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• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:09:42 -0500
  ---- WELLHOUSE MAX <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> wrote: > > My final point to this subject is that the cheapo kits have NO way of > lashing the canoe...
• Re: Buying tires from Canada...
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:19:02 -0500
  The Province of Alberta (North of Montana) has no Provincial Sales Tax (PST) - and products purchased for export can have the GST (7%) refunded...
• Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:52:21 -0700
  ...Bentley shows air cooled, Digijet, and Digifant, charcoal canister bottom hose connecting to the air cleaner. Anyone know if the charcoal canister bottom hose...
• Re: Canadian grills... was SA GRILLS
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:49:47 -0700
  The Vanagon / Caravelle (all 17 of them) are no longer sold in Canada as of 1991. I will check with my dealer here to...
• Re: Any VW employees on the list?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 08:52:48 -0500
  Not this time it would appear! The Jetta wagon isn't available in canada with the 2.0 turbo. Only the 2.5 five...
• Re: Canadian grills... was SA GRILLS
  Historical mailing list - Terry Buchanan
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:01:10 -0700
  ...was SA GRILLS > >The Vanagon / Caravelle (all 17 of them) are no longer sold in Canada as of >1991. > >I will check with my...
• Re: poptop for '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:02:49 -0700
  If you are referring to the canvas part of the poptop, replacement canvas having three zippered windows is available. Bus Depot may carry them...
• finding value of a canadian VW TRUCK
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 16:35:15 -0500
  Does anyone knoe how I can find the value of a canadian VW TRUCK? Darrel Combs 88 vanagon with 92 cabriolet engine
• Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA on ebay -- Canada?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:29:15 -0800
  Someone in Canada should buy it. Canada allows you to import any vehicle over 15 years old with minimal hassle...
• Friday Follies: Canadian Pride
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 01:20:25 -0500
  Jeff Palmer told me not to post this, so of course, I had to.....(heh heh) So, what do Canadians have to be proud...
• Re: Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 06:31:21 -0400
  I posted news about this bike rack I got from Canadian Tire a few weeks ago. Check the archives. It cost normally $120 (Canadian...
• Re: Fast German Auto rebuilds and core charges?
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 15:30:10 -0700
  ...You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
• canoe on a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:01:44 -0800
  need some help with putting a canoe on a westy: yak-racks from the bus gutters? yak-racks from bolt-on gutter (bolted through...
• Re: Carrying a canoe, Was: Re: Rain Gutter Adapter Locations
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Jun 97 13:05:03 EDT
  ...An advantage of canoe racks is that you can buy extended crossbars to carry two canoes (useful when shuttling to the put in or...
• Re: [F] Canadian Tire [was: seat covers]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 10:19:55 -0800
  ...seat covers] > At 6:40 PM -0800 2/23/00, Marshall Ruskin wrote: > >Canadian Tire's web site is.....www.canadiantire.com > > > >You can...
• Re: twice the cold beer!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 21:33:20 -0700
  Bill, Isn't multiple bottles or cans of a fizzy wheat / barley / hops / malt beverage still beer... just like many of them there woolly...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 00:17:54 -0400
  ...In the US, I can invariably fill the fuel tank to the > brim. In Canada, it is almost impossible. I suppose that the Canadian...
• UPS Canadian brokerage fees-------- again
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 17 May 2007 11:25:36 -0700
  I called UPS today, trying to find out about specific brokerage fee for a package I may send to Canada. I got transfered around...
• Re: Can some PLEASE unsubscribe me??
  Historical mailing list - LARRY DTIMOTHY
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:03:20 -0800
  ...First we can't get on, then we can't get the digest form, then we can't get off. I don't think...
• Re: Canadian Maps for Vanagon Travel
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:45:09 -0500
  ...Can any Canadian Mac users chime in? Roger Van Till 89 Westy Grand Rapids MI On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:51 PM, Tom...
• Re: Canadian taxes
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:52:02 -0500
  Robert, and any other Americans finding difficulty giving away Canadian Money, feel free to give it to me so I can support my Vanagon...
• Re: Back from Berlin [some Vanagon content] smart car
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 14:20:35 -0600
  ...Price for the base model is about $16,000 CAN ($12,500 usd), convertible is $21,000 CAN. http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pw...
• Re: new pop top canvas installed
  Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:56:09 -0700
  Recently replaced the pop-top canvas (Gowesty) on my 86 Westy Weekender and would echo Matt's comments with some variations: First remove the...
• Re: supplier of brown canvas???
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:53:24 -0600
  ...supplier of brown canvas??? > I am looking to get some brown canvas material that is similar to the > brown pop up canvas. I am...
• Re: Friday Follies: Canadian Pride
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 09:03:05 -0400
  Speaking of Canadian Beer, how can you tell if a person likes Moosehead? (see below) They have antler marks on their thighs! :-) Beauty, eh...
• Pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:50:36 -0500
  It�s time to replace my pop top canvas. I�m interested on hearing pros and cons of cotton vs. synthetic canvas. Thanks! Deb...
• POR15 in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:16:32 -0600
  I've looked around but can't seem to find POR15 in Canada except as an internet order. Are there any stores that carry...
• CrewCab CanvasTarp!
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:22:57 -0400
  ...You will need the metal framework for the canvas top, too. I have a friend in Quebec who bought a crewcab with the framework...
• Re: Jerome Jamboree
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 22:57:57 -0700
  ...Christine > Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't...
• Re: Tin-can westy toaster
  Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 18:03:20 -0800
  Nothing but the best tin can stuff for us ! > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 20:20:44 -0500 > From: dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET > Subject: Re...
• Canadian Tire Fyer for those interested (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:59:48 -0500
  ...http://www.canadiantire.ca/~e-flyer/html/10/620.20344514110.html Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon...
• Canadian Tire Flyer for those who care..Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 25 May 2000 10:19:31 -0500
  ...Here's this weeks Canadian Tire Catalog: http://www.canadiantire.ca/~e-flyer/html/10/622.20344514110.html It has a whole selection of...
• Canadian Maps for Vanagon Travel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:51:13 -0800
  Can anyone recomend road/topo maps of Canada that are similar to the excellent DeLorme Atlas/Gazetteer maps? The Delorme maps are highly detailed...
• Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:34:33 -0800
  Carrying gasoline inside your van can result in death, dismemberment, bad burns, and ridicule. That being said, NATO gas cans seal. They hold 40l...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:26:02 -0500
  ...Now, onto Canadian Bacon. Here, there is no Canadian Bacon, anywhere. Up here in Canada, we don't raise pigs, as they are too...
• Re: How do I send used parts to Canada?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:46:24 -0400
  ...The brokerage fees can be horrendous, so UPS ground to Canada is best avoided. FedEx ground is the same way. It is worth noting...
• re Poptop Canvas
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:29:00 -0700
  > >Can anyone recommend a treatment for the canvas so I can keep the top >popped in the rain? > >Thanx! > >--Drew >95 EV-C Allow...
• Re: Buying tires from Canada...
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:14:25 -0500
  ...This is most likely not the case. > >In my summer travels to Canada the past few years I have often found >Canadian prices to...
• Re: Vanagon fuel requirement
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:35:06 -0500
  According to a local VW dealership, VW Canada had tested Canadian gasolines a few years back and gave their stamp of approval to Shell...
• FS: Westy canvas
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 17 May 2000 19:24:08 -0300
  I am selling a westy pop-top canvas. It was made by a local canvas shop and is sort of light pea soup green...
• Canadian van in the US, was: RE: SOMEONE TAKE IT BEFORE THE BANK
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:20:12 -0400
  > Can a Canadian vehicle be purchased and brought into the US? > If so, is the process difficult. > > I live in Maine and would love...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:55:21 -0400
  ...His only comment was that it reminded him of Budweiser back in '35!!! Also, what IS this "Canadian Bacon" bullshit going on down here...
• Re: Battery size...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:35:34 -0500
  This is starting to get a little off topic but please help me out because God knows Canadian Tire can't. I have a...
• Re: Canvas install question - 3'' too tall?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:19:14 -0400
  Based on further research it appears that they sent me the canvas for campers with tack strips while my '84, being a transition year...
• Re: DexCool in Canada (was Coolant Question)
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:24:48 -0400
  ...DexCool in Canada (was Coolant Question) > > Can anyone point me to where I can get DexCool in Canada? I've heard that GM > uses...
• Re: A Canadian Gerry!! Don't read till Friday
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 02:47:08 -0500
  ...A Canadian Gerry!! Don't read till Friday Marshall Ruskin wrote: > > For those who care to know this piece of Canadian Trivia, (since Canadian...
• Re: Pop Top Canvas And Little Blocks of Wood
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:44:40 -0700
  I have seen early vanagon westies with the wood strip and staple method of canvas, the Bentley manual also shows them. But there must...
• Re: gas can
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:16:00 EST
  In a message dated 1/30/02 5:39:06 PM, harald_nancy@EMAIL.MSN.COM writes: << About the round gas can that can...
• Re: Friday: Fuel containers, a little bit vanagon related
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:00:54 -0500
  Is the resale of used NATO cans outlawed or just new cans? I'm thinking the latter. 2010/2/12 Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:19:47 -0700
  ...Wax and hardwood saw dust mixed and packed into a can >>(coffee can?) to be used as a survival candle. > >Sounds much like one...
• Re: One can Euro Purchase a VW and bring it back to the states?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:22:20 EST
  ...He said "One CAN Euro" If the can is big enough, you can surely do it. And for David: all kidding aside, yes you...
• Re: supplier of brown canvas???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:11:38 -0400
  ...I am wanting make a rainfly that will match, that > I > can use when the top is up ,and can go down to the...
• sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:47:53 -0700
  I found an US military jerry can at the local metal scrapyard last week. In good condition but it is a water rather than...
• Re: Gas time line: nuclear nonsense
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:33:00 -0500
  ...so it >> CAN'T >> poison the "entire American Southwest". > > > The Titanic can't sink. > > The Shuttle can't fail. > > The levee can't break...
• Re: canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:20:26 -0500
  The canvas I had on my 85 Westy was very prone to leaking. On the 91 "Haus" I replaced her original canvas with a...
• Re: 87 Grey westy paint color
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:56:23 -0500
  ...Some shops can custom load it into a disposable spray can for about $10 or $15 (the can being about twice the size of...
• Re: Canadian taxes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:33:09 -0900
  I can't speak to whether it applies to Canadian residents but I know that in Washington State you can avoid sales tax at...
• Re: Replacement Canvas for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 18 May 2005 11:04:03 -0400
  When I bought a replacement canvas (I got mine from GoWesty as I could get it there in other than gray or tan), instructions...
• Re: wannigan/wanigan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:11:41 -0800
  Yes, wannigan/wanigan, a great word! Especially for vanagon owners that carry ceder canvas canoes up top! Wanigan in my experience is a word...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:05:20 -0700
  At 01:47 AM 4/17/99 -0400, you wrote: >Marshall - Your Canadian intelligence services, in preparation for their >imminent invasion of the good...