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• Stolen Vanagon Carat
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:32:45 -0800
  My '89 Carat was stolen last night from the street in front of my house Silver/Gray License WD6AGS Area is Los Angeles near...
• Re: Front license plate attachment 1984
  Historical mailing list - Julia Schrenkler
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:04:35 -0500
  ...Mourkas <westywoman@mac.com>wrote: > I need to install a front license plate to my 1984 van where there > has never been one. Bentley...
• Re: Custom license plate
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:12:06 -0400
  ...Custom license plate > I personally like mine, so if you are in Washington you cant have it ;-) > > BUNKBED > > 91 Westy > Skidad. . . > > > I am trying...
• Re: S.A. rear slider windows and armrests
  Historical mailing list - Michael Heron
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:55:19 -0400
  ...co.za/range/bus/index.html trivia time- who noticed that the pic at the url is backwards (hint look at the license plate)
• SLWR-VAN finally runs again !
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:46:51 -0400
  ...Chris '86 Vanagon GL -- VA license "SLOW-VAN" '86 Vanagon GL -- VA license "SLWR-VAN" '86 Vanagon GL -- no license, used for parts "Part...
• Re: Rear license plate light removal?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:05:07 +1200
  ...Not wanting to crack the two plastic housings that hold the >license plate lights on my 90 GL, has anyone figured out how they...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:22:49 -0400
  My ego plates are GLDBRC and ITS 4WD. Haven't gotten any for the other two, but the previous owner (in California) had TRI...
• Re: Wanted
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:27:17 -0800
  ...One of them even had a VolksCafe license plate frame. John Socal
• Custom license plate.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:19:03 -0500
  I am trying to decide a custom plate for my Vanagon Westfalia. Here are some that appeal to me: LUVBOX PLSPASS LOVEBOX NTFAST Got...
• Re: Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 22:47:45 +0000
  ...had on a white Vanagon : "VANNA"; or on a Camper Van : "B8HOVN" Graham C 90 GL Country Homes Camper with a boring license plate!
• Re: Rear License Plate Door, Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 13:13:55 -0600
  ...Rear License Plate Door, Vanagon : Date: Tuesday, March 18, 1997 9:41 AM : : Howdy - : : I've been wondering what other people do to hold...
• Re: Speaking of vanity plates (and eatin' possum)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 10:28:44 -0800
  I used to have an Eat More Possum license plate on the front bumper of my bus. Removed it when I moved from South...
• Re: The Official Must-Carry List ;hidakey!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:43:36 -0700
  A really good place to hide a spare key is between the license plate and the flip down door it's mounted to. Open...
• Re: More Diesel Coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - mwsnow
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:16:01 +0300
  ...There should be two holes just below the license plate opening, on the left side, that the mounting screws go through. Someone with an...
• Sighting question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:16:38 -0400
  ...Had Washington plates with one of those advertisement license plate frames, "Old Volks Home-Santa Cruz" Are you on the list? Rob becida@bji...
• Re: can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:19:52 -0700
  ...can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC For those non-Californians-- It's completely legal to drive in California with NO License plate...
• Re: Question about driving into Canada with missing license plate
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 21:51:14 -0300
  >Volks, > I went out to the bus this morning, and the front license plate >is missing. :( It was beaten up pretty bad from offroading...
• Small trailers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 May 2008 08:33:08 -0700
  ...Last I heard, you need no license or registration for utility trailers in Oregon, and they are often-swiped there...Also, in Washington state...
• Re: 84 coolant light.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:09:40 -0700
  ...the one by the license plate - I like to call that one the overflow bottle, or license plate bottle. It holds coolant that comes...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:00:50 -0700
  ...No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate Happy Friday - I just picked up my 87 Syncro last night from a reputable garage where...
• Re: Are there Emission Compliance Stickers in US Diesel vans?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:21:28 -0400
  ...The license plate holder is covered with sound-absorbing foam on the inside. -- Michael Snow 1987 Syncro TiiCo 1982 Westfalia 1.9TD http://slowmachine82...
• Intro and question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Kimball
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 11:19:17 -0400
  ...I called the dealer asking how much the part would cost. $33.00 per housing! $66.00 sounds a little steep for license plate...
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:19:35 -0500
  Illinois: $78 for generic plates and if you're in Chicago an extra $75 for the city vehicle license, for reasonable sized vehicles. Larry...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:48:33 -0700
  ...Re: [F] license plates > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 3:28 PM > > For you, it should be: > > CNTNFUL > > Hint...
• Re: Radio
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 03:27:25 +0000
  Perhaps the major difference between CB and 2 meter vhf communication is in the difference between non-licensed, inadequately monitered and held accountable CB...
• Re: German license plates
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Feb 1997 01:02:21 -0500 (EST)
  Quite a few FLAPS offer these plates. I got one from National Auto awhile back for my '66 Bug 'vert. It was a legit...
• Other Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Mendonca
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:02:14 -0700
  ...The license plate frame said "1958". What was the first year that VW vans were made anyway? Sharon Mendonca 88 Westy 88 Vanagon GL
• Re: boy or girl?]
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 06:25:22 -0700
  greg crone wrote: > Just looking my westy over........How do you determine > it's sex? By looking under it's license plate? if the...
• Who's got a West Virginia SYNCRO in Maui?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 17:37:47 -0800
  My friend Deek spotted a Titian Red tintop Syncro with the license plate 'SYNCRO' at a beach in Maui, HI. Is it anyone here...
• Re: license plate lights
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:07:57 -0500
  ...license plate lights > > > Hi William, > > > > The complete license plate light unit (black plastic housing and lens) can > be > > wiggled straight off, at least on...
• License plate lamp holders for 1991 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:47:54 -0400
  Holders were removed during the body restoration and repainting. �Since then the thin pieces of plastic that hold the lamp holder to the body...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:45:45 +0000
  I just got off my duff and ordered personalized California plates for my van: WSTYWMN They'll be here in 8-10 weeks. Thanks...
• Re: Question about driving into Canada with missing license plate
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 May 1995 16:18:33 -0700 (PDT)
  Well its not legal in B.C. I know, I got a $75 fine. But I see alot of tourists without them, so maybe...
• Re: Rear License Plate Door, Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Feldstein
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 07:39:25 -0800
  > I wonder what percentage of us even knew about > this. > I spilt oil on the ground for 8 years and 130,000 miles before...
• Re: S.A. rear slider windows and armrests
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:44:28 -0600
  >>>trivia time- who noticed that the pic at the url is backwards (hint look = >>>at the license plate) Nah.... It's just part of...
• Modified oil dipstick
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 04:47:03 -0400
  ...modified oil dipstick that would enable me to measure the oil level through the license plate of an I4 50 deg conversion. Best regards.
• Re: badge
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:23:29 -0400
  Get a personalized license plate .... "Itsa T3" LOL Mike Mark C wrote: > I've seen badges for 'transporter', 'caravelle', 'vanagon' - - - but what about a...
• License plate mount
  Historical mailing list - David Chec
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:05:41 EDT
  Any thoughts on where to mount a lic. plate on the front of an 84 Westy. I am reluctant to do any drilling and...
• Anyone parting out a Titian red van
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:17:33 -0500
  I'm looking for the rear license plate bracket with hinges. Since they're painted I figure might as well find one in the...
• Little successes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:07:48 -0400
  Few years ago I struggled to get my marker lights and my license lights out to change LED bulbs. Folks from this list gave...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:23:05 -0400
  ...The overflow tank behind the license plate refills the cooling system as it cools down. So there may have been some air in the...
• Re: Re-Post- No Help! Front license plate attachment 1984
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:17:39 -0700
  ...Don Hanson On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@mac.com> wrote: > I need to install a front license...
• Personalized License Plates
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:44:35 -0500
  ...DMV, I thought I'd bring up the thread on personalized license plates, specifically those relating to VW's. You can gain a lot...
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:16:04 EST
  ...When you say, "I don't know, but I have the license number of the car he was driving" (you did keep your wits...
• RE: Personalized License Plates
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 13:20:21 -0700
  >Steve Maher was musing about personalized plates... VanBondo says: For the '67 "Westy Resto from Hell" Paula and I thought (for a second) that...
• Re: Travel help - driving Westy in NY City
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:36:44 -0700
  ...The Vanagon's forward mounted front license plate absorbs most of the abuse. --Gnarlie
• Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:07:42 -0700
  ...I propped the license plate door >> open hoping to get better air flow at tubbed portion of lid. The light >> then stayed off. -- Neil...
• Re: I want this license plate!
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:46:23 -0400
  ...I want this license plate! > BIG uproar on this one. We're hearing the echoes here in California. I > personally am for it but...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:24:26 -0700
  ...how much money it costs to get a driver license in > Germany? Lessons and license cost > > I did not want to advocate the german...
• engine cooling fans
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:47:03 -0400
  ...I was thinking of building a little wooden "device" to "plug in" to the space between the hinged license plate and the rear of...
• Re: $33,000 westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:46:20 -0600
  ...http://www.nrlc.org/federal/RU486/index.html they got this personalized plate on purpose. > interesting license plate. > Heh. 2RRU? Not going 2 RailRoad...
• Westfalia EV in Mpls.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:57:17 CST6CDT
  There is a white, genuine Westfalia with Alaska license plates sitting on the dealers lot at West Side VW, in Mpls. awaiting service of...
• Diesel group purchase looking? Not Bill Gates--
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:59:20 -0400
  A It would be a real bummer to have bunch of these >on the dock somewhere with no way to get them licensed. > Yeah...
• Re: drilling through sheet metal?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 14 May 2004 14:54:40 -0600
  ...My front license plate fell off and the screw that kept it on the front bumper snapped off. I want to drill another hole...
• bus(van) name
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Mon, 4 May 1998 12:59:02 -0400
  ...The license plate is 2DNALI (because Denali National Park is Alaska is my favorite place). Bill www.geocities.com/yosemite/gorge/1706
• Re: AXXESS plasti-key
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:35:24 -0700
  ...then un-wingnut one bolt of my license plate and sandwich the key between the license plate and the inspection door with the bolt...
• Re: rear ended on I-95
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:17:58 -0400
  ...no insurance, illegally attached plate, no driver's license. Rear bumper, fiberglass - three pieces, were over $800 list from dealer in December '94. "Fortunately...
• Re: license plate lights
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 19:31:35 -0800
  ...license plate lights > Hi William, > > The complete license plate light unit (black plastic housing and lens) can be > wiggled straight off, at least on...
• Re: Radiator fan issue - where's the ground?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:52:06 -0700
  ...Yes, I attached the license plate to the extreme right (passenger) side of the lower grille. It's solid there, so I don't...
• =?utf-8?Q?Tom=E2=80=99s_=28Samba_sodo=29_license_plate_hatch_mod?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Jun 2024 18:16:11 -0700
  Did what Tom did. Cut the springs on that hatch. No more propping with cap or magnet thing. https://shufti.blog/2024/06/08...