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• Re: Anybody seen a chopped and shortened Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:05:26 -0700
  ...more hassle > to pass smog. > > not as cute as a shortened splitty for promotional vehicle though... > > see http://www.loaflovetour.com/ I've seen...
• Re: Opinion on Long Trip w/young driver to Florida from Texas
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:57:43 -0500
  ...That is what I was going to recommend as well, a rental split 5 ways would not be too bad for each kid. Then...
• Re: Beat The Club ..
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:03:58 -0500
  on the subject of thievery- i'm not sure what year this started, but european splitties came standard with steering locks, and they were...
• Re: List Stickers, shall I make them?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 02 Jan 96 17:29:07 -0500
  ...Not too big, please, especially for the earlier splits who hardly have a rear window anyway (I know, Thom, some don't have *any...
• Re: Help With Used car Pirces Please/F
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:27:51 -0500
  >All depends...never once mentioned the gender of the splittie....it could >have been female, could have been male (afterall we have nipples), or...
• good looking shift lever
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 5 May 95 14:33:13 EDT
  ...I used the spiral kind that Radio Shack sells, but there's no reason why the split kind, or even heatshrink tubing, wouldn't...
• Re:stalling problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Apr 92 17:54:59
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: Time to upgrade...
  Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:39:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...VW retired that body for the same reason the retired the split window in 1968 and the baywindow in 1980. (or call it 1967...
• Re: Driving across country
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 04:56:44 -0500
  A Steven Wright joke concerning driving cross country. " A friend and I were driving cross country and decided to split the driving... so we...
• 1.6 liter engine core
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:56:29 EDT
  ...threw them away!! i have the 1.9 short block, cases split but not apart- he coudnt get the pistons off. so the question...
• Re: vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:02:39 -0500
  ...see on your sign-on screen the picture of the vw split > window bus? Car Talk nominates it in the top 10 worst cars...
• Re: trans oil level
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:40:53 -0800
  ...I decided to split the difference and fill it with 4 qts. of Mobil One 75 90w gl-5. Thanks again, Dennis A _________________________________________________________________ Get...
• Re: Engine fire-what next?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Woodall
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:22:40 -0500
  ...for me at BNNTA ,as they ALL work fine! I now have all logo keys for my Splitties and Vanagon. woody "keep on pushing"
• Rear wipers lacking on European T3s
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:33:11 +1300
  ...I don't remember my Bay or Splits getting dirty rear windows either.
• Brake cables uneven/stretched?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:17:08 -0800
  ...side is about 1.5" longer than the other, so the splitter bar is at a sharp angle. This caused one cable to slip...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Print on eBay
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:52:56 -0700
  on 3/9/06 2:36 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia at jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM wrote: > Anyone else see this V-gon/Splittie print for sale...
• Re: Westy floor plans
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:34:47 -0600
  ...Myself, I'd run one from the tank regulator into the cabinet and then split it to the fridge and stove as necessary. Any...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:40:20 -0800
  > > The split second maf translator that they were using shouldn't be > capable of doing the translation correctly according to what I know > now...
• Re: Go with the split
  Historical mailing list - Anton J. Elmquist
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:27:25 -0400
  > I'm for the split. So am I, but with reservations... > Over the last couple of years of Vanagon list activity I've gained...
• Re: 87GL rebuild update (attempt #2)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 17:29:51 EDT
  ...On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 13:26:42 -0500 Tony Kimmons <akimmons@PDQ.NET> writes: >Hey folks... >Trying to split the case today on...
• Busted Bo-hunkus
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:00:37 -0500
  ...I'm now ready to take the 66 Splittie Westy for the state inspection. I have squeezed my flesh under countersunk washers, scraped my...
• Re: need help with splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:02:57 -0700
  Hey Kevin, Yes you have to remove the pistons first to split the case. This is actually a fairly easy task with the proper...
• Re: Pacific NW Vanagon List
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:22:54 -0400
  ...Splitting up the list will only split up the collective knowledge and make it difficult for someone searching for solutions. Besides we all benefit...
• Re: Courtneys' Air vs Water Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:30:52 -1000
  ...having had a splittie, a loaf and three vanagons, they were/are all wonderful vehicles. I would buy another air-cooled in a heartbeat...
• Re: servicing front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:50:09 -0500
  ...3) Remove blower assembly 4) Split blower case 5) Free clips (plastic or metal) holding motor into blower case half, and use a pin...
• And so it begins - 88GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Oct 2017 21:52:24 -0500
  ...If its to much, and it requires the case be split, the whole thing goes to the scrap heap in favor of a Subaru...
• Van seats..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 4 Oct 2016 07:31:09 -0700
  ...An unanticipated benefit is with the little height gain they give, my Vanagon can now be driven like an old split window bus.... you...
• Re: West river
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:38:06 -0400
  ...I Knew I should have tried to win that full size splity > tent at Bus fusion. I could have used it to save your...
• Adjusting the parking brake.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 Feb 1995 09:26:04 +0500
  ...All of the other busses I've seen have a bar up front where the two cables split off to the wheels. Mine has...
• Re: [f] Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 12:47:57 -0600 (CST)
  ...since Hannover, germany is the ancestral 'home' of the majority >of our buses (early splits were made at Wolfsburg and later at Emden, then...
• Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Sun, 12 May 1996 13:07:40 -0700 (PDT)
  ...take a splitty front beam and strip it. then get some 71 trailing arms with all of the disk brake stuff on it. machine...
• '83 vs. '77
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 21:32:01 -0700
  ...Full campmobile I believe. (Got sink, reefer, stove.) I've owned splittys and vanagons. Never owned a late loaf. Never done much besides tune...
• Re: 19 or 23 window Bus wanted
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:45:13 -0700
  >I'm looking for a split for a good friend.It must have the overhead windows,sun- >roof and wrap-around rear windows.Also...
• Re: 66 VW Camper (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 11:58:05 -0400
  ...are partnered and are sado-masochists, I have jogged past a splittie in someone's backyard that used to be hidden by a fence...
• is Portland OR the promised land (contains vanagon content, I promise)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:32:24 -0400
  ...Couldn't believe the number of running and clean vanagons I saw (in addition to a number of loafs, split windows and some ragged...
• Re: window trim
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:53:42 EST
  ...What is your tool and method of choice? > Needle-nose pliers from the split where the ends join? Any special > recommendations? > > a small screwdriver...
• Re: vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:51:30 -0500
  ...see on your sign-on screen the picture of the vw split window bus? Car Talk nominates it in the top 10 worst cars...
• Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 08:02:59 -0700
  ...I'm also having very infrequent but associated with the buzzer episodes a split second valve clatter like once a year, but it will...
• Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:18:06 -0700
  ...You know the one, the one that eventually splits, stopping the odometer and tripometer from functioning. I've mined the archives without success. Having...
• Re: Leak on top of engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:07:41 -0500
  ...It makes a big mess when it splits. Jim On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:39 PM, Michael Diehr wrote: > The top of my...
• Re: Water tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:16:04 -0800
  ...There are two different sizes depending on your model year, the split seems to happen in 1987 but is vague as to exactly when...
• complete westfalia a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:51:56 EST
  ...will not split up. >>> >>> i do have some extra a/c parts from other vans if anyone needs any other >>> parts.. >>> >>> email me for...
• complete westfalia a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:19:54 EDT
  ...will not split up. i do have some extra a/c parts from other vans if anyone needs any other parts.. email me for...
• women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:45:56 -0800
  ...A friends mother got me driving her 1958 green on green splittie no syncro for first; come to a complete stop then go into...
• Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 17:08:32 -0700
  ...anymore! 8) > > > >And that's not a Bay, its a '67 Split. I just found the zoom control. > > > >Look out for the tow truck...
• 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy Texan
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:12:32 -0500
  ...http://www.williamwareagency.com/forsale/67van.htm I started about 10AM this morning to lay waste the this here 1966 Splittie Westfalia. You'll...
• Re: tips needed for grommet install
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 May 2017 09:20:52 -0400
  ...then using split loom, cover the wires and tube with it and use the ends of the grommet to hold the split loom. The...
• A neat trick (non-VW related)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 18:27:06 -0500
  ...If said capacitor is not available rigging up a way to touch the terminals for a split second to a good 5-10 amp...
• Re: CROSS COUNTRY TRIP
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:38:06 EDT
  ...I talked to a guy with a split windshield bus in Carson City, NV and he has to deal with the steep incline over...
• Re: Doka Look Alike
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:30:20 -0700
  Just use the axles from a Splittie... same thing ;) Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• '91 Mexi-Bug
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:23:52 GMT0BST
  ...It's great fun driving a new bug!! Ricky 1991 Mexi-Bug 1967 Split Camper 1995 Overdraft "Turn On, Tune In, Chill Out"
• Re: Float-a-bus
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 12:00:49 -0400
  ...A very long time ago I saw the same, a splittie likely since this was in say '67. It was on a small barge...
• Re:Door window seals noise
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Apr 92 17:49:29
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: Joel: Stat Change, Splittie PU Hoarding!
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:39:01 -0800
  Joel Walker wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:41:40 -0500 Jon Christensen said: > >Do I win the 'Most Toys' quantitative category? > > nope...
• More Viper Busses
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 96 22:09:54 MST
  ...I also saw a clip of another of the group's houses [I think], with a really straight tan splitty in the driveway. -- Todd...
• Re: [F] Prunes?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:49:36 -0800 (PST)
  >Oh, and I had the ONLY split window bus at the campout, so I hope that >Thom makes it to the next one. Besides...
• FS: Bentley Manual for Rabbit/Scirocco
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:43:16 -0800
  ...I'm in Victoria, BC, but will split postage, as long as it's not more than $10! Thx. Shawn & Janis Wright '88 Westy...
• Leesburg rally/round-up
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 15:13:42 EST
  ...attendees decide any further agenda! WHO- air, water, diesel- splitties to Eurovans; all ages, SO's, non-volks, etc. with focus on spring/summer...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:51:48 +1200
  On a 57 Split I once bent a cross-type lugwrench so that the arm ending in the socket used was twisted almost 360...
• Re: engine swaps... Transporter the name
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:33:23 +1300
  ...T1=Split T2=Bay T3="Vanagon" T4="Eurovan" T5=UGLEE