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• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 25 May 2000 18:13:54 -0700
  ...43kmi, split window, runs great, driven from California, many new parts, $2000.+(South Bethlehem,NY) (518) 767-3564 88 VANAGON WOLFSBURG: 4spd, clean, EC...
• Re: Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:36:46 -0800
  ...I have been a split window bus guy > for decades and have purchased my first vanagon yesterday.I am wondering, > before I ask a...
• Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:34:29 -0400
  ...I have read somewhere that some baywindow busses were made this way, and there were split window busses with two sets of hinged doors...
• Re: Golf/Jetta engine in gas Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:05:14 -0700
  ...GTI (mostly modified, soon to be a G60!) and '67 deluxe split window '71 Westy Breadloaf (high performance engine 1776cc B&B) '81 (for...
• Re: VanagonmModel year designations
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 9 May 2008 07:39:35 -0400
  ...I want a split-window bus but find it hard to part with the mix of 'vintage' appeal and modern conveniences of my Westy...
• Re: Day 4 (west to east)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:43:35 EDT
  ...I learned from a split window bus guy to relax on climbs. Keep the bus in one gear-usually 3rd and keep the RPMS...
• Re: Let's All be Silly, Chapter 2
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 20:51:31 CDT
  On Tue, 19 Jul 94 20:29:38 CDT Stuart Redford said: > My favorite name scribbled on the side of one of those split...
• List Stickers and Grateful Dead (This is a collector's item)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 Apr 1996 07:04:01 -0500 (EST)
  ...when we are driving in the EV. 2. He can identify: Split Window Vans, Oval Window Bugs, VW vans in general and EuroVans 3...
• Re: Photo Tour of VW Auto Museum and Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:22:49 +0200
  ...a different group of vehicles, > new beetles, old beetles, vanagons, syncros, > split-windows, bay-windows, etc. > Here's the link: > http://www.vwtravels.com...
• Re: Shocking Video WITH VAN CONTENT (was: Re: shocking video clip NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:49:21 -0800
  That first video reminds me of the photo I have of me in San Francisco launching my old '67 split window a full foot...
• Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:54:38 -0600
  ...bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> >> >> I have never seen that rear split window before either, but it looks like >> a >> late split or bay...
• Re: Westfalia museum trailer
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:08:50 -0600
  ...the 50's westy trailers which are highly coveted by the split window geeks. YMMV, Mr. BZ-compare to used westy bucket toilet w...
• Magic Bus raffle still available
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Sat, 17 May 2008 11:27:27 -0400
  ...I love The Who and for 5 pounds?I'm? getting a chance on a very special split window bus, I'm helping fund...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:43:46 -0700
  ...I got a '64 spit when I was 18 or so, and at around 20 I added a '67 split window camper van (mini...
• Atypical Morning
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:18:56 -0500 (CDT)
  ...What a sight for sore eyes, seeing a split window Bus amongst all the sport-utility and jelly bean-shaped vehicles out here in...
• Bluestar Project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:45:16 -0400
  ...In the past, I have owned a split window Dormobile, 2 bays and 2 Vanagons, one of which was a 1983 Westy 1.9...
• Re: busses in Chile
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 11:05:00 EST
  ...from '73 I believe that showed them to still be making split-windows. There were many different varieties offered, including one that I MUST...
• Re: fridge problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:50:30 -0700
  ...GTI (mostly modified, soon to be a G60!) and '67 deluxe split window '71 Westy Breadloaf (high performance engine) '81 (for sale),'85 Westy...
• Re: Deer Strike, Stories anyone??
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:03:31 -0400
  ...Anyone have any REAL LIFE stories about head ons in their Vanagon and how you and it fared?? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper...
• Re: odometer repairs
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:18:51 -0700
  ...they did the speedo and clock rebuild/restore on the 50 Split-Window Bug my late father and I owned and restored. Since then...
• Re: which window seals to purchase?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:32:33 -0700
  Having done this trick in split windows, but never in a vanagon, is the beer part vanagon specific, or does that reduce the amount...
• Re: Empty yards
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:28:51 -0500
  ...Use to pull Split window bus barts in the 80s and 90s. Bays all over the place. Now the last time I was down...
• Re: For Sale...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 22:01:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'd buy it, if I weren't such a split-window freak. Thom -- > Eat or be eaten. Mmmm. I love the law of...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:27:32 +1200
  ...The split-window bus would be towed on >its own wheels using a tow bar that hooks onto the front beam. The trip is...
• Re: split window on craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Michael Boland
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:40:23 -0600
  oldsmobile vista cruiser.... At 06:25 PM 12/14/2005, bueses wrote: > > What is that on the roof? > > Ken Lewis > > http://neksiwel.20m.com...
• Re: Has anyone ever...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:08:53 -0700
  ...F-in OLD CH*VY work truck? TIA > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper > '83 H20 Vanagon > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: a fun thing on I-280 today
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:17:51 EDT
  ...low-rider VW Beetles (very old ones, mostly) and some super Split Window busses - there was a metal-flake purple solid body van that...
• Re: '48 Bug
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Thu, 23 May 1996 14:46:55 MST
  > Any split window bug experts out there? I've found the mortal remains of a > '48 and it *may* have some good body panels...
• Re: [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 96 19:43 CST
  ...have firewalls, Clara? The engines are in the cargo bay? The split-window Type II must be a primitive beast indeed!)(Any seal that...
• Re: Engine conversions and such...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:13:51 -0700
  ...Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:16:01 -0500 > >(x) >Right !! >I wasn't even getting close to Split Windows, or Baywindows, which are >very...
• Re: GNATT East!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 14:30:22 -0400
  ...of every split window bus owner as rivalling Bob Marley in consumtion of cannabis realted products! BTW my bus is *stock* not a peace...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 04 Oct 94 10:11:42 CDT
  ...all the other nicknames (split-window, bread-loaf/bay-window, brick) refer to an external feature or the shape of the bus. besides ... EuroVans...
• Re: Seeking warmth in my Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:30:14 -0400
  ...But even when that said, I still crack my window 2 inches ;-) Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously...
• A radical idea
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:57:30 -0500
  ...Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and prepare for war..."
• Re: Revell 1:25 Transporter kit
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 01 Dec 94 21:27:02 CST
  ...revell kit of the split window bus is kit number 7304, and yes, it can be made into a fair approximation of a stock...
• Re: Split window brakes
  Historical mailing list
  27 Jul 95 11:21
  >would not be fun. I think the master has *never* been worked on! > >Have any of you made any cool upgrades to the brakes...
• Re: go away, Don. Wanna buy a Wasserboxer, by the way?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 01:01:50 -0400
  ...Now we don't have to listen to absurd stories about >old wood-paneled split-window Westies excreting various toxic fluids and >shedding parts...
• Re: Subaru Legacy engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hollingsworth
  Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:16:01 -0800
  ...A freind of mine put a Subaru engine in his split window. Very nice job of it- fuel injected, real heater etc. He is...
• TOO Cool for School; Bus Toy!!(SVC)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:34:39 -0600
  ...It's a mock up of a split window VW Bus that motors around old vinyl records and actually plays them via it's...
• Re: '87 Syncro GL Oil Purge
  Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:46:05 -0700
  ...Regards, Scott McDonell Ogden, Utah '86 Syncro GL [Rancid] '83.5 GL {sold} '59 Split Window camper {high-school ride -- wish I still had...
• Re: vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:32:11 -0500
  ...see on your sign-on screen the picture of the vw split window bus? Car Talk nominates it in the top 10 worst cars...
• Re: Midnight Repairs/Vanagon Props
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:34:02 -0500
  ...Except you can't pull a vanagon engine out in ten minutes like you could with an old split window van. John Jensen '80...
• Re: Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:27:13 -0700
  Dude, that's what the split window vans are like! ;) On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:35 PM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com...
• Re: Has anyone ever...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:17:06 -0500
  ...F-in OLD CH*VY work truck? > TIA > > > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper > '83 H20 Vanagon > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: another edition of the dictionary ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 95 17:09:32 MST
  ...also called a > Split-Window. I don't like referring to pre-68's as split-windows, because of the confusion with the bugs...
• wanted a decent split window
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:43:40 GMT
  I'd like to buy a running and reasonably rust-free split window. Of course, I'd like a 23-window delux, but who...
• Gauged Animals?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 09 Nov 95 17:41 CST
  ...Or is it? I recently read a description of a split window bus for sale which listed the gauges installed as extras. Among the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 15 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-594)
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Wed, 15 May 2002 16:50:24 -0400
  ...Maybe if I had dreadlocks, a scraggy beard and blood-shot eyes or a split-window VW Bus. Chris.
• Re: [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 04:21:59 -0500
  ('67s don't have firewalls, Clara? The engines are in the cargo bay? The split-window Type II must be a primitive beast indeed...
• Need help to find leak...
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:47:52 -0500
  ...Anyone ever had this or have any suggestions?? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: "conventional" transmission for a mid-engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:39:58 +1300
  ...I saw a split >window bus a few weeks back that had a Mopar small block, 727 trans and >narrowed Ford rear end. Almost...
• Bug Wiring Diagrams Scanned
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 21:23:44 -0700
  ...I would LOVE to get my hands on some split-window bus (or bug!) diagrams, to scan those. They average 750k _each_ (high quality...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:15:58 -0500
  ...we refer to the Beetle as the Type 1, or T1 for short, T2 is the Bus, either split-window or the bay-window...
• Re: Muirs Idiot Guide Equivalent??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 09:14:36 -0500
  ...I get it??" Inquiring minds want to know! > > > > > >Peace, JB >'66 Split Window Camper >'83 H20 Vanagon > >"You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: VW camping season started?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 3 Mar 2019 17:06:48 -0800
  ...Today there were a 9 VW vans > camped, all spread around in different spaces, seemingly all unrelated. > > 6 Vanagons > 1 Bay window > 1 Split...
• Re: Leaky Clutch Slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Michael Moery
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:42:24 -0800
  ...any reasons that I should NOT do this? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:18:26 -0500
  ...The split-window bus would be towed on > its own wheels using a tow bar that hooks onto the front beam. The trip is...
• option codes
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:50:30 -0600
  ...There is a site that lists all the codes for bay window busses and I know you can get the info for split window...
• 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...
• Re: age of listees?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:26:39 -0800
  ...My 9 year old has a pretty nice collection of split window bus toy cars. Last year he even talked me into helping him...