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  • Re: Clocks
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:15:14 -0500
    hey i managed to find a clock for my bay window- for free. i didn't know they were that difficult to find. Are...
  • Re: Bay Window Shocks
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 3 May 1996 01:13:54 -0500
    Well since the Vanagon discussion is going, how about suggestions for handling improvements on a late bay window. I have always gone with OEM...
  • Re: Bay window bus rims on Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:32:00 -0700
    Thanks to Alistair for catching my math/typo mistake. That should read 19mm - not 29mm. BenT > On Jun 21, 2021, at 9:11 PM...
  • Sunroof cables- wtb
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:20:15 -0500
    ...the shelf for just such an occasion, are apparently for a bay window bus (despite being sold to me as for a Vanagon.....) Does...
  • Odd craigslist posting, wanted: trailer or Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
    Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:59:38 -0700
    This is from the Green Bay Craigslist: � I have a truck canopy for sale for $250, Goes to a F-150 1997-2002 extra...
  • Busses in Cartoons...
    Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
    Tue, 1 May 2001 07:46:58 EDT
    Last week while waiting for the X-Files to start, I caught the beginning of "Futurama", and they dug up a bay window (literally...
  • Re: Risk of fire?
    Historical mailing list - James Walldow
    Fri, 2 May 2003 17:34:07 -0800
    ...shawn luft wrote: >Are vanagons as prone to catching on fire as the earlier bay window >buses? > >- Shawn >
  • Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
    Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
    Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:48:30 -0400
    I'm quite a distance away from Waterloo, probably 6 hours. I did email the guy to try and get an address but i...
  • Re: Rear wipers lacking on European T3s
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:56:36 -0700
    ...I don't remember my Bay or Splits getting dirty rear > windows either. >
  • RE: '52 Barndoor update
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:44:00 -0800 (PST)
    ...I couldn't believe my eyes! > There if front of me was a '56 panel van, five other split window buses, >three bay windows...
  • Re: window tenting - question!
    Historical mailing list - Todd P. Last
    Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:40:20 -0800
    ...Couple questions: <br> <br> Can anyone reccomend a good place for window tenting in the Bay Area, <br> California? <br> <br> I am trying...
  • Re: T2 seats
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 7 Feb 2001 00:27:52 EST
    ...writes: > Does anyone know if vanagon seats will fit in a bay window bus? A friend of > mine want's to "upgrade" his T2...
  • Re: CheapEST front AC for an 86 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
    Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:19:53 -0700
    ...6 windows open and 60 MPH. Hasn't failed me yet. (Of course - I'm in the bay area here and it never gets...
  • Wiper Wings and other queries...
    Historical mailing list - DrCory
    Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:36:55 -0600
    anybody have any recommendations on where to get those little 'wings' that hold those darn wipers against the window when you're at hiway...
  • Engine transplants, radiators on bay-windows
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 28 Sep 1995 10:02:09 -0700
    The other day, while parking to go into Berkeley Hardware, I spotted a bay-window Westie with a radiator on the nose. Thinking this...
  • Re: Any one Selling a 23 or a 21 Window Deluxe?
    Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
    Fri, 14 Jul 1995 18:27:37 PDT
    ...knew of a 23 or 21 window bus for sale? Preferably in the or around > the SF Bay area. I know it's not...
  • Re: Saw this on BAT today - 1968 Voklswagen Bay Window Double-Cab
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:39:25 -0700
    Come by and show me your recently TDI'd Syncro moneypit. I'll give a free trip this fall. After which, you can stand...
  • Re: breadloaf EV sighting
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:03:08 -0800
    ...Pre-68 is split window, 68-79 is bay window, 80-92 > Vanagon. Can also be referred to as Type 2 {T1, T2, T3...
  • Re: Upholstery Questions
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:41:22 -0700
    ...We're going to face the same situation with our 86 eventually and like you are trying to decide between the Bay Window Orange...
  • Re: WTB - Westy - no rust - with power windows, locks and mirrors. Interior ...
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Tue, 18 May 2004 14:15:48 -0700
    ...WTB - Westy - no rust - with power windows, locks and mirrors. Interior ... In a message dated 5/18/04 3:37:36 PM Eastern Daylight...
  • Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:35:44 -0700
    ...have never seen that rear split window before either, but it looks like > a > late split or bay bus rear hatch? Could be a...
  • Re: Vanagon envy?
    Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
    Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:14:02 -0700
    ...I > bought them because they were cheap and suited my needs; but I looked > on the new "bay window" vans as being strictly the...
  • Re: bay window vs waterboxer westy (long)
    Historical mailing list - Ben huot
    Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:49:19 -0400
    ...The late (76-79)bay windows have a similar interior, everything on the left side and the passenger seat do pivot. But rarely equipped...
  • Re: Air scopes for sliding windows?
    Historical mailing list - byard
    Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:02:57 -0800
    ...Moscoso wrote: > > Fellows and fellaws: > During the past weekend, my family when kayaking into a phosphorescent bay > (about 20 people, but that another story...
  • Re: Vanagon on Wheeler-Dealers
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:42:32 -0400
    Was there another? This one is a T2 bay window. Lovely. Missing some critical sealing bits in the engine compartment, but lovely. Chris. Wysłane...
  • Re: I-4 in a 69?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:37:24 EST
    ...COM writes: << Has anyone done an I-4 conversation in a bay window? if so, is it hard to do using Diesel parts? >> Shaggy...
  • Re: I get no respect
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:24:21 -0400
    ...a rusty bay-window > bus with a bumper that read: > > "Honk if anything falls off" I had one on my Volvo for a while...
  • Windshield
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:31:55 -0800
    ...ve put in side windows...is it MUCH harder or just bigger? Can anyone recommend a shop in the Bay Area? Jeff / 87 Syncro...
  • Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:31:26 -0700
    "I have moon caps." I put new moon covers on my '71 bay window. They started rusting immediately. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984...
  • : Re: Busses in the Movies
    Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
    Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:28:55 -0700
    ...Unfortunately, they die, and so does the splitty. > > > > > I think it is a bay window with the big crank open sunroof? >
  • Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
    Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
    Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:56:19 -0400
    ...Peter Marsh Vanilla Shake http://www.vanwurks.co.uk/kompact-interior-for-volkswagen-t2-bay-window-from-1-095.00.html#.UUc0z1t4al0
  • Re: Need center panel sheet metal from SF Bay Area junkyard
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:41:53 -0700
    ...Bay Area and I'm looking for all or most of the center >> panel sheet metal behind the drivers door-- below the windows to...
  • Interesting item on eBay web site item#585802949: vw vanagon rear window jailbars westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Thu, 3 May 2001 22:01:16 PDT
    ...at E-Bay. Be the first on your block to get a set !! Later, Terry Title of item: vw vanagon rear window jailbars westfalia...
  • Re: Air Cooled Syncro?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:56:37 +1200
    ...It's a Bay with huge groundclearance... gave a lot of big surprises with its rough-stuff ability. Had a floor-mounted 4WD selector...
  • Re: It's Frydaye and...
    Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
    Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:48:16 -0800
    ...However, I am in a pretty good mood for the moment - sitting at work, but the view out the window of San Francisco Bay...
  • VW curtain kit from Z
    Historical mailing list - ncbus
    Sat, 16 Feb 2002 10:06:09 -0500
    ...of an alternate source for pre-maid curtains to fit a bay window bus other than that listed above? Thanks -- Chris '68 A-wagen...
  • Help in San Francisco!
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:57:40 -0800
    Is there anyone in the Bay Area (San Francisco) that can put a window in the sliding door of a Westy for me in...
  • Re: VW gatherings - was [syncro.org] Snorkels Rule
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:25:59 -0700
    ...The only thing is we need to admit bay windows and splitties plus provide campground facilities. Any volunteers w/ land to spare? BenT
  • Re: Fuel Injector Question (oops)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:16:07 -0600
    ...if anybody wants the same thing for the older bay window buses, lemme know ... i've got it but didn't figure to waste...
  • Kirk Creek Campgroud
    Historical mailing list - Trenholme, Phil
    Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:44:42 -0700
    ...other Westies while driving and even saw a Bay Window camper towing a Bay Window custom trailer! All in all it was an excellent...
  • Re: Window tinting
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:33:54 -0800
    ...course, you happen to like the look of purple windows on your van). Norman OA/NT Sys. Sppt. nleong@baynetworks.com "#@&%!$...Hold your line!..."
  • window crank
    Historical mailing list - monte merrick
    Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:28:36 -0700
    oh yeah another thing recently fouled driver's window fell off its do hickey the thing-y that unspools and pulls the window up...
  • Re: 85' Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 6 Feb 2003 22:01:15 -0800
    ...68 Was the first year of the world fanous and elusive Bay Window >> Bus. >>> >>> Stan >>> >>> On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 16:35:21 -0800...
  • Re: FS near Austin Tx
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:35:26 -0700
    That's a Bay window bus? On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote: > No pics but...
  • Air-cooled heat?
    Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
    Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:02:28 -0700
    ...Are these the same ones that the bay-window buses use? Thanks, Ed Maikranz Abilene, TX 81 Westy 71 Superbeetle __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y...
  • Help in San Francisco
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Tue, 6 Jan 2004 07:37:59 -0800
    ...Help in San Francisco! Is there anyone in the Bay Area (San Francisco) that can put a window in the sliding door of a...
  • Re: Bus windows
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:29:02 -0700
    ...Mike, They were officially bastardized by VW. =) Kind of like those watercooled bay window buses from Mexico. Looks like someone made the radiator enclosure...
  • Parts
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:54:21 -0400
    ...Interior panels are in good condition as well - I believe they are grey w/ power window controls. 2 - Bay Window front doors. Also, in...
  • Re: Fri. Generator rant.
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Thu, 5 Feb 2015 20:22:53 -0700
    ...At BBB in '09 there was an early bay window with the luggage rack in the rear parked very near. There was a generator...
  • Re: Friday question- will this break your window??
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:56:56 -0500
    ...Haven't seen or heard of one shattering in a bay or vanagon though. Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 1973/74/79...
  • Re: Other Volkswagens
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:34:51 -0400
    ...This is the Type 2, which includes rear engined Split window buses, the so called bay window buses and the Vanagons. I presume you...
  • Re: engine compartment temp?
    Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
    Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:04:39 -0600
    ...I don't think I would want to open the engine door on a bay window or especially a Vanagon hatch cover if there...
  • Re: Mag wheels or no?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 15 Nov 2000 23:16:00 -0500
    >Someone has offered me a set of magnesium > alloy wheels for a good price. > Trouble is they are off a bay window and I...
  • Re: Power Window Motor
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:25:05 -0700
    ...Sincerely, Mark Keller 91 Carat Cowichan Bay, BC
  • Wanna trade your old air cooled bus for vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Chad G
    Tue, 2 Jul 2002 18:02:24 -0400
    ...I'm willing to trade both vans for a splitty or bay window bus in good running condition...... I'm located in Ontario Canada...
  • Re: WTB - Westy - no rust - with power windows, locks and mirrors. Interior ...
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 18 May 2004 17:05:54 EDT
    ...Ask BenT, I am sure he has five or six of them. > > yea, go to the bay area...they have more vanagons than they...
  • Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:06:16 -0400
    >> Just make your check out to: The National Bank of Nigeria << No no no... You need to supply them with your bank account and...
  • Re: replacing window glass seals
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:41:59 -0800
    ...The WORST > experience of all of the was last spring trying to replace the seal o n my > sliding door window. The first seal...
  • Re: appropriateness (was Re: finding bad syncro wheel bearing)
    Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
    Sat, 16 Mar 1996 19:52:34 -0500 (EST)
    ...The split window bus was replaced by the bay window when VW thought that it would improve sales/reduce costs. The bay window bus...
  • Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Sat, 2 Jun 2007 17:36:48 -0400
    ...Maps "Street View" and stumbled upon what > looks like a stretch Bay Window Westy. The "street view" thing is kinda > wierd worth checking out...