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  • Re: 84 turn signal lite short?
    Historical mailing list - wb6otg
    Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:24:15 -0400
    ...when I = turn on my drivers turn signal light the rear light seems to bleed power = to the license plate light and the parking...
  • Re: Teenage Vanagon Drivers
    Historical mailing list - G Challis
    Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:36:17 -0700
    ...He's been pretty good so far, but really amazed me when, 3 months after getting his license, he was stopped for doing 74...
  • Re: Auto Trans vs. Manual Trans
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:03:25 -0500
    Don't know about Japan or special licenses for automatics - but a British friend was just telling me that somewhere in Europe (I forgot...
  • Re: FIRE!!! (True story from this morning)
    Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:54:22 -0800
    ...I knew that if I opened the license plate, flames would come jetting out and I would probably just oxygenate the fire, so I...
  • Re: license plate lights
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:45:03 -0500
    I just fixed my license plate lights this past summer...They hadn't worked for the 3 years I'd had the van! The...
  • It's Flyday
    Historical mailing list - Jason
    Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:52:52 -0500
    ...Once I'm fully licensed I'll be planning some cross country trips in my Piper and would love to meet up with others...
  • Re: [F] license plates
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:20:41 -0700
    On Oct 28, 2011, at 7:28 AM, "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > GO HAUS & DOKA > > Questions: Who is Haus - wasn't he...
  • funny vanity plate (f)
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 16 Nov 1995 13:36:06 -0700
    ...driving a newish Mazda pick em up truck with the vanity license plate "NO MO VW" On several occasions I have thought the same...
  • Re: Administrator Soliciation for Replacement.
    Historical mailing list - Pelikan
    Thu, 8 May 1997 16:18:23 -0400
    ...of $3 apiece for a > > > host machine and the LISTSERV software license, I'll run the list. Ok - sounds good. And big big thanks...
  • Re: Importing New Vanagon from South Africa
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:08:28 EST
    ...on these some time ago. >> BenT, Maybe you could see this question coming; did you ever see one sporting a US license plate? Rich
  • Re: [vanagon] re: Vanagon Bulb List?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:13:23 -0500
    ...It also specifies #89 for license plate -- but my license-plate lights take a 12v 4w T3-1/4 S.C. Bay lamp -- otherwise...
  • Re: California Smoggin'
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 17 May 94 15:40:26 PDT
    ...If your vehicle is a "new" car that has less than 4500 miles on it, you cannot get it licensed in CA. I guess...
  • Re: Unusal Vanagon version - anyone else see this before? <long>
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 11 May 1996 17:15:21 -0400
    ...it has license plate >'H-SE 5496' on the front and these captions to the picures: Yes, same license plate. What book did you...
  • Re: security
    Historical mailing list - Peter Johnson
    Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:21:58 -0800
    ...Looking through the ETKA the other day for some obscure part, I came across an optional locking device for the rear license plate hatch...
  • Clock rebuilders?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 12 Oct 1995 16:44:01 -0500
    ...clean and lube the speedo (in TX they have to be licensed by the state), but he doesn't do clocks. TIA, Dean Aukes...
  • Re: Administrator Soliciation for Replacement.
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 09 May 1997 07:03:27 EDT
    ...of $3 apiece for a host machine and the LISTSERV software license, I'll run the list. >> Sounds like a plan to me. I...
  • Re: Rear License Plate Door, Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:17:04 -0800
    Yeah, don't pull too hard. The seal at the bottom end of this assembly is none to strong, and damaging this seal, or...
  • Re: Funny bumper Stickers (F)
    Historical mailing list - Jay Fitzgerald
    Fri, 09 May 1997 09:08:02 -0600
    ...average of $3 apiece for a > host machine and the LISTSERV software license, I'll run the list. OK, count me in too. Jay ..
  • Re: GP: wish me luck (i need it)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:30:48 EST
    ...follower of SGC2C. **Perhaps you can get your galactic Phantom Cruiser license next** Regards, The Black Widow Planetary Princess of Power in Her Own...
  • Re: holding license plate down while checking oil? Techniques?
    Historical mailing list - George A Lehman
    Tue, 6 Mar 2001 20:18:47 -0600
    I also have always used the oil cap wedged into the hinge area to hold the door. Works great. George Lehman in Superior, Wisconsin...
  • Attention California Vanagonites
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:29:40 -0500
    ...surcharge on gas and a 2 cents a mile tax at license renewal time for drivers of minivans and SUVs. Would this also apply...
  • VW Vanagon Syncro one owner - $3500 (seattle)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
    Fri, 30 May 2008 12:18:25 -0400
    ...dif. lock works to.Body has some side damage (see pics). License plates exp" Lotsa photos. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/699871324.html
  • Re: September Roadtrip to Vancouver Island
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:32:59 -0400
    ...The license should arrive in a couple of weeks and allows passage to and from Canada and Mexico without the need for a passprt...
  • Re: insurance terminology
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:56:20 -0800
    ...I was a licensed fire and casualty agent in a previous career. I am happy to discuss this further via pmail with anyone who...
  • Re: 84 coolant light.
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Wed, 2 Sep 2009 06:38:32 -0700
    ...up where it belongs in the coolant pressure bottle, >not the license plate bottle, right ? Err ... I'm not sure what that refers to...
  • Licensing Bob Hoover
    Historical mailing list - coyote
    Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:32:43 -0700
    ...Bob, Would you be willing to license your articles for use on the CD, at $n.nn per CD published? It seems like this...
  • anti-freeze tank
    Historical mailing list - Steve Caslowitz
    Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:53:12 -0400
    ...engine cover on the left side not the refill one behind the license plate. Thanks ahead of time for any help. Steve '88 westy
  • Re: Custom license plate
    Historical mailing list - Derek Brown
    Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:30:36 -0400
    I personally like mine, so if you are in Washington you cant have it ;-) BUNKBED 91 Westy Skidad. . . > I am trying to decide a...
  • coolant tank cap
    Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
    Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:25:08 -0700
    ...coolant tank in the engine compartment, not the one behind the license plate. My cap is really tight. Do you fill the tank up...
  • Re: 1991 Westy For Sale-Not Mine
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Sat, 14 Sep 2013 18:25:57 -0700
    ...One of the earliest new-license road trips while still in high school was with a buddy to the Delmarva Chicken Festival,
  • Re: Fire
    Historical mailing list - Pat
    Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:30:53 -0500
    Some have mentioned using the flip down license plate for extinguisher access. Grafts would most likely be smaller at least. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
  • Re: Just when you think you have seen it all....
    Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
    Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:55:30 -0600
    ...seat > should be plus the original sink, gray-water tank... > > From the license plate I'm thinking coffee, but why a triple sink? > > d >
  • Re: I'm picking up my 99 Eurovan Camper on Sat
    Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
    Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:24:18 -0700
    > > $34,697.00 EVC + middle bench seat + shipping > $ 2,081.82 6% NJ sales tax (ouch) > $ 200.90 license,registration etc. > This makes me...
  • '87 syncro westfalia fs
    Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
    Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:54:32 -0800
    ...i was at volks cafe, and while waiting for a license plate holder was scoping the for sale board. i don't know if...
  • Re: Modified oil dipstick
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:04:44 -0400
    ...that > would enable me to measure the oil level through the license plate of an > I4 50 deg conversion. > Best regards. Your diesel oil...
  • Bus sighting, Hollywood, CA
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:50:48 EST
    ...I think it had a temporary license tag in the rear window--not sure what state. Sweet. Really clean, straight bus. Is it one...
  • Re: license plate light bulbs
    Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
    Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:55:26 -0500
    ...I also need to replace a burnt out bulb on one of the license plate lights. Went to the local car parts place, got...
  • 4th vanagon camper hookup - summer cooling
    Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
    Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:04:08 -0700
    ...Another mod I've already made is a twin computer fan hookup that plugs in to a outlet next to the license plate - you...
  • Re: Small trailers
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Tue, 27 May 2008 11:39:38 -0500
    ...Last I heard, you need no license or registration > for utility trailers in Oregon, and they are often-swiped there...Also, in > Washington state...
  • Re: An Open Letter to all the DADs Out There NVC Friday Stuff
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:30:08 -0700
    ...He stated that because they didn't have a license they drove carefully so they wouldn't get pulled over and get caught. One...
  • =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Tom=E2=80=99s_=28Samba_sodo=29_license_plate_hatch_mod?=
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Sat, 8 Jun 2024 22:30:05 -0400
    I think that I will follow your lead. Karl. On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 9:16 PM Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com> wrote...
  • crazy rear light thing going on
    Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
    Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:22:00 -0700
    ...do not come on when the light switch is activated nor does the license plate light but it Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com
  • Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:20:54 -0700
    ...I told him when the coolant expands the blue cap will open and the coolant goes to the expansion tank behind the license plate...
  • Are there Emission Compliance Stickers in US Diesel vans?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:37:10 -0700
    Can anyone who owns a US-spec factory diesel Vanagon is there any emissions compliance stickers in either the license plate door or the...
  • Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:40:55 -0400
    ...I have parking lights, tail lights license and plate
  • Re: Intro and question
    Historical mailing list - JM/CO
    Tue, 2 Sep 2003 17:13:47 -0400
    ...I called the dealer asking how much the part would cost. $33.00 per housing! $66.00 sounds a little steep for license plate...
  • nothing to laugh about
    Historical mailing list - Flat Four
    Thu, 7 Dec 2000 04:59:17 -0500
    ...The problem here is the average licensed driver has never picked up a wrench before. The truth is the licensed driver that has no...
  • Great Bus accessory spotted.
    Historical mailing list - Brian Bennett
    Thu, 1 Feb 1996 02:45:52 -0800 (PST)
    ...The owner had moved the license plate up to the rear door and in its place on the engine compartment door was a SMOKE...
  • FS: '82 Vanagon, burned engine
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 15 Feb 1997 03:06:38 -0500 (EST)
    ...Only one spot near rear license plate shows visible damage from outside. One air intake vent is also melted. The owner is asking $550...
  • Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 9 Dec 1998 23:29:02 EST
    ...can this be at the rear license plate door? T >> well, there would be no reason to change the location of the coolant tanks.
  • Various (more) parts needed
    Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
    Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:31:46 -0400
    ...like it's time to sink some money in the van, doesn't it!) I also need the right license plate lamp... Thanks, Andree
  • Re: $33,000 westy
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:12:04 -0700
    ...RU486/index.html > > they got this personalized plate on purpose. > > > interesting license plate. > > > > Heh. 2RRU? Not going 2 RailRoad me into nuthin'! > > -- > John Bange...
  • Re: Wow, how could we let this go?
    Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
    Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:40:22 -0700
    Especially one with the license plate "SHGNWGN". Markus with The Girl ('87 Westy) Gee, I can't understand why nobody wanted to spend $9K...
  • Re: Personalized License Plates
    Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
    Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:07:41 -0500
    ...Personalized License Plates > >>and the new one is > >>NFA 4295 (a "stealth" hippie plate so as to avoid a bit of hassle) > > > > > >In any...
  • "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:58:41 -0800
    ...Wanted our drivers licenses...Huh? To ride a bike? Drivers license?..Speed limit?---we played it dumb---Then Marie, my now S.O., plays...
  • Re: [F] license plates
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:32:13 -0700
    ...Re: [F] license plates To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 2:17 PM We are open to suggestions as we...
  • Re: Letting someone take your car for a test drive - read this
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:46:58 -0700
    ...Nimmo" wrote: > > You should always view and document the driver's > license and insurance for someone test driving your > car. Most people are not...
  • Re: License plate lamp holders for 1991 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:58:34 -0700
    Have you checked with any vendors? Bus Depot, Go Westy, Van Cafe probably have replacement parts. -Mark > On Oct 14, 2024, at 8:47...
  • Re: Nerd joke [F] /F /f
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 19 Oct 1995 14:15:25 -0400
    In a message dated 95-10-18 13:13:01 EDT, you write: >And David Schwarze thus wrote: >> >> Seen on the personalized license plate...
  • Re: Couple of VR6 Vanagon Links
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 9 Jun 2000 18:30:50 +0200
    ...I wonder if the oil can be checked by opening the > license plate door. The van in question was a Pickup. The engine cover...