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• Re: Kayaks on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:22:37 -0400
  As I've mentioned, my use of the Hullivator is without any bars. Took some clever work to implement, but it means my installation...
• Steep Grades
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:36:59 -0600
  ...North of Birmingham, AL is a town called Guntersville. At one end of town the highway ends after a long steep grade. I had...
• Re: unrolling papertowel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:29:01 -0400
  ...Richard Jones has already done a really nice stainless steel towel bar about 30-36" long on his custom painted to match grey westy...
• Thules on top with Yak racks
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:01:01 -0700
  ...tower version, had them cut so the extension is two inches long, got new center bolts (for tightening attachment grip of tower on bar...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:46:16 -0700
  ...Rig up my tow bar set up, tow it on all 4 wheels. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Heute ist Freitag. Schtats again. :) + Fine Poetry
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 11:29:43 -0600
  ...The small town cop follows my Bus, waiting and hoping for drugs and hippies but finding only a middle-aged couple, one bald one...
• Golf Syncro ? ? ?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 21:10:24 -0800
  Driving around town today I came across an A2 bodied VW Golf Syncro - jacked up ~ 6" higher than normal, with serious 'roo/brush bar...
• Re: unrolling papertowel
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:19:26 -0400
  ...now > >>> > >> > >> > >> Mini bungee cord around paper towel roll. > > > > Paper towel roll hangs from pop-top cross bar using larger bungee cord. > > > > Markus > > > -- Pete '79...
• Re: Towing a vanagon with a U-Haul car dolly
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:48:17 -0500
  ...Another option would be to use a tow bar and tow all wheels down. Vanagons > tow very well this way. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 25 May 2011 17:15:45 -0700
  ...As for the rear tow bar I would not use that as a tow point for extraction purposes by pulling from the tow ball...
• Re: Of Buses Towing Boats (kayaks & racks)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:31:47 -0500
  ...I've used Yakima's High Tower rain gutter mounts with the 96" bars for five years, as long as you use a protective...
• Fw: Diesel Performance
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Fri, 4 May 2001 10:01:24 -0500
  ...Wasserstein" <vwvan@cornhusker.net> To: "Barclay McLeod" <barclay@sd.znet.com> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Diesel Performance > I...
• Re: "Towing" a two wheeler
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 22:02:36 -0700
  ...We welded a plate up that had a bar in the middle that was the same size as the front hub on my Honda...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 May 2011 08:34:40 -0500
  ...I went shopping and asking around when I tried to come up with a vanagon tow bar. Turns out that the metal bumper is...
• Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:55:55 -0500
  ...I go further from home than my CAA/AAA will tow me. Breaker bar and deep 6 point socket is in there. Saved my...
• Re: Bike carriers
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:29:24 -0500
  ...I would think that the type of tow bar which bolts onto the vanagon towing hooks in the rear could be modified to have...
• Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:03:00 -0700
  https://www.vanagain.com/shop/sway-bar-drop-link-for-80-85-vanagon-curved (replace both sides and use new bushings. Best not to...
• Re: Anyone got a bike rack or towing hitch?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 22:26:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...it's mounting towers swivel 360 deg. I am not familiar with >Thule, I personally never liked them because their bars are square, so...
• Re: BARCELONA BY BUS
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:23:44 EST
  In a message dated 10/30/00 2:24:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, claytont@ROCKISLAND.COM writes: << I kind of lean towards the...
• '83 GL wasserboxer - free to a good home
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:03:38 -0500
  ...still has only very limited rust - extra rims and snow tires tow bar available for transport if needed please e-mail direct (don't...
• Re: Hello, new to the list..have a question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:03:59 EDT
  In a message dated 8/20/99 8:51:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, danquin@EROLS.COM writes: << It also had Westfailia embroidered towels...
• Door Speakers, Cleaning Inst. Panel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 14:08:20 -0400
  ...door panel and shifting the vapor barrier over to accomadate as I moved the new speakers more towards the rear. There is plenty of...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Feussner
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:08:44 +0100
  ...the shifter bar (just like me) and tried it the wrong way first. Raimund -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE...
• Nice 87 GL ripe for an I-4/Subie covert
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:06:01 -0500
  ...Real nice van. $1500 w/o motor but with tow bar, power steerring pump and anything else on the van needed for either convert...
• Re: Trailer-towing w/bus...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I believe the '72 I was towing, weighed more than the '69 I was towing it with. Used a thick single-bar tow hitch...
• Re: trailer hitch?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:22:26 -0500
  ...The stock tow bar/hitch thing that attaches > to the eyelets under the bumper is sufficient for this, yes? Well, I don't > have...
• Re: Stock 2.1 in NC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:54:31 -0700
  ...As you say, it is the mustache bar that is different. > > The way the bar is sitting, supporting the transmission for towing, there is...
• FS: 1986 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:47:46 -0700
  1986 Syncro GL White w/ Brown Interior 136K miles A/C, tint, bra, tow bar good condition I have spent the past two years...
• Re: A modern Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:48:21 -0500
  ...Jay Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 12/18/2002 08:20:14 AM Please respond to Michael Townsend <townsend...
• VW factory 15" Steel wheels $395.00 / set of 5
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:45:32 -0800
  ...Big brake kits $495.00, smoke front turn signal lenses, tow hitches and bull bars. All genuine V W products. [text/html]
• Re: Cost of restoring '67?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:26:35 -0800 (PST)
  ...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: Roof Rack width survey
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:47:40 -0600
  ...I had 78" yakima bars on my syncro > 7-pass. i thought > they looked cool, with the short towers. I never utilized that extra...
• Trailers
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:56:55 -0500
  ...Most suggest not using the simple bar type that bolts to the towing hooks but it seems like others use this without a problem...
• trailer conversion
  Historical mailing list - Javier Saenz
  Fri, 7 May 1999 13:45:17 PDT
  ...I have the front end cut off and am attaching the tow bars. I will use to carry family and friends when south of...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:44:20 -0800
  ...The REAL macho dudes who have shiny black studs at their disposal get a 3/4" breaker bar and a 19.09 mm Impact...
• Re: Roadhaus Password
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:02:50 -0500
  ...of town, possibly not. Local for Austin today, > possibly west tomorrow...Marfa, Alpine...Suggestions. > > Hello, Everyone > > -- > _@dam > _|<,_ > (*) / (*) > Pecan Grove, RV Park....Barton Springs, Austin...
• Re: sway bar?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 May 1995 11:54:35 -0700
  >I was looking through some automotive catolog yesterday, and I saw a >anti-sway bar or something for old volkswagens with the swing axle...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:37:08 -0700
  Just checked -- the Chevron station where I normally gas up in town is selling E10 -- 10% ethanol. So my in-town gas mileage figures...
• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:34:28 -0800
  ...The best solution to this issue that I have seen in use by a tow operator was a ratcheting, adjustable length�bar, with a...
• Re: Trip!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 07:56:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...tyres on the vanagon and have a friend tow it home with a tow bar. > everyone to know we were home safe and sound...
• Re: wiring a vanagon for towing
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:56:46 -0800
  ...wiring a vanagon for towing > > I would think the quickest, simplest way would be to purchase a towing > light kit and affix the new...
• Nice campgrounds near Stockbridge/Great Barrington?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitzrandolph
  Sun, 24 May 2009 19:54:54 +0000
  ...Stockbridge/Great Barrington area, toward the end of July.&nbsp;They've got a little coleman pop-up, and we've got the Westy...
• towing a van?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:19:46 -0700
  ...Any input on towing an 84 manual trans vanagon for a long trip? I have a couple of tow bars, one I used to...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 25 May 2011 10:50:36 -0700
  I remember having to cut off a front tow eye in order to install the Roadmaster tow bar brackets on my camper. On Wed...
• Towing Hitches for Westies....
  Historical mailing list - Chris P. Gibbs Photography
  Sun, 11 Aug 1996 21:19:45 +0000
  ...down to Seattle next week and hoping to pick up a tow bar/hitch for the old girl. Does anyone know of a good...
• Towing Available-My van or yours? Plus, cheap Westys.
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 2 May 2005 10:32:59 -0500
  ...I will have my tow bar along for flat towing. I have for sale (with towing available) several projects that have been sitting around...
• Re: Yakima Rack -Westys
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 6 May 2002 16:15:49 -0600
  ...bar to the top of the hatch, using gutter-style towers for both top and bottom bars. I can hang on the top bar...
• Re: Hollywood Bike Racks - Any Experience?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:52 -0400
  ...I could mount them on the top as well but I have to get a replacement tower for my yakima bars first. Still I...
• Re: Step bumper hitch
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:50:41 -0400
  ...If you're looking for a cheap solution, you're better off welding square bar stock to the tow hooks. There are Vanagon hitches...
• Re: Stuck Side Table IT"S OPEN NOW !!!
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:19:36 -0500
  ...table in towards the wall a few times to attempt to loosen it up. After doing so, I inserted the crow bar on the...
• Re: da'lan hitch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:20:56 -0700
  ...so maybe just tow a small stick, like a porsche 924... would that be alright??? someone told me its easier to tow a manual...
• Re: Rebuilt Waterboxer Longevity?(Please read)
  Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:02:24 EDT
  ...due to the tight >clearances between the exhaust system and the tow bar. The dealer has attempted >to track this one down but because...
• Re: Frozen engine
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:03:15 -0800
  ...This one seems that I would break the bar if I could stand on it. > Could I attach the towbar and break it free...
• Raising the Poptop
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:03:23 -0400
  ...across your body toward the front of the van, turning your upper body as needed to drive the lifting bar all the way home...
• Jesus Handle Install
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 21:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It's kinda like a towel bar, only much beefier! It consists of aluminum ends with a steel pipe in the center. Painted the...
• Re: NY, NH, ME, Camping? Listees any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sat, 13 May 2000 11:57:25 -0400
  ...Touristy? Old Orchard Beach, Boothbay Harbor, Bar Harbor and hundreds of towns in between. Off the beaten path? Anything north of Bar Harbour. Coast...
• Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:37:04 -0600
  ...There was a sign in the hotel we stayed in in town that reminded folks that if they saw a polar bear in town...
• Fuel pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:55:37 -0800
  ...Our town's hose shop has guages for less than $10. Get a foot or so of high pressure hose while your there, 5...
• Trailer wiring, and Kar Kaddy use with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:11:18 -0600
  ...I'll be using my diesel pickup truck which I've used to tow trailers and to tow other vehicles using a tow bar...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:14:52 -0400
  ...There is a .3 Bar (Brown) and a > > 2.5 Bar (Blue) the latter is said to eliminate the "idiot light" > > blinking issue. What...