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• Re: Will be worth less or more?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:47:52 -0500
  ...millions of cars to the crusher be good for the environment? -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus...
• Re: Now Preventative Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:47:45 -0700
  ...declining parts quality or lack of workmanship in the replacing, I'd say some of both. Mark Tom Hargrave wrote: > I quit carrying spares...
• Re: Paulchen Rack Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 23:43:02 EDT
  ...I also have the lock sets and First Class bike carriers for sale on my website. I have these parts in stock also. I...
• Re: Essential replacement parts I keep in my camper
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:59:50 -0700
  ...space is limited what would you add to this vanagon travel parts must > have list? > > Eric Caron > 85 NJ Westfalia relocating to southern Vermont
• Online Parts Source
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:46:18 -0500
  I've used www.car-part.com with good success. tabe johnson/87 westy
• Re: #99 intermittant programmable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:15:05 -0600
  ...I reached the point where I was buying complete junk cars, stripping parts and then selling the shell for about $150.00. There just...
• Re: Frydae - For VW Oldtimers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 13:53:19 -0600
  ...We sell many of the parts that are still > available. > > They are very cool cars, but alas there are not many left. I'd...
• Re: 50 Worst Cars
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:00:10 -0800
  ...Pace Car for the Indy 500. Yes I know too much about them, comes from several years spent working in Ford Parts Departments(I...
• Re: Shifter parts for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:18:39 +0200
  ...Anyway these parts (don't know numbers) are quite cheap and worth of replacing if necessary. Juha Koivisto '88 Vanagon (Caravelle) 1,6TD (old...
• parting out a bunch of vans - '80 westy, '84 GL, '87 wolfsburg, '90 carat, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:41:58 EDT
  parting out: '80 westy poptop camper for parts- complete poptop (make your hardtop into a poptop), swival seat mechanisms, sliding side windows w/ screens...
• Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:13:24 -0400
  ...Don - I will look that stuff up. > > > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff > '90 Carat (Grover) > '86 (We call this one Parts) > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus >
• What is this part called?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:39:10 -0400
  ...http://picasaweb.google.com/magikvw/Parts#5374714615586467378 -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
• Re: Ok, whats a flap?????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Aug 1997 08:40:25 -0700
  ...was "Foreign ? Auto Parts Store", or maybe "Favorite Local Auto Parts Store". Steve and Jo Ann Wacker San Marcos, Ca. 90 Carat 86 Syncro
• Re: parts near D.C.
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:38:25 -0400
  ...that will still allow you to wander through and take off parts you want. Don't know the name of the the yard or...
• need source for VW factory parts
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:00:40 -0400
  ...I know from my other cars that some dealers deal and others do not. I live in the NY/NJ area but for would...
• Re: Friday question: What tools do you carry?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:12:32 -0600
  ...required can be carried in the compartment under the drivers seat with plenty of room for your spare parts. I carry a set of...
• "90 carat fuel dump problem.
  Historical mailing list - Eurotech
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:10:22 -0500
  ...I have a 90 carat AUTO. that has a running problem at any temp. the cat gets red hot and there is no power...
• Carat parts van for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:03:08 EST
  The 1990 Carat parts van it available again, the previous buyer backed out due to logistics of moving it from here,(Southern NH) to...
• Re: FS: '90 wolfsburg Syncro TDI
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:57:05 -0600
  And no rear carpet, and missing jump-seat parts. Jim . > > The $10k van was basically a stock Carat with a WBX and some fancy...
• VW Parts Catalogue
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Sat, 4 Jan 1997 03:13:35 -0000
  A number of people have asked me about the Parts Catalogue detailing every part available from VW. It is entitled: VW Genuine Parts Illustrated...
• Re: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 1995 16:15:50 +0100
  ...parts ~1,500 and you do the >work, buy the extra porsche parts and rx7 parts and of course supply a pukka >carrera II...
• Re: Dash light part sources
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:31:52 EST
  ...They don't support maintenance on the Vanagons at all by stocking most commonly used parts. They don't even carry the gas or...
• Fwd: pulling parts from a diesel (what to scavenge)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:36:57 -0400
  ...Any recommendations about what OTHER parts to pull that I might need or may overlook before I send the car away? It's a...
• Re: LVC: Online Vendor(s) for older Audis?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:10:14 -0700
  ...ski car from a friend. > > We're all so spoiled here with the outstanding availability of > vendors to supply us with replacement parts for...
• internet discount parts - shops are catching on.... :<(
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:23:09 EDT
  ...they said "If a customer has enough time to search the web for discount parts, then they have enough time to install them theirselves...
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:54:33 -0600 (CST)
  ...Or some other such idiocy. ) Whenever I start a project on my car, I steel myself for what I call "The Parts Game." (I...
• New dealer experience
  Historical mailing list - john runberg
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:00:23 -0500
  ...parts and (a little) more knowledge than when I woke up this morning. Now, to just put the van back together! John 90 Carat
• Re: Wanted 1.6 diesel parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:54:11 -0700
  Why carbs?? The Digifant II injection system works very well, burns cleaner and much more efficient. Also there is a built in knock sensor...
• Re: Print your parts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:47:27 -0500
  ...This machine does none of this - it makes parts out of PVC that maybe can be used as a pattern for the real thing...
• Parts suppliers for "Half Liley"?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:33:55 -0700
  Volks, this weekend I'll be tearing down my 2.1L Carat's engine to replace the head gaskets and do the JBweld fix...
• Shipping on Wolfsburg parts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Nettles
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:09:18 -0400
  BTW, I forgot to mention that I'm a pretty good carpenter, so making crates for heavier items will be a snap, I'll...
• Vanagon Syndrome - capacitor question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:03:48 -0500
  ...uF Thanks anyway. -- Thanks, Jeff 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful. Now sporting a very unstylish brown interior taken from the parts...
• Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:31:57 -0700
  ...Syncro speed sensors turn at about the same speed as the cars. What type of Vanagon did you have? Mark Raimund Feussner wrote: > The...
• Re: Was: Like an Old pair of Jeans Now: After Market Replacement Parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:07:05 -0400
  ...car that I can think of are > the head and the block. > > Jim > -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts...
• Re: How many Vanagons have you killed?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:20:51 -0400
  ...I have killed 1 Vanagon - although its carcas is still being picked over for parts :) On the other hand I have saved 2 Vanagons...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:49:27 -0600
  ---- Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET> wrote: > > Needless to say, try not to let this happen to you! > > > > begs the question; what do you do...
• A sad picture
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:03:13 -0800
  Storm damaged parts in Seattle. Not mine. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/250229450.html
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:20:41 -0500
  ...Watertown Parts: VW AIR COOLED PARTS, 2 carbs, 4 distributors, 3 coils, 1 starter, 2 generators w/fans, 1 flywheel w/clutch, 4 wheel...
• Weber carb (was Re: Tuning Problems)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wilson
  Thu, 07 Apr 1994 11:27:10 -0700
  ...There are probably VW houses that carry the parts, but I've only owned my VW for a few weeks. The progressive Weber is...
• Re: eBay Professor for Vanagon parts ...
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:08:34 -0700
  ...New parts only. His email address is; > ebayprofessor@yahoo.com > I recommend any of you to try him for any car parts, not only...
• Re: Parts venders for other VW ( no van cont)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:23:20 -0500
  ...brian Honan <cartruckbus@HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Saturday, November 16, 2002 4:41 pm Subject: Parts venders for other VW ( no van cont) > Hi folks...
• Re: 009 parts question
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 25 May 2003 03:11:33 +0000
  ...orig setup at this point. >Just >gathering tune up parts for the future. > >Take Care >Paul _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8...
• Free VW parts in Maine (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Thu, 30 May 2002 13:42:30 -0400
  ...part time repair / resotration shop in Caribou. I understand that there are between 20 - 25 Beetles and parts in various stages of disentegration left...
• Re: Friday humour! (LVC.... ok NVC. But there's a poptop involved! ---;^)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:59:46 -0500
  ...Thanks, > > Jeff > '90 Carat (Grover) > '86 (We call this one Parts) > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus > -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We...
• Re: The Bus Boys (Northern California)?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:37:50 -0400
  They are a parts dealer. I have gotten brake parts from them. Only had one problem when I ordered a curtain kit from them...
• Bus Boys-The Ghost ship Vanagon parts supplier?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 16:40:33 -0800
  4 years ago I was buying little parts from these guys(Bus Boys) They had a nice free catalog with illustrations of the parts...
• Re: i went to alaska and for got my bus - no not really - but somebody did
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 09:09:08 -0600
  ...parts of the rural south, real estate prices have risen to the point that once grandaddy is gone, the family wants the cars gone...
• Re: More Friday Blabbering ...Continued
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:42:01 -0500
  ...taken from the parts bus) > 86' (We call this one Parts) > 85' GL (Sidelined and feeling neglected) > > -- Thanks, Jeff 90' Carat (It's Blue...
• storing vanagons (was Re: Parking Matilda ..non-waltzing matilda
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 11:13:52 EDT
  ...ages these cars faster than sitting out in the sun and weather without > being used. All the plastic, fiberglass and rubber parts seem to...
• Re: Vanagon motor replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 1995 20:04:27 -0500
  ...We carry a full line of Madison,WI 53714 VW parts new and used (608)244-8088 We will help when ever we can
• Re: E-bay protest (Do not buy from vanagon killers)
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:06:16 +0100
  ...I see it as a service to the Vanagon cummunity to save good Vanagon parts by parting out the cars. Especially if they are...
• What is up with Bus-boys?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:58:36 -0400
  ...He can see that they ran his card, but the parts have never arrived and he is having no luck getting them to respond...
• Free Vansan
  Historical mailing list - mervyn.readman
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:36:27 PDT
  I have an 83 $ 84 transpoter I am giving away.83 parts van with good motor and other great parts.84 has big oil...
• '87 TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
  Wed, 24 May 2000 11:41:22 +0900
  ...Interior parts are out of a 86" jetta. Clean!!" 1987 TDI available? Chibong Caravelle diesel 1.6
• 2.1 valve cover keepers same as beetle's?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:15:39 -0600
  ...before I need to get the car running. My local shop has a barrel full of these parts. How can I tell which ones...
• Numbers from HTTP>ATT
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 19:22:13 -0600
  ...Dealers - New Cars, Griffin, GA 800 439-2704 Crown Volkswagen, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Memphis, TN 800 238-7003 Crown Volkswagen, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Memphis...
• Re: Dodge Caravan with Westfalia like conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:42:12 -0700
  ...74 MGB GT (Restoring) Assisting on Restoration: '72 MGB GT (Daughter's) '64 MGB (Son's) Parts cars: '68 & '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
• Re: Cardboard under rear cushion
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:29:54 -0500
  ...Thanks, Jeff 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful. Now sporting a very unstylish brown interior taken from the parts bus) 86' (We...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question / No Question for Me
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:05:05 -0600
  ...It's true, I got a muffler/pipe assemply from Ron and they were the highest quality German made parts. The Vanagon sounds excellent...
• Re: A small part request
  Historical mailing list - Steven Brower
  Mon, 26 Dec 2022 12:24:37 -0500
  ...2022, at 12:17 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > If anyone has a parts van kicking around and might have...