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PAINT COLORS 87 WESTY
Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:54:12 -0700
HI Well my saga continues my van has been at a friends shop for 10 months still not painted body work done …… I am...
Re: Looking for a good body shop in Seattle.
Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:16:05 -0700
...Looking for a good body shop in Seattle. > > > Anybody know a good shop with fair rates? Thanks! -Scott > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at...
Re: body work!
Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:43:55 EST
...o, if anyone could point me towards some online info about bodywork, > whether VW-specific or not, I'd be appreciative for sure. One...
Re: WANTED: help with "custom" body work in bay area
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:55:58 -0400
...He cut the whole left side off another van and his body shop in Tijuana cut the mutilated side off his Syncroand welded the...
Re: Decal Remover?
Historical mailing list - Duncan Cameron
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 01:35:47 -0600
3M makes a product specifically for stripe/decal removal, spray form- works great. I took off a gigantic, dealer applied tricolor stripe on my...
Since it is Friday
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:05:14 -0700
...work. If you have some small dings or dents that bother you - but don't seem worth it to fix at a body shop...
Re: Automatic shift point adjustment....anyone done this?
Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:42:48 -0500
...At the throttle body end, don't lose the spring retainer that holds the spring on the linkage to the throttle body when you...
Re: prospective '82 diesel -good mechanicals, so-so body
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:51:05 -0800
...prospective '82 diesel -good mechanicals, so-so body I'm still considering the purchace of an '82 diesel 7-passenger. I had a chance...
Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - George Wietor
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:27:12 -0800
...George M > But would you be willing to pay 4000 for an AW top? > There is so much work involved it would probably have...
Re: fix the rust, or find a new body?
Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:41:47 -0700
...I am sure I can get some body shop to work on it, but I know its going to be expensive, windows, seals, and...
Re: Van Sale
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 07:05:32 -0700
Crazy high at $4,800 but I'd love to have it for $1500 if the body is all really as nice as what...
Re: throttle body fun
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 10 May 2010 01:25:46 -0400
...throttle body fun no abrasion in this situation, static. mind you, in the past I have used silicon o rings in rotating seal assemblies...
Re: Vans For Sale In San Francisco - Feb 24, 1995
Historical mailing list
Wed, 1 Mar 1995 09:54:04 -0600 (CST)
...Runs, body=20 clean little rust. Needs lots of work but everything is there. Radio even= =20 works! Been driving this bus daily, but...
Re: Alternators correction!
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 9 Apr 2020 16:13:14 -0700
Quick mod Length of (red, well it’s what I had) 4 awg Marine, tinned cable, good terminals, from alt body to cleaned ground...
idle problem - fixed
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 16 May 2005 16:22:49 -0700
...Yesterday I took off throttle body and cleaned it up. I took out idle adjusting screw and cleaned screw and orifice. It was dirty...
WTB: Used Front door molding from late vanagon
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:18:48 -0400
...a new one) in time to have it replaced during the body work. If anyone has a parts van with one of these that...
Body Work Books
Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:49:00 -0700
...Good luck.) > > The British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data spif reads: > > Sandham, Tommy Panel Craft; Featuring Ford Cortina MK.1 bodyshell > restoration. 1. Automobiles...
1980 vw vanagon camper, good body $400 yea $400.00... (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Stephen White (aka Thoreau)
Fri, 9 May 1997 09:32:33 -0500 (CDT)
...condition, body perfect, in 1995 interior was stripped of appliances but everything else is there. Engine was rebuilt but still needs work van runs...
'87 Vanagon GL For Sale/Trade (in WV)
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:41:44 -0500
'87 Vanagon GL for sale, loaded, Wolfram Gray, auto, A/C, pwin, pdl, heated pmirr, everything works. Nice enough 7 passenger gray velour interior...
Re: 87 No Start,check this
Historical mailing list - David Bayer
Sun, 3 May 1998 11:10:23 -0700
...Climbed in her to go to work one morning (dead cold) and >| tired to fire her up. Sputtered once as if every cylinder fired...
FS: 87 Wolfsburg
Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
Sat, 14 Aug 1999 22:10:01 -0400
...Body is in pretty good shape, with some surface rust on body seams and a few chips. Both bumpers have dings, but look OK...
Re: 1974 Bus price
Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:14:42 -0800 (PST)
...It's a Westy, with everything inside working except the stove, which was removed. kThe motor runs great, the body is straight (mostly), of...
FS: 84 GL, W/ New Rebuilt Engine $1500
Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:18:14 -0400
...The body's in good condition. Both the newly rebuilt engine and the transmission are out of it now. I'm out of time...
Re: Sudden High idle solved thanks
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:16:57 -0800
...responded, great group of people. > > swapped the throttle body with a spare and it works great. > > peter > > ps. I have not thought of needing...
Tach,Temp & Fuel Gauge
Historical mailing list - Mark Lawson
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 13:06:29 -0500
84 Westy Wolfsburg 1.9 Headed to the body shop with our Newly aquired darling for a bit of work when I noted that...
Re: stripping the undercarriage
Historical mailing list
Sun, 23 Apr 95 16:13:28 EDT
...Removing old asphalt based undercaoting is of prime importance because water gets under it through cracks and is held against the body. Following up...
Re: Howto: make your own searchable vanagon archives
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:48:35 -0500
...As weird as the listserv format might be, keep in mind that both formats are have the basic format "header body header body header...
Re: New Toys in Town!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:32:14 EST
In a message dated 2/13/08 8:26:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, tombuese@COMCAST.NET writes: > Body work must be really cheap...
Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 May 2005 21:23:17 -0400
...I am thinking of buying a good working throttle body with an untampered with switch intact to see if this will remedy the problem...
Re: Seamless bodywork and Gmail
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:58:44 -0600
...Seamless bodywork and Gmail > Hey all, > About a month ago Mark Thoma posted about his seamless project, some > dashboard work and some other things...
Re: Is this worth it?????????
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:41:55 -0500
...I > would rate the body 7 out of 10 as I believe there has been some body work > done to it. The interior looks...
Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Tieitup
Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:25:59 -0500
...reliable?the body style or just possibly because you have one and love her dearly. adam 88 westy getting skinned this week for work
Our 3 Caravelle/Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:39:12 +0200
...it because of too much work to be done on engine. But never seen such a good looking body ever since. 1983 - sold it...
Re: How to disconnect idle stablizer??
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:37:25 -0400
...of the throttle body that must close a circuit for the idle stabilizer to operate. Verify that it is working by listening for a...
Re: Converting a 1.9 to a 2.1 Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Ed Berlett
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:54:36 -0400
...throttle body and AFM do you choose? > I have asked this question in the past and was assured that digijet will work just fine...
Re: Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes...
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:36:15 -0400
...I had similar problems - my idle stabilizer wasn't buzzing and my throttle body was all gunked up from when my transmission seal blew...
Westy-ectomy and rats!
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Tue, 13 Jun 1995 13:00:16 CST6CDT
...time for detail bodywork after major body damage is repaired from previously mentioned accident... took 5.5 hours of constant work. Here's what...
Re: 2.1L throttle body housing
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:00:56 -0500
Hi Chris, I have had plenty of offers for the throttle body, plus plenty of good advice on repairing my old unit. So I...
Re: Quiz Good better best
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:32:48 -0300
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Re: Antenna replacement
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Mon, 3 Dec 2018 15:05:05 -0500
...I am wondering if old body work closed it up. the hole is 1.135" tall by .585" wide, both at largest point. Is...
Re: FW: SA Rear windows- hey, they open!
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
06 Feb 97 23:39:22 EST
...a Hazet wrench into the works...... I had no idea VWSA was made it's own Vanagon body stamping dies - I thought they were...
Re: Does anyone live in the SF Bay Area?
Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:54:33 -0700
Good thing people read the body of the email :) On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote...
Re: no email
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:09:19 -0600
...If this doesn't work, try sending body text that says simply "HELP". That should download all the commands for working with the listserv...
Re: seam rust
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:32:57 -0700
...On the previous work, they had filled in some of the > body > > seam with bondo, but of course the flex of the two panels...
Re: Lever on Throttle Body
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:03:03 -0700
...ve been working a a idle problem with my 1985 1.9L for some time. > > I was looking at the throttle body and noticed...
Re: Body work question
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:48:33 -0700
...To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------
82 westy value possible sale?
Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:13:23 -0600
...The van also has a very good working gas heater that provides excellent heat. I had some body work done on the passenger side...
FS: 87 bus, Bethel, OH ... $1000 takes it.
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:32:12 -0700
...1987 volkswagen vanagon, air conditioning, great body, great interior, needs engine work. $1000 takes it. (513) 734-2501, Bethel, OH. now you know all...
86 & 87 syncro compatability
Historical mailing list - a.a. \"fred\" bertagnolli, jr.
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 20:22:45 -0700
...are the two years interchangeable as far as running gear, body work and interior are concerned. tia fred bertagnolli vanagonless at this point [text...
Quantum TD F/S
Historical mailing list - Southard
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 07:44:18 -0400
...Nds some work, but incls parts car w/gd body parts. $1000. (New Bedford) 508-994-0022 g Call them not me!
FS 86 vanagon, $500 Southern California
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 01:00:06 -0600
...1986 VOLKSWAGON VANAGON, GL, silver, at, 400k mi, blue int, new tires, great restoration car, good body, runs, needs work, second owner, all records...
Re: some interesting T3 and T4 links
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:26:53 -0800
...look at the custom body work on the rear bed and liner.
Re: WTB: Sun Visor Clips
Historical mailing list - Mr.mds
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:33:38 -0500
...quoted-printable <html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body...
Westfalia-werke Re: the next wave: westy-to-syncro body swaps
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Tue, 12 May 1998 01:20:03 EDT
...to see how much work is involved in making a passenger van into a pop top westy... >> the body is the same, but the...
Re: where do the best vanagons come from?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:48:19 -0700
...if I've got a solid frame and body, I can go ahead and do what I want, and I feel like I have...
Re: Body work question
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:11:25 -0800
...But I can recall watching a body man doing lead wiping on the fender of a car when I was a kid, visiting a...
Need some help with paint matching...
Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:52:06 -0400
Hi everyone, I recently did some body work on my Silver 88 Wolfsburg, with 214,600 miles on it!, sanding out rust, doing the...
Re: Bus Boys Stole From me Saga...
Historical mailing list - Ronald P. McDonald
Sun, 17 Aug 1997 20:34:29 -0700
...quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial">800 number does not work...
Re: THIS DOESN'T WORK!! (was, Re: Using Google Groups to archive messages)
Historical mailing list - Pickle (wes)
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:35:45 -0500
Dan, note that this still doesn't really work. It finds the acura example with the acura,overheating keywords, but not with the acura...
Re: '70 Bus - Is this a good deal???
Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:26:37 -0600 (CST)
...This is > an engine from one bus in the body of another. The body has 57K > miles. Don't know about the engine yet...