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• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:04:41 -0400
  ...the most likely first VW van of the average list member? Splitty? John Jensen johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com http://www.johnjensenartist.com bluesbug@verizon.net
• Re: Old splitty camper
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 23:34:40 -0500
  It sounds like a 58-61 from the taillights and turn signals, maybe a westy with the flip top. Nice! There is a body...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:47:22 -0700
  I did exactly this with a splitty back in the 70's. It looked surprisingly good, to my eye, though I'm sure no...
• Re: Van Picture
  Historical mailing list - Mills Crosland
  Wed, 2 Sep 2015 04:30:26 +0000
  ...Who among us hasn't wished that our bricks possessed a bit more of the aesthetic DNA of a splitty, or even a bay...
• Re: Vanagon carrying capacity
  Historical mailing list - selten
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:23:04 -0600
  I once put the entire interior from an splitty westfalia inside my Westy. All the cabinets and seats and assorted cushions . The biggest piece...
• Re: I love Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 22:24:38 -0500
  ...backfire...I once watched a friend load a canoe in his splitty. > It was a couple inches long so he pushed it and then...
• Using list stuff in club mags
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 92 11:26:20
  ...all writers retain copywrite, and it seeks to entertain and inform Splitty lovers.. Is there a problem with doing this? If there was something...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:08:39 -0800
  ...Jake On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:09 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > Jake, > > He means: > > Type 2 T1 Splitty > Type...
• Re: Vanagon Icon for GPS
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:42:28 -0500
  ...Also on Garmin's website (in garmin garage) there's a splitty panel > van shortbus named Tiny. > http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/product.html...
• Re: RESCUE ALERT: 67 bus, no motor, $500. Alabama
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 21:00:53 -0500
  ...Tuesday, December 03, 1996 8:47 PM > > in the Birmingham News: > > VW Bus '67, last of the Splittys, good body, no motor, $500. > call...
• Re: BusFusion 2004 - Report
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:07:13 -0400
  ...Lot's of nice busses though --- a beautiful '66 splitty camper and a multi-coloured Bay that has to be seen to be fully...
• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:51:39 -0400
  ...64, but I started down this road in a $300 '63 splitty. > > Tom > > Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! > > ----- Reply...
• Re: 66 splitty
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 05:02:23 -0500
  In a message dated 97-11-25 23:58:34 EST, robbian@GTE.NET writes: << Hi guys! I just bought a 66 splitty, Kombie...
• Double Cab
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 13:53:49 -0400
  All, I'm looking for a nice double cab, any year, Splitty - Bubble - Vanagon. I would like to find one that is straight, solid...
• Re: Stealth camping
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:39:13 -0500
  Ah HA! -> >I did stealth camping in my 1967 VW Splitty in the parking lot of Northrop >Aircraft Corp., down in Hawthorne, California for...
• Re: Splitty ditties..(f)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 13:48:43 -0800 (PST)
  And David Eccles thus wrote: > > Whose engine was chronically ill > Its pistons had popped > Its valves had dropped > and its big ends were over...
• Re: Oktobugfest
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:36:21 -0400
  ...I'll be there, swapping splitty bus bits in space 112 by the 'pond'. Clara
• Re: The Vanagon Wave (was Vanagonitis Cured!)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 12:37:30 -0700
  ...wave", "hang loose" or "peace" signs have been exchanged between the Splitty folks for years. Whoever spots the other first generally initiates the sign...
• Re: screensaver thanks
  Historical mailing list - Barry & Margarita
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:01:36 -0500
  ...I have a splitty that shuts down my win98 os. Truthfully, I wouldn't mind have all busses/cabs mixed into a single screensaver...
• Re: I'd like to thank...
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 21 Aug 1996 07:39:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...These old busses are pretty > rare around here (actually, extremely rare - I've never seen another > splitty here), and I'm feeling a little...
• Seen on the road.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:17:50 -0700
  ...Between Sacramento and Roseville, on a trailer a type 2 splitty pickup shortend to the wheelbase of a beetle (trailering up to) Hot August...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:33:48 -0600
  ...Sometime around 1972, I bought another "microbus" -- a splitty, as I recall. After I sold it, I had no VWs for many years. Then...
• Re: Splitty Chassis/dating
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 07:20:29
  Easiest if you check out the NEATO web site - it contains info on datind and deciphering plates and also has paint codes M nos...
• Re: FS Splittie Side Barn Doors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:22:27 EDT
  ...at any rate, finding a set of solid splitty side cargo doors is not a easy thing to do these days. chris
• Re: By name and culturally we Vanagon owners are..... (Frydaye)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:52:52 -0500
  ...cause cancer > > Nature lovers > > Latent Ricers > > Ricers with a family > > Survivalists > > Splitty/Bay graduates > > Masochists > > Familial sadists > > Inner Krauts > > Excellent lovers > > Annoying > > Optimistic > > Relentless...
• can anyone in CT helicoil ?
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:01:30 -0700
  ...in CT know how to do this and if so could you help me out? thanx a bunch, Tracy 85' GL "Ripple" 65' Splitty
• Re: Wow
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 15:28:18 -0700
  ...Basically a Vanagon chassis with splitty sheet metal and a turbo Porsche motor, carbon fiber roof, etc. I can't imagine the amount of...
• Re: Vanagon engine heater
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:13:15 -0700
  ...from back in the 60s; I had one on my '61 splitty to help it start at -35 in NoDak (with only 6 volts...
• Re: (Friday) You Drive What?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:19:51 -0800
  ...Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:30 PM A blog with photos of unusual vehicles.� Here's a nice splitty camper they are making fun...
• Re: Anyone ever see a vanagon boat top?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:13:17 -0400
  ...Getting it out of the water was a problem, the bottom of the lakes are littered with splitty's and their boat tops. Bryan
• old bus to vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 3 May 2018 18:48:36 -0400
  ...would the oil plug from a bay window or splitty be the same as the one I use in my 1.9? I found...
• Re: '56 kombi - brakes (again)
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 12:50:29 -0700
  ...Does ANYONE on this list have a splitty with perfect > brakes? > > Bradley My splitty has perfect brakes, once I stop hard a couple of...
• Need artwork for EveryBus shirts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Palmer
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:48:00 -500
  ...Splitty with square top Splitty with sub hatch early (68-73) bay westy late (74-79) bay westy vanagon westy Eurovan westy/winnie If...
• Re: speedo resto..
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:31:00 -0700
  I'm curious about this too, and am assuming you're talking about the 3 colored indicators on the bottom of splitty speedos. I...
• flex brake lines for splitty recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:45:04 -0400
  (back from vacation mode :) I am in the market to replace the flex lines on my single (eep!) master cylinder brake system for my...
• Re: Busses in the Movies
  Historical mailing list - MF
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 19:48:28 -0500
  ...It is a bay window if I remember right, but I could be > wrong. > > Also, there is a splitty used in Back to The...
• Re: Ellis- coming out party! Attn: Coyote
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 22:34:53 EST
  ...to "syncrohead" Jim of SoCal) aka "Rusty VanBondo" a die-hard Splitty nut ('67 down microbus) who used to do a monthly cartoon in...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:24:36 -0800
  ...almost forgot. > >> > >> T1 = Splitty > >> T2 = Breadloaf > >> T3 = Breadbox > >> T4/T5 = Out of Class completely > >> > >> MT > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• anyone have experience using a stinger on their vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - gary
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:46:30 -0500
  ...stock exhaust or go for the stinger--I saw some ol' splitty in Jupiter Fl with this stinger---it was cool---where can I...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:32:30 -0500
  ...T1=Splitty T2=Bay T3=Brick T4/T5=Not appreciated enough to warrant any endearing nicknames. I would say Minivan, but they're built...
• rear Westy lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 17:33:12 -0500
  ...to replace the old splitty type GHE Soffitte lamps in those 2 light overheads?<br /><br />Dave B.<br /></div>
• Re: walk thru dormobile splitty's??
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 15:03:45 -0700 (PDT)
  And UTORInfoCommons thus wrote: > > does anyone know if there was ever a walk thru dormbile offered on pre 1968 busses?? > > On a similar vein...
• Re: I love Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 22:10:47 -0500
  ...backfire...I once watched a friend load a canoe in his splitty. It was a couple inches long so he pushed it and then...
• Fw: Re: [VANAGON] vanagon chess set
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:06:43 -0600
  ...a Eurovan? after all, it IS a "different gender" from the splitty/bay/vanagon buses ... that is, its engine is in the front. ;) > King...
• 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: '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...
• 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: Finding women like this (was Big Valves for me?)
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:34:25 -0700
  ...I own an 85' restored it practically myself, am lookin for a 70's bay, and 60's splitty, and am going to school...
• Re: Craigslist 69 Splitty no pic
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:35:13 -0700
  Bay windows were introduced in 1968, but VW still made splitties in SA & Brazil until 1975 +_. Not sure about Australia & Kiwi Land? YMMV, Tom...
• Re: the guy with the toy buses...HELP!
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 8:31:07 PST
  ...Will the person who > found sets of toy splitty buses (cal look as I remember), contact me? Thanks. That was me. I have contacted...
• Re: Clamshell toolbox
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:14:06 -0500
  ...Clamshell toolbox Compared to my 64 VW Splitty and my motorcycle, my Westfalia is a safety haven. Also, I don’t go over 90.
• Re: Nut Size - Found it - Saw splitty's too
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 10 May 2013 11:23:14 -0400
  >> I am curious though if you have any idea when it went missing or thinking >> back,"that's what that noise was last month...
• Re: Movie, this sux how do they get our addys anyhoo
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:34:25 -0700
  ...Tracy 85' GL "Ripple" 65' Splitty John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> wrote: I think this was a virus. I just received 6 different...
• Re: Better than stickers
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 12:34:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...I see...late model vanagon owners could have rectangular streamers, bay window owners' streamers could be slightly curved, and splitty owners could, of course...
• Re: Splitty Deluxe Skylight Tint?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:15:32 -0400
  Another newbie 20+ Window owner question: Being up close and personal with only a few Sunroof Deluxes I just now noticed that the skylights...
• 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: 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: 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...
• Re: T2/T1/0.5?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:06:25 -0700
  ...hope this helps, Craig the Gorge VW club gorgevwclub.com ps - very much a splitty junkie