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• Re: hidden Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:15:34 -0500
  I used to have a '58 splittie (bus) and later a '64 splittie (bus) and now that I have two Vanagons the lineage is...
• Re: Bus windows
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 09:23:37 -0400
  ...IIRC > they had splitties well into 1979. I saw some > Brazilian buses in Manila which looked oddly like a bay window bus but had...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:18:26 -0500
  ...Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon? > Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted > tow bar on my...
• Re: Of course a vanagon is a bus!
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:13:23 -0700
  But what do Split-heads and Breadloaf types know anyway??? Oh, that's right, I've owned three splitties and three bays myself. But...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:14:44 +1300
  > >> The down sides to the Bay and Split window are the absence of a big hole >>> over the engine for easy access. >> >> The 1600...
• CV boots life
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 05:25:27 -0700
  ...The boots that split are usually the ones next to the trans. Once it was a boot at the tire. Messy either way. William
• Gingerbread splittie from Washington Post pictures
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:40:46 -0500
  http://wapo.st/1AM3HtJ
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?Mudd_=E2=80=9CNot_Jack=E2=80=9D_Sparrow?=
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 15:45:45 -0700
  ...Lane splitting was legal in San Francisco then and I assume it still is today. > > Lane splitting is different from the idiots you see...
• Re: split thrust shim?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:02:40 -0700
  ...The only problem is that > one of the shims was split due to a previous engine > mis-assembly of the outer thrust washer. I...
• Re: New vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu Bumper Stickers
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Wed, 08 May 1996 15:46:37 -0500
  ...Maybe a Splittie and a Vanagon for one, and a >>Splittie and an EV for another. >> > > If you make Vanagon versions, let me know...
• Re: Splitty love story NVC
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:08:12 -0500
  ...I'm envisioning a wire cage in your two car garage with a sign on the shelf of the split door that says parts...
• bus candles and sighting
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 22:11:48 -0400
  ...It's a rather large hunk of blue wax molded into the shape of a splittie. It is fairly well detailed and accurate. It...
• splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Tue, 25 May 2004 19:36:55 -0700
  Another thing I forgot to ask when I mentioned that I plan to split my case tomorrow.... From what I remember of the first...
• Splitty question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:20:42 -0400
  ...In a recent conversation I was told about a 1956 split bus sitting in a local garage. I remember hearing about it’s arrival...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 08:17:38 -0700 (PDT)
  And Gerald Skerbitz thus wrote: > > The plan is to split the list based on Joel's stats. AirrCooled bus owners > will end up on...
• Re: Splitty Chassis/dating
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 07:20:29
  ...argonet.co.uk** Hal 'ECHO' Eccles - WFRP, X-files, etc... '72 1303S Ragtop David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:24:24 -0700
  ...Deep pocket guys usually do not look at beaters but look > at parts. > Most split bus shells can pull a K out of it...
• Re: wierd bus..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:34:30 -0400
  ...Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:56 AM > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=953250 vanagon style sliders, baywindow nose, splitty rear...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:52:31 -0500
  Nuclear Submarines stay submerged for long periods by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and using the oxygen for breathing. Of course they also...
• Re: [[un-vanagon] gee,that shore is awful purdy! (21-window splitty for sale)]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:01:42 +1200
  >wow splitty, hey I can see the ground in my 66 bug :) They might not be Vanagons, but the 21/23-windows really ARE...
• Re: I'm Still here in San Jose (was CA flooding
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 07:51:03 EST
  Yes, It seems that the splits always wave! I have had that same experience of trying to get a reply from a >68 to...
• Re: Split fires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:31:39 EDT
  In a message dated 98-08-15 13:29:23 EDT, you write: << for those who's had em; are split fire plugs a...
• Re: ultimate sleeper porsche rusting van -- just for fun post, skip if you ar...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:44:01 EDT
  ...especially in the Microbus/splitty circuits.. lowered splittys w/ cool rims.. not always because it looks "cool", moreso because they are just too damn...
• Re: Electrical pollution?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:10:55 +1300
  ...Until we invent a way to radiate waste heat into >space we had better out the brakes on splitting the atom. We really want...
• NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:31:23 -0600
  ...NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do? > > A friend I have hardly seen in 30 years called me up tonight to ask > if...
• tents? we don't need no steekin'...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:10:10 -0800
  Had an opportunity to try out the Bob Hoover inspired split PVC pipe with ubiquitous blue tarp this past CCC weekend, worked pretty well...
• Re: Bus/Vanagon T designations
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:07:23 +1200
  ...Funny, in my poor days I considered buying a T2 rear section to attach a Split front to. The body cross-section is identical...
• Re: please help me decide!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:45:16 -0600
  > I had a 66 Splittie with a very good 1776 engine, five rub tranny, open > drive axles (reduction boxes removed). > It was really great...
• Re: Go with the split
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 18:04:01 -0400
  > I'm for the split. > > Air-cooled's are still in production. Advances, improvements are continually > being made. My 1965 bus runs better than...
• VW Splittie Ads
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 04 Jan 96 19:00 CST
  ...Here in my office I have the following ads for splitties framed and hanging on the wall: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Picture: 66ish red/white Deluxe wrapped in...
• Re: Nut Size - Found it - Saw splitty's too
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Thu, 9 May 2013 13:02:29 -0400
  ...I was also rewarded with the fact they have not 1 but 2 splitty's in their showroom along with a '64 bug. What...
• Re: Friday Fwd: Stretched Splittie
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:15:59 -0700
  ...Stretched Splittie On 4/12/2013 12:21 PM, David Beierl wrote: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LEVUQEYLglthsxofighxD9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> Might be Photoshopped...
• Re: There are few bargains on eBay (but I bought my Westfalia this way)...
  Historical mailing list - Pokey
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:49:07 -0800
  I wonder if thast is the same splitty I refered to in my original post?: "Last summer I was bidding on non-running rust...
• Vanagons vs. Bays vs. Splitties vs. New Bus?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:51:02 -0700
  ...When ever I have the chance to do a long > road trip, I will take the 84 any day over the splitties for obvious...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 22:09:20 -0800
  ...Type 2 T1 Splitty Type 2 T2 Breadloaf Type 2 T3 Breadbox (Vanagon) Type 2 T4 etc., etc., etc. Sent from my mobile brick...
• Re: '61 crew cab value
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 01 Sep 1995 10:54:21 -0700
  ...double cabs in good shape (with >straight gates !!!) are pretty hard to come by, both split window busses >and bubble window Sorry, forgot to...
• RE (2): Forwarded: FS 60 Double Door
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 02 Dec 95 06:47 CST
  ...I do not need another splittie, but... -Jim Bryant
• Re: Burning Vans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:49:34 -0800
  ...Then the type2 folks split off, then the vintagebus folks split from the type2 list. Unca Joel can give us dates. He's been...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:36:39 -0500
  ...in the year 2015...... > A quick disconnect for the wiring harness on a splittie? Wow, that PO > must've been really bored or really...
• Re: Gas heaters in Splitties
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:51:37 -0900 (AKST)
  > How is the duct-work for the gas heater hooked up in a splittie? Does it > hook up to the main heater tube (and...
• List is getting kinda crazy..suggested split
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Wed, 27 May 1998 12:43:50 -0700
  ...WOuld itbe feasible to split thelist up into Westfalia type and regular non Westfalia type? I think this would help, it would save me...
• Splitty tent
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 17 May 2011 09:19:31 -0700
  http://www.firebox.com/product/3644/VW-Camper-Van-Tent Want
• Replacing the LP tank - part 1
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:37:46 -0800
  ...There are two propane lines, one for the stove, one for the frig, that connect to a splitter that connects to the regulator: http...
• Re: timing mark on a 1.9 wbx DH block
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:18:35 -0700
  The V is the timing mark for setting the timing and should line up with the case split, however it seems that your timing...
• Re: VW Splittie Ads
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 21:25:48 -0500
  ...from my back deck, I see a lovely little turquoise/white splittie in my neighbor's driveway - it's been there a week now...
• Seats FS-Splittie (r&mdl)~ OBO
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 13:39:48 -0700 (MST)
  ...Ellis has a set of seats for a splittie for sale. Middle: Full length middle with the Golden "Salt and Pepper" material. White rubbery...
• Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:27:55 -0600
  ...Has anyone else? > > BenT I have never seen that rear split window before either, but it looks like a late split or bay bus...
• Re: Splitty question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:10:12 -0700
  ...In a recent conversation I was told about a 1956 split bus sitting in a local garage. I remember hearing about it’s arrival...
• Re: Of course a vanagon is a bus!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:19:37 -0700
  > But what do Split-heads and Breadloaf types know anyway??? Oh, that's right, > I've owned three splitties and > three bays myself. But...
• Re: DC area split window bus--free!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:31:37
  ...DC area split window bus--free! > > >PLEASE SOMEBODY RESCUE THAT BUS!!!! > >if i were down there i would be trying to sneak off work...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 05:00:02 -0700 (MST)
  ...Only, maybe, 1 out of ten split window care not to greet by waving. I doubt even that many. This may jinx me for...
• Re: Busses in the Movies
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:42:32 +1200
  >Also, there is a splitty used in Back to The Future. The bad guys shoot the >doc from it. Unfortunately, they die, and so...
• Re: Walkthrough Splitz
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Aug 1994 15:27:53 -0400 (EDT)
  I had a friend who had a 66 walk thru.... Ric
• Re: vanagon@lenti
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 17:23:54 -0700
  44 and counting. About equally split between all three lists. Jim
• 20,000uDollars on split
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 15:50:00 -0400
  Me three! See long quoted article below;-) My comments on the list split. 1. Volume is way too high. A split will help this...
• Re: Splittie with wrong size wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:59:30 -0500
  ...Are you sure your shocks are good/ The ride on a split is supposed to be tight, not sqishy like a car or a...
• Fw: Re: [VANAGON] vanagon chess set
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:06:43 -0600
  ...that is, its engine is in the front. ;) > King - 21 window samba splittie, with sunroof. and roof rack. or porsche 911? or porsche 356...
• Re: 1/10 scale model remote control Split
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 10:54:26 -0500
  ...1/10 scale model remote control Split > To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > Volks, just saw a 1/10 scale model remote control Split by...
• Re: 1970 Delux Bus Adventurewagon
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:51:37 -0800
  ...Search the archives and > you’ll find the split. - Yup, there it is. 7/10/96 Note from Gerry > Skerbitz. (The actual split was...
• Hello from England
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 91 18:47:38
  This is a new webber trying to cope with the mass of e mail arriving hourly! Dave and Cee of the Split Screen Van...