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• Re: Listies in & around Boynton Beach Fl!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Blethen
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:42:10 -0700
  ...real tight net for the window's of the Van. > The noseeum's will gnaw on you all night. > > And they will get through...
• Old Spare Tire
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:08:45 -0800
  ...some other dunderhead on the list like me, driving around with a 15+ year old tire under the nose. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re:Lambadas/Movies/VWs/Bitching (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:50:02 -0700
  ...for NOS single cab gates?!! Only last week you GAVE me some engine tin for FREE!!! YOU GOT ME HOOKED! NOW YOU'RE KILLING...
• Re: wierd bus..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:34:30 -0400
  ...Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:56 AM > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=953250 vanagon style sliders, baywindow nose, splitty rear...
• Re: hi-speed hijinks
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 13 Jul 94 8:29:50 PDT
  ...San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (110 mph, chickened out) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (140 mph) '77 Ford Taunus V...
• Re: Advice on shipping a motor?
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:56:00 -0700
  ...If they get nosy tell them that you're shipping axles, wheels, transmissions or other heavy stuff. Good luck, Peter -----Original Message----- From: Ken...
• '85 GL and '72 weekender for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:56:22 -0500
  ...Princeton, NJ some very light surface rust where paint chipped (on nose, along some lower seams) 4 new Dunlop D60A2 tires w/original VW...
• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 10:20:40 -0500
  ...sez------- Answer to this is simple---and fast-- Air cooled Vanagon's have zero bottom grill---just check the nose out----that'll tell...
• Re: WTB: one 14
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:32:32 -0800
  ...need to try and get one that will fit under the nose. Does anyone have a single steely for sale? Thanks, Tom TJ Hannink...
• Re: '56 Bus Turn Signals
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 08:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...VW stopped the "pope's nose" on the 1952 models. >When the "heart taillights" were introduced in 1953, the heart acted >as the stop...
• Re: Window Tint
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Apr 2022 16:04:30 -0500
  ...Just need a general nose count for interest. If enough >> are interested and a group purchase made a discount might be available. >> >
• Fwd: I actually have brand new 2.1l Crankshaft Bearings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 29 Jan 2022 10:47:30 -0500
  ...These have been sold out for about two years now, so when you could find them recently, it was NOS and the price was...
• Re: Front panel availablity
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 09:58:41 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz "Sticking my nose where it doesn't belong for over 58 years" |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:02:59 -0700
  ...m way too busy tomorrow to >> sit and >> post so here you go - enjoy the nostalgia. >> >> >> http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/arts/3486/ >> >> >> >> BT >> >> >> >>
• Re: and while we're at it ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 09:06:42 -0500 (CDT)
  ...SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) > schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) > ============================================================================= > Boy do I...
• Re: smells in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - vasili
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:00:41 -0500
  ...Many of my > customers thought it might have been milk or food on the apolstry and > were amazed what a nose-relieving difference a...
• South African Vanagon Accessories
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 23:45:03 -0800
  Hi Folks, I was nosing through a copy of *Getaway Magazine* from Africa (www.getawaytoday.com) and the classified adds are loaded with really...
• Re: Bentley Manuals on CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:42:13 -0700
  ...There's no nostalgia in a shiny disk! Keith Adams Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia, 1998 Golf Wolfsburg Edition
• '73 Camper
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:01:56 -0400
  ...It has some sort of contraption between the front seats that has a hose running to the nose. It looks like a supplemental heater...
• There I was.... Up to my ears in heater hose...
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 23:42:44 EDT
  ...SNAP! The other end of that hose came down out of the bottom of van and whacked my right in the nose. This was...
• Re: FS: 84 Vanagon GL SUper Sunroof PRICE ReDUCED
  Historical mailing list - james peters
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:02:13 -0800
  ...years ago > > NO RUST, body perfect, minus one small dent in nose > > Interior good > > > > > > >someone should pick this up..the sunroof vans are getting...
• VW garage sale in NH
  Historical mailing list - Jon-reed Hathaway
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:06:40 -0500
  ...converted to Sundial camper, then gutted at some point), and the nose & both sides (double cargo door) of a '59 panel. I've got...
• Re: Instrument lamp replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 17 May 2007 12:13:59 -0700
  ...07, Dave Vickery <davevickery@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Ditto, I used needle nose plyers because the grip is lousy and then you > loose 'feel'. I...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Noise
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:58:19 +0000
  ...Yes, the Hakas are nosier than my old Agilis but I've gotten used to > the noise and don't mind it given the...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:37:51 -0700
  ...Being in Canada and > paying through the nose for shipping really sucks. > I'd never heard about this brass bushing. More learning. I'll...
• Re: Friday - Disaster averted
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:54:40 -0400
  ...kind enough > to loan me a screw driver and some needle nose pliers so I could get the > coupler out. When I showed him...
• Re: Norcold Frig. in Eurovan Camper
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 7 Aug 94 17:53:34 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...) =============================================================================
• Re: aluminum beauty rings
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 10:11:59 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...) =============================================================================
• Re: bra or no bra?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 5 May 2000 13:26:07 MST
  ...at least every 8 months and waxing or protecting the van nose paint job somehow. SeanG >From: Andrew Stiles <astiles@AMAZON.COM> >Reply-To...
• Need help, I can't get transmission back into vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wagener
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:28:04 -0500
  ...I can't make room for the bolts because then the nose of the tranny hits. Has anyone done this job before, and if...
• POR-15
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:51:57 -0500
  ...Did the nose of my '70 bus with it. kept the rust away until I sold it. Haven't seen it since, that was...
• Running now, but idles high after head gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:19:38 -0600
  ...out of the garage and turn the vanagon around with its nose facing up the driveway in readiness for a full fill tomorrow. Two...
• Re: camping amidst bears, safety question - Friday Joke
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:29:14 -0800
  ...Spraying the pepper will irritate the bear's sensitive nose and it will run away. It is also a good idea to keep an...
• What is the "end all and be all" answer to rust?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:44:19 -0700
  ...what is the end all and be all answer for combating seam rust? The underside of the van is fine, there are some nose...
• Re: weird things happening (peripheral VC)
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:29:20 EST
  ...Humidity !!! ) ,as I sit here ( in the desert ) whistling through my nose, snuffing up water ( because of the dry air ! :o) & So glad you...
• Number Detective Work (was RE: Splitty Chassis/dating)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:19:00 -0400
  ...datind and >deciphering plates and also has paint codes M nos model nos ..and a whole >bunch of intersting stuff. Dave is talking about...
• Re: GoWesty and NLA and NOS Parts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:42:49 -0400
  > GoWesty has announced that they have a partnership > with the "Classic Parts"> division of Volkswagen > Germany for Bus, Vanagon and Eurovan parts. While this...
• July HMN ads
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 01 Jul 1996 23:08:12 -0400
  ...resto $2600 (314)524-6000 '65 dlx, resto on rust free, NOS, all new rubber, appraised $15,500 asking $11,900 (612)938-5227...
• Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 20:27:39 PDT
  ...Good luck, -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc...
• Re: NOS parts & Old engines.
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:24:25 -0600 (CST)
  Brian wrote: (snip) > > While we're on the subject, i went to see another engine a few weeks back, it > was said to be...
• Re: Not all Vanagon Heat Exchangers are created equal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:02:13 -0500
  ...I have heard that NOS is better than the Danish OEM is this true? Anyone experimented with high temperature coatings on these? If I...
• Re: Uh oh, new Bus a go!
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 11:40:24 -0500
  ...center VW emblem that acts as a grille, and a sloping nose that resembles a 1960s era bus. Frankly, VW's design is poor...
• Re: Remove AC Cabinet 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:09:34 -0400
  ...Grab the plastic nail/pin with a needle nose pliers and pull out. Then you, ...., well you wrestle the shelf out, anyway you can...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Question for Larry Hamm
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:29:49 -0600
  ...It still had the typical sloped subaru nose so I am wondering about the height of the engine and if the engine was really...
• FW: Quaife Differential for the 091?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:57:13 -0700
  ...The ZFs are all used over here (rumor is that there >>are some NOS in Germany)and cost about $900+. The Lock Rights fully...
• Re: Search for tires
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:50:23 -0500
  ...unless I go via eBay from Italy and pay through the nose, but Nokian has a similar winter tire that is available. Not the...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:43:20 -0400
  ...Hoses can be clamped without much stress by using small needle-nosed vise grips with pieces of hose on the jaws. Larry A. did...
• Re: Rough Living In a Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:51:54 -0500
  ...But pastas are no-nos for me now. Diabetes has change my diet a lot. Fortunately I like a lot of things, so now...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:47:28 -0800
  ...really like the way the sheet > metal goes together on the nose, but objectively I can't say it's > pretty (the way a...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:51:11 -0700
  ...I know of South Africn Vanagons, and Mexican Bay Buses with an rear upright mounted inline four gasser, and rad on the nose ..... but...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:08:45 -0400
  The grease on your (throwaway) clothes, the grease on the garage floor, the grease in your hair, the itchy nose that left a streak...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Friends '64 Weekend!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 01:09:44 -0500
  ...I have allergies to paint, wet or burnt, and my nose closes up. :( Besides, it messes up the paint, which ccan be a hassle...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 04 Oct 94 14:06:47 CDT
  ...that's what you call those GM sloop-nosed jobbers, the Silhouette, etc. they look MUCH more like a Dustbuster than the eurovan does...
• Re: vw uniqueness
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 24 Aug 94 10:58:15 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...) =============================================================================
• Going back to Wolfsburg!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 May 1997 06:57:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I understand that the museum now is selling NOS and repro parts for vintage VWs, so the '56 beetle should have some new goodies...
• Re: Spring Clamps,Harry Houdini, and The love of changing hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 00:02:34 -0500
  ...I finally used a needle nose Vice Grips to hold it open so I could cut the hose from under the clamp. The stainless...
• Re: My van makes coolant!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:21:18 -0700
  ...I moved >> the >> van off the driveway and parked it on a hill, with its nose high to stop >> blocking the driveway. An hour...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:28:17 -0500
  ...I believe he used the DK nose mount on the tranny. Engine/Tranny is now installed. Seems to me to sit about an inch...
• Re: R&R Transmission with winch?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:41:06 -0800
  ...Looking at both the DK an AB, I wondered if the nose couldn't be swapped out. What's making the decision difficult is...
• What would it take to make a "New Microbus"?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Mon, 11 May 1998 09:10:38 -0700
  ...I think that fairly simple cosmetic changes could transform the T4 into a nostalgia-mobile, unlike the rather extensive bodywork needed to transform the...