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• WTB: $1500 worth of bus in L.A.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 95 21:08:25 PDT
  ...He needs an everyday driver, splittie or breadloaf, no matter (I told him a split is the only way to go). He prefers a...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: [WetWesties] Split Weld Seam
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:21:52 -0800
  ...Re: [Syncro] Re: [WetWesties] Split Weld Seam > There's too tight and too loose, so thankfully the Bentley tells us > 133 ft/lbs (I...
• Brazilian buses
  Historical mailing list
  5 Sep 94 16:40
  Has anyone ever seen/owned a Brazilian Bus. The Delux Microsbus split-screen body with the bubble front window and doors. Lee.
• ref Thom's 'family tree'
  Historical mailing list - Austin Silvester
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 01:20:43 -0800 (PST)
  Whatsit mean if yer famly tree don't fork or have enny splits? (oopsorry- it's not Friday) Austin
• Re; Off Roading In A Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:00:19 -0500
  Ah, Ha,Ha, Ha, Ha ! (side splitting laughter) Not in your wildest dreams !! Still Laughing out loud, Terry
• Re: Sink LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Cullen
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:39:27 -0700
  <Justin wrote:> >Hey all, >OK, I have a 1908 Westy, <snip> Wow. You must have the very first pre-splitty prototype!
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 06:49:16 EST
  ...Ok no opinion here perhaps the .ca's on the list know of canadian retailer/ wholesaleers where you can get -thermal protection split tube...
• Re: L.A.I.R.S.(was Contact List Project )
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:31:55 -0800
  ...then they split into the >type2 list (sort of more-or-less 68-79 buses, but some split >windows still hang around. and some...
• Re: Modern Japanese Vans with Retro Faux Split / Bay Window Looking
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:45:02 -0500
  ...Modern Japanese Vans with Retro Faux Split / Bay Window >> Looking >> Front Facades >> >> There is a dealer who sells then in the 51st State. In...
• Re: Squeaky Clutch Pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 09:42:42 -0700
  ...If your vehicle is a splittie or baywindow you might find that the noise is due to a failed weld on the front eighteen...
• Re: Boiling coolant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:38:31 EDT
  Jeff; Perhaps it was only a split coolant bottle. Too bad you drove it 1/2 mile without coolant. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken...
• splits, bays and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:26:57 -0700
  ...the layout and size of the vanagon to be a big step up from what the bays and splitties offered. Jonathan Poole '82 westy
• Re: Newbie, hello all and a question(long)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:02:17 -0800
  Yup, at the mudfest event, we had our Vanagon Westy parked right next to our 65 split window. The Vanagon got hopelessly stuck. The...
• Peter Aschwanden web site NVC
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:25:56 +0000
  ...the illustration of the beetle split in half and the driver picking it up, the caption read "Split Open and Melt", man I loved...
• Re: Splitty love story NVC
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:53:10 -0500
  ...I'm envisioning a wire cage in your two car garage with a sign on the shelf of the split door that says parts...
• Re: 85' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 22:01:15 -0800
  ...85' Vanagon >>> >>> >>> Well Mathew you're not crapping on my brain. >>> I know 67 was the last Splittie. >>> 68 Was the first year of...
• Re: Clamshell toolbox
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 8 Jan 2018 16:58:50 -0500
  Compared to my 64 VW Splitty and my motorcycle, my Westfalia is a safety haven. Also, I don’t go over 90.
• Re: $25,000 splits
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Sep 1994 16:18:05 EDT
  some people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. r.avery oldt 75 camper, 72 ghia(for sale)
• Re: Sell me your BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  3 Jul 1995 13:31:08 -0400
  are you selling any older busses with the front and rear split windows?? If so Email me.. AACJ@aol.com
• the cool lingo.......help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:27:35 -0400
  folks, just joined the list so figured I might as well ask now....... what exactly is a "breadloaf" or a "splittie"?
• Re: Split fires
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:58:38 EDT
  John, Could you please explain what "very happy" means. Better fuel economy? More power? Both? What? thanks, Dan Hall '86 Westy Alabama
• Re: Archives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:58:22 -0800
  FWIW, the type2 archives contain the vanagon@lenti archives up to the list split. http://vw.i405.com/ Jim Arnott WetWesties Union, OR
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:17:01 -0400
  ...In fact, the rods can also be replaced wit out splitting the case if one is desperate. At the point of splitting the case...
• Re: FS: Bentley Bus & Vanagon Manuals
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:36:07
  ...e-mailed me today regarding the availability of split-window or Eurovan/Winnie manuals. Splittie bus manuals ('63-67) are available at $69 plus...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:47:59 -0400
  ...Cetin At 12:37 PM 7/10/96 -0500, Ric Golen wrote: >Gerry, > >PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T SPLIT THE LIST!!! > >I'll buy...
• Re: screensaver thanks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Harrnacker
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:36:51 -0800
  ...There is one out there already, but I don't like the > flying splitties. I have a splitty that shuts down my win98 os...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:39:35 -0500
  I had a walkthrough split, just by chance. I had a big case of the dreads when I needed to put a clutch in...
• Re: The Value of Splits in Time
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Nov 1995 12:28:14 -0700
  >Splitters, Splitterettes and Speculators: >With some slight of finger, I offer the following ASCII >graph of the Condition 1 value of a 1967 Deluxe...
• Re: Vanagons in California...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:35:07 -0800
  ...Vanagons in California... > >I know of a fellow in Columbus IN that is restoring a split-window. >Not sure exactly what year, it is...
• Re: it's Friday, she blew the microwave up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:17:22 -0700
  ...sorry, the subject was water, not acidic or basic solutions > > > not splitting hairs, just being accurate. > > "water is the universal solvent" > > not water plus...
• Anyone got a splittie shell FS?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 03 Nov 95 18:28 CST
  ...Anyone got a splittie shell FS? > >(Maybe)). Anyway, let me know if you got anything. You see I had a >dream last night where...
• Re: Splits F.S.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 07:45:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...7039ckrah@umbsky.cc.umb.edu thus wrote: > > 67 VW Westfalia Camper. Split window, cooler, bed, pop-top, water pump. > Has some rust. Nds some...
• Re: Weird Hatch Struts?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:53:46 -0700
  ...That piece of tubing had been split open it's entire length and the split opening was just wide enough to slip over the...
• Re: Which is more likely?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:11:43 -0700
  ...Maybe they did not change bearings at all and I could > change at least the conrod bearings without splitting the case. This is a...
• Re[2]: Re flashing over vans
  Historical mailing list
  26 Aug 94 13:08
  My '78's got a flasher and my mates '67 Split has too. Lee (and his mate) in the UK
• RE: Splitting Calif.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 20:18:23 PST
  1 wannabus person also stuck in Orange County! Alice C. Gibb Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Univ. of California, Irvine _/////_ _/ \ ___ / O \_/ / > O // _ | \_ / \__\ \_ _/ \\\\\
• Re: VW's on TV
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 14:07:09 -0500
  last week they had ' The IPCRESS File' with Micgael Caine circa 1962/3 there was a red/white splitty in London
• [/F] So a...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan McGee
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:52:31 -0500
  So a 'loafer, a splitty owner and a vana-goner walk into a bar. The 'loafer sidles up to the bar and says...
• Re: Is Lobro a good make for CV joint?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:41:33 PDT
  ...They are split and you wrap > them around the joint then super glue the seam. I have not checked if they > do a Van...
• RE: Upper Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 21:46:39 -0900 (AKST)
  ...and splits out after a Fairbanks winter. In the past I've tried to locate just the rubber seals - but no luck. Does any...
• balljoint leaking grease
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 19:02:57 EST
  My lower left balljoint boot is split pretty good and leaking grease. 1.Does the balljoint have to be replaced or is there an...
• Re: Friday -- One Free Wet T shirt wash job if you buy my splittie.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:28:37 EST
  ...One Free Wet T shirt wash job if you buy my splittie. > http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/wet-t.jpg > http://williamwareagency.com/forsale...
• Re: Where to start?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 May 2006 06:08:00 EDT
  ...I bought two vanagons (split front windows.) Where did you find Vanagons with split front windshields ? Must be those ultra rare models made exclusively...
• Re: 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy Texan
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:23:20 -0500
  Forget the Splittie - what's the beauty in front of it? A 356? Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> To: <vanagon...
• Re: Splitty question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:53:05 -0400
  ...send me an e-mail and I can probably help them out … there’s a space in the stable next to Ras Bulli Split. :-)
• Re: waving
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Aug 97 08:48:21 -0700
  ...Actually, if it isn't required to wave, it should be! Having driven a "splittie" for 10 years, I got used to waving and...
• Re: running a log splitter from a power steering pump???
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:17:04 -0700
  That's a good one! Rent a log splitter, or buy one from Harbor Freight. If you are not in a hurry they have...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:31:28 -0500
  ...Tell him that the job doesn't require splitting cases or dropping the engine. See what he sez..
• The Ultimate Bus
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:19:24 -0400
  How about a 123-window splitty? It's also a camper! http://www.oldtimergalerie.ch/images/auction/mb312h.htm Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a
• ball joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:11:44 -0500
  all my boots are split does anyone have a relatively easy solution for this. ball joints are good with only 80k on them. mike
• Buses
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 18 Apr 1994 00:19:44 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Everything without a split window is a shameless imitation. (Moment of silence, please...) Thom '56 Kombi
• Engine Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 13:08:27 -0500 (CDT)
  The engine in my '71 transporter kind of split in two... anyone have some hamsters and a wheel they're willing to part with...
• Re: 2 month trip, first 1500 miles.
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 00:58:20 -0500 (EST)
  On Mon, 20 Nov 1995 jag@cs.rochester.edu wrote: > Hi vanagoneers, loafers and splitties! Us Eurovanites feel left out...
• Re: Help With Used Car Pirces Please/F
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Apr 1996 07:45:21 -0500 (EST)
  I once saw a splitie with a Black Leather Bra and two Nipple Rings attached to its headlights..... Ric
• Re: Gas heaters in Splitties
  Historical mailing list - University of Toronto Information Commons
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:17:31 -0500
  ...Gas heaters in Splitties > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > > On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, JOHNSON THOMAS H <rsthj@aurora...
• Re: ultimate sleeper porsche rusting van -- just for fun post, skip if you ar...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:17:53 -0500
  I've seen many Splitties and Bay busses with a memorable amount of rust and lots of duct (duck, if you prefer) tape over...
• Re: RE:Busses
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Apr 94 13:42:08 PDT
  ...Everything > >>> without a split window is a shameless imitation. > >>> (Moment of silence, please...) > >>> Thom '56 Kombi > >>Does that mean my '91 is a "Tart...
• FS in West. WA 2 splits
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 22:20:52 -0400
  ...the other splitty for sale belongs to a friend. It is a 58 delivery van with doors on both sides. It has a 61...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:55:33 -0500 (CDT)
  I stand with those opposing this split. I also admit that no one asked any of us, or had to. I would say that...
• Re: Life expectancy of valve cover gaskets?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
  ...I had a leak on the passenger side cover and popped the bail and the gasket was split in 4 places! Pulled the other...