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• Re: Eurovans, Winnebago and Westfalia (was: Comet Camper Cafe)
  Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
  Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:19:01 -0500 (EST)
  ...The Winnie bit sounds right so is clipped... > There are several different models being discussed here. > > In 1993 (perhaps other years also??) VW offered...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:34:50 -0700
  ...difference's between model years I know that it is accepted that the later year vanagons are better than the earlier vanagons, why? Not...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:06:16 -0800
  Some early gas models had a EGR light instead I think and I know that the 82 and 83 diesel Vanagons didn't come...
• Re: Swapping a tach for the clock?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:22:18 -0700
  On 3/23/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote: > > Anyone got the definitive answer on what years/models tachs were standard > in? Paul...
• Re: vanagon - warm air please!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:55:00 -0800
  ...The air/heater control box was changed during the 1983 model year to a much improved design. I have put later boxes into 82...
• Re: Updates at www.Vanagons.org
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 3 Jan 2020 02:46:31 +0000
  ...This leaves 1985 as the only year not yet covered in the site's year-by-year, model-by-model pages. 1984 had five...
• Revell Model
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:29:07 -0400
  ...Revell-Volkswagen-Vanagon-Camper-Westy-NOS-model-kit_W0QQitemZ180105485987QQihZ008QQcategoryZ2581QQcmdZViewItem I haven't done a model in years - I probably shouldn't touch it but...
• Re: Fwd: Lights off when key off (was DRLs)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 20:37:43 -0700
  At 09:39 PM 9/17/98 -0400, you wrote: >In Canada new vehicles were equipped with DRL in 1990 model year. The Vanagon...
• Rare Vanagon Toy - Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 20 May 2009 00:49:19 -0700
  ...I can't currently justify the expenditure, but this is the first time in YEARS that I've seen this model available. It's...
• what year did california get it's own bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 05:25:03 GMT
  ...and no California models. I'm thinking of moving there in '97 and would hate to get attatched to a bus (I'm looking...
• Re: fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 1 May 1998 20:00:58 -0700
  ...I do not know exactly what year model van he has but I believe it is an earlier model that the 90- 91. As...
• Re: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:35:26 -0400
  ...difference's between model years I suppose no one let the 5-cylinder South African Microbus secret spill yet. Darn. Chris.
• Re: Color matching pop tops?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:02:29 -0600
  What years/models? had color matching pop tops?
• 4 speed tranny info
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:20:53 EDT
  ...the Vanagons were used in other VW models? Is there a difference between different year gas model 4 speed transmissions? Gary ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private...
• Re: "Caravelle" model name
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:29:58 +0100
  ...the model name "Caravelle" was also used by Chrysler, for the Plymouth > Caravelle - a 4 door midsize sedan manufactured for a few years in...
• Re: catalina 2500 awning
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 19:53:59 -0600
  ...I think it look pretty good but have seen a couple of sleeker models. I don't know if the new models have changed...
• 1990 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 16:30:11 -0400
  Vanagonauts, I'm working on the 1990 version of my Vanagon Model Year Summary-USA write-up and can't seem to determine if...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:22:41 -0700
  ...I've only had four cars in my driving life (34 years now, yikes!), all SAABs. One was a '73 model 95 station wagon...
• Re: model year differences?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:31:34 -0800
  ...model year differences? In a message dated 1/26/05 12:19:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, robw_z@YAHOO.COM writes: > I apologize...
• Re: Is it a '90 or an '89???
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 21:15:01 -0500
  ...Apparently, around May of 1989 VW started making 1990 models. The model year of a vehicle is not determined by the date of manufacture...
• Re: Vanagon 2wd Spring lengths
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:37:40 -0700
  ...I'm pretty sure that these are NOT the lower springs that were > >introduced in the 1988 model year. My Westy was manufactured in...
• Re: What years power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:59:50 -0700
  ...there is one 'real' way to determine the year model of a vanagon ........ it's in the VIN. You should have a 'B' in...
• Time to think about winter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:28:53 -0600
  ...900 (9k btu)model? Tom B.-Wave 3000 didn't cut it at my coldest (28 degrees +-) campout this year, January in Lake Havasu...
• Re: My new '91 Westy is a '90... bummer
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:41:50 -0800
  ...There were NO new "1991" or M year model Vanagons legally available for sale in California. +----------------------------------------------+ | You need only two tools: WD-40 and...
• Re: WHAT YEAR?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 02:03:58 EST
  ...net writes: << What year and month did VW change the Vanagon clock to a tach?Thanks. >> All '85 model year GL vanagons got the...
• Re: Q: Any differences in syncro year models?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:27:00 PST
  ...Any differences in syncro year models? >Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:27:17 -0500 > >Is there anything different in regard to the drive...
• Re: Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:30:49 PDT
  ...with 84 models ect, how many years after purchase was it necessary for you to replace all the coolant lines??? 10 years, 12, 14...
• Re: Swapping a tach for the clock?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:18 -0600
  ...Some 90/91 >> passenger >> models also NOT. Other than that, who knows? >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> Paul Guzyk wrote: >> >>> Anyone got the definitive answer on what years...
• VW 2.5L RE: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:29:37 -0400
  ...difference's between model years Does the late 2.5L use a VW-type bellhousing pattern or the standard Audi-type? On Tue, Sep...
• Re: New to list, need info on Syncro's
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 1996 20:14:14 -0400
  ...last year the Syncro was made? In the USA Syncros were imported for model years 1987, 87, 89, 90, & 91. > - Are some models of...
• 1981 vs 1982??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:57:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...Several wrote saying that this started at the beginning of the 1981 model year, but apparently this difference began mid-year 1981 with some...
• Re: FS: '78 Champagne Edition Westy, show camper
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 12 May 2001 06:31:15 EDT
  ...VW's early attempt at "late in the year" marketing of the current model year. It would be the precursor to the Wolfsburg Editions...
• propane regulator data update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 08:59:34 -0400
  ...If it is more than five years old, I am going to go with the newer, more hard to fit, model 290. Derek ___________________________________ Derek...
• vanagon dependable jd powers study
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 09 Mar 1997 09:41:51 -0500
  ...The full-size sport utility segment completes the list of the six light truck segments and is led by the 1990 model year Toyota...
• Air/Watercooled- Confessions of a VW Van lover/(hater)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 19:28:57 -0700
  ...Specific years and models had specific weaknesses and strengths. My year options above are all some of the better years of their class. Given...
• Re: Honey, I shrunk the Kids!(so they can fit in my Eurovan)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:08:31 EST
  ...Also, why are > there virtually no models for sale for the 1994-1998 model years - it would > appear that maybe VW wasn't importing...
• Re: 82 diesel camper for sale ... milwaukee, WI $5200
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:46:01 -0800
  ...I'd say 20-40% in 2 years. Passenger models are just the opposite with new models falling faster and older models holding level...
• Re: Clarification on non-GL Campers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Feb 1997 23:03:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...s? > >For what model years is the above configuration available? > >Does the name of this configuration change with the model year? > >I would appreciate...
• Re: Part Friday -- Headlight Switch Hazard
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:02:01 -0400
  Since your model year is a later model, I would assume that they (the centipedes) had more legs than the earlier version (86 and...
• Re: '67 Westy Resto form Hell Update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 00:45:27 -0400
  ...67 model year started in late 66, and they changed the locks from the T series key to the Lseries key. 67 model year...
• Re: '80 non-L two tone sighting
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 13:44:32 EST
  ...models, and then the kombi (bare bonez, no headliner in back, solid color paintjob) chris (2nd in chain of command down from the year...
• Re: 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:25:47 -0600
  ...model speedo > > > On 12/3/04 6:50 PM, "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > > > Actually, AFAIK 1981 was the last model year for...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:23:04 -0700
  The nice part is that some later model improvements can "bolt up" or be modified to fit earlier model year Vanagons. - seats - "power" side...
• Re: Honey, I shrunk the Kids!(so they can fit in my Eurovan)
  Historical mailing list - bob mendonca
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:14:32 -0800
  ...Also, why are there virtually no models for sale for the 1994-1998 model years - it would appear that maybe VW wasn't importing...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:32:11 -0400
  ...The improvements made over the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's models are amazing! Heh heh... Sorry. Seriously, I think it...
• Re: VW bus in railroad museum
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:02:52 -0500
  ...We went to a model railroad display at our local history museum last year and they had a bus as well. I think it...
• Re: Vanagon models, power
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:14:30 EST
  In a message dated 3/16/99 7:48:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, jrdorn@BELLSOUTH.NET writes: > Is one model year, and or...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 03:38:33 -0500
  ...any years / models we should avoid Stephen Steele wrote: > 81 to 83 diesels were offered (can you say s-l-o-w ?) Can you...
• What years the 1.9TD
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Sun, 30 May 1999 21:21:21 -0700
  ...What years, and in what models did the 1.9TD appear in Canada. Mark [text/html]
• Re: 1990 VW Vanagon - $5500 (redwood city)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 28 May 2008 15:26:59 -0700
  Hi Ben So, the L model had the steel bumpers, older -style mirrors and wheels, eh? Guess I haven't seen that many 1990...
• Re: one again last try with the letter to CEO Pischetsrieder
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:50:32 EST
  ...The T4 Syncro is too expensive and the model is now over 10 years old. It wouldn't make since to bring the T4...
• Re: Alternative doorhandles from other VW models?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:54:06 -0800
  ...91 specific. >front doorhandles interchange between all years. I think he wants to know if other MODELS of VW car have handles that will...
• upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 May 94 19:32:24 CDT
  from Service Bulletins, Model Year 1988 .......................................................................... Technical Information Group: 40 Number: 88-01
• Re: VanagonmModel year designations
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 9 May 2008 11:10:33 -0700
  ...But it's also not hard to drill and tap those 83.5 heads to accept a PS bracket' The 'model' year *usually* stars...
• REALLY cheap westy on www.trader.ca
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:30:14 -0500
  Year: 1985 Make: VOLKSWAGEN Model: WESTFALIA Model Detail: Price: $1,450 Mileage: 170,000 km Date: 1/20/03 Ad Type: Dealer Comment: 4...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - uncajoel
  Sun, 18 May 2008 07:59:13 -0500
  ...all 1990 models that were NOT syncros were made in Hannover, Germany. about halfway through the 1991 model year, ALL the vanagon models began...
• Re: VIN # meaning
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:19:45 -0800
  the 'real' and correct way to tell what model year vanagon it is, is by the letter in the 10th position of the VIN...
• Re: name that model year
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 26 May 2005 13:34:38 -0600
  ...late model.. > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15291&item= > 4552668473&rd=1> > > any insights from the model experts? Chris...
• 1985 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 96 19:19:32 CDT
  ...should look for it this model year? Is there a "Type" such as "Type II" for this model year or might there be? Any...
• Re: 2.1 L Exhaust Header Gasket Size, Can you use any other VW model years gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:22:29 -0400
  ...2.1 L Exhaust Header Gasket Size, Can you use any other VW model years gasket? I am trying to get a gasket for...