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Re: Fwd: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon
Historical mailing list - vt
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 19:45:32 -0500
...There IS a world-wide market >> > hungry for a good 'ol VW SUV (sport utility van). I'd buy a new syncro >> > pax van...
Victoria VW show mini-report
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:46:33 -0700
...One beige/pale yellow 89 caravelle , imported by VW employee, fancy interior with two bucket seats in rear, two separate swivel buckets facing. Lots...
Re: Roof-center pop top ?
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:32:18 -0400
...Proobably a Riveria or Sportsmobile. On 8/27/09, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Yesterday I saw a Bay Window with a pop...
Re: Sportsvans: the saga continues ...
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:51:06 -0500 (CDT)
...That'll never happen with the Vanagon. > * the front seats are directly over the front wheels. this gives a strange > feeling to one's...
Re: difference's between model years
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:36:01 -0400
...Will most likely be at Circle Yer Wagens this weekend, Seveirville, Tennessee, USA at the fairgrounds, in a beat up split window sporting a...
Re: VANAGON digest 1403
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:08:33 -0600 (MDT)
...vanagon@lenti, rj@sportsx.com > Subject: Re: Fuzzy Gasket > Message-ID: <199706232143.OAA14519@natasha.> > > I'll try this one. The Vanagon (and I presume...
Re: Anyone ever fit a motorcycle in a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 07:41:23 -0500
...do this?? Brian, I once placed a Kawasaki KLR650 (a dual sport similar to your XR, only bigger and heavier) into a Vanagon without...
Re: WTB driver's side seat belt latch
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:58:14 -0700
...I > don't > know if the two sides are identical, but a first glance at mine shows that > the passenger side doesn't sport...
Re: SoCal Window Tint Referrals
Historical mailing list - Gregory A Childs
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:14:25 -0700
...They covered all windows to the rear of the driver and passenger seats without removing the rear cabinet. After two years the tinting is...
Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
Historical mailing list
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:59:24 EST
...access dead space under front seats (like others have done) -rear shoulderbelts from '90-91 van -S&S sport exhaust system -Audi 5cyl turbo...
vanagon accessories, upgrades, cool ideas, etc
Historical mailing list
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:36:44 EST
...access dead space under front seats (like others have done) -rear shoulderbelts from '90-91 van -S&S �sport exhaust system -Audi 5cyl turbo...
here are some cool vanagon acessories and upgrades
Historical mailing list
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:46:23 EST
...access dead space under front seats (like others have done) -rear shoulderbelts from '90-91 van -S&S �sport exhaust system -Audi 5cyl turbo...
T5 and camper
Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:10:23 -0500
...When I asked about the new van (which is available in Germany since May) they send me away from the sporty Audis, luxus-VW...
Re: Friday Philosophy: On Community
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:33:34 -0600
...I don't need leather seats -- the seats and fabric in my Vanagon are 22 years old and the camper has 170K miles. They...
Re: Fwd: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon
Historical mailing list - rpc
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 19:48:31 -0700
...There IS a world-wide market >> > hungry for a good 'ol VW SUV (sport utility van). I'd buy a new syncro >> > pax van...
How MGs lead to VWs (was Re: VW Hats)
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:22:00 -0700
...British sports car with a broken transmission, badly faded paint job, rotting tyres, rusted wire wheels, rusted chrome, and cracking leather seats along with...
Re: 12v AC power inverter in a Vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 9 Oct 2000 20:45:18 -0700
...seat? My hope, is that I would not be compromising the seats structure and >integrity. > >Has anyone installed a DC power inverter in their...
xr4ti venting and 928 P
Historical mailing list - Radish150
Tue, 6 Feb 2001 22:42:04 -0800
...Since then I've discovered what a real sports car is like. I have had two Porsche 928's in the last couple years...
Re: Military Issue Vanagons
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 23:22:57 -0700
...It was a >Military issue with Blackout Curtains, Gun Mount and troops seats (Could >carry ten troops.) The caption said that many Transporters had...
Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:07:06 -0600
...have sport utility vehicles! To take 2 or 3 children to school. No one else would want to sit in those back seats! They...
Re: here are some cool vanagon accessories and upgrades
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:21:06 -0800
...access dead space under front seats (like others have done) > -rear shoulderbelts from '90-91 van > -S&S �sport exhaust system > -Audi 5cyl turbo...
Re: Porsche's SUV
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:40:18 -0500
...have to say for around town driving > its the > worlds slowest sportscar - as well as the worlds most expensive > kharmanghia. > > Once you get on...
VERY RED! soon to need Bently for '89 Beetle.
Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
Mon, 28 May 2001 18:13:22 -0400
...NO TEARS in seats! We're in Southern New Jersey. Moorestown area - soon to be Tabernackle. If someone wants the whole thing for a...
Re: Audi 5000 - no vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 20:57:28 -0700
...The rear window buttons are a little fineky, the heated seats won't turn off and the coolant gauge is dead on mine. Simple...
FS: '87 Wolfsburg, CA car located in New Orleans
Historical mailing list - Adam Culp
Sat, 9 Sep 2000 12:03:03 -0700
...Again she is a Wolfsburg with the table and jump seats intact! I will truly hate to see her go and would like and...
Re: Hi and newby question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:43:12 -0500
...You really should report on the details of the screens, camping equipment, canvast top, body, steering, seats, etc. because there are thousands and thousands...
Re: Special Parts
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 8 Aug 2010 15:34:54 -0700
...very 'sports car' version of a vanagon. I have the first version of what became the Carat .. an 87 Wolfsburg .. it's lowered like...
Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
Historical mailing list - ed
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:18:32 -0500
...In the Vanagon, I will bungee the box to a board and belt the board down to one of the jump seats so the...
Re: 87 Syncro Weekender Trivia
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:40:05 -0800
...rear facing (Weekender style) seat instead of the two removable jump seats found on other 87 Wolfsburgs. Second, the upholstery pattern seems original but...
Considering SO-23 Westy - Input Needed (no real vanagon content
Historical mailing list - ovalwindow
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:30:02 -0800
...Original upholstery on the rear camper seats still! Complete camper interior (w/ 2 exceptions - glasses and ???netting??? - see below). Tent, outside, and inside upholstery...
Re: Multivan?
Historical mailing list - Hubert Wetekamp
Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:48:09 +0100
...It was introduced around 1985 after 5 years with cargo-vans and sport-vans for the business-people. The Multivan was build by Westfalia...
Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth?
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:52:48 -0600
...but then so are the triumphs, mg's, fiats, porsches, and all the other 'sports cars' of the 60's and 70's, so...
Re: Nice Video on the Cancelled MicroBus
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 21:22:20 -0800
...And they have wisely not strayed to far from what they do - sports cars, tho I think they are doing all right with their...
Re: Traveller in distress (near Chicago) - UPDATE TWO
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:52:25 -0500
I nearly bought a 93 Euro Van with a dead 5 cylinder front Audi Engine sporting only 66k miles. Everybody on the Wet Westies...
Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (quite a bit of VC)
Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:12:10 -0800
Al and all, I figured with the storage, jump seat config, three swiveling seats, two tables, extra lights, cupholders, soundproofing, handles etc that I...
Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:05:42 -0800
...In the Vanagon, I will bungee the box to a board and belt the board down to one of the jump seats so the...
Re: Fast German Auto rebuilds and core charges?
Historical mailing list - Wil Barker
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 12:35:38 -0400
...Kyle from Volks MOtor Sports has seen their shop and says it is very well organized and they decided to use AVP instead of...
Re: new vw rotten unvieled.
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:24:28 -0500
...All seats can be sunk easily in the ground, so that a relocation car with monumental 4,100 liters of cuddy originates. As 5...
Re: Multivan?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 3 Apr 2000 01:38:40 EDT
...It was introduced around 1985 after 5 years with cargo-vans and sport-vans for the business-people. The Multivan was build by Westfalia...
Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
Historical mailing list - Annie
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:47:46 -0800
...Like Loren said, problems occur when people drive a rear-engined vehicle like the Beetle or a Corvair as though it were a sports...
Re: difference's between model years
Historical mailing list - James
Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:32:02 -0400
...the Carat models with jump seats and the fold up table -- a huge value > > add to the experience of Vanagoning. > > 3. the fiberglass bumper...
Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 21:44:23 -0800
...The Dell is inserted into a bay between the seats made from a modified docking station. Input is controlled using an RF keyboard plus...
Re: Traveling/Camping With a Baby
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:23:13 -0800
...These stores operate on the same principle as Play-it-Again Sports, Plato's Closet, Music-Go-Round, or Computer Renaissance, they buy your...
Re: camper conversion other than Volkswagen
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:03:32 -0700
...or Larry Chase's Roadhuas site ...( feels like I have that slightly not right ..but you know what I mean ) and nice handling sporty...
Re: Parting out a 1987 Wolfsburg vanagon in Toronto / BusFusion / Niagara Falls
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 21 May 2012 19:34:19 -0700
...it's a sports car of a vanagon .. it's also nice they have fiberglass bumpers and no side cladding. 87's btw... are...
I'm baaaack! Lots of T3 stuff coming from Germany!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:22:53 -0800
...Side gates for Single and Double Cabs, Seats, a complete multi-van interior, tires, some wheels, belt guards, CV boot guards, Syncro 16 wheel...
Re: VW's New Chattanooga Plant
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:36:07 -0500
...You could throuw a matress in the back - or all four seats fold flat into a bed - and yes I have seen a pop...
Re: I just test drove the 99 Eurovan Camper
Historical mailing list - Ed Stevens
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:02:16 -0400
...Its still no sports car but I had >no complaints. Its now offered with an optional single seat or bench >seat in the middle...
Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:17:32 -0600
...The Dell is inserted into a bay between the seats made from a modified docking station. Input is controlled using an RF keyboard plus...
Story: Most improved vw bus (1966)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 09 Feb 95 15:12:11 CST
MOST improved VW-Bus Dean Oster's $12,000 VW Bus/Camper sports ideas you can use to improve any VW Bus - be it...
Re: difference's between model years
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:50:42 -0400
...the Carat models with jump seats and the fold up table -- a huge > value > > > add to the experience of Vanagoning. > > > 3. the fiberglass bumper...
Re: House Battery and Clearance
Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:17:20 -0800
...We had a 50Ah in there before and it was just not enough with the fantastic fan and Engle freezer between the seats. I...
Sportsvans: the saga continues ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 12 Apr 94 14:24:07 CDT
...on long trips, and even with the uncomfortable-after-two-hours seats in the 'bread-loaf' buses, i'd still rather have a vw...
Re: [WetWesties] WTB driver's side seat belt latch
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:57:46 -0700
...I don't know if the two sides are identical, but a first glance at mine shows that the passenger side doesn't sport...
Re: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
Mon, 7 May 2007 16:00:16 -0400
...I didn't notice that "seats 7" comment on the old site...wow. Here's another funny screw up from the old site, first...
Re: Unused Fridge and weight (long)
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Thu, 26 May 2005 08:59:35 -0700
...Just replaced it with the Coleman "WideBody" 50-quart plastic model (on sale at Sports Authority for $17.99 with an extra jug and...
Re: House Battery and Clearance
Historical mailing list - Chris Cary
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:53:55 +0000
...The rest of the setup is an 80watt Zamp solar and a two bank SportMarine battery manager. It was more than adequate until I...
Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:00:23 -0700
...I'm camped in a friend's driveway tonight, with the Westy plugged into shore power, so the Pro-Sport charger is doing its...
Re: Why I LOVE My Westy AND my other vehicles
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:35:01 -0700
...If I put the seats back in it, it carries 7 large adults in luxury, along with lots of luggage. With them out, it...
Re: difference's between model years
Historical mailing list - James
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:07:39 -0400
...the Carat models with jump seats and the fold up table -- a huge > > value > > > > add to the experience of Vanagoning. > > > > 3. the fiberglass bumper...