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  • Re: Do you ever pat your Vanagon on the head and say thanks?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 2 Aug 2014 17:45:53 -0500
    So, who says spirits inhabit lakes, rivers, rocks, trees, and mountains? Not me. You show me a spirit, I'll show you a goblin...
  • generators again-Honda EU1000
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:39:47 -0800
    I don't mean to revive this thread unnecessarily, but at the Gander Mountain store in Richmond VA this morning I found several on...
  • F.S. 86 GL SYNCRO
    Historical mailing list - Stanley Pitman
    Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:16:53 -0700
    ...Runs good except for the renowned oil pressure problem on long mountain grades. Contact stanman@blueneptune.com
  • Re: Overheating danger in snowstorm
    Historical mailing list - Derek Darling
    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:18:46 -0700
    ...Oh Yeah! I saw one on the weather channel once! hee hee hee Derek in Vancouver where snow stays on the mountains, where it...
  • NVC: thanks, SD Zoo passes are gone
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:03:06 -0600
    ...bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
  • Gold Westy sighting on TG Day in VA
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:06:35 -0800
    We were headed west cresting Afton Mountain on I-64 and saw a nice late gold Westy headed east.� Since we were passengers in...
  • Re: Towing a Pop-Up Camper with a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
    Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:55:44 -0800
    Well I and my family drove from Seattle to Red Deer Alberta (that's across the Rocky Mountains) pulling a 4'x8' utility trailer...
  • Re: [vanagon] Any climbers out there?
    Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
    Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:48:25 -0700
    ...Re: [vanagon] Any climbers out there? > Yup...been climbing Rock, Ice and Mountaineering for > 27 years. Nice gear...but my feet are size 11...
  • Re: Need for upgraded brakes for engine conversion
    Historical mailing list - John Reddick
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:47:27 -0400
    ...My 87 Westy, when it had stock brakes, went up and down mountains with 5 grown men and 5 hang gliders on top. The...
  • Re: mufflers
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 17 Oct 1994 13:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
    ...I ahve no connection with Rocky Mountain. No motivation except being a very satisfied customer. P.P.S. I know I typo'ed friend...
  • Jump Seat Adapter
    Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
    Thu, 2 Apr 2015 12:12:46 -0400
    Third time is charm: > I'm about to pull the trigger on a Rocky Mountain Westy jump seat adapter. Any experiences and/or advice...
  • Re: tools to have onhand...
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:14:12 -0500
    >> It is rare indeed out here to find cell service in the mountains when off the interstates. << True that for the Blue Ridge Parkway...
  • Re: Hydrogen cars ... a lot of hot gas!! ;)
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:15:03 -0400
    ...http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ Now THAT will get your Vanagon over those mountain passes.... LOL Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
  • Re: good cooling article
    Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
    Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:55:17 EST
    In a message dated 11/1/02 2:27:39 PM Mountain Standard Time, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes: What is anti-freeze? > According to...
  • need carfax
    Historical mailing list - Alan Hosage
    Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:27:01 EST
    ...advance. _UCMYVW@aol.com_ (mailto:UCMYVW@aol.com) Thank-you, Alan H. Mountain Top, PA 2-87 Syncros 02 WRX 90 Audi V8 Quattro )
  • Re: Crazy Winnebago/Eurovan Motorhome
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:39:35 -0700 (PDT)
    ...110 hp (or whatever the EV has) is not > near enough to drive a motorhome in the mountains! (Speaking from a > Rocky Mountain dwellers...
  • Re: Fish Taco Expedition
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 24 Jul 1995 10:00:34 -0700
    ...Late July is too soon, though. > The possible activities included Beer Drinking, Mountain Biking, >Old Sacramento, and a tour of Fitzpatrick's Body Shop...
  • Re: OXS and battery light on intermitant
    Historical mailing list - Rod Knutson
    Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:36:17 -0700
    ...Like right after I fuel it, under heavy load pulling mountains, under compression coming down mountains... It does not quit, just looses power like...
  • Re: MPG redux
    Historical mailing list - Ellen
    Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:28:50 -0700
    Actually, onthis last camping trip to Horsethief Lake a couple weeks ago (no mountain travel) Lola did her usual 20 MPG. I haven't...
  • sf bay area mechanics
    Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
    Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:04:04 -0700
    aside from fred's garage in mountain view, any of you sf bay area folks have any favorites? gotta get ready for a big...
  • Re: 2000 list archives(don't read until friday)
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:12:57 -0500
    ...Its just buried under a mountain of rubbish. -Larry EMZ wrote: > 1998 was the last year the list had anything useful on it!
  • Propane heaters
    Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
    Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:17:39 EDT
    Waht is the current thinking on heaters...I just spent a wonderful weekend in the catskill mountains, snow and all, and think I may...
  • Re: front backing plates needed
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Sat, 24 May 2003 12:23:26 -0400
    ...it fits both sides I got my last 2 sets from rocky mountain for less than the dealer would sell them to me Bob
  • Paulchen Racks?
    Historical mailing list - Phil Cappellini
    Sun, 14 May 2006 15:24:43 -0700
    Hello, The wife and I have a tandem bike and the kids have their own mountain bikes. Do you think a Paulchen Rack would...
  • Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
    Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
    Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:11:41 -0400
    ...I just drove to West River Westies, then through the mountains of >VT and NY for 4 days. 1000 miles. 2 tanks of gas...
  • Re: tires
    Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
    Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:22:17 -0700
    ...the coast and when on top the mountain On the dirt fire roads here in rural mountains Santa Barbara they are great Often the...
  • Dead of Winter Campout - NW Georgia Feb 2-4
    Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
    Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:10:35 -0500
    ...Peach State Transporters will be holding it's 5th Annual Dead of Winter Campout at Cloudland Canyon State Park in the NW Georgia mountains...
  • Re: Engine Died
    Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
    Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:00:51 -0400
    ...He was out voted by Frodo after some mountaineering set backs. > But then again I’m remembering the movie rather than the book. That...
  • Re: 14" tires, report...
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:22:54 -0800
    ...purpose, and it does carry the mountain/snowflake ikon > on the side wall, so will meet mountain driving condition legal > requirements. -- Neil n Blog...
  • Re: FS Waser Boxer to Air Cooled Conversion Kits
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 7 Dec 2002 22:08:57 -0600
    ...you wired with caffeine and sugar, the only beverage upgrade is Mountain Dew. We can't guarantee the oak leaves, we work under both...
  • Re: Turnkey Proposal Rocky Mountain Westy
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 25 May 2012 06:22:57 -0700
    On May 25, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Rowan Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote: > They appear to have gone out of business. At any...
  • Re: gathering on the mountain (deadhead content)
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Thu, 8 Jul 1999 22:07:10 -0400
    where is this campout? thanks for this info. Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6 desa4622@kettering.edu sudhir...
  • Re: 240z crash update
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:36:46 -0500
    Good story! Persistence, like water, can erode mountains. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888...
  • Larger or additional radiator?
    Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
    Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:00:58 -0600
    ...additional one? I'd like to keep my 1984 1.9L from getting too hot in the mountains this summer. Thanks! Scott [text/html]
  • Great photos of 16"s in mountain action!
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Thu, 11 Oct 2001 10:37:38 +0200
    http://www.t3-forum.de/user/patrick/ These are photos from the last 16" syncro meeting here in Germany. I thought I should share...
  • Re: Bumper stickers
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 18 May 2002 17:25:01 EDT
    ...writes: > God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains, > and I had to eat him :) > > oh, man that is baaaad :<) chris
  • Re: groovy flower stickers
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Sat, 26 Oct 2002 21:24:51 -0400
    I think Rocky Mountain Motorworks sells magnetic versions, for people who want a less permanent solution. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org...
  • Air cooled Vanagon Westy Sighting
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Tue, 29 May 2007 12:25:28 -0700
    Air cooled Vanagon Westy, Observatory campground near Palomar Mountain, CA. Anyone here? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia...
  • Re: Baja Suggestions?
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:14:20 -0700
    ...In San Ignatio, arrange for a tour of the cave paintings (north of town in the Mountains, so a bit of back-tracking), or...
  • Re: Getting Caught
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:19:40 -0800
    ...So, sign at bottom of mountain indicated campsites available at the campground WAY up the mountain. Made it up, stopping periodically to cool down...
  • Steep Grades
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:36:59 -0600
    ...Halfway down the mountain (they call them that here - tho in other parts of the country they would be considered low hills) - the shoulder...
  • Re: Missing Exhaust bolts
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:38:29 -0800
    ...bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." From: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> Reply-To: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> Date...
  • Re: Subaru conversion
    Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
    Sat, 21 Apr 2018 20:35:27 -0700
    Small car, Rocky Mountain, buslab, Kennedy Eng’g to name a few...google it > On Apr 16, 2018, at 8:22 PM, John Rodgers...
  • Re: Turnkey Proposal Rocky Mountain Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 24 May 2012 18:42:32 -0500
    80 hours at $80/hr (usual for shops in this part of the world) is $6400. so your "turnkey" would have been $13.4K...
  • About the tour -
    Historical mailing list - Jan Allbright
    Fri, 11 Nov 94 14:19:15 PST
    ...MS 37UM | | UNIX Networks Group | Mountain View, Ca. 94043 | | jallbrig@mayfield.hp.com | 415.691.3026 | \--------------------(Opinions Expressed Are My Own)--------------------/
  • WTB: center fiberglass for rear bumper
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:50:56 -0800
    ...Anyone have one, and what's your asking price? tx, bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
  • Re: What kind of vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:53:32 EDT
    In a message dated 9/7/2002 8:37:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time, wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: << Champagne Edition >> champagne editions were made...
  • Re: love handles and mud flaps
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:58:26 EDT
    In a message dated 10/17/03 8:31:16 AM Mountain Daylight Time, al_knoll@PACBELL.NET writes: > So if men tend towards...
  • Don't forget "Fire on the Mountain" this weekend
    Historical mailing list - phil cain
    Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:13:40 -0700
    http://hometown.aol.com/sailon800/myhomepage/index.html Take a look and come on down or up to the gala event this weekend. Phil...
  • Re: heading out tomorrow (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:18:03 -0800
    If they think Battle Mountain is the armpit of the nation, they haven't traveled around much !! There's thousands of places way yuckier...
  • Re: Friday NCV: how far can you drive without oil.
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:50:38 -0500
    ...Probably six miles round trip, maybe eight, but the mountain road is steep and long. The public was invited to the event. They did...
  • Re: [NVC but camping!] In Canada's B.C.
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 23 May 2012 19:52:33 -0500
    ...Similarly in the Crazy Mountains and East Crazy Mountains in Montana, Selkirk Mountains in Washington and Idaho. You can do the lookups for particular...
  • Re: Texas State Parks
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 19 May 2013 21:52:49 -0500
    ...Some of my favorites are Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, Devil's River State Natural Area, Franklin Mountains State Park, Davis Mountains State...
  • Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:11:54 -0800
    IIRC, used to be [dawn of time, around 1970] that interstate standards were 4% max EXCEPT where it wasn't feasible, like mountains and...
  • Re: Ignition switch - no start
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:10:10 -0700
    ...Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "mountainroad@rmi.net" <mountainroad@RMI.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:57 AM Subject...
  • Re: my bus vs. the mountains
    Historical mailing list - randy johnson
    Sun, 8 May 94 14:54:37 EDT
    I drove my 73 camper from NC to CA. We went right through Denver, CO on the interstate (70, i think). It was slow...
  • Re: Where to keep my buds??
    Historical mailing list - Sean O'Corrain
    Tue, 17 Jun 97 19:57:13 -0500
    Rocky Mountain Motorworks has several styles available. They are patterned after the originals from the 50's and 60's. You can get a...
  • Re: Experience with adding addtional lights
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:34:19 EST
    ...It comes with a lifetime warranty (from Rocky Mountain Motor Works). Let me know if you are interested. Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3...
  • Re: San Diego event
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Sun, 15 Jul 2001 07:35:54 EDT
    ...Mission Bay is very nice, but the Palomar Mountain area is our favorite. Frank Grunthaner
  • Another Snow Story
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:26:28 -0600
    ...of ultimate VW to handle the winter months---especially going up mountains--- I think it will show up in a attachment--I'm not...