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• Busfusion05 redux
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:42:58 +0000
  ...23 window SunSplitty A lovely green and white splitty westy A red and white splitty westy that actually gets used Lots of happy campers...
• Re: VW's very cool high tech splitty
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:50:09 -0400
  ...VW's very cool high tech splitty > well someone at VW is still carrying the torch, check out this nice > splitty, made electric and...
• Re: Nut Size - Found it - Saw splitty's too
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 9 May 2013 12:24:02 -0500
  ...I was also rewarded with<BR>the fact they have not 1 but 2 <SPAN class=misspelled>splitty's</SPAN> in their <SPAN class...
• Re: Samba ad of the week (NVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 03:42:54 -0400
  ...if it were a splitty in the same condition 4500 would be a steal. . In a message dated 9/18/2015 1:52:57...
• Re: Who got the auctioned '87 Westy for $7700?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:29:55 -0700
  ...Maybe a splitty, but not a vehicle as current as a Westfallia. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Mar 10, 2015, at...
• Re: Bus needs a bra
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 13:51:34 -0500
  I would like to get a bra for my splitty bus. I would like to hear about your experiences with bras' , for your bus...
• Re: Master Cylinder Cap Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Mon, 21 May 2007 12:32:36 -0400
  ...the family >1984 Westy "Brownie" >1980 PU diesel >1978 Rabbit diesel >1979 Rabbit gasser >1963? 23 window Splitty >1965 Bus >1969 Bus >1959 Bug
• Re: Wow
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:56:58 -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...
• Re: FS: Propex HS2000
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 9 May 2007 17:39:43 -0700
  ...PU diesel 1978 Rabbit diesel 1979 Rabbit gasser 1963? 23 window Splitty 1965 Bus 1969 Bus 1959 Bug . > What is the relative noise level...
• Re: Help with my Splitty steering boxe
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 14:40:59 -0800 (PST)
  > I need to adjust the steering on my '64 Split. So I go to undo the > adjusting screw and it's pretty tight. So...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:48:52 EDT
  ...is a Type 1 a bus is a Type 2 (T1=splitty, T2=loaf, T3=brick, T4=Eurovan) my .02 Matt >> Most aftermarket parts...
• Re: By name and culturally we Vanagon owners are..... (Frydaye)
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:02:16 -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...
• Hollister Hills Spring Syncro Event
  Historical mailing list - Steven Schwenk
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:47:48 -0800
  ...Although the event is primarily a syncro event, we had hoped to have (and almost have) a splitty, a bay window and an air...
• Re: <FMBC> Splitty Sighting FS
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 17:08:24 -0700
  Andy......Thanks, man for checking the splitty out and I hope someone is interested it saving her. The condition is about as I would...
• 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...
• 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: 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...
• 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...
• 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
• RE:Splitty Ads
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 13:57:57 -0800 (PST)
  Just call up VWoA and ask them, they sent me 2 8.5/11's and a VW key chain, pretty nifty and totally...
• Beetle Question -- pop-outs price in USA?
  Historical mailing list - Sarah Gallagher
  Mon, 08 Jul 1996 23:52:48 +0100
  ...back from a show where I found a member of the Splitty club with a spare VW badge to replace my stolen one :-) Thanks...
• Splitty Deluxe Skylight Tint?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 18:31:06 -0500 (CDT)
  Another newbie 20+ Window owner question: Being up close and personal with only a few Sunroof Deluxes I just now noticed that the skylights...
• Re: [un-vanagon] gee,that shore is awful purdy! (21-window splitty for sale)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:21:18 -0800
  Man, i wish they made a 21 window Vanagon(a westy would be cool) or did they? Naaaa! --- Benjamin Tan <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> wrote...
• Re: Fiat (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:19:42 -0400
  - Because you want real flair and like Alfa Romeo Spiders. - You need a Syncro Vanagon in your life. - You should own a Splitty bus...
• Re: ANNOUNCE: TYPE2 LIST SPLIT please read
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Thu, 14 May 1998 20:52:59 -0700
  ...No offense, but I joined this list strictly, well mostly, for splitty stuff. I am interested in late model stuff, just not the repetition...
• 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...
• Re: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:28:33 -0700
  ...but when I drive my splitty--whats >the hurry. i drive it for the experience and stick to the backroads. The Autobans were built...
• 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...
• 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: Newbie, hello all and a question(long)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:02:17 -0800
  ...The Splitty drove right out. In fact, I tried to get it stuck with no success. Jon On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Loren Busch...
• 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: type?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:44:08 -0500
  ...least 20 auctions of BUS/Vanagons. > I'm confused. > > I drove "splittys" for seven years-it's new to me that people are calling...
• Spindal, King pin, Link pin, stuff
  Historical mailing list - L.V.Bauer
  Wed, 29 May 1996 22:51:42 -0700
  ...The question is, Am I looking for a splitty only, doner here or will any VW Bus do???? My understanding is All type I...
• Re: FWD:Thoughts from an Afghan-American
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:08:12 -0400
  ...Kabul was on the "Hippy Migration Route" from Europe to India. Splittys and Bays could be spotted down lanes and behind walls where they...
• Re: windshield washer variations
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:57:26 -0700
  ...My '61 Splitty had no washers--and the wipers didn't "park" but just stoped when you pushed in the switch. My '67 had...
• Re: Rusty is NOT one track minded
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  5 Sep 1995 08:44:53 +1000
  ...Purchase splitty camper (needing restoration) 3. Purchase tools in preparation for build - saws, planes, nail guns, compressor (uh, for nail guns), spray gear (uh...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 2002 12:38:32 EDT
  ...or ask the guys on type2.com :<) ..or a memeber of NEATO , etc..the Splitty bus club.. or the SCVC, or SOTO, or... dont...
• while on subject of AFM, vanagon syndrom fixer part # 025 906 302A
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:43:36 -0700
  ...have fun, Tracy 85' GL "Ripple" 65' Splitty
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:37:11 -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
• Re: Splitty question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:53:05 -0400
  lol. i remembered one time there was this local older lady with a clean low mileage vanagon westy.. her husband had bought it new...
• Re: Big Engine Bozo's
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:41:26 -0400
  ...A splitty isn't a roadster, by any stretch of the imagination, and it certainly doesn't handle like one. clara
• Re: Jerry Garcia memorial VW T shirts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:09:51 -0500
  ...Black shirt with a drawing of the front of a splitty with a tear > dropping from the headlight--same design as the poster they...
• Re: vanagon rear hatch jailbars on ebay.de
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:35:54 EDT
  ...picture on eBay.de, I have to ask carryover from the splitty deluxes. theyre mainly just decorative but supposed to protect the glass..(like...
• FS in West. WA 2 splits
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 22:20:52 -0400
  ...the other splitty for sale belongs to a friend. It is a 58 delivery van with doors on both sides. It has a 61...
• Help westfalia history & pics needed
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 11:44:11 -0700
  ...She needs info on the begining 1949?-1967 (splitty) 1968-1979 (baywindow) and the euro van 1993. Any and all help would be greatly...
• Re: A few Photographs from the Arizona Roundup Campout
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:33:48 -0800
  ...10 vanagon westfalias, of which about half > were syncros, > two splittys, and a '71. > > Thanks to Larry Chase for organizing and for all > those...
• Re: Clamshell toolbox
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:23:53 -0700
  ...Clamshell toolbox > > Compared to my 64 VW Splitty and my motorcycle, my Westfalia is a safety haven. Also, I don�t go over 90.
• VWT and vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:24:57 -0600
  ...Don't look now, but I caught the gang on the splitty list talking about the vanagon. Some conversion info, etc. Apparently the March...
• Re: SALTWATER FUEL-wood burning vehicles of ww2
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:53:32 -0800
  ...Convert a Splitty or a Bay, > and you've solved the heat problem, too. > > D > > On Dec 3, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Courtney...
• Re: on Dormobiles (and Beetle Bash)
  Historical mailing list - Sarah Gallagher
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:49:26 +0100
  ...This w/e at Beetle Bash (UK) I saw an original Dormobile Splitty (1963 -- all original & complete, possibly the only complete splitty Dormobile on...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:38:46 -0700
  ...Power output of actual vans? (long) I did exactly this with a splitty back in the 70's. It looked surprisingly good, to my...
• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 11:10:06 -0600
  ...the most likely first VW van of the > average list member? Splitty? > > John Jensen > johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com > http://www.johnjensenartist.com > bluesbug@verizon.net
• Re: Anybody seen a chopped and shortened Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:22:39 -0600
  ...more hassle >> to pass smog. >> >> not as cute as a shortened splitty for promotional vehicle though... >> >> see http://www.loaflovetour.com/ > > > > I've seen...
• Re: Dash mounts for fancy gadgets?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 07:35:18 -0600
  ...In fact, three friends this weekend went on an off-road foray with a splitty, a bay, and a Vanagon and all three claim...
• Re: '56 kombi - brakes (again)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 13:02:16 MST
  ...Does ANYONE on this list have a splitty with perfect > brakes? Strangely enough, I have a friend with a '64 Kombi that has PERFECT...
• Re: Tow Hitches any for sale or borrow? a little help?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 May 2003 23:13:12 -0400
  ...Tow Hitches any for sale or borrow? a little help? Good Morning everyone, I'm purchasing a 65' Splitty and I need a tow...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:18:23 -0500
  ...the German models from 1968-79 are completely different from the splitty. They have a much improved suspension and steering, better running gear and...