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• Re: Frequency recommendation to replace Vanagon fuel gasoline lines
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 9 May 2016 09:38:51 +0200
  ...The rubber gasoline line split from the end where it was cut to length. The splits went into the area where the lines were...
• Re: Split fires (Can Vanagon Use Bosch 3-Pronged Plugs?)
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:34:01 -0500
  ...Split fires Forget the Split Fires. Buy the Bosch Supers-they are more expensive- about $7.95. They are the 3 pronged plugs. I...
• Re: T2/ T1/0.5?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:51:29 +1200
  >Andrew Grebneff: >>>>the CV rear axle came in with 12V for the last of the >>>>Splits in 1967. > > >I had a 12 volt '67...
• TTT Directory
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
  27 Oct 96 16:57:46 EST
  ...Mostly people in split screen buses on their way to Alaska. One crew complained that their '63 seemed to be noisier than other buses...
• Re: Roof rack.....
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  25 Jan 97 00:55:42 EST
  >I have a roofrack originally installed on my old '67 split that I now use on >my Vanagon. I measured the distance between the...
• Re: Courtneys' Air vs Water Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:04:00 +1300
  ...having had a >splittie, a loaf and three vanagons, they were/are all wonderful vehicles. >I would buy another air-cooled in a heartbeat...
• Re: [Splitting Hairs on Adding Oil]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 31 May 2001 14:00:18 MDT
  ...Heads up Hair Splitters! I've always kept a sharp eye on my dipstick & added oil when it's down half a quart. Recently...
• Reminder:6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Holiday Fest Dec 9
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:58:39 -0500
  ...Splittie cookies and splittie beer (must taste like rust, says Dworkin) will be served. Hope to see you there! Tom F.
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:10:20 -0700
  Splitties... yes. Bays... not in this part of the country. They're cheap and getting cheaper every day, especially those fine early models with...
• 1/10 scale model remote control Split
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 05:49:19 EST
  Volks, just saw a 1/10 scale model remote control Split by Maistro on sale at Zellers (Canada eh !). On page 32 of this...
• Re: VW Splitty used in Honda Commercial (no Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 19:30:38 EST
  I agree. That's what we have the 911 for. BenT
• Re: pre 68' type II engine access hinges (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:37:02 -0500 (CDT)
  ...and discovering something that was interchangeable between bubble windows and splits! up here splits are very rare, but there are still bubble windows around...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:47:58 -0500
  ...Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon? > Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted > tow bar on my...
• Re: Where to start? - Actual answers!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 25 May 2006 03:57:59 -0700
  Mindy, Ten years ago this would have been the right list, but the original VW bus list has split into three main groups with...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:14:02 -0700
  ...Only those who have actually paid > their "splitty dues" can sing the Split Window Blues. Something about > sliding that window open. Something about having...
• Re: Traveller in distress (near Chicago) - UPDATE TWO
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:22:16 -0700
  > Wonder if that one year gap between vanagon and > euro had something to do with the split in relations? I think the split is...
• Re: Bus windows
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:56:01 -0600
  ...IIRC > they had splitties well into 1979. I saw some > Brazilian buses in Manila which looked oddly like a bay window bus > but had...
• Re: Replacing the plastic cooling pipes on a bostig setup
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:33:05 -0500
  ...Plus the split ones should save you some shipping (split pipes fit in a smaller box) Andrew On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2...
• Re: wierd bus..
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:20:40 -0700
  ...classifieds/detail.php?id=953250 > > vanagon style sliders, baywindow nose, splitty rear, splitty cargo > doors.... > > it was actually made as a taxi... notice how...
• Re: Coolant level sensor - repeat breakage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:41:50 -0500
  ...split late last year, I replaced it and now with less than 1,000 miles since that time, the new sensor has split as...
• Xmas story
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:50:17 -0700
  Here's my "classic" Xmas story from 2013. (Classic because it involves a Splitty).... http://jones.colorado.edu/Xmas/
• RE: Placement of list sticker
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 06 Feb 1996 09:30:33 EST
  Front windshield, middle, upper location is a bit of a problem for us splitty persuasions...... christian
• vanagon longevity?
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  22 Jun 1995 10:56:28 -0800
  I get the feeling that Vanagons haven't been lasting as long as splits/bay windows?? Is this true?
• Re: log splitter
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:11:13 -0400
  Bentley says the ps pump should produce about 1700 psi. Seems like that might make enough pressure? Edward
• Pixar Cars
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:56:59 -0500
  There's a trailer now (Quicktime) for a new Pixar film, Cars. One of the characters is a Splitty. :)
• Re: locations (again)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 21:04:27 -0600
  ...if it was big enough. :) so how do i split you into northern & southern sections??? joel I have heard some theories about splitting up...
• What is a T3?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 22:08:39 +1200
  ...T1 was the Splittie; T2 was the Bay (though the Bay was not really a new series, but was a modified Split body). T4...
• Re: Fw: Re: [VANAGON] vanagon chess set
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:53:28 -0800
  ...that is, its engine is in the front. ;) > > > > > King - > > > > 21 window samba splittie, with sunroof. and roof rack. > > or porsche 911? or porsche 356...
• Re: BC inspection was Re: The Otter Has
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:22:57 -0500
  ...At 45 psi a quarter-inch-long split in 7-mm hose will have about ten pounds of force trying to widen the split...
• List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 08:32:47 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I've really enjoyed the nature of this list and I hate to see it split in some ways, but I'll still be...
• Re: Walkthroughs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Aug 1994 12:51:56 -0400 (EDT)
  According to Anthony, they didn't start making walkthroughs till approximately 1963, so that there were only about 5 years of splits (63-67...
• Re: Weekly Statistics
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 21:43:17 -0800 (PST)
  Well if someone probably gave Bill up in Redmond a nice old Split Bus I'm sure he'd put a one click button...
• Re: VW tent for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:34:12 EST
  ...kinda doesnt look "period" when ya got a new space age nylon, gore-tex polymer whatever tent set up outside your restored '65 split...
• Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:35:44 -0700
  On 8/18/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > I have never seen that rear split window before either, but it looks like > a...
• Re: Fun-splittie mag cover
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 11:15:33 -0600
  On Aug 5, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Bob Stevens wrote: > Good morning volks, > > Thought some of you might enjoy this splittie mag cover...
• Help with my Splitty steering boxe
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 09:49:52 -0600 (CST)
  ...Help with my Splitty steering boxe Hi dudes, I need to adjust the steering on my '64 Split. So I go to undo the...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...For those that want to have less postings, I think the desired effects of the split will not be as great as they'd...
• Re: T3 Vanagon makes the grade for large Swiss Alps Vintage VW gathering
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:17:11 -0600
  ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGkwiZWFCk Splitties are like Buses By the Bridge--three groups. The perfect restorations. The tricked-out low riders...
• RE:Splitty Ads
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 13:57:57 -0800 (PST)
  ...Kombi up to a Country Joe concert in '95, at Beremerton, WA. - http://www.wolfenet.com/~hoomon The man in the 11 window Split!
• Re: Vanagon Toys?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:24:24 -0400
  ...1/43rd scale panel bus splitty on my computer desk. Got it for $3 at the Grasshopper Shop in downtown Bangor. Reads "Made in...
• Re: wondering
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:58:27 -0700
  ...In fact, I prefer the arrangement of the splitties (I had a '61 and '67) to the breadloafs. On the other hand, the splitties...
• need help with splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Brunson
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:41:05 -0700
  ...Am I supposed to remove the pistons before splitting--and if so, then how? The obstruction seems like it might be a ring, but...
• Selling EIGHT Corvairs, cheap!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 96 14:44 CDT
  ...If the owner will split the cars and the drivetrains are out, I can go and get the drivetrains and strap them to a...
• Re: FS Splittie Side Barn Doors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:10:33 -0700
  ...Wilder > > The barndoor is the engine lid ONLY, of the early Splits (1949-1954 > or so). > -- > Andrew Grebneff > 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand...
• Friday fun, F1 drivers in splitty
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:06:42 -0400
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8_2PKsj_0A I especially liked when Hamilton adjusts the downforce...
• VW mailbox--Friday, NVC
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:36:58 -0700
  Here's a cute VW mailbox (splitty), near Glenwood Springs, Colorado: http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/VWmailbox.jpg Richard
• RE: Splitting Calif.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 15:44 PST
  I'm on the Right side of the Orange Curtain which puts me in So. Cal. -Scott Harvey '81 'falia
• VOLKSFEST
  Historical mailing list - K&L Clayards
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 08:26:07 -0700
  Off to Volskfest ! Not too hot outside, hope to see some listmembers there. Later, gotta fill my cooler & split. Keith 81 Westy
• Timing
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:32:56 -0700
  ...Tried to time the easy way - at idle without disconnecting anything - will not accept timing mark at case split. It will barely idle and...
• Re: NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Orr
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:42:44 -0400
  ...Budgetary restraints is a big >one since most ALL bus parts have gone UP. >There is still a cult following for the early split...
• Glow Plug & Batman Split
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:35:39 +0000
  ...in the 60's and 70's including a Batman VW split with action figures, unfortunately none is for sale but he would be...
• 66 splitty
  Historical mailing list - Al Robbian
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 23:27:30 -0500
  Hi guys! I just bought a 66 splitty, Kombie edition. It is pretty good condition for being so old. I am restoring it with...
• Re: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:28:33 -0700
  ...but when I drive my splitty--whats >the hurry. i drive it for the experience and stick to the backroads. The Autobans were built...
• microbus matchbox 1:58 at Wallmart
  Historical mailing list - Pedro dos Santos
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:34:44 -0000
  ...Pedro Dos Santos Collector wannabe of matchbox split baywindow vanagon ddcab microbus
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:20:36 +0000
  The folks who drove loafs and splitties went off on their own....and the a/c vanagon listees stayed with their obvious home... > Date...
• Free Splittie - maybe NOT
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 12:02:35 -0400
  Well, in the last chapter in the saga of the free 1964 (make a note of that year) splittie, the PA area listmember gets...
• need help with bodywork 65' Splitty in CT NVC
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 21 May 2003 09:41:26 -0700
  Hi everyone, well I am now a proud owner of a 1965 Splitty. :-) My only problem at the moment is the bodywork. It needs...
• Bumper & Side Cladding repairs and painting
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:41:41 -0700
  ...The repairs needed are minimal, just some minor dings and splits, nothing that appears like a major split or crack at this point. I...
• RE: here's who's what: 1952-1967 buses
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  2 Dec 1994 07:45:50 +1000
  Lee writes >Oh it's just to good to be true. >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OH duhhhhhhhh! Don't forget that any Aussie on the split list is...
• Further Festival and VWs
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan 'Snuggles' Edwards
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:21:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...mostly breadloafs...saw one splittie, but seeing all them busses makes me want mine back!!!!!! if anyone is going to any other further festivals...