:41 -0500
  ...OK. >So body work work is done now and windows where put back in (oops,,,rear >vents put in backwards...take back and pull...
• RE: Vanagon Manual Mirror Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Nov 96 21:28:02 CST
  ...wires are color-coded and the only goofy thing is hooking the middle harness to the rear window defroster (so the mirrors will defrost...
• Bus Aquisition
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:00:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...I am soon to be the proud owner of a Right Hand Drive 1954 23-Window Deluxe bus! Yippee! I don't know what...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:19:02 -0800
  ...windows down. So that's not why. Maybe it was a different brand. Either way the front with thick clear Huper is great. Rear...
• No Wonder My VW's Love Me!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:27:20 -0500
  ...missing passenger side mirror, missing sliding door handle(outside), left front turn signal inop, no dash lights, window cranks broken, 3 holes in the...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:38:18 -0600
  ...but it's REALLY good for outside mirrors! keeps the dew/frost from forming on them in cool/cold weather! and rear windows! just...
• New Member
  Historical mailing list - James Lowe
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:10:30 -0700
  ...5) Minor body damage on the passenger side and at little rust at the front and rear windows. I could go on but thats...
• Re: Friday's corvette problems
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:45:40 -0400
  ...front windshield, side seals, side windows >>2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more >>3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles >>4 - Rear hatch struts...
• Re: Speaking of mirrors (was painting)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:55:23 -0800
  ...The air conditioner chamber next the rear window hangs down far enough to block full visibility. From the front inside rear view mirror, I...
• Fwd: Looking for roof rack clamps
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 23:18:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...I measured the distance between the rain gutters on each side of the roof at the places where the rack sits. I put the...
• Re: known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:25:28 -0400
  ...front windshield, side seals, side windows :::2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more :::3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles :::4 - Rear hatch struts...
• Re: A few unrelated questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:21:14 EDT
  ...It comes > from the rear passenger side wheel area. I have jacked the van up, put it > in neutral and spun the tire... no...
• Re: Is there such a thing as a rear storage heater for a Double Cab?
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:51:28 -0700
  ...1988 Syncro DoKa - no more Ford Areostar > bumper - no more weird side windows (yes the previous owner WAS on drugs). > While at the body...
• svx carat for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:59:02 -0700
  ...the back and a sub under rear seat ) New full bra gowesty 2"reciver hitch gowesty side window screens $18,000 or best offer...
• Premium parts donor bought, soon to be in custody
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 03:27:00 -0500
  Yesterday I paid for an '89 unrebuildable Vanagon that was hit in each side. Both front and rear are supposed to still look great...
• Re: P22 Westy layout
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:21:59 -0600
  ...the picture of the rear hatch and the side shot. Noted that there is a paper in the passenger window that looks like the...
• Hilux Surf mirror conversion pix
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:44:42 +1300
  ...so I can center the rear view on the road behind, with the window bottoms level and the side of the van just visible...
• 87 syncro may be for sale, interested to hear offers
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:54:25 -0700
  ...new windsheild and seal all new non chrome seals for the whole van 2 rear side vent windows ( they started using these in 88...
• Power mirror and lock maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:27:40 -0700
  ...heater or ventilation system, and the other knob that controls the rear window defroster and some kind of ventilation.) Last week while I was...
• Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:13:20 -0400
  ...the rain gutter for the driver's side, in front of the driver's door windows, is different from the others. Rather than being...
• Re: Solar panels and curtains
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 07:20:37 -0500
  ...If you find a westy being scraped snag the curtain stuff from the larger passanger side rear window. It's just the right length...
• Toledo Syncro
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:43:33 -0700
  ...He says that the worst area is beneath the rearmost side windows and that if you tapped the rusted area with a ball peen...
• Re: Speaker wire polarity
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:45:39 -0600
  ...and along where the rear headliner fabric contacts the steel around the windows, my Westy was on the passenger side. I used an old...
• Re: AC housing reconstruction...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:46:15 -0500
  ...i thought i had some pictures of it, but can't find them > >> now. :( anyway, the vents were along the sides above the windows...
• Re: '56 progress - 'fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 10:09:33 PST
  ...side and vents throught the wall below the passenger window. The water system got an electric pump at the same time. The rear seat...
• FS: 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro - $3500 - long winded, again
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:30:33 -0500
  ...side horizontal seam (~ 1/4" x 3") and one in front of the passenger rear tire well (about the same as the other side...
• Defroster wire repair
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 4 Feb 1995 21:26:57 CST6CDT
  ...you can't remember just how the ice-scraper hit the rear window when you winged it back there from the front seat! Actually...
• Re: adjusting wiper fluid spray
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:30:51 CDT
  ...I think the PO was hoping to >actually hit the back window allowing the luxery of not fixing the rear >one. he he :) >It...
• EUROPEAN PARTS SHIPMENT is in!!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:15:10 -0400
  ...Also side window seals (center side or rear side, no groove for molding trim.) All are $39.95 each, which is less than half...
• Campmobile back on line....
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 95 9:14:42 MST
  ...and rear apron back on. The drive to work this morning was enlivened by the driver hanging his nose out the window trying to...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - Taeke
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:41:41 -0400
  Im thinking of taking out the rear most drivers side widow to tint it. Are old rubbers reusable and does this have a high...
• Re: mouse profing
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 07:31:43 -0700
  ...Two is similar mesh (although for this I used 1/8") over the cabin air exits at the tail end of the side windows...
• Re: Blacks and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:51:03 -0800
  ...like the exterior of the vent that is placed behind the rearmost side glass. > > > > For the exterior, of the same part I used Landau...
• "The Survey Sez"------
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 05:50:56 -0600
  ...fads! (1) Jesus rug with red stoplights for eyes in my rear window. (2) A funnel urinal mounted under my steering column so I...
• Re: Deheler-Profi hightop in Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:03:13 -0500
  ...The side > windows had a funky ripple effect and the interior looked > like Buck Rogers's personal quarters. It was very cool. I > was...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 9 May 2002 14:52:12 -0700
  ...they were >>> nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine decklid was huge, >>> going all the way up to the rear window, and there...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:41 -0700
  ...flasher switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light > reflectors, no concave passenger side rearview mirror, but a flat > mirror, possibly a different...
• Re: A/C for diesel
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:05:05 -0600
  ...air flow that could pass through those high side louvers behind the Westy/Vanagon rear windows? Does anyone know of a heater core radiator...
• For Sale: '66 MicroBus
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:35:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...For Sale ~~~~~~~~ 1966 VW MicroBus - Standard Bus with 6 rear windows, stock 1500cc engine, perfect Bus for restoration while driving it around town. I...
• 87 Syncro FS In Toledo, Ohio
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:56:31 -0700
  ...He says that the worst area is beneath the rearmost side windows and that if you tapped the rusted area with a ball peen...
• Re: 84 wolfs weekender/ any others? (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:00:49 EDT
  ...WLE's didnt have, was camper style sliding side windows, with screens, and the rear hatch mosquito net was standard on '84 WLE's...
• Re: Another one in the 'hood. ('89 Bluestar)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:33:56 EDT
  ...It's a blue hardtop > Wolfsburg Weekender, probably an '89 because of the > rear window vents and the diagonal stripe interior > (I'm sure...
• Re: front window sprayers
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 21 May 2007 14:00:06 -0400
  ...without breaking them. (rear hatch ones can be removed easier if the inside panel is off) You can get new window washer "jets" from...
• Re: Rear closet temporary removal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:45:12 -0500
  ...These are some of the advantages of not having the closet: > Better vision through the rear window > Less weight to haul around > More width...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: How do I separate the windows from the frames?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:49:29 -0700
  ...anyone had any different > suggestions. > > I've pulled my side middle and rear windows in anticipation of tinting > them. Last time the results were...
• Re: Heating
  Historical mailing list - SMILE... IT'S STILL FREE
  Mon, 05 Sep 1994 13:36:01 EST
  ...The gas heater superheats this mixture of air and then distributes it to the defrosters, heat ducts, and rear seat heat (I think the...
• Re: burned up
  Historical mailing list - anthony kimmons
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 20:40:18 -0500
  ...two rear side and rear window are > > busted out from the fire. inside is torched up to the front seats. it is > > original yellow...
• Value of US Vanagon minus engine, trans?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:36:06 +1200
  ...window regulators (either manual or electric) rear heater instrument cluster good tires alloy wheels (crappy steel is fine) side marker lights/reflectors WOULD want...
• On the road again!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:23:50 -0700
  ...Fixed (kind of) power locking (new drivers servo) Fixed passenger side power window (new switch) Installed Gowesty headlight relay/bulb upgrade Temporary installation of...