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• Vanagon trivia
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:51:06 -0700
  What we call Vanagons were built from May 1979 till July1992, sold as 1980-1992 models. The VW factory called them all T3 models...
• Prod Numbers WAS: Our warranty
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:28:34 -0500
  Not sure, but if you consider that golf sales totalled 24 million worldwide for the 31 years 74 to Nov 05, it's a...
• Re: The VW Slider Door
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 2 Jan 2020 22:18:04 -0500
  ...This leaves 1985 as the only year not yet covered in > the site's year-by-year, model-by-model pages. > > > > 1984 had five...
• Re: Alternative doorhandles from other VW models?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:22:57 EST
  ...front doorhandles interchange between all years. chris
• Gas filled struts for pop top
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:52:33 -0700
  Was just going through ETKA and found that supposedly gas filled struts were fixed to the pop top for certain years. I have never...
• Re: How many 2wd Vanagons were assembled in Gratz?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 08:06:15 -0700
  ...made 2WD Vanagon GL Camper is a "90" model manufactured during the 1991 model year run (11/90). So the Graz 2WDs are "rare...
• Re: Subaru Engine donor for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:40:58 -0700
  ...The 1990 model year manufacturing started in the summer of 1989. Mark Larry Hamm wrote: > > 1990 was the first year for the Legacy in...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Carat for sale -
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:16:17 -1000
  Plus ......on a few late model low cost versions of Syncro's , no vent windows, steel painted pumpers, and no tach I believe. I...
• Re: '64 Deluxe Engine #?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:54:57 -0500 (CDT)
  ...books here, the # 0301353 1500 was installed prior > to the 1964 model year (what's yer VIN?), and only as an option (M215, M216...
• Re: Test equipment
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:43:28 -0500
  ...the battery failed after 4 years..... <grin>. Another (Fluke) option would be the Model 77 meter, or whatever model has replaced it. Own both...
• Re: Rare Vanagon Toy - Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 20 May 2009 10:38:20 -0700
  ...When I got my Westy model about four years ago I paid just under $20 for it on eBay but even then they were...
• Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:04:20 +0200
  ...I suggest each include model year and country, Part number, and at least one good image. Let's see where this takes us (except...
• Re: Swapping a tach for the clock?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:36:30 -0700
  ...answer on what years/models tachs were > standard > > in? > > > Paul, > > I don't believe there is a one catch all year where the tachs...
• Re: My "new" WBX 2.1
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:31:32 -0800
  That is a 2.1 built in Nov 1986, for a 1987 model year T3 (Vanagon). Mark A PETER MARSH wrote: > OK - there was...
• Syncro transplant?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:35:59 -0800
  ...can a Syncro drivetrain be grafted into a 2WD Vanagon? If so, are there better model years and packages to start with? Thanks, Mark
• F/Bumper Stickers on Beetles, Unknown model years
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:16:38 -0500
  Bumper stickers seen on 2 diffrerent really rough bodied Type I's: Horn Broken Watch for Finger Sit down, buckle up, hang on, shut...
• for sale blue velour captains chairs with armrests
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:31:20 EDT
  ...fit any year vanagon, any model. chris allentown, pa
• Re: Northern Starter Blues -Mystery # 2
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:55:15 -0700
  Rob, What year and model are you driving? This would help with remote diagnosis... Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you...
• Re: TIRE PRESSURE SURVEY
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:02:19 -0400
  Year: 86 Model: Wolfsburg Westfalia Weekender Tires: Nokian Hakkapeliitta CS Size: 195R14 Load Index: 106/1045 PSI cold F/R empty: 44/48 PSI...
• Original exhaust
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:18:28 -0700
  ...can't say how many years the cat as been bad.So did I get the beta model? Road salt a major factor or...
• A/C Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:49:30 -0400
  ...Actually, numbers and letters that are on the compressor include 510S21 (embossed on body, indicating model?) 9150 label which was stuck over Model# U...
• Re: [Syncro] rescue a SyncroSUNROOF from the crusher, RESCUED!!!??
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:04:22 -0800
  ...Being in the VW "scene" for over 45 years now (29 of them professionally), I have endeavored to at least save the "special" models...
• A tale of two Bentleys.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:49:09 -0600
  ...original manuals and a bentley that only goes through the 1995 model year. I have only had a few moments to look at it...
• Re: Engine Conversion marketing survey
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Wed, 2 May 2007 12:15:46 -0400
  ...late model American V6's, but not all. I have been looking for engines to fit in a Vanagon for over 3 years. I...
• Re: Model changes
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:20:33 -0800
  ...Later models have spinning > captain's chairs, carpeted interior, padded dash etc. What year(s) did > this > transition take place? > > Nathaniel
• Re: Differences in models for 1990
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:47:49 -0700
  ...seat material) between a GL and a non-GL for the model year 1990?� the latest I've ever owned is an 87.� Somehow...
• 1987 Double sliding door?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Oct 1995 22:05:33 -0400
  ...WHAT'S NEW FOR '87 Volkswagen's line of com[act vans, which gained 4-wheel-drive models last year, get one major change...
• Rear Heater "T" fitting compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:45:44 -0400
  Does anyone know if the late model Vanagon plastic T fitting that taps into the heater hose to feed the rear heater core will...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:03:27 -0600
  ...phased into production > during the 1985 model year for 2wd Vanagons and during the 1989 model > year for > Syncros. The earlier stamped arms used...
• technical bulletins for vanagons, campers, syncros
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Apr 94 22:33:51 CDT
  ...from Service Bulletins, Model Year 1985 ......................................................................... VW Technical Information Group 19, Number 87-03 Date: December 21, 1987 Model(s): Vanagon, Water-cooled, model...
• Re: Sliding door screen mystery
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:43:05 -0400
  ...on earlier years. These are a duplicate of the original Westfalia option available in Germany, which was originally intended for later model Vanagon Westies...
• New to list, need info on Syncro's
  Historical mailing list - Fulkerson, Barry
  Tue, 03 Sep 96 13:52:00 M
  ...Because I'm looking for a used model, I've been trying to find out the breakdown of different model types and what years...
• Re: Empty yards
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:53 -0800
  ...Search by year and then pick > your > model.
• NVC: Any technical information about '71 squarebacks?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 01:34:40 -0500
  ...Where can I get technical specs (including fuel economy data) for a 1971 model year squareback? Thanks, wade
• Re: rarest of the rare middle seat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:35:13 EST
  ...it was a US model. owned by a vw dealership in MD as their customer shuttle.. until it was hit in the LF. the...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 11:44:52 -0700
  ...They built about 600,000 diesel T3 vehicles over 12 model years. I don't know why we only got so few of them...
• Re: The VW Slider Door
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 2 Jan 2020 19:29:33 -0800
  ...This leaves 1985 as the only year not yet > covered in > > the site's year-by-year, model-by-model pages. > > > > > > > > 1984 had five...
• Re: 9 Passenger Van Sighted (and Caught!)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 04:05:56 EST
  ...I've never seen a US model 9 pass van newer than '83.5, but i heard about a Texas lister a few years...
• Re: still confused
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:57:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...Complete Camper models were offered every model year from VW, the later models being named the Vanagon Camper GL. These include all the camping...
• Dometic cooling fan noise
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:32:46 -0400
  I've had my 88 Westy for about 10 years and use it as my daily driver. I've only gotten back into the...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:44:01 -0800
  ...The better parking brake was phased in during > the > >> 85 model year and many 85s don't have it. Ditto for the plastic coolant...
• Re: Dashboard Tray
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:57:47 -0800
  ...Is that "non-GL" as in the base model, Syncro, Carat, and Multivan? I know the Syncro that year was specifically NOT available as...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:06:21 -0800
  'Info' is there, and under Info' is 'model information by year' on the next page. you might have said that. -----Original Message----- From: Jake...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 17 May 2008 22:06:06 -0700
  ...And Mark will tell you about tachs being on Wolfy 84 Westy's standard.......but then not on the next year's model or...
• Re: Buying Vehicles off E-bay Re: The Story Of The eBay Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:37:38 -0800
  ...a $2000-4000 passenger model and at the same cost. It is easy to spend $2000 in a first year of Vanagon ownership if...
• Re: NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:55:59 -0700
  ...Unique body design and a couple of coworkers drove them for several years and I don't remember any complaints.
• Wolfsburg/Carat with pop-top
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:40:30 -0400
  ...a Vanagon model with the Wolfsburg/Carat interior but with a pop-top. If so, what is it called and what year was it...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:25:24 -0700
  An oh yeah, I forgot to mention the brake improvement starting in '86. Going from my '85 to the '90 it was the first...
• Campers: Request for General Information
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 16:53:29 -0500
  ...Walker, I have a file that describes the changes made to each model year of bus (that information is what leads me to want...
• Re: Westy/Vanagon parts sources
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 19:24:00 +0100
  ...of numerous models, but none of them in the > USA. :( > > The Vanagon Syncro was sold in the USA in model years 1986, 87, 89...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:12:20 -0700
  ...difference's between model years > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > Did anyone mention bigger brakes in the later models? > > > > > > I would also argue that...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:53:59 -0500
  ...what model years was it used? --- "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV> wrote: > Does anyone know what model years the OXS light > appeared on...
• Re: Interior color
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:38:10 EST
  ...was the first year that they had a blue interior and a white exterior. once again, im talking about US models here, cant say...
• Water vs. Air
  Historical mailing list - bell Atlantic
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:48:39 -0400
  Hey VW Bus fans, I'm hoping to get a Vanagon, but I keep agonizing over what model year to get. I know for...
• Re: [vanagon] odd vanagon on samba....vanagon "carrier"????
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:10:50 -0700
  ...With the '86 the last year of the "L" model and the "standard base model" not coming back until '90, I'd say this...
• Re: Thoughts on 2000 eurovans
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:42:26 -0500
  On 7/22/2014 6:18 PM, Harry Hoffman wrote: > Hi All, > Are these are notorious as earlier model years? > > Cheers, > Harry A buddy...
• Re: Chassis number
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:06:10 -0500
  ...Model years mean nothing. Jay
• Re: Multimeter
  Historical mailing list - Rod Swanson
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:18:18 -0600
  ...Darned test leads broke just last year and I decided to replace the meter with a new and shiny one of the same model...
• Re: Removing Rear Springplate (Spring Plate Colors)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 09:27:28 -0500
  ...I DO know that according to Bentley, different years/models had different DIAMETER bars, with different numbers of splines. I don't have my...
• Your Opinion: Vanagon or Late Model Bus Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 22:15:30 -0700
  Volks- I bought a 1984 Westy this year, and I think that it is a wonderful vehicle. I LOVE the (reasonably) powerful engine, the...