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• I just love surprises
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:18:50 -0500
  I found two Solex H-32/34 PDSI-3 Carbuerators on my hot rod 66 Splittie and I'm not having much luck finding...
• Re: Introduction
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:28:55 -0600
  ...Stan 83 Westfalia Air Cooled 66 Splittie Air Cooled I need something with air conditioning so that eliminates the > older > buses. I think my...
• Re: VW T2 Vanagon Do it Yourself Camper book?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:15:47 +1300
  ...T1 is the Split. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van...
• Re: Friday -Thanks Guys Bumper Sticker Contest
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:24:06 -0600
  ...hallucinations, but now I just drive through them. (for the 66 Splittie) Great showing guys. Stan Wilder ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access...
• Re: hatch tent
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:39:30 -0500
  Joe, I've seen an early splittie with one was semi-factory not homemade but a custom similiar idea. it had a plywood extension...
• Re: split window on craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:55:10 -0500
  What is that on the roof? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ ----- Original Message ----- > http://portland.craigslist.org/pts/118019320.html > > Just in case...
• Re: 3 Buses in One?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 7 May 2007 22:34:38 -0400
  ...Owsianowski wrote: > > What would a bus look like with a Splittie Front, Bay Window Side > and a > Vanagon Rear??? > > http://message.snopes.com/showthread...
• Non-Transplant: Prices of Ahnendorp Wasserboxer Mods
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  18 Dec 1995 11:43:11 EST
  ...This strategy will eat up most of the $6000 you were saving for that splittie project you've been thinking about. Or you could...
• Help me split the case!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:55:51 -0700
  ...or may not end up rebuilding, and it's time to split the case. Tom Wilson's book "How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:39:20 -0400
  ...Whatever stress split the pipe may still be operating and > a soft-solder butt joint has very little strength. > > If the split is along...
• Re: Friday Philosophy: On Community
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:00:40 -0700
  ...I bought a '61 Splitty in '64 and drove it for 3.5 years. I limped home from Scorro, NM, with the classic "cylinder...
• Re: 88 GL - Coolant Loss
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 04:30:05 -0600
  ...For fourteen years it's always been > the other way - top edge of the needle splits the light or the top edge > is just...
• Re: Vanagon Toys?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 04:52:06 EDT
  ...It has these old split windshield busses in two sizes. One is about the size of a regular plastic model, say 8-10 inches...
• Re: Need 83-84 era driver's spindle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Jan 2016 10:23:30 -0500
  ...I believe there is >a split in 85 where the inner diameter of the outer bearing was >changed. So for the early spindles you...
• Re: 1967-VW-13-Window
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:33:44 -0700
  ...BZ, you are too early for the party! It's not Friday yet for this Splitty. It's a hop, skip and jump away...
• Re: Rebuilding sink
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:43:28 -0700
  ...The flexible drain tube was splitting again and I decided to go a different route. I put a sheet of plywood or masonite on...
• Re: VW Splittie Ads
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 01:21:44 -0600
  (snip) >Don't tell me, you folks want me to type in all the >text from the ads too, don't you? > How about...
• Re: Found 6 Splitties in a barn!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 11:18:33 -0700 (PDT)
  And Mike White thus wrote: > > Well, just sit right down and I'll tell a tale, a tale of a beautiful > VW trip (Sing...
• Re: Fuel sender removal (splittie)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 May 1996 03:37:27 -0400
  Jonny said: I have determined that the fuel gauge sender on my '64 is busted. I have a spare, but is it neccesary to...
• Re: I heard a 'nasty' rumor!
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 20:27:55 -0600 (CST)
  ...If VW wanted a real winner, they'd beef up the old splitty design (add heat, a little more power, better steering, and modern...
• dreaming of a westy synchro
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Wilson
  Tue, 2 May 1995 23:21:37 -0700 (PDT)
  After 25+ years of split windows, with a beautiful 67 deluxe still hiding in the garage, I've come to realize that there will...
• Re: Uh Oh I'm in trouble.....
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 4 Jan 1995 17:04:19 -0800 (PST)
  >How do I tell my wife I am going to look at TWO more splitties? Do I look and >possibly buy and THEN tell...
• Old vs New Engine seals was Re: Further adventures
  Historical mailing list - dean c aukes
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 08:22:30 -0500
  ...foam type 4 seal on a type 1 install - 'loaf or split? I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like it would...
• Cross-posting
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 07:27:19 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Why are many of the posts getting posted in pairs on the same list! > Ithought we split the list(s) to reduce the traffic...
• Re: Engine blown...
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Wade
  Thu, 5 Dec 96 23:33:34 CST
  ...a thrown rod as long as the case hadn't been split? Or have I been >drinking again. Tim Smith > >.- > > The previous post's...
• Re: Mushy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Wed, 6 May 1998 00:57:56 -0400
  >>My brake pedal goes about half way down sits there for a split second then drops almost to the floor. They've been bleed...
• Diff lock servo remove help!
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:26:38 -0700
  ...hints on how to "push back protective cover and push the split pin out" to paraphrase Bentley. my protective cover is 1/8 th...
• Re: jacks
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:34:41 GMT
  >Brent: > >I believe these are all the same, even for the earlier bay window (and >maybe > >even splitties?) buses. They should be pretty plentiful...
• Re: vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:26:41 +1200
  >did you AOL members see on your sign-on screen the picture of the vw split >window bus? Car Talk nominates it in the...
• Re: VW T2 Vanagon Do it Yourself Camper book?
  Historical mailing list - Jessica Evans
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:01:46 -0800
  ...T1 >is the Split. On further examination, in a description down lower in the page, the title (translated from German, obviously) is shown as...
• Re: NVC - But Type 2's are nice...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 20 May 2004 10:28:23 -0500
  ...Just days later my g-friend also sat in the same Samba, which was the first time she ever experienced a split-window bus...
• Re: update - Rocky's results - was Westy Karma, was stuck in Custer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 06:11:22 -0700
  ...Joy, Bet you dollars to donuts that the vacuum line to the pressure regulator is split. $0.25 part. Jim Leopards break into the...
• Re: 2 person middle seat avail
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:10:11 -0600
  ...That could be a lot of money for fixing other things on > the van. > > Crazy people. > The seller must think it is a split...
• Re: Columbus, OH VW show Saturday!! Be there!!
  Historical mailing list - Todd S. & Carrie W.
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 02:52:36 -0500
  ...late bus has been split into late bus and late > camper. My dad, who's won late bus the last two years would like...
• Busfusion05 redux
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:42:58 +0000
  ...23 window SunSplitty A lovely green and white splitty westy A red and white splitty westy that actually gets used Lots of happy campers...
• Re: Firewood
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:49:47 -0600
  ...Heat is so intense and chemical reaction so fierce that it splits the oxygen from the water molecule for it's own use in...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:13:33 -0700
  ...Those Split-fire plugs are no better than anything else. They have 1 electrode that kind of splits into a Y-shape, and the...
• Re: VW's very cool high tech splitty
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:50:09 -0400
  ...VW's very cool high tech splitty > well someone at VW is still carrying the torch, check out this nice > splitty, made electric and...
• Re: Leaking Head perment fix ??
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:47:02 -0500
  He says, "3 split head gaskets in 4 months"? Sounds like a 'mechanic' that didn't know what he was doing. ANY gasket will...
• Re: The Brits sure love the old loafs (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:51:42 -0500
  They sure do! Splitties too. I sold my Westy interior from the '59er (took it out to do work on the body, then time...
• Re: Samba ad of the week (NVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 03:42:54 -0400
  ...if it were a splitty in the same condition 4500 would be a steal. . In a message dated 9/18/2015 1:52:57...
• Re: SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 20:31:38 -0700
  ...https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/about/lane_splitting ) There’s a 5’ wide lane there. The trick is to watch the...
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 17:36:48 -0700
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• Re: Who got the auctioned '87 Westy for $7700?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:29:55 -0700
  ...Maybe a splitty, but not a vehicle as current as a Westfallia. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Mar 10, 2015, at...
• In heat now, '87 Westy on horizon
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 16:09:13 CST6CDT
  ...Now get this-- he's having a compression test done by the dealer that morning per my request! We are gonna split the cost...
• Re: Bus needs a bra
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 13:51:34 -0500
  I would like to get a bra for my splitty bus. I would like to hear about your experiences with bras' , for your bus...
• Temporary au revoir
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Mar 92 00:12:05
  ...David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: towing
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 11:17:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I am seriously considering buying an old 1958 split window >doublecab. It is in pretty rough shape at the moment. I am currently at...
• Wetwesties camping, this weekend.
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 22:31:40 -0700
  ...The site is at the Crandall's property, who own some relly neat splitties. Everyone is welcomed (as long as you drive a VW...
• Re: Whoopeee! New list split suggestion
  Historical mailing list - matt greenwell
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:07:19 -0500
  careful, we southerners can be pretty fierce in the defence of southern culture (which, by the way, bears a striking resemblance to life in...
• Re: battery explosion
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 9 May 1999 11:32:43 -0600
  ...Mine was under the passenger seat and seemed only split a little--no pieces broken off. Internal short + hydrogen gas, I assume. Mine was...
• Lo Oil Pressure-Con Rods Mainly the Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:26:06 -0500
  ...main bearings are hard to find? Can this be done without splitting the case, or must you still do that? I would hate to...
• update on oil pressure woes
  Historical mailing list - Doug Mahone
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 22:22:06 -0500
  ...So I got home pulled the engine, and split the case. There was some definite wear on the cam bearings. I'm taking the...
• Oppss... sorry for yesterday's flop
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:33:04 -0400
  ...This was supposed to be a cartoon of a splittie westy. I cut and pasted into the message knowing that the listserver would cut...
• Re: Source for GOOD high pressure FI tubing & clamps?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:50:00 -0500
  ...Unless you have a few friends to split the cost of a large amount of these clamps, it is likely best to buy the...
• Re: Master Cylinder Cap Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Mon, 21 May 2007 12:32:36 -0400
  ...the family >1984 Westy "Brownie" >1980 PU diesel >1978 Rabbit diesel >1979 Rabbit gasser >1963? 23 window Splitty >1965 Bus >1969 Bus >1959 Bug
• Re: Yea Got my shirt today - and facebook
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:39:19 -0700
  ...I'm getting suspicious now that the bowl of salad from last > night's dinner was actually photoshopped banana splits. > > I stand witness that...
• Re: FS: Propex HS2000
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 9 May 2007 17:39:43 -0700
  ...PU diesel 1978 Rabbit diesel 1979 Rabbit gasser 1963? 23 window Splitty 1965 Bus 1969 Bus 1959 Bug . > What is the relative noise level...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - James G. Reed Jones
  Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:47:30 -0500
  ...Apart from the new roof and the > engine/cooling system, they differ from German Bays in having > Split-style linkpin front suspensions with disc...
• Should I buy this 66 Deluxe
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 95 16:59:13 EDT
  ...Yesterday while out cruising some WV backroads I see a red/white splittie sitting by the road, well I stop and talk to the...