Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 6+: 60 results shown for Bumper bracket.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: FS: Aircooled.net Tube Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:02:37 -0500
  ...We are very proud to introduce our own GoWesty designed, > hand-built plate steel bumper set.These could very well be the last bumpers...
• Re: Rear Bumper removal
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:41:26 -0700
  ...I need to remove the bumper by removing the >>bumper brackets that are held to the frame by 2 bolts each side. >>The problem...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 25 May 2003 23:42:33 -0700
  ...It has two brackets that attach to the bumper- not the valance, and holes have to be drilled for the brackets. The bars then...
• Re: fender parts (rear fiberglass bumper endcap bracket)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:42:41 -0500
  On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:23:59 EST, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >mike, everyone knows ETKA's verbal wordings for part descriptions are...
• Re: Chrome Rear Bumper Needed - (regular chrome w/rubber strip...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:55:42 -0500
  ...when I put the bumper back on, I had to add a single flat washer between the bumper and the bracket on the passenger...
• Wannabus to Gottabus: How To
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 08 Dec 95 11:38 CST
  ...That said, I have a tow bar with (splittie) bumper brackets already attached. I just unbolt the front bumper of the disabled bus and...
• Re: Paulchen Bike Rack Setup Question
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:51:30 -0700
  ...junk strapped to the rack on a 3,000+ trip last summer, without those bumper supports, over some very rough roads, without a single...
• Re: Hung in the middle (where else?) - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Fri, 24 May 2002 21:30:40 -0700
  ...the winning design > used a redwood 2x6 mounted to the original bumper brackets, two rows of full > beer (or soda pop) cans glued to...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 May 2008 15:00:17 -0700
  ...Front grills look ok as does the front bumper. I > managed to save the mounting bracket from the pass side jumpseat and > after I...
• Re: ny to ca
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Thu, 15 May 2003 21:24:20 -0500
  ...There are gravity/clamp on brackets you can get(at least back in the 70's you could). Hook em to your bumper, tighten...
• Re: 87 synchro gl parts
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:28:02 -0500
  ...Where is this Syncro located? BTW, I still have my custom fabricated Vanagon bumper bracket and tow bar. If distance alone is a major...
• Re: Lighting - HighPower Bulbs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Dec 1996 07:38:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...The Hella's have two mounting brackets...the first one is on the bottom, and allows the lights to be mounted on the bumper...
• TracRac TracVan : Getting a Grip
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cox
  Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:53:26 -0800
  ...Tenuous grip formed by the J hook as the J hook angles towards the top center of the roof, the Vanagons bumper move upward...
• Re: Part Description Needed
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:57:03 -0400
  ...My lower bracket is attached to the block over a stud on the left side (when looking at the engine from the bumper end...
• Re: EV windshields
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:18:42 -0800
  ...It is a pulley system which attaches to the rear bumper, runs over the top of the roof and has one bracket in the...
• Re: Rear Carat table installed in Weekender
  Historical mailing list - NACHTAIN 7
  Fri, 8 May 1998 12:36:07 EDT
  ...what you have to do is grind off the rear seat backing brackets that are attached to the side. then just take your other...
• Re: 87 Westy front bumper rubber strip AND MORE
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:37:25 -0700
  ...an extra set of rear bumper brackets the ones that fasten to the frame to hold the bumper FREE if any one needs them...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:56:32 -0800
  Hi Troy, That's my Titan Red Westy on the Van Caf�'s web site with the new Van Caf� BIG bumpers (aka Rocky...
• Re: gas filler neck leak
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:52:54 -0400
  ...The "bumpers" as I describe look as though they came with the brackets. The brackets look new and the bumpers are mounted onto the...
• Vanagon body kit for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 04:28:11 EDT
  ...bumpers, sideskirts , brackets.. p-mail for more info chris se pa
• Need a trailer hitch in BC...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:13:40 -0700
  ...I plan to re-infornce the bumper bracket to frame mount to be safe. I have the '88 FG bumpers, and don't see...
• Re: Trailer Hitch Picture
  Historical mailing list - Mike Noble
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:46:53 +0000
  ...Took me a good 45 minutes of eyeing it >up and trying various combinations of parts, though, as two sets of bumper >brackets are...
• Re: Bumpers - VanCafe HeavyDuty ~or~ GoWesty PlateSteel
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:14:51 -0600
  ...New ones had to be drilled and the bumper brackets don't quite pull tight to the body. We used some rubber washers to...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:50:34 -0800
  ...just weighed the stock front fiberglass genuine VW bumper. I weighed >>> it >>> with no brackets on it and no license plate. It weighs somewhere...
• Re: Chrome Rear Bumper Needed - (regular chrome w/rubber strip...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:59:15 -0600
  ...I put the bumper back on, I had to add a single flat washer between the > bumper and the bracket on the passenger side...
• Yakima Rack For Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:09:36 -0700
  ...I have a Yakima rack with their accessory gunwale brackets and rain rail attachment clamps that actually attaches to the rain rail. The way...
• Re: Paulchen (and other) racks
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:19:20 -0800
  ...To carry four bikes you need a bumper support (available from Paulchen dealer). I purchased only the frame with the bumper support and I...
• Re: Truly Vanagon Content (no swill, dung, offal, vomit or ...)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:58:21 -0700
  ...Normally bent outward it was bent inward afterwards and from the shape of the bumper brackets the only thing that saved me. If I...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:18:00 -0500
  ...And the rear bumper mounts are not that strong. The bolts do shear and those brackets do not put up that much of a...
• Re: My Recently Fabricated Rear Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:32:06 -0800
  ...The bumper brackets bolt to frame-like members ..........but it's all just a welded together unibody in think it was once called, 'unit...
• Re: South African grills fitted finally
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 22:41:45 +1200
  ...Pardon lack of bumper and rusty towing brackets... images sent to list will be stripped by Gerry. -- Regards Andrew
• Re: Rear side marker light guards
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:35:10 -0400
  ...I personally could use a set of those nifty fog light brackets for my fiberglass bumpers. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 23 lip...
• Re: Front Bumper Trim Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:54:29 -0700
  ...going to remove the front bumpers on my 87 to put on a set of VW fog > light brackets. I understand that I have...
• FS- Alloy Wheels,Bumper,Lights &Grill
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:54:44 EDT
  ...Square lights, brackets and grill. Early round light vans can be changed to square lights with separate hi-beams. Low beam lights are a...
• Re: Trailer Hitch Picture
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:28:06 -0400
  ...Took me a good 45 minutes of eyeing it up and trying various combinations of parts, though, as two sets of bumper brackets are...
• Re: Help with receiver hitch: looking for one.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:19:11 -0400
  ...eyes of the rear bumper and have a 1000lb towing and 100lb tongue rating. We have an additional support bracket that would increase the...
• Mudflaps, Trailer Hitches, Stainless Mufflers ARE HERE!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 10 May 1999 10:25:15 -0400
  ...Two sets of bumper brackets are included that attach your bumper to it, one for the metal bumper and one for the plastic "wolfsburg...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon Plastic/Fibreglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:25:20 EDT
  ...You can easily mount a metal bumper on the rear BUT you will need the bumper and the mounting brackets for a metal bumper...
• Vanagon parts 1 day sale, Oakland, california
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:03 -0600
  ...complete with bracket. mounts rearward behiind passenger or driver. bracket freshly powdercoated, seat in good condition with one tear on one side. $90 today...
• Denver U-Pull-It Gigantic Bumper
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:18:22 +0000
  ...It has brackets that slide into the frame itself. So, if somebody wants a very cool, very unique bumper, grab a buddy (or two...
• The split and a camper ?
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  2 Aug 1994 08:39:16 U
  ...Unbelievably, I found a front bumper in a junk yoard with the bracket for the canopy linkage, but I am not sure if the...
• busted your fiberglass bumper/skirts? i'll fix it!! also fiberglass bumpers FS
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:20:52 EDT
  ...anyway, the OEM VW bodykit uses the bracket system, which makes them easily removeable. anyway i do have misc fiberglass bumpers and sideskirts for...
• Carat moldings on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:59:26 -0400
  (1) Can the very visually appealing body moldings and matching bumpers be >> applied to the Westy? >> >> I know that one difficulty may be mounting...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:27:58 -0800
  ...just weighed the stock front fiberglass genuine VW bumper. I weighed >>>> it >>>> with no brackets on it and no license plate. It weighs somewhere...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:09:51 -0400
  And what do you do about the steering? On a slightly different topic, I have VolksCafe big bumpers with a front receiver hitch. Any...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:19:46 -0800
  ...wrote: > re > > "And the rear bumper mounts are not that strong. The bolts do shear and > those > brackets do not put up that much...
• Re: help with mounting driving lights on 84 GL /w metal bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 09:13:15 +0000
  ...VW made metal brackets that mounted to those holes (I think D. Marshall sells them), but it is easy to bend some metal to...
• Re: hitch
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:14:51 -0400
  ...I currently have a hitch that replaces the bumper mounts, but doesn't have a removable reciever. Jason Ewing 84 Vanagon - soon to be...
• Re: Coverting to Fiberglass Bumpers & Trim;
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:11:36 -0700
  ...Converting (in Utah yet) > to Fiberglass Bumpers & Trim, > From the 85 steel one's. > Fitting the brackets Is causing me fits ! :o) > I was...
• Nice Camper (not for sale) San Diego
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Fri, 03 May 1996 18:11:31 -0700
  ...What I noticed was the frame mounted in front of the front bumper, room for a spare tire held off the front sheet metal...
• Re: busted your fiberglass bumper/skirts? i'll fix it!! also fiberglass bumpers FS
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:28:40 -0700
  ...anyway, the OEM VW bodykit uses the bracket system, which makes them easily removeable. anyway i do have misc fiberglass bumpers and sideskirts for...
• Re: Racks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:47:57 -0900
  No, it mounts to the frame with plate steel arms that extend in much farther then the stock bumper brackets do, and uses three...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Mon, 26 May 2003 00:58:17 -0700
  ...It has two brackets that attach to the bumper- not the valance, and holes have to be drilled for the brackets. The bars then...
• 1999 Vanagon - Too Expensive?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:24:17 -0700
  ...At most 5mph bumpers (add a shock absorber to each bracket) and airbags (< $1k retail) would add $1,500 to $2,000 to that...
• Re: don't wanna replace your fuel hoses??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 14:49:33 -0700
  ...and the bolt on brackets should still work. Did they really make any US 91's with steel bumpers? And jump seats? Mark Joel...
• Re: Hung in the middle (where else?) - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 May 2002 08:38:31 -0500
  ...the > winning design > > used a redwood 2x6 mounted to the original bumper brackets, two > rows of full > > beer (or soda pop) cans glued to...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 May 2008 18:01:24 -0500
  ...Front grills look ok as does the front bumper. I > managed to save the mounting bracket from the pass side jumpseat and > after I...
• sell or trady my 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:05:13 EDT
  ...Have all the brackets and seatbelts to install. Have large table and two mounting brackets. Rear bench seat and rear trunk pad in very...
• Parts for sale, cheap
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:11:59 -0500
  ...bumper, no rust, no dings, one ok end cap $65 - rear facing seat, (from a '90 Carat) with left or right mounting bracket and...
• Re: Part Description Needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:32:28 -0500
  ...My lower bracket is attached to the block over a stud on the left side (when looking at the engine from the bumper end...