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• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 07:57:18 EDT
  I have one of these in my '85 parts van if anyone is interested. $200 plus shipping for the whole shebang minus compressor. Thanks...
• Re: Junkyard Wars - No Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:29:15 -0800
  ...Junkyard Wars - No Vanagon content Has anyonew seen the TV program "Junkyard Wars"? I'm curious as to what the backyard mechanics on this...
• Re: Two vans in local junkyard - Richmond VA one with BEHR AC??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:05:50 -0500
  ...Been meaning to go to this junkyard for a while and was surprised to find two Vanagons in it, an '83 AC Westy and...
• Getting rich selling parts
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:11:14 -0400
  ...If you've got a van you're sending to the junkyard, in the spirit of helping others on the list, why don't...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 03:46:49 -0700
  ...sliding door, I was able to find one Vanagon at the junkyard, and it has it's sliding door. I was just wondering .......will...
• Canadian 1980 Westfalia in junkyard-- pictures !!
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:19:33 -0500
  ...Canadian 1980 Westfalia in junkyard-- pictures !! To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Yah I assumed it was located in Canada...... >Canadian 1980 Westfalia ........ somehow I...
• Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:13:03 -0500
  ...I hadn't thought to look in junkyards, since LED brakelights are relatively new and late-model cars don't tend to turn up...
• DPO's brake hack
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:29:05 -0800
  ...Down to the junkyards! Mark, bemused
• Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:55:20 -0400
  All, Does anyone know of a source (other than junkyards, which is, of course, a possibility) of an ECU for a 1983 Vanagon, watercooled...
• Calling all SE PA parts-people
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:43:13 EDT
  ...I searched local Junkyards, but everything is either 13", or 14" with a 5 lug pattern. If anyone can help, it would be greatly...
• 84 transmission
  Historical mailing list - Robert Copich
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 14:38:37 -0800
  ...I will be sending it to the junkyard soon. Copich@msn.com _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months...
• Re: Cast control arm upgrade worth it? Springs?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:46:34 -0400
  ...I wouldn't use old brake hoses from a junkyard myself. New ones are not that expensive. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
• Re: junkyard tales
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 06:42:18 -0600
  ...junkyard tales, change those fuel lines! > > The major self serve junkyards in SoCal had their half price sales this > weekend. I made it to...
• FS tan sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:39:45 -0700
  Hello all, I have a tan sliding door that I got from the junkyard. I was going to use it for panel repairs, but...
• FS tan sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:57:42 -0700
  Hello all, I have a tan sliding door that I got from the junkyard. I was going to use it for panel repairs, but...
• Re: CD changer or amp fit in drivers batt box?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 22:52:23 -0700
  ...I got all mine at a junkyard from , of course, a Jetta. The harness that goes to the trunk is a challenge to remove...
• Re: 88 wolfsburg weekender in Baltimore junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:34:47 -0500
  On second thought,maynot be a weekender.There is a table and rear jump seats,but the third tow seat has head rests.No...
• No men clay ture
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 04 Aug 94 14:09:14 CDT
  ...the big chunks always do. :) so what do you call 50 chevrolets all parked together? a junkyard! :) joel <anti-GM>
• Re: Favorite VW Junkyards /f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 13:01:31 -0400
  > > Some advice on how to convince spouses/children that road > trips to VW boneyards qualify as a good family vacation > would be appreciated... if...
• wrong tires...?alternate wheels
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:07:25 -0600
  ...which wheels are these? It seems likely that they could be found at a reasonable cost at a junkyard... John '90 syncro westy-Vic
• '72 Westy update (was Re: '71 single cab pickup?)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 14:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Replaced seal with a good used one from the junkyard. Replaced sliding door seal with a good used one from the junkyard. Rubbed out...
• Re: VW junkyards around Wheeling WV
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 06:57:53 -0800
  ...of the >woods but there is the king of all vw junkyards >close by. It is in Cambridge, Ohio and is south >east of...
• Retro-fitting F.I. (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:50:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...OK, here goes - I've been considering getting a used (junkyard) FI unit and installing it on my '73 Campmobile. I got rid of...
• Going to the Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Loerzel
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:20:02 -0500
  Hello, I am pleading with anyone/everyone that is going to be hitting a junkyard in the future to keep an eye for a...
• 23 Window Deluxe Spotted On TV
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Feb 95 10:06:50 CST
  On last night's WALKER - TEXAS RANGER, I spotted a green/white 23 window Deluxe in the junkyard scene. Next time I'm in...
• Re: I love junkyards
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 18:37:32 -0400
  In a message dated 97-08-26 06:08:20 EDT, oshaug@INFINET.COM writes: << I spent about an hour on a 84 in...
• Re: Westy Interior
  Historical mailing list - James Karukas
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:30:19 -0800
  Esteemed List, Can anyone in Southern California direct me to a junkyard/other source of parts for a Vanagon/Westy conversion? TIA, James ________________________________________________________________ GET...
• Re: Junkyard Wealth
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 21:09:37 EST
  Yeah, I forgot to write the name of the yard in my post. It's called FAST and there is Russ' Recycling right across...
• Re: speakers for front doors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:21:13 -0500
  ...At about $20 for the pair, this may not be as cheap as finding handles for another car a junkyard that might work. But...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:03:29 -0700
  ...German-car junkyard has a book that shows many of the VWs use interchangeable 'brains' and he says they don't often cause problems...
• Convex sde mirror for early Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:56:47 -0700
  ...Is it possible to put the glass from the power mirror into the non-power shell? Can junkyard power mirrors be fitted instead (without...
• lots of good parts going to the crusher..
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:35:32 EDT
  ...and around here there are no vanagons in junkyards anymore.. nothing i can do. it just sucks. :(
• Re: Syncro bargain, low miles!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:04:12 EDT
  ...297114 > > Oh, wait, I think I missed a zero. > > its even got a "bonafide" junkyard in the background... bone-if-i'd say chris
• Junkyard Dogs. grrrrrr!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:11:10 CST6CDT
  ...the local junkyard has a usual and customary practice of quoting the 'sucker' price on the phone and when you get there to pick...
• FS: misc Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:40:23 -0500
  Just wanted to let individuals on the List know that I have quite a few extra Vanagon parts for sale from my junkyard excursions...
• junkyard find...
  Historical mailing list - Rob S.
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:10:46 -0400
  ...whatever years that is) with roof-AC, complete everything (except exhaust) great blue captains chairs, blue door panels, good windshield, blue rear seat, junkyard...
• Re: SoCal junkyards with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:20:19 -0400
  ...and Exon gas station is very near the exit ,by the junkyard. They always have a vanagon(so far).How about the rest of...
• Re: 85 GL in the junkyard in South Bend Indiana
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:01:31 -0400
  Bus Saved! Scotty ended up talking the junkyard into a trade for a plasma cutter he bought from a pawn shop! Got the title...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:37:16 -0700
  ...The nearest good VW junkyard is in > Albuquerque. But I don't know if you can still get hubcaps at junkyards > since most people...
• C4C Vanagons at junkyard
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:33:18 -0700
  Last week 2 Cash for Clunker Vanagons appeared at a local self serve yard. Both looked pretty good overall, especially the 85 Westy Wolfsburg...
• H4 headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:49:38 -0700
  I've often found a sets of h-4s in a junkyard 914s and similar cars. They are often overlooked, as the headlights are...
• Re: AC switch
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:21:54 -0400
  ...AC switch i know of a vanagon near me at a junkyard that has the A/C switch in it. I live in cambridge...
• jetta3 rear spoiler wanted.know of one? NVC, NAC
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:40:27 EDT
  ...or any jetts 3's in junkyards.. sorry for the WOB- p-mail me with any leads- thanx chris
• Re: Propane heaters; Are you SERIOUS????
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:59:48 -0500
  ...the Webasto or the Eberspacher and some of the others)it costs from $500 to $1200.Finding one it a junkyard in a semi...
• Re: junk yards for Vanagon parts.
  Historical mailing list - Hugo Varotto
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 08:50:33 -0800
  ...does anybody know/recommend a junkyard in the PNW (seattle area preferrable) that either specializes or have lots of Vanagon parts. Thanks, Hugo ------------------------------------------------------------ + To...
• Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:38:17 -0500
  ...Don't know what you saw in that junkyard. Pumping oil all the way from the rear of the vehicle to the nose and...
• Re: 2.1 L WBX Basket Case - Save or Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 11:53:16 -0700
  ...Some bucks, or is it junkyard scrapmetal, or > should I give it to my local rebuilder for a few kudos on my next engine...
• Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:50:29 -0500
  ...Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts? > why dont you just go to your local junkyard? there are tons of audi 5000's > in junkyards...
• Re: Wanted: spare wheel
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:37:04 -0600
  ...check out http://www.junkyarddog.com/listings.htm for listings of junkyards in your state. hope it helps. good luck! unca joel
• Re: Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:53:07 -0700
  ...I swapped in the guts from a junkyard Volvo distributor and the problem was permanently solved. On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:55...
• Insulation?
  Historical mailing list - Jonny Miner
  Sat, 17 Sep 1994 00:49:33 -0700 (PDT)
  I recently went to a VW junkyard looking for parts and found a bus that had the inner panels removed and appeared to have...
• Carb leaking
  Historical mailing list - bus
  Fri, 26 May 1995 07:14:02 -0400
  ...Stephen ******************************************************************************* \ / Stephen Schmidt \ / \ X / \ / \ / spschmid@interpath.net \/ \/ bus@blackhwk.interpath.net 1971 CAMPER junkyard@blackhwk.interpath.net *******************************************************************************
• AT Illumination and cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:43:30 -0400
  ...It uses parts from a license plate light which can be found cheap at a junkyard. Also added some cupholders to the AT console...
• Re: commence Jordaning...Re: Out of Office AutoReply: Mudflaps..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:57:34 EDT
  ...warmerwagen@yahoo.com writes: > I did'nt realize you were a junkyard photographer > right here in Seattle! > > http://www.photomediagroup.com/archive/2004-fall...
• Re: Seats for a '78 bus
  Historical mailing list - Janet Martinson
  Wed, 18 May 1994 09:07:34 -0700 (PDT)
  ...from what car in > a junkyard, or such) will fit in there? Any and all help appreciated. > thanks, DAN. I replaced the seats in...
• Re: stupid gas cap !!!!!! ( I need help please )
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:36:59 -0400
  ...I finally went into a > junkyard and looked around and found that a style of mid-90s > BMW gas cap style fits perfectly, is...
• Re: GL to Westy Conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 21:52:50 -0500 (CDT)
  Matt, I saw a Country Homes pop-top in a St.Louis junkyard about 5 or 6 months ago. Don't know if it...
• <syncro> rad fan motor
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:14:46 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Will try for a junkyard Audi to pull (she's watching!) May bolt-in or be only a minor tweak. Will repost. Tim
• Fw: 71 Westy in Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Laura Olson
  Thu, 18 May 2000 12:37:23 -0500
  Just a question-will one of those child cots fit in an 82 Vanagon? Shouldn't be too hard to install if the dimensions...
• Re: 1985?Westy for Sale in Merrillville, Indiana
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:05:26 -0400
  ...People are always amazed that my daily driver was in a junkyard ready to be scrapped :) -- Thanks, Jeff '85 GL (Gertie) '90 Carat (Grover...