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  • Re: The lid is *NOT* Plastic!
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:15:52 +1200
    ...too large a solid lump, and it gets so hot it splits and smokes... a bit more and up it goes. A reaction which...
  • OT: how to check Bug engine is a 1.3 or 1.6 externally
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 6 Dec 2005 23:23:23 +1300
    Further to the young fella's "new" Split project... The engine is a 40hp 1.2 or larger engine. But how do we tell...
  • FS: Porsche Boxster 17" Split Spoke alloys $500 take-offs
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:35:31 -0700
    Hi Gang, My wheels look like these ones except without tires. http://i13.ebayimg.com/02/i/08/58/80/38_1.JPG The...
  • FS: bluestar or carat interiors..with jumpseats
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:22 EDT
    ...prefer local pickup in southeast pa may split up at a later date. please no negative comments, serious inquiries only. p-mail me off...
  • Buses by the Beach Raffle and Silent Auction May 14th-17th at Grand Rogue Campground, Belmont, Michigan
    Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
    Tue, 12 May 2009 22:03:01 -0400
    ...with Eriba Trailer Sherrie Aoki 1 Mailbu International 1:87 scale Splittie with Eriba Trailer Sherrie Aoki 1 Travel Domino Set in Wooden Box...
  • Re: cam question
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 1 Feb 95 17:47:22 PST
    ...And since I fully expect all the lifters to fall out all over >>the place when I split the case, I'm also going...
  • Re: What to do for a seized heater fan?
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:01:18 -0600
    ...then you have to split open the heat seamed housing >to get at the motor. there is no "quick easy fix". bite the bullet...
  • Re: [Syncro] Syncro Forum
    Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
    Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:39:39 -0700
    ...Apart from the technical superiority of a > mailing list over a web based bulletin board, I think we should > concentrate rather than split knowledge...
  • Bus community event - unplanned but great!
    Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
    Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:07:02 -0600
    ...Brian (60 Splitty single cab) came over early this morning and helped me install the tranny. Dewayne (66 Splitty Kombi)) came by as well...
  • Re: [F] youngest
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Fri, 7 Oct 2011 10:34:36 -0600
    On Oct 7, 2011, at 10:29 AM, J Stewart wrote: > That is correct! Splitties are for the young folks (I had one when...
  • Re: [Fwd: [T2] H2O Vanagon part needed - pic included]
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:00:27 -0500
    If that part of the coolant system froze and split he may well have much bigger problems, if the water in the cylinder jackets...
  • RE: '52 Barndoor update
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:44:00 -0800 (PST)
    ...I couldn't believe my eyes! > There if front of me was a '56 panel van, five other split window buses, >three bay windows...
  • Crew Cab / 21 Window
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:55:26 -0400
    ...Will work trade for a straight rust free crew cab or sunroof split window beetle or a big bucket of cash. For details call...
  • Re: POSSABLE PROBLEMS
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan 'Snuggles' Edwards
    Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:39:10 -0400 (EDT)
    ...richard...you like challenges don't ya!!!!! i know where a splittie is and has been for quite a time that would be a...
  • RE: repost:should I Buy a '73 for parts?
    Historical mailing list - Eric L. Borgen
    Tue, 16 Apr 96 09:16:00 PDT
    ...I Saw An Old White Split Rotting Beside Someone's House Last Night On The Way Home From Work!!!)(Maybe I Can Pick It...
  • PARTING OUT an 84 VanagonGL ??? Anyone??
    Historical mailing list - MtnGal
    Sat, 20 Mar 1999 09:43:02 -0800
    ...that covers the heater behind the stick shift (the glides are split on mine causing it to hang funny) Is your AFM GOOD??? QUOTE...
  • Muffler bracket question
    Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
    Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:12:21 -0500
    ...TIA, Mike - 86 Westy syncro/67 Deluxe split
  • Campbelltown, PA show (repeat)
    Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
    Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:26:38 -0400
    ...beltways. | |Thanks |Glenn |p-mail = mccomas@shore.intercom.net |Queenstown, Maryland |[near the split of US_50+301, where 50 heads for Ocean City]|
  • Brown Captain's Chairs w/adjustable armrests
    Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
    Sun, 26 Aug 2001 08:00:41 -0400
    ...I would like a pair in excellent condition, meaning no rips or tears, no split seams, no floppy armrests, everything working and looking great...
  • Re: Late Bus Pop Top on Splittie, possible ?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:20:05 -0600
    yep, a guy from the type2 list did this.. ------------------------ Clip ------------------ Yes I saw that. Text time I'm at the wrecking yard I'm...
  • Re: 2003 Bug-In pictures posted
    Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
    Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:44:37 -0500
    ...23 window splitties have additional windows at the rear quarter (slightly wrapping around the corner). On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 04:19 PM...
  • Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 8 May 2004 21:42:49 -0500
    ...Bought a really nice two-tone green splittie for $400 in 70. Traded it for a near-new fiat convertible. Stupid. Bought a 69...
  • nice splitty at gebhardt in boulder
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Thu, 5 May 2005 10:30:39 -0600
    i picked up my van at frey's foreign cars in boulder yesterday, and stopped in at gebhardt (vw dealer) to look at a...
  • Re: Automatic Westy's vs Manual Westy's - two wheel
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:21:09 -0500
    ...Opinions seem to be split but generally indicate that the automatic is a more robust transmission. I have one of each and I love...
  • Re: asking prices
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
    Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:26:15 -0800
    ...SO-42 Rust bucket 10000USD and counting Just visit thesamba.com and see the ridiculous asking prices for split window busses in any condition...
  • Re: jack
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:23:42 -0800
    ...I recommend you furlough the POS stamped steel lug wrench, (mine split while attempting to loosen a lug) and invest in a breaker bar...
  • Re: T3 Vanagon makes the grade for large Swiss Alps Vintage VW gathering
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:22:52 -0700
    ...Quite a few T3s, but > always in the background.... > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGkwiZWFCk > > Splitties are like Buses By the Bridge--three...
  • '56 kombi tranny: day 6/?
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Thu, 5 Jan 1995 21:22:42 -0800 (PST)
    ...for yet another set of gaskets! Oye! I'll have to split the reduction boxes again, and take everythign apart all the way back...
  • '82 diesel cooling problem
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
    Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:21:50 -0400 (EDT)
    ...About a month ago, I had a hose split in my 82 diesel westy. of course it was exclusive to the diesel, so I...
  • Re: Favorite stickers
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:18:54 -0500
    ...Eric Caron > On Dec 28, 2019, at 10:14 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > i actually have that Jesus in a splittie...
  • Re: cheap shipping company, Mass to SF. Engine Rebuild Question too
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:34:34 -0500
    ...I plan to split the case. What should I do >next? Should I take out the pistons and flywheel, or should I just >split...
  • Re: Danfoss VS Sawafuji Compressor. Which is Electrically More Efficient?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:43:09 -0400
    On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:26:10 -0700, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >I'm hair splitting. Which fridge type I choose...
  • Re: New filler tube in, grommets and gas line replaced, still smell gas....
    Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
    Sat, 26 May 2012 07:34:31 -0400
    ...That cross-over vent/ evap line is about 5/8ths inch in diameter. << Going across the top of the tank, and split from one...
  • Re: Vanagon envy?
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:15:09 -0600
    ...Vanagon Westfalias as were there this year. > And the Bays and Splities that have been there in the past were noticeably > absent. So I...
  • Re: Dead of Winter Camp Out- North Georgia,USA
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
    Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:04:33 EST
    ...hey George isn't this group all about splitties , not bays or vannies?? Unless something has changed with them. They also never post anything...
  • Re: Relay #4 - what does it do?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 3 Apr 2010 21:14:32 -0700
    ...I see 1 from coil going to tach. (as it should) It also happens to split off to 1 of the empty #4 relay...
  • Re: By name and culturally we Vanagon owners are..... (Frydaye)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:49:45 -0400
    ...cause cancer > > Nature lovers > > Latent Ricers > > Ricers with a family > > Survivalists > > Splitty/Bay graduates > > Masochists > > Familial sadists > > Inner Krauts > > Excellent lovers > > Annoying > > Optimistic > > Relentless...
  • Re: Matchbox (Lesney) Cars
    Historical mailing list
    10 Jul 95 16:36
    ...34 in a series >from 1965 I seem to recall so it's a split window (cool). The color >is silver with yellow tinted...
  • help: 1600 DP intake boot replacement
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:42:30 -0400
    ...manifold? *or* Has anyone found a way to get those silly split boots to actually seal? *or* (if I can talk him into it...
  • CV thanks
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Sat, 1 Feb 97 1:04:16 EST
    ...The advice is about evenly split between those who say it'll be OK with a new boot and some grease and those who...
  • Re: Ballpark mileage figures please
    Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
    Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:40:35 -0500
    ...The last 30+ hour drive > > through a blizzard and heavy winds in a splittie started to get me thinking. > > I was wondering what kind...
  • Re: shipping question.....
    Historical mailing list - Matthew
    Thu, 25 Mar 1999 23:40:27 -0500
    ...has anyone (vendors or whoever) ever had any luck in shipping a split bus front bumper?? neither UPS nor FedEx will take it because...
  • VWs on the Pirates of Silicon Valley show
    Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
    Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:10:57 -0400
    ...I guess they did not research that too well) A nice splitty double cab in the scenes from Abequerque with Gates and a Thing...
  • Leesburg rally/round-up
    Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
    Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:02:24 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: Benny and Terry...whats with the rivalry?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sun, 14 Oct 2001 03:50:58 EDT
    ...COM writes: << Yeah, it's true, he/they have this slight split personality thing going. Actually it's kind of cute when they/we...
  • Re: Leaky Clutch Slave cylinder
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:35:49 +0000
    ...any reasons that I should NOT do this? > > > > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper > '83 H20 Vanagon > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
  • Re: Replacement Exhaust - Need Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:33:41 -0500
    ...Actually, if one were to split hairs, yes and no... Dansk is indeed an OE exhaust supplier to VW, but these are not OE...
  • WTB: Brown Captain's Chairs w/adjustable armrests
    Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
    Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:05:15 -0500
    ...I would like a pair in excellent condition, meaning no rips or tears, no split seams, no floppy armrests, everything working and looking great...
  • bearing crush?
    Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
    Fri, 23 May 2003 16:00:29 -0700
    ...diameter measurement? And what is a good way to measure the split bearing? A straight edge across the flats when installed and then depth...
  • Re: does anyone have a 85'ECU to try swapping and or purchase
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sat, 15 Nov 2003 16:58:50 -0800
    ...thanx, Tracy 85' "Ripple" (thats at the moment crippled) 65' Splitty
  • freaky friday
    Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
    Fri, 5 Aug 2005 12:13:07 +0000
    ...one splitty, 2 loafs, and now a Syncro. I must still be crazy after all these 35 years. Just owning a waterbox shows you...
  • Re: 89 VANAGON WESTY A/C QUESTIONS
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:09:14 -0700
    ...the family 1984 Westy "Brownie" 1980 PU diesel 1978 Rabbit diesel 1979 Rabbit gasser 1963? 23 window Splitty 1965 Bus 1969 Bus 1959 Bug
  • LIST T-SHIRTS
    Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
    Fri, 8 Nov 1996 10:29:40 -0500
    ...Top arm has a line drawing of a splittie, bottom has a drawing of an early Beetle. Left arm says"PROTECT", and the right...
  • BBTA BTDTBTTS
    Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
    Sun, 3 Sep 1995 08:08:26 -0500 (CDT)
    ...caravan to the river (which was low) So they loaded the Splitties And they loaded the Breadloaves And they loaded the Bricks (Tho' some...
  • Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Sun, 5 Apr 2015 12:29:58 -0700
    ...SoCal lane splitting coming to WA? Motorcyclists call enclosed vehicles "Cages" sometimes. Perhaps the Cage-drivers are mad at a motorcyclist because they are...
  • Power steering high pressure hose - pump to metal line
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:22:01 -0600
    ...How does the restrictor work? And can the cracked/split section be removed and a new section spliced in. I have looked at some...
  • Re: improbable fixes
    Historical mailing list - Jason
    Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:12:55 -0500
    ...improbable fixes- so here goes. > I once had a fuel filter split on the way home during rush hour. I used > the barrel from...
  • Re: Splittie Sells For $198K at Barrett Jackson Auction
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
    Fri, 1 Jul 2011 20:40:08 +0200
    GW has (or at least used to have) a Syncro Westy listed on their site that sold for $126k. On 1 Jul 2011, at...
  • Re: Looking for parts for a '67 Westfalia.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:36:00 -0900
    ...the following parts for my '67 Westfalia [you >> remember Ras Bulli Split]: >> >> 1) windshield washer bottle and pump > >If this is like the one...
  • update- exterior trim piece needed
    Historical mailing list - -Chip
    Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:28:12 -0500
    ...On the left it is made of one piece, and on the right it is split into 2 so the sliding door can open...