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• Re: Favorite stickers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:21:22 -0500
  ...tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> i actually have that Jesus in a splittie image on a T shirt, but would put it on my Westy...
• Re: snow driving vanagon vs baywindow
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:56:19 -0600
  ...Coupled with those reduction gears on the splits that provided very low gearing and a bit of extra ground clearance that thing was incredible...
• re: No reverse Gear
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 13:00:31 -0400
  ...CHUCK Hey, anybody know of a split style CV boot for the bus (73) to replace the cracked ones without taking it apart? The...
• Electric Vanagon via EV West?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:09:56 -0700
  Was watching some fun videos about electric conversions of a 356 and a split-window bus <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOUc75r39g&t...
• Re: '56 kombi update - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:14:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...arms where the reduction boxes bolt up may be >different on split case trannies v. tunnel case trannies reduction >boxes, you might want to...
• Re: 4wd Breadloaves
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 08:57:34 -0700 (PDT)
  ...entire drivetrain off something and sticking it under a breadloaf > or splittle body?? > > REsume laughing..... > > Matt > I know of at least one person that...
• Late Split VDO Clocks...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 01 Feb 1996 11:30:51 EST
  Impressive German ingenuity... The VDO (Kenzle) clock. I took this puppy apart last night. Some sand grains were found in the casing. I got...
• Ben Pon's Mother Goose /f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 May 1996 22:54:57 -0500
  ...Jack's split it ran quite rich, his wife's it ran quite lean, and so between the two of them they fooled the...
• RE (2): Forwarded: FS 60 Double Door
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  01 Dec 1995 17:07:17 EST
  ...Since I'm notawanna splittie, its up to someone else. Tom F. bunch of VAG stuff
• Re: Should I buy '65 crew cab?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:10:13 -0800 (PST)
  ...Really nice guy, > loves the splittie, loves vans, and may have a hard time parting with it. You didn't say how much: for...
• VW Fires
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:05:53 +0100
  ...The smell then bacame very strong so I pulled over to discover I had a split fuel line and a petrol soaked engine compartment...
• 82 vanagon water cooled conversion questions
  Historical mailing list - Eli Hopper
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:29:34 EDT
  ...I have a 82 air cooled which presently has the case split. Since I need to replace the pistons, cylinders, main bearings, heater boxes...
• Michelin MXT ???
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:08:57 -0700
  ...The sidewalls are starting to delaminate and split. Today white fuzzy fibers started to peek through the cracks. This is a real bummer because...
• Re: Might be forced to sell my van if I move to Florida
  Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:12:55 EST
  ...we had 97 buses there (OK, maybe it is a combined split/loaf/vanagon number, but you're be surprised at how many vanagons...
• JRMBBC II...a success!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Art Long
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 18:38:03 -0500
  ...5 Splitties....4 buses and 1 DC 8 Bay Windows...5 Westys and 3 Buses 3 Vanagon Westys....2 Air-cooled and 1 Diesel...
• Nestling
  Historical mailing list - Vicki Derrer
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:15:04 EDT
  ...The older buses (splitties, bays, etc) will group themselves in a huddle and perhaps set up tarps. When more friends arrive they will regroup...
• Hot Start Problem in H2O cooled
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:47:06 -0400
  ...Anybody have ideas or suggestions about how to remedy this? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for...
• Re: WTB: Owners manual for 85 GL Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Tom Davis
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 04:03:39 EDT
  ...You'd think after growing up in splits and loafs I'd > >just grok the VW way, but this a/c and vent business...
• re. Help! Cooling hose coupling needed!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:59:16 -0700
  ...The H shaped plastic coupling next to the expansion tank split in two on my '84, leaving me dead in the water This part...
• Sound Deadener Installation Concerns
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:34:49 -0800
  ...Go in with someone that has the same need and split the order. Good luck! -Steven Dodson Kneeland, CA "Inga" the 87 Syncro (grounded)
• Help, Still no go
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:27:40 -0700
  ...Well I've got fuel to the "T" that splits the fuel line to the fuel rails and I've got spark at the...
• Re: microbus matchbox 1:58 at Wallmart
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:07:56 -0500
  ...microbus looks more like a Toyota Previa than the > classic vw split bus from the sixties. VW should work a little bit > more on...
• Re: custom interior mods
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:59:32 -0400
  ...In them you will find allot of really nice custom done interiors, from splitties to Vanagons. Some quite extensive. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:35:34 +1200
  ...In fact the T3 is utterly different to the T2 (and the T1 Split which the T2 was a modified version of). Nothing, in...
• Re: How to instal the plastic seat slide guide?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:55:27 -0700
  ...I have not found the old one so maybe missing or just hidden. >>> >>> This is a long thin strip of plastic that is split...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:22:30 -0500
  Let me know what you find out about splitting the unit. You might get away with some very small holes through the underbody. Jim...
• Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:22:50 -0500
  Every single fuel line replacement I have ever done (80-91 Vanagons) have had hoses that were split internally. If you pull the fuel...
• Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons"..
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sun, 11 May 2008 23:26:07 -0700
  ...to the Monterey Pop Festival...in my > '57 36hp South African splittie. Vanagons were not gonna be produced for > another what, 12-15 years...
• 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:01:08 -0400
  ...Also, it's split and I assume it should be replaced. Looking at the parts catalog I have I see no mention of it...
• Re: Custom Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:01:59 -0700
  ...Somewhere I probably have the measurements for Splitties! Richard
• Re: Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:13:21 -0700
  ...I've had splitties and they were easier to pull the engine to do any work...Bad indeed it was, to try to work...
• Re: '71 single cab pickup?
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 12:58:00 -0500 (CDT)
  ...but the wife says "I don't wanna pickup; I wanna > splittie." I'm still thinking tho. If it's in decent shape, is...
• Additives...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 16:18:20 -0700
  ...Wow! Y'all shoulda seen this beautiful 63-65 pristine splittie! Was a treat to watch it mosey along...had to take a couple...
• Re: Real Cheap traction
  Historical mailing list - Psychic Trucker
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:31:57 +0600
  At 11:39 AM 4/10/96 -0500, you wrote: >I saw the two hand brakes mod on a split. It was shortened, and...
• Re: "Bus" or "Vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:48:19 EDT
  ...8 or 257/8 "type" designation code just like bays and splits.........thus type 2! JP>> Most every reference I've seen for parts...
• WTB: Brown Captain's Chairs w/adjustable armrests
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 10 May 2001 14:45:31 -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...
• WTB: Brown Captain's Chairs w/adjustable armrests
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:49:20 -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...
• Vantoon
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:48:39 -0600
  ...This was supposed to be a cartoon of a > splittie westy. I cut and pasted into the message knowing that the > listserver would cut...
• This day has been good to me
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Tue, 25 Dec 2001 14:43:26 -0600
  ...We exchanged many presents, notable from a VW perspective was a handsome 1/25th scale die-cast model of a sun-roof Splitty. It...
• Re: Sulfur-like exhaust smell??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:07:25 -0800
  ...Running too lean???? > > > > > >Peace, JB >'66 Split Window Camper >'83 H20 Vanagon > >"You cannot simultaneously work for peace and prepare for war..." >
• Re: Split Window Bus Education Begins
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Mon, 19 May 2003 16:43:53 -0400
  You just reminded me of a time when I let my brakes get pretty bad on my old '66. I was living aboard and...
• Re: Skylight flex arm
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:03:32 -0800
  ...rollers in place, and tried crimping a couple of 1/4 split washers > onto the rivet... (both solutions suggested on the list) but they...
• Re: Other Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:34:51 -0400
  ...This is the Type 2, which includes rear engined Split window buses, the so called bay window buses and the Vanagons. I presume you...
• complete westy A/C system for sale... its getting HOT out there!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:55:58 EDT
  ...will not split up. i do have some extra a/c parts from other vans if anyone needs any other parts.. email me for...
• Re: WTB heater case clips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:18:29 -0600
  ...need a set of the clips that fasten the two halves of the heater > plenum > after it has been split apart for repair. > Jim > >
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:58:59 -0700
  ...to thrash the ring off my 57 Splittie with single-port 1600 > attached > to its split-case trans. LOW gearing (36hp stock). I'd...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Mon, 23 May 2005 18:08:59 -0400
  Hi Joy, Was the split (break) in a radiator hose (larger diameter) or a heater hose (smaller diameter)? Thanks, Dave Milo -----Original Message----- From...
• The Split, the Rift, The Splits, The Bricks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 96 10:50:11 EDT
  I just wanted to make some comments about the split, some attitudes, and options. First, I am a waterboxer owner (or it owns me...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:13:04 -0800
  ...That would not help a split piece. The covers are relatively easy to find and inexpensive around my area. It would likely cost me...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:48:03 -0700
  ...Going back to my splittie days, I vaguely remember people who put in IRS rear ends to eliminate the reduction gears and calling those...
• Re: Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:25:41 -0600
  ...the number of Hose Clamps & Potential Leak Points to 2 (@ Filter & @ Splitter in Eng'Bay) & those are then Rubber, Hose Clamped to Metal Nipple...
• Re: It's cold out there
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 21:23:23 -0500
  ...lower edge of the red light. So not a thermostat problem. Splitting the bottom of the LED is about 90C with an OEM sender...
• Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:58:50 -0800
  ...mounting bolts. > Those might be the same from the beginning of the Split Window Bus production to the last vanagon produced, for steel wheels. > >
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:27:41 EDT
  ...42:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: split case trans, 36 hp. bought it for $ 160 with no engine in...
• Re: Still Friday Here...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:50:38 -0700
  ...watch the 'Overhaulin' episode where they did a '65 21 >> Window >> Splittie and ended up with a restored (w/some change/upgrades) 23 >> Window? >>
• Re: 1958 VW Microbus - Rebuilt stock drivetrain $1500 OBO (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 05:05:22 -0400
  ...a 1958 VW Microbus for sale: -Completely rebuilt 36hp motor and split-case tranny. - Many many valuable spare parts. -New German brake hardware. -New...
• Gas Heat in a Splittie...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:38:09 EST
  This is for Markus and anyone else interested. I have an early 80's Vanagon gas heater (BA-6) installed in my '65 Deluxe...
• Re: Gas Tank Filler Neck Parts
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 22 Apr 1995 00:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Since it is split and leaks > fuel down inside when I fill up, I would like to replace it with a That type of...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:43:19 PDT
  ...all the other nicknames (split-window, > bread-loaf/bay-window, brick) refer to an external feature or the shape of > the bus. besides ... EuroVans...
• Re: shots of bus on movie "The 'Net"
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:14:09 -0800 (PST)
  ...yet? There's two deliberate > shots of a red and white splittie, plus one of a VW rabbit 'vert, > plus one of a bug...