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• getting Desperate for some 83-85 coolling hoses :)
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:05:54 -0700
  Any one have some new auto trans cooling hoses (Or know where they can be fabricated) 025 121 104B Feed, between bleeder assembly and...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:19:21 -0700
  ...Steel ? but not a high relative cost. > > If one kept their clutch/starter, purchased a *known* > working engine > (can't stress this enough), fabricated...
• Re: Upholstery Re-cover Swatch Opinion? ('81 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:37:00 -0600
  ...Do they have a similar pattern in a lighter color?? I went shopping with mom @ Hancock fabrics and found some nice material to replace...
• Any interest in a NEW $1550 Adventurewagen outer shell?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:14:07 -0700
  ...I finally found a fabricator to produce Adventurewagen hightops but at $1550 for an outer shell and yet undetermined price for inner shell. No...
• Re: pop top painting finished
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:23:48 -0400
  ...Now I am thinking of gluing the fabric (microfibre/fleece?) to the foam, then holding the foam to the ceiling by a combo of...
• Re: FRONT TIRE MOUNT
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:54:10 -0500
  ...I think the safest bet, would be a reciever hitch in the front, and fabricate a holder that pops-into this. Then one can...
• ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2022 23:44:47 -0500
  ...is going to be available anywhere, so I will have to fabricate a few. Wondering if some one could provide me with wire diameter...
• Clean up mould from interior roof lining?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hertzog
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:45:56 -0700
  ...the mould from the interior roof lining without trickling down my arm, gassing me, or discolouring the tent fabric if it contacts it? Stuart
• Re: ADVICE/OPINIONS interior
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 1995 14:50:11 -0500
  ...if you do remodel your interior, i would save the orig. fabric. who knows, someday you way want to restore it back to it...
• Power Steering Hose Fabrication
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:29:56 -0400
  For info I found a local hydraulics shop to make two (2) replacement Power Steering Hoses. The total cost was 60$USD / 75$CAN...
• Vanagon Diesel 1982 oil dipstick
  Historical mailing list - Leon Roose
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:47:47 -0600
  ...If I know that maybe I can fabricate one. Leon
• Re: westy decal kit for kitchen unit LED panel (was Re: Krylon Grey Color
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:46:52 -0400
  ...are into model railroading have custom decals made for their pikes. Fabricators advertise in "Model Railroader" magazine. Mike Geza Polony wrote: > I'll bet...
• misc replies
  Historical mailing list - Dixie
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 02:40:55 GMT
  ...jay if you want the german fabric that is fine but it will be hard to obtain and will be exxpensive. if available at...
• Re: Comments, opinions, etc. appreciated
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:51:28 -0700
  ...Though he showed about 20 photos none were of the interior fabric area of the bed/bench. He had just called me a few...
• Re: Westy top bunk rubbing inside of top
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:31:45 -0700
  ...It's the fuzzy nature of the fabric that tends to migrate. Never happened in my 84 Westy which had no fuzzy fabric. My...
• Re: need tighter mosquito net in canvas
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:41:50 -0800
  ...They have great outdoor fabrics, and supplies. I have made so many useful things with the fabric from this store. If you are ambitious...
• free middle seat in San Diego
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:45:26 -0700
  ...It is has blue fabric and is in good condition. If needed I have some floor tracks that can go with it. No shipping...
• Re: diesel power steering
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 2 May 2001 20:41:44 EDT
  ...Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong I really would love not to have to fabricate a bracket. BenT
• Westy watertank fill safety lock key
  Historical mailing list - Dave Jones
  Fri, 17 May 2002 16:21:33 -0700
  ...Any ideas? OR does anyone have a one they could send me so I could fabricate my own. Kind of a PIA. Thanks, Dave...
• Re: round splittie
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:05:56 -0500
  You know you guys, that thing is a total fabrication of metal......some sort of art project AS you know there is no sheet...
• Re: Late model poptop skylights and canvas
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:29:47 -0400
  I suppose you could fabricate or obtain a fiberglass patch and graft it to the roof where the skylight "was". It just shows how...
• Re: Jump seat
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Wed, 30 May 2007 05:47:09 -0400
  ...Passenger side with belt, Grey fabric. Roger On May 29, 2007, at 11:17 PM, John Coney wrote: > I'm looking for a jump...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:21:18 -0700
  ...Steel ? but not a high relative cost. >> >> If one kept their clutch/starter, purchased a *known* working engine >> (can't stress this enough), fabricated...
• instructions for making Vanagon curtains--long
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:28:31 -0700
  ...They are 3/4" but use 1.5" of fabric. All this so the cut edges of the fabric won't unravel on you...
• Re: ShadyBoy Fabric
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 17 May 2012 15:31:20 -0400
  ...wrote: > >> can't help with rivet size, but did take my fabric off to clean: >> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/vanagon-cleaning...
• '80 Vanagon exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Brian M. Miller
  Fri, 15 Mar 96 10:49:59 PST
  ...Is it possible to fabricate the crossover pipe? Could a good muffler shop (not Midas) construct one? The crossover pipe is quite complicated. The...
• FS: '81 Full Westfalia (near Anacortes, WA)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hartz
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 11:53:27 EDT
  ...Interior has been redone with some fresh paneling and kinda nice fabric. Supposedly a one owner and appears to be well maintained. Poptop was...
• Re: serious vanagon security issues
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 12:38:35 -0700
  ...i think what i am going to do is talk to some local metal fabrication shops in the area about designing some sort of...
• Rear Disc Brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Adrian
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:53:12 -0700
  ...If so what parts did you use and what needed to be fabricated. Are there any audi/vw parts that would bolt up or...
• Re: 1990 Carat with Analogue Clock?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:49:49 -0700
  I have to disagree about the fabric. That's the rougher gray fabric that comes on most Euro models. It may not be as...
• Re: rec needed: metal fabrication shop in east bay area
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 13:24:00 -0700
  ...increase the security of my > vanagon is to have some hasps fabricated so that i can lock the front > doors with a padlock from...
• Re: Panel Fabric(?) for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:17:49 EST
  Listen to your ( very smart ) girlfriend! Shag carpet?! AAAGHHH! Velour would be OK, but maybe something a little more tastful than purple. But PLEASE...
• Re: Volks Cafe Big Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:47:34 -0700
  ...If details of appearance is important, you will need to fabricate (or have made) some trim plates to clean up the appearance, but damn...
• Poptop interior lining
  Historical mailing list - Pierre Monette-Dorais
  Thu, 17 May 2007 19:08:51 -0400
  ...it which should cost around 150$ or glue some kind of fabric? Thanks, Pierre westy 83.5 _________________________________________________________________ Soyez parmi les premiers � essayer Windows Live...
• Re: FYI: Diesel camper for sale in Quebec
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 08:44:18 -0400
  ...Diesel camper for sale in Quebec My French is pretty bad these days, but neuf = new as well as 9, so, new fabric, new...
• Re: Need a piece of poptop canvas 48" x 12"
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:50:47 -0500
  Any reasonable fabric store will sell a wide range of lightweight canvas and heavy cotton that would do. It's not expensive, and the...
• Re: pop top
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:55:14 -0500
  ...The fibers are absorbent, and swell significantly when exposed to water, thus making the fabric occlusive. Sure, the fabric gets moist to the touch...
• in need of cooling system parts
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:54:28 -0600
  ...some Subaru > fabricators. > > Dave > > On 3/12/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> No reason you couldn't fabricate your own Robert...
• FS: jump seats, belts, brakets
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:39:23 -0800
  ...They are the standard gray fabric, in good shape, with seat belts and the upper bracket for each seat. Photo on request. $250, I...
• Re: Pop top canvas repair
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:21:14 -0700
  ...This is the product for mending fabric and canvas. Baileys is an old time arborist and logger supply business. Philip Chidlaw
• Re: 85 octane in Colorado and 'windage trays'
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:05:28 -0400
  Who makes a windage tray for the WBX? Conversley has anyone ever fabricated one for the WBX? Shouldn't be that hard. On the...
• Seats for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brown
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:26:08 -0500
  ...I also have front seats from an 81 westy fabric worn pretty good. Just wanna get rid of them instead of tossing them. mike
• Re: Rear Cushion needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 2 May 2001 09:30:46 -0500
  You'd be lucky to be able to buy the foam and fabricate a cover for $60. I was going to replace the foam...
• Re: FS 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon - Hannover Edition
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:26:19 -0400
  ...special fabric on the seats. 4 door doublecab sliding windows on rear doors. Interior roof reading lamps. leather boot on the stick shift Locking...
• Aluminum door card
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Jun 2017 20:36:33 -0700
  ...Still has to be covered with some sort of fabric. https://shufti.blog/2017/06/16/vanagon-the-aluminum-obsession-continues-sliding-door-card...
• Re: Rear facing seats for camper
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:47:55 -0400
  ...same fabric and all.
• Re: VANAGON digest 462
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Price
  Tue, 16 May 1995 15:55:13 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The "stuff" that the sliding windows slides on--some sort of fabric, I'd reckon--now resembles buffalo snot, or maybe pond scum. Kinda...
• Tent repairs?
  Historical mailing list - Kris S. Seago
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:27:21 -0500
  ...The fabric surrounding the mildewed/ripped section is good. Questions: 1) Is it safe to use bleach on the mildew? 2) Is it possible...
• Re: wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:25:59 EDT
  In a message dated 9/29/02 7:58:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes: > The diagonal fabric came in brown...
• Re: Pop-top screen replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:19:00 -0700
  ...Can someone please advise if > there are ways to do this without removing the whole fabric section off the > roof? > > Thanks, > Shawn. yes, look...
• SVX conversion
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lin
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:41:58 -0700
  ...available to buy or do they need to be fabricated? What is the best year SVX to use? --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of...
• Re: Mold
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 12:04:18 -0400
  ...I really would like to give >> them a good cleaning but am concerned about unscrewing the fabric from >> the wall. Will it ruin the...
• Re: Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - Barry & Margarita
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:27:29 -0500
  ...Go to a larger fabric store and request blackout curtain fabric. -- Please note and remove the spamblock "faux." from my reply-to address above...
• Re: Proper AC temp?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 23:19:58 -0400
  ...Either using the existing fresh air channels, or to fabricate something that would replace the spice rack, and existing headliner over the front seats...
• Re: Which awning is best
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:10:39 -0600
  ...That's a better description. > > Believe it or not, the poles and fabric CAN be rolled up together and > put back in the case...
• Re: Westy Canvas waterproof?
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:01:22 -0700
  ...On my 90 westy, I use simple scotchguard fabric protector they sell in the supermarket. The canvas deteriorates significantly less than on my previous...
• 84 1.9 coolant plastic H-piece
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:44:09 +1030
  ...My mechanic was on the verge of trying to fabricate one when I found the used item. He had decided, for electrolysis reasons, to...
• Re: Power window switch frame replacement, '91 GL.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:08:08 -0400
  At 01:21 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, T-rev Reynolds wrote: >He fabricated these gems with a CNC Machine. New plastic switch >frames...
• Re: Screen window for '88 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Edwards
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:56:31 EDT
  Well, if you're gonna be so rustic as to tape screen fabric on with duct tape, you might consider springing for what is...
• Re: Rear Cushion Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:55:12 -0500
  ...That is the safest way as the sun degrades fabric and the more care you use, the better off you will be in the...