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• Memorial Service for Michele Moriarty
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:41:05 -0800
  ...of buses would descend on our neighborhood, and she invented the splittie cookie just for the event. We will hold a memorial service for...
• Re: HHMMMMMMM
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 13 Oct 94 7:35:12 PDT
  King, Robert writes: > > In this week's Melbourne Trading Post. > > 1955 Split window kombi campervan. good condition....$2000 (probably get it > cheaper) ...... > > hhhhhhmmmmmmmmm??????... > > Would...
• East Coast-mark your calendars!
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Wed, 05 Jul 95 09:57:14 EDT
  ...There were 2 splits, a late model, and a vanagon at the last one, and now that our attendance is continually increasing, I would...
• Re: VW Van kits, toys, for baywindow/breadloafs.
  Historical mailing list
  27 Jun 95 10:12
  I just picked up a Solido split window Micro-Bus diecast model. It's a '65 model and is 9.5 inches long, so...
• Re: '65 Splittie / '54 Bug
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:39:02 -0800
  A >Anyone have an idea what this bug is worth, in its present condition and/or >after full restoration? We're told there are...
• Re: Fuel Prices
  Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:50:46 +0100
  ...Michael Germany 58 split (registrated only in summer) 77 westy (the same) 90 caravelle (with cat god thanks)
• loose input shaft on syncro front diff
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:24:50 PDT
  ...From looking at the Bentley it appears that you may be able to remove this shaft without removing the diff and splitting the case...
• Ignition Coil
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 16:13:27 -0400
  ...I've had a lot of cars including a 67 split, 3 beetles and a rabbit and never saw one leak like that. Thanks...
• Re: Benny and Terry...whats with the rivalry?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:19:34 -0700
  You didn't know? They're the same person! Yeah, it's true, he/they have this slight split personality thing going. Actually it...
• Re: dash oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:39:33 -0400
  ...dash oil pressure light Does anyone know how to handle an oil pressure light that comes on for a split second after turning the...
• Re: Friday - Bumper Sticker Contest
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:02:59 -0600
  I used to brake for hallucinations, but now I just drive through them. ----------------- Clip ---------------- Absolutely great for my 66 Splittie. You guys are coming...
• fixing low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 24 May 2004 15:20:55 -0700
  ...It appears that after removing the heads and jugs I can change out the rod bearings without splitting case. Is there any chance this...
• Re: Brake cables uneven/stretched?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:20:03 -0800
  ...The front cable runs > at an angle so the splitter bar does not sit straight. Depending on > year, there is a left right side...
• Re: stay out of New Mexico - Jerome Jamboree
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:34:24 -0700
  ...Put on by the Arizona Bus Club w/ a grand raffle prize of a restored splittie done by the club each year. Huge event...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:40:09 -0700
  ...those are mainly the 68 to 79 roundyVW Bus, and Splitties before those, but not Vanagons . Vanagons are actually 'sports vans' ..they have the...
• [Fwd: No rear oil seal]
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:34:12 -0400
  ...Doug <vanagons@cox.net> Doug, I had the case split on my 1.9, and I noticed there was no oil seal. It has...
• Re: Wow
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 05:12:39 -0700
  ...haven't seen it until today. >> >> Basically a Vanagon chassis with splitty sheet metal and a turbo Porsche >> motor, carbon fiber roof, etc. >> >> I...
• reseal headlight?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:57:58 -0500
  ...Perhaps not uncoincidentally, this same lamp housing looks like a previous owner had split it (glass from reflector) and then reassembled it using silicon...
• Cargo Hatch locks for 70 single cab (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 07:27:41 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The splitie single-cabs I've seen have a church-key-like mechanism, taking the same tapered square section key as the engine cover...
• Re: '82 diesel cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill/Lisa Protzek
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:22:24 -0700
  Robert Cronin wrote: > I had a hose split in > The temp gauge which was in its normal operating level (low) began a > steady ascent...
• Re: converting to 4 wheel drive
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 01:32:29 -1000
  > I think it's the old torsionbar suspension and extra groundclearance > of the Splits and Bays which made them so good offroad. > Responsiveness and...
• Re: John Muir T shirts available?
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:31:44 -0400
  ...the guy driving the bug that split in half and he's picking up the other half, "Split Open and Melt". I loved the...
• Re: nifty looking little trailer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:09:53 -0700
  ...Old Volks Home wrote: > > > Saw a few of those attached to "Splittie" Buses at the recent Bugs & > > Buses > > Invade The Village Show in Bakersfield...
• Re: Splitting the ventilation housing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:26:00 -0400
  I usually break the plastic welds with a pair of vise grips (grab and rock back and forth until they snap off), then go...
• Re: cruise control on an air cooled westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 13 Dec 2014 08:34:50 -0400
  David, When Ras Bulli Split ('66 Westy) and I made our last cross country trip (many, many years ago), cruise control was supplied by...
• Re: Potts new Vanagon(s)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:17:36 -0400
  ...In my eyes Splittie, Bay, Vanagon - AC or WC - they are all buses. I don't include the Eurovans (sorry) because they look so...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:41:53 -0400
  I found that splitting an old inner tube and contact cementing on to the underside of that metal cover works for me. ----- Original Message...
• Buses on the Blue Ridge II
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Tue, 28 May 1996 10:11:29 -0400
  Just a reminder to everyone that Friday May 31 thru Sunday June 2 the Appalachian Split Screens, a NC NEATO chapter, will be hosting...
• RE: That damn cooling system !
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jul 1996 18:15:58 -0600
  ...GTI (mostly modified) (soon to be a G60!) and '67 deluxe split window (9 pass.) '71 Westy Breadloaf (high performance engine B&B) '81...
• WG: Re:Need help from listmembers in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:10:19 +0200
  ...1US$ is about 1.82 DM > > > Best wishes > Michael Meier > 58 split > 77 westy > 90 caravelle > > > >My ongoing saga continued-I still need someone...
• Thanks, Tom & Michelle Forhan
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:12:13 -0500
  ...try to select some gems to post, including the now famous "splittie cookies" that Michelle Forhan bakes. -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA...
• KUHMO's rock!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:52:10 -0800
  I purchased a set of 205/70 15" Kuhmo's for my 1963 splittie bus and they are great! I was hesitant when I...
• [ev_update] updated screen savers
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Dec 2000 23:07:14 -0500
  ...There are one or two new pictures for Splitties, Bays, and Eurovans. There are about a half-dozen new Vanagon pics. I'm still...
• Re: Porsche's SUV
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:20:58 -0500
  ...Stan On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 21:07:46 -0700 "Bill N" <freeholder@starband.net> writes: > A guy in Phoenix joined two splitties to...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:23:01 -0800
  Thanks, Ben, but I don't see how that holds the split - between the top piece and the bottom piece - together. That's where...
• Re: VW gatherings
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:24:42 -0700
  ...The only thing is we need to admit >bay windows and splitties plus provide campground facilities. Any volunteers >w/ land to spare? > >BenT Let...
• Re: AATransaxle .. Daryl-4th gear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:08:19 -0400
  The 4th gear splitting is a fairly common problem. FUN BUS had it happen twice. The replacement was a new gear, from the delaer...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:36:17 -0500
  ...We had two VWs as well, a beetle and a splittie. I was the 4th child, and remember riding in the beetle in the...
• Re: fixing low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 May 2004 22:12:39 -0500
  ...Yes you can replace the rod bearings without splitting the case. Yes you can examine and measure the rod journals on the crank without...
• FRYDYE Big VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 21:31:04 -0500
  ...the-worlds-largest-vw-split-screen-bus/#more-1383"> http://www.vwcampervanblog.com/walter-the-worlds-largest-vw-split-screen-bus/#more-1383</a...
• Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:32:09 -0700
  ...On Splitties and some Bays it is via a large insulated metal tube, later Bays used the same/similar ducting the Air Cooled Vanagons...
• '63 Panel Van turned camper!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 09:02:40 GMT0BST
  ...TIA Cheers Ricky 1991 Mexi-Bug 1967 Split Camper 1995 Overdraft "Turn On, Tune In, Chill Out"
• Vanagon double cab spotted
  Historical mailing list - (Jeff P. Schneiter)
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 14:17:24 -0700
  ...An owner of a splitty that plays there frequently had painted windows on the roof of the bus to make it look like one...
• Re: Waved by Jetta 3, and add campaigns
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 17:49:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...add [cut for space] > and a couple hippies in a "cherry" splitty crest the hill and blow past the > Caravan (admittedly not a great...
• Re: Mo' buses in da movies
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 12:54:52 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Rusty guesses the type/shape of rear view mirror between the split windows > or the bumpers** Backup up lights? Hatch latch? License plate that...
• Re: Rear window defogger, '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 20:34:54 +0000
  ...I think it is, but splits into a bunch of parallel ones on the window... Sounds like most of yours have scratches, except the...
• RE: coolant leak/temp (WSilva)
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sun, 25 May 1997 14:59:14 -0400
  ...the top of the tank and see if the seam is split, in theory it should get wet right? or I suppose it could...
• Re: bigger wheels f/ syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Aug 1997 01:35:55 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Deja Vu.... :<) The '70's are back!!! (ever seen all those splitties w/ the hacked out wheelwells, and wondered why someone would do such...
• 87 vanagon jump-started then over heated
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:24:25 -0500
  ...was to put the jumper cables to the fan for a split second. It ran. I found the "cooling fan relay (second stage)" with...
• TIG welder in the San Jose area?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:59:31 -0700
  ...TIG welder that will run a line of aluminium down this splitting crack and then put a Helicoil in so I don't have...
• Re: Lobro Front Outer CV Joint Kits Puny Nuts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 07:48:32 -0400
  ...Anyone want to go in with me and split the cost of a box of these puppies? If five of us spend about $23...
• Re: 12 clutch pedals
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:52:00 -0500
  ...By the time you paid to split shipping a few ways you'd end up paying far more than they're worth. People are...
• Re: POR15 discounted at The Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:51:57 EST
  ...but some have spread open a little and the paint is split. I imagine all sorts of water and crap have infiltrated these areas...
• Re: clutch problems..pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:22:49 -0400
  ...I say this because any time you have the engine and tranny split it pays to take care of everything in there: replace the...
• Re: Accessories, Parts Prices , and Dissension
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:41:51 -0700
  ...few couples that show up at events with his and her splits that they set up their own little compound with. ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity...
• Santa Cruz, where all vans apparently end up
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:38:49 -0400
  ...loafs (about half campers of various types) and a handful of splitties. At one point I counted 5 in one block. Dumbfounding. The amazing...
• Re: refilling tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:49:02 -0500
  ...After you split the outside of the hex, get out the drill. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Series resistance unti question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:41:48 -0500
  ...Bentley tells you to split the welded tabs on the heater box with a knife; but it's much more practical to simply saw...
• Coolant Temp vs Spare Tire Position
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:37:51 -0800
  ...90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen" Past VeeDubs in the family 1984 Westy 2WD "Brownie" 1980 PU diesel 1979 Rabbit 1963? 23 window Splitty 1965 Bus...
• Re: Those undersink hoses!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 20:00:01 -0700
  ...Those undersink hoses! > > Has anyone tried moving/realigning the undersink hoses? It's a nuisance > having the lower shelf split in half by them...