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• Re: Carat Tri Star On Samba
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:32:20 -0800
  ...Carat Tri Star On Samba Look it's a carat tri star!� � : http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=603346 -- Thanks, � � � � � � Miguel
• Re: VW Polo car to come to America
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:08:27 -0700
  ...Safety wise I like Honda Accord size cars, not mini-cars, and all those giant pick up trucks........ mostly a waste of fuel and...
• Re: Tar on carpet
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:33:13 -0500
  I pulled my front carpet out and took it to the carwash to "blow off the big chunks", then after air drying, used the...
• Re: After market carp
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:50:57 -0500
  ...After market carp > stock carp would work much better, he he ............. > > dylan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• WTB: Gray GL Carpet
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:56:58 -0700
  Anyone out there have a passenger area gray carpet for a GL? I'd probably take one from a Carat or Wolfsburg too. Thanks...
• PhDness
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 11:18:57 EST
  Phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhd! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613) 788-2889 Email address...
• replacement carpet
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:09:44 -0500
  Does anyone know a source for quality replacement carpet? I have a 1985 Jetta which I neeed to replace the carpet in. Thank, John...
• Re: Carpet, Again..
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 05:33:39 EDT
  got my grey rear carpet for my Carat from Home Depot. cost like $20 and had more than enuf leftover. perfect match, too. chris...
• Re Caravan - Virus?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:17:58 -0700
  Just received some email with attachments from 'Caravan'. Never heard of Caravan and deleted same. Anyone aware of this sender or a virus like...
• Re: 27,000 orig miles?? / Car-Fax? Worthless.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:57:50 -0800
  ...How about picking apart the specific case at hand? A single owner for the life of the vehicle, hard to fake out Carfax on...
• Re: Vanagon .. is it a Car or Light Truck
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:37:05 -0700
  ...Car merely is an > > abbreviation of > > "carriage". Same goes for train cars... so truck is > > a subtype of car. > > Light truck is a subsubtype...
• Twin carb puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:23:20 +0100
  I know most of you folks are fuel injected but can anyone give me any guidance on setting up the carbs on my 2L...
• The "count" survey results
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:37:42 -0700
  ...what other car you drive. Interesting, but not very conclusive. My Vanagon is my only car: 1 I have more than one other car...
• Re: What Makes a Carat a Carat ??
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:24:08 +0100
  i found some pictures of german spec carats: http://vw.transporter.free.fr/transporter/transporter_liquide/transporter76.jpg http://www.xpresszone.com/carat787.jpg...
• Re: NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:52:03 -0500
  Warning! NVC ! Many years ago, when my car (maybe a vanagon?) at the time was in the shop, I had to rent a car...
• Re: Car-O-Scope = GM Marketing?
  Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:35:41 -0500
  ...Car-O-Scope = GM Marketing? > > >Hey, my car-o-scope had a list of five recommended cars, but a direct link > >to only one...
• Re: Gary Lee Custom Hatchback Racks....How do you like yours?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sat, 4 May 2002 12:31:26 -0600
  ...I build cargo/bike racks, ladders, gas can carriers, tire carriers, jack carriers specifically for the vanagon. I also just finished a carrier that...
• Re: Dual Carbs in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:04:31 -0700
  surprised to learn that '80s westies were, in some places, equipped with carbs sted what-i-thought-were-standard fuel injection systems. howcome carbs...
• Re: extra seats in a full camper, or stick with a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 21:52:21 -0700
  ...http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/308872131.html http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/306944818.html http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/309006028.html...
• Re: Installing carpet
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:19:08 -0400
  I believe the carpeting in our 83 westy is stock, and it goes throughout the van including the rear, but the van was imported...
• Re: IMBD for cars.....
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:20:16 -0500
  "One time I actually had someone say: "So...you sleep in your car?" " and you said: "It's not a car!!!!!!" and stormed off...
• Re: JBB Carabus Route Change
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 18:10:07 -0400
  No, I don't care....but I'm giving advice to a caravan of folks using stock motors, on roads I know very well...
• Re: How are carpets formed ?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:28:11 -0700
  Thanks Everyone for the Info !!! Gee, I wonder if I could set the new flat carpet between two floor pans On a hot driveway...
• Re: Extra storage?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 17:29:27 -0400
  ...Options seem to be a rooftop carrier, motorcycle trailer or hitch mount cargo carrier like this: > > > > http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/53-1...
• Re: 50 Worst Cars
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:43:38 -0700
  ...50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them > > > > > > This car list sucks. I agree that most of this guys criticism is...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:37:01 -0700
  Here's a carb kit for watercooled vanagons: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Weber-Carburetor-83-84-85-Volkswagen-Vanagon-Van-Type-4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33550QQihZ001QQitemZ110017817234QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V...
• FIVE (count 'em) hits on Vanagon on the local Richmond VA CL
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:58:03 -0700
  ...Jul 1 1989 VW Vanagon Westfalia Camper $15975 (Riverdale) pic cars & trucks - by owner Jun 11 1980 VW Vanagon Westfalia $3200 (Ruckersville) cars & trucks...
• Re: Aaaargh!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:22:50 -0800
  ...Anyone have any idea on how to remove the paint from the carpet beside replacing the whole front carpet? Many thanks. Jim W88kender Los...
• Re: Engine carrier arrow orientation?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:58:29 -0700
  Arrows point towards the flywheel - on the pistons and on the carrier. Z Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote: I took the engine carrier...
• Re: Dual Carbs in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:12:57 -0000
  I have a 80 Vanagon/L as well and she has a single carb. Don't know which one but the mechanic was surprised...
• Re: Car model names [no Vanagon content]
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:42:26 -0800
  I thought the R-5 was a super "Le Car" on steroids. (turbo, different suspension, wild body flares, etc.). Saw a couple at a...
• Re: luggage cargo carrier for rear hitch
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 23 Jun 2013 17:11:08 -0700
  RE: Tow Hitch Carriers Which width? Which one is going to cover the tail lights and require adding external trailer lights? Maybe both?
• Carfax anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:28:35 -0800
  Carfax work with motorcycles as well as cars? wb10404b6vzc30810 Is what I am curious about... David Marshall VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider...
• Re: 82 Westfalia Carpet
  Historical mailing list - Kleinschmidt, James
  Wed, 17 Apr 96 16:56:00 PDT
  Does Rocky Mountain Motor Works have a catalog, phone #, line card, etc?? Carpet replacement is on the list for my *Spring Cleaning*. James Kleinschmidt...
• Caravana 2000 ?
  Historical mailing list - Jp
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 08:42:45 -0500
  Volks, Does anyone no the status of the Caravana 2000 http://www.vanagon.com/journeys/caravana/index.html ? Ron Lussier's last dispatch was...
• ATTN! Vanabees looking for Carfax reports (Free Carfax coupon)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Chasse
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:42:25 -0400
  Found this on one of my favorite sites http://www.techbargains.com today http://carfax.com/cfm/coupon.cfm Enjoy Joe
• Re: Gas price and Europe vs US
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:11:31 +1200
  "Wait when you get Chinese cars here." Chinese cars? To my knowledge few if any Chinese-made-or-marketed cars are Chinese designs.
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 12 May 2004 16:28:39 GMT
  ...Diesel cars have improved considerably over the last ten years, but exhaust emission control technology in petrol-driven cars has developed faster. This is...
• Moderator Comment Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:56:24 -0700
  ...The only thing in that car that needed repairs was the >> body of the car: japanese cars of that era have more paint than...
• Re: NEED HELP finding replacement carpet
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:46:00 EDT
  ...i know that gowesty has a kit > available that looks pretty close to original. ...NOT the carpet mats, > but the actual carpet kit, including...
• Re: Black Gooey Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:42:43 -0800
  I have black gooey stuff under my front carpets, but it solidified and crumbled. I swept it out when I found it under there...
• FREE Brown Front Carpeting (Seattle)
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:24 -0700
  Cunegonde has new cab/passageway carpeting, and I'd prefer to recycle her original light brown carpeting (and some of the pads). It's...
• Taking out middle row in 7 seater
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:07:26 -0000
  When you slide the middle row double seat out, do you have to remove the carpet? In our 84 GL the carpet covers up...
• Carfax again
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:14:10 -0400
  I have run quite a few reports for fellow listees over the last week and still have 2 more weeks left on my Carfax...
• Vanagon sighting Nice red Carat on the 405
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Mon, 24 May 2004 22:02:30 -0700
  Passed a really nice looking red Carat this afternoon. I was in the carpool lane and went by pretty quickly, but got a pretty...
• Re: What's a "carat"?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:15:21 EDT
  In a message dated 9/8/07 11:42:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM writes: > So, VW's Carat is pronounced...
• RE Car Fax Thanks and Car fax ??
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:40:41 EDT
  Volks, Thanks for the quick reponse on the car fax. So it came up clean which is great because there are lots of flood...
• NEED HELP finding replacement carpet
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:26:50 -0600
  ...i know that gowesty has a kit available that looks pretty close to original. ...NOT the carpet mats, but the actual carpet kit, including...
• FW: Humor from Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Pal, Robert
  Fri, 28 May 1999 07:26:37 -0500
  ...The car breakdown --------------------------------- There are three engineers in a car; an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer and a Microsoft engineer. Suddenly the car just...
• 87 Scirocco 16v parts car.
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Wed, 28 May 2003 22:28:24 -0400
  ...Strong car, protected its occupants well. Both my son and his passenger walked away uninjured. So did the people in the other car. Anyway...
• anyone know why '89 carat/wolfsburgs didnt have the curtain kits?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:09:33 EDT
  so when vw introduced the 7 pass wolfsburg with the "Carat" style weekender interior (rear facing jumpseats, flip out sidetable, etc) in '87, they...
• Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - DZIADECKI JOHN
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 18:56:44 -0600 (MDT)
  NPR has a weekly program, Saturday mornings in my area, called CAR TALK. Two mechanics, Tom & Ray, field call-in questions. They have a...
• Re: Carat Syncro or Syncro Carat?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:54:50 EDT
  In a message dated 99-08-30 21:44:13 EDT, virtual-angst@HOME.COM writes: << Was the Carat ever available with a Syncro...
• Re: swing away tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:17:12 EDT
  Gary, I've owned one of the Ortec/Winkler tire carriers. I was disappointed not only by the build quality, difficulty of installation, and...
• Re: deal or no deal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:18:43 -0600
  ...craigslist.org/mlt/car/466857850.html > http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/465311538.html > http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/460989072.html > > is this...
• One Carfax please...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:35:42 -0700
  I would need the help of one of you who has a chance to get to Carfax, to get the info on this car...
• Carfax when buying Vanagons (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:35:40 EDT
  I recently subscribed to Carfax for $19 for two months unlimited use. For those that don't know, Carfax is an internet site where...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars5)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 28 May 2004 22:37:21 -0700
  ...XKSS, XKE, high performance cars, sure, Carrera Speedster, a real sports car. Hey, sport, keep in mind if driving wasn't a challenge you...
• Re: Porsche in a van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:11:37 -0700
  ...They weigh a half a car more than the Porsche. http://www.porsche.com/uk/models/911/911-carrera-4/featuresandspecs/ Aerodynamics aside, the...
• Re: economic woes and such ..
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:39:10 -0400
  ...less gas should be consumed by newer more efficient cars. > (in theory anyway) > > b. less greenhouse emissions should be produced by the newer cars...