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• VREDESTEIN tires - is there a Canadian / US Source?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 18 May 2001 20:02:04 -0700
  I am looking for a company that sells VREDESTEIN tires in North America - anyone have any suggestions?David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast Quesnel, British Columbia...
• Re: Discount Tires (and Snows!) for Vanagons / Vredestein vs. Hakka
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:37:22 -0500
  ...The Vredestein Snowtracs I put on my Vanagon ride quietly, like my all-season tires do. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot...
• Re: VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 10:11:16 -0800
  You still need an adapter plate and a custom flywheel to make the VR6 to the T3 transmission. There would be no reason why...
• Re: 4 Cyl VR-6 Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:11:44 -0600
  ...John? The VR-6 is not a four banger. It's a narrow-angle V-6 engine. Are you perhaps thinking of the 16V...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Nov 2005 to 9 Nov 2005 - Special issue (#2005-929)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:57:58 -0600
  ...here the info you need http://www.tirefactory.net/vredestein.htm good road, good adventure, good life larry chase roadhaus.com - - - Date: Wed, 9...
• Re: Killer snow tire recommendations (argh!) wanted
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:36:35 -0500
  ...Which vredesteins are you talking about? The Vrede Transport Steel is not a snow so if thats the one, you are comparing a snow...
• re: SHARAN article in HVWs
  Historical mailing list - Bob Polys
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 09:56:21 -0600
  ...it's too d*mned small! >> >>The article includes the rumor of a supercharged VR6 engine as an >>option, and comments on a "high...
• SHARAN article in HVWs
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 09:18:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...it's too d*mned small! The article includes the rumor of a supercharged VR6 engine as an option, and comments on a "high...
• Re: Eurovan Winnibago VR6 at June Jitter Bug Show
  Historical mailing list - Bob Houghton (KC6LVG)
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 08:50:30 -0700
  My local VW dealer (Southern California) has had VR6 Eurobagos since early spring. They have a slightly more rounded nose than my 1995 5...
• 4 Cyl VR-6 Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:55:39 -0600
  Can anyone tell me about what goes into an engine swap using a 4 cyl VR-6 engine. Is this a desirable conversion? Can...
• Re: Subject: engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:45:10 EST
  ...Same reason that most watercooloed VW buyers would rather get the 1.8T motors versus the VR6. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com...
• Vredstein tires
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Sun, 19 Feb 2017 05:28:58 +0000
  These are great tires. Get Outlook for Android
• Re: VW Rep visits my Eurovan....
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:49:11 -0700
  ...Compare that to the 140 hp and 240 >Nm@3000 rpm in the VR6. > >To put these numbers to the tarmac, the VR6 needs...
• Re: 88GL - Intermittent Failure to Start Continues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 18:05:34 -0700
  ...Volkswagen Cabriolet 1990-1993 Corrado 1990-1995 Eurovan 1992-1997 Golf 1989-1992 *8v* Golf 1995-1999 VR6 *1999 AAA engine* Jetta 1989-1992...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:38:49 -0800
  ...I > would love to > > have > > VR6 in a Vanagon. I have not been able to find a > kit to accomplish > > it, > > so a lot...
• Re: 14" tires, report...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:59:51 -0800
  I did that with the Vredisteins I got from tires easy....tire factory was outrageous prices.t O mount. I went with a small...
• Re: 14" tires, report...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:09:45 -0800
  ...That Vredestein sure does look like a good all 'round tire choice. Neil. On 11/4/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > https...
• VR6 ignition module
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:16:36 -0700
  Hi all, For those that have or are considering changing to a VR6 in your Vanagon: Do you know of any inherent problems with...
• VW VR6 swap, official supplier
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:43:56 +0200
  ...They offer the Vanagon engine swap to VW VR6 for a price of DM 15,000.- for the 140 PS engine and additionally DM...
• Re: VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:11:34 -0800
  I have at my shop a Syncro Double Cab that we will be installing a VR6 motor into during the next few weeks. Pictures...
• Re: engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 02:33:31 -0500
  ...wrote: > I have been poking around for future motors for my 85' > Westy and am really curious why nobody is using the > VR6 engine...
• Re: Vanagon VR
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:02:39 -0700
  Oops! http://www.photomodeler.com/PROJS/VAN/VAN.HTM
• Re: VR6 Eurovans
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 13:00:57 -0800
  ...Forget the VR6 EV, forget the Land Rovers, forget the Sharans, just get your- selves a nice cheap '93 w/ a dead motor and...
• Re: Water to VR6
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:27:50 EST
  While I was checking out the VR6 bus, I went back a page or two and found this page: http://www.beetleclinic.de/vw...
• schrader valves/cig lighters
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:51:50 EST
  ...Ditto cigarette lighter size - My Valentine One radar detector plug, (american standard size) falls out of my folk's '00 GTI/VR6, and their...
• Re: Where to Buy 195 R 16 D Tires?
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Gregory Smithers
  Sun, 5 May 2002 10:52:57 EDT
  In a message dated 5/4/02 7:59:43 PM, vanagon@volkswagen.org writes: << Vredestein is the only tire company is North America...
• Re: New motor selections for vanagons.VR5 motor.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 20 May 1998 01:44:50 EDT
  ...All it is , is a VR6 motor with one less cylinder. Michael M. 87 syncro. >>
• Re: Vredestein Tires
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Thu, 18 May 2000 17:17:56 -0600
  ...Back in the '80s (and maybe '70s) I ran Vredestein snow tires on my Vanagon (and maybe '76 before that.) They were the "best...
• Re: [VANAGON] Re: �berpanzer :-)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:17:56 -0400
  ...Jenny" >> >> 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6 >> >> Wilmington, DE >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Karl >> 1981 VW Westy "Jenny" >> 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6 >> Wilmington, DE >> > > -- Karl 1981 VW Westy...
• Re: winter tire thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:15:42 EST
  ...2/ For years I used Vredestein Snow++'s on Volvo's only switching to Hakka's when the Vredesteins were no longer readily available...
• Re: ENGINE SWAPS
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 18:38:30 -0700
  Which bolts? Transmission is simular - KEP makes a VR6 flywheel adapter. Engine mounting bolts are WAY different! At 13:31 8/24/98 -0400...
• Watkins Glen
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:57:45 -0400
  ...Vroom Vrrrooom! I'm dying to take the ol' Bus (with that nicely broken in Tiico in back) out to see what she'll...
• '99 Eurovans
  Historical mailing list - Victor Wong
  Sun, 28 Jun 1998 10:47:33 +0000
  Has anyone actually driven a VR6 Eurovan? Victor Wong '88 Wolfsburg GL
• Why my Starter Motor Failed PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:32:46 -0800
  ...starter. "vroom, vroom". All good. Thanks for the help people! Neil. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp...
• Westfalia gone bankrupt
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:51:00 +0100
  Bye bye Westfalia: http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/economie/100127_Westfalia
• Re: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:00:09 -0400
  ...The store manager said > something like: "We've never handled Vredestein tires, and we have no > experience with them." I just figure that if...
• Re: [vanagon] Anyone know this Vanagon and owner?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:30:28 EDT
  ...At least there was a green Carat with a VR6 there. Shouldn't be too many of them around. I wanted to talk to...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:20:52 -0600
  ...Have you seen the > blue > Vanagon with the VR6 from Europe? > <http://volksweb.relitech.com/../helmut/VR6-engine/vr6-engi.htm> > http://volksweb.relitech...
• Re: VR6 transplant
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 14:43:31 -0600
  ...that had a link to a person > that had done the VR6 transplant in Germany. Could someone please > email that link again to me...
• '87 Syncro GL scary high idle
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:10:56 -0800
  ...VROOOM, settle, VROOOM, settle, VROOOM, settle, you get the idea. I confirmed that my sandal wasn't caught on the accelerator pedal, causing the...
• We're off!
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 22:24:07 -0700 (PDT)
  ...kind of adventures where the van keeps on running perfectly :) Talk to ya'll soon! Charles '83.5 Westy (vroom vroom....) '69 280 SE
• more tyres
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 03:43:22 -0400
  I will say the vredesteins are the best handling tyres the vanagon has had . . . .
• Re: Which is it?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:56:53 -0800
  The VR6 was detuned to 140hp down from the 172hp in the Passat and Corrado. This is so they could get more torque on...
• Re: picture of VW Sharan
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 09:13:43 -0500
  ...My ex-wife has 46" floor to roof in her WIndstar -- I have something like 53" in the EV! And speaking of VR6 in...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 16:03:24 -0400
  What are your guys thought on Vr12? it adds the additives back into your coolant and creates an optimal pH if you use it...
• Re: Listmember highlighted on Old Parked cars webpage?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:22:28 -0700
  Yep, Listmember Mark (sorry can't remember last name) VR6. Another former smuggler's truck like mine. He designed his own rack which has...
• Re: Passat wagon (no Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 14:30:46 -0800
  I owned a 95 Passat VR6...It was the best car I ever had. The motors are bullet proof! Lease came up had to...
• Re: vw's alpha numeric chassis designations
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:41:14 -0500
  ...93' Passat GL,Syngro,VR6 >B4 = 94 to 98' Passat GL ,GLS,GLX,TDi >B5 = 99 to present Passat VR6,1.8T,TDi >?? = Corrado...
• Re: '93 Eurovan auto to manual
  Historical mailing list - Theodore Hoekman
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 19:41:11 -0330
  ...at 1:53 PM, Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > No VR6 versions of the EV were ever exported to North America, > > Huh? Not...
• Re: WBX into Thing and VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 01:13:10 -0600
  ...into Thing</A> <A > HREF="www.beetleclinic.de/vw/bus.html">VR6 Vanagon</A> > > I can't read, write, or speak German but the...
• Re: Discount Tires (and Snows!) for Vanagons / Vredestein vs. Hakka
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:24:10 EST
  ...According to my > contact at Vredestein technical support, the newer Comtrac is a much better > tire than the Sprint+ in all respects. The Sprint...
• Re: VW Rep visits my Eurovan....
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 18:23:17 +0200
  ...Compare that to the 140 hp and 240 > >Nm@3000 rpm in the VR6. > > > >To put these numbers to the tarmac, the VR6 needs...
• Re: 93 Eurovan Automatic Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Thu, 27 May 1999 10:03:44 -0500
  Is the tranny in my new '99 Rialta the same as in the VR6 Eurovan? I sure hope it's reliable! Ken >Date: Thu...
• Re: �berpanzer :-)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:59:00 -0400
  ...Karl >> 1981 VW Westy "Jenny" >> 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6 >> Wilmington, DE >> > > -- Karl 1981 VW Westy "Jenny" 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6 Wilmington, DE
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:36:35 -0600
  ...I > > would love to > > > have > > > VR6 in a Vanagon. I have not been able to find a > > kit to accomplish > > > it, > > > so a lot...
• Re: looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:41:48 -0800
  ...We are working on a 1998 VR6 motor for a fellow's Syncro DoKa and will have a kit available soon for the VR6...
• Re: Engine Transplant Homework
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 4 Nov 95 7:56:41 EST
  ...I believe it an early VR6 from a '93 with the early style ignition, I'm not sure. Anybody want it give him a...
• Re: '93 Eurovan auto to manual
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 15:24:50 -0800
  re: " No VR6 versions of the EV were ever exported to North America" perhaps where you are .. on the West Coast there are scads...
• looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 23:17:38 -0600
  ...I would like either a 1.8T or a VR6, but does the VR6 fit under the lid?....looking for broad torque and firm...
• one more vr6 detail
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
  Thu, 3 Apr 97 21:37:22 EST
  My dealer (VW that is) said it is also 5-7in. wider. Chris EB 1995