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• Re: beltline adhesive stripe, Consumer Reports & tent poles
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:09:53 EDT
  ...dealer ($70) anybody come up with an alternative source for the adhesive colored stripe that runs around the vanagon at the beltline? >> paint it????? :<)
• Re: FOR SALE: Schleswig Coachwerks Vanagon Cabriolet
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 02:02:44 EST
  ...Anyway, they cutaway > everything > above the beltline. Only the windshield was left. The edge was finished off > with carved oak. I'd be interesting...
• Re: SUV Bashing) was Think Positive to start your new year
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:05:53 -0400
  ...I really dislike the trend towards very high beltlines in current cars. I've heard this is because market research shows people feel more...
• Re: grey beltline decal stripe
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:20:56 EST
  In a message dated 3/6/04 12:00:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, insyncro@hotmail.com writes: > Has anyone had any luck removing...
• beltline adhesive stripe, Consumer Reports & tent poles
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 07:35:14 -0400
  ...the adhesive colored stripe that runs around the vanagon at the beltline? Auto parts stores seem to have only thin stripes. Jc Whipme has...
• Where are my paint codes?
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:28:19 -0400
  ...It's red below the beltline, white above. I looked around the inside for a sticker, but couldn't find one. Anyone know where...
• Re: DIfference b/w 84 & 85 van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 00:09:02 EDT
  ...1985 > non-westy Vanagon???? > > > > power steering, sliding door change, padded dash, tach, (if GL) weekender interior (if opted) beltline stripe, etc.. chris [text/html]
• Re: grey vinyl beltline decal stripe
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:17:49 -0500
  ...grey vinyl beltline decal stripe > In a message dated 3/6/04 12:36:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, THX0001@AOL.COM > writes: > > > > You...
• Re: 87 Syncro no temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:57:47 -0400
  ...I just had a bottle start to weep right where the hard spot is at the beltline, where the minimum level mark is built...
• Re: Where are my paint codes?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:26:27 -0400
  ...It's red below the beltline, white above. I looked around the inside for a sticker, but couldn't find one. Anyone know where...
• Original bus paint questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:45:55 EDT
  ...Were the bumpers, popouts and dash painted different colors than the beige grey above the beltline? Bill 66 Standard
• pics of strange Black interior (Re: Is a black interior common??)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:23:59 EDT
  ...also the maroon beltline stripe is wierd.. methinks its aftermarket.. usually it was a darker grey stripe on the lighter vans and a silver...
• Re: grey vinyl beltline decal stripe
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 16:29:43 EST
  In a message dated 3/6/04 1:36:17 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: << using a rotary high speed buffing device to remove...
• Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 14:48:55 EDT
  ...My 1981 thinks it's a Vanagon L, but it has chrome bumpers, cloth seats, carpeting, and originally a black pinstripe at the beltline...
• Re: [WetWesties] Need fuel expansion tank valve
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:21:50 -0400
  ...rolling over seven times - you can see it flex above the beltline every turn, but it still ends up looking pretty similar to how...
• Re: What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Essentially, the engine lid goes all the way up the the "rib" around the beltline... Thom -- > Assassins do it from behind. Thom Fitzpatrick & Amy...
• Re: 87 Syncro no temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Sun, 6 Sep 2015 16:46:26 -0400
  ...I just had a bottle start to weep right where the hard spot is at the beltline, where the minimum level mark is built...
• Re: FOR SALE: Schleswig Coachwerks Vanagon Cabriolet
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 01:26:13 EST
  ...Anyway, they cutaway everything above the beltline. Only the windshield was left. The edge was finished off with carved oak. I'd be interesting...
• Re: WTB: panel over sliding door rail (slider door beltline track cover)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:41:56 EST
  In a message dated 1/30/07 1:40:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, groups.florian@GMAIL.COM writes: > does anyone have a spare...
• NC Bus dinner/potluck tomorrow!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexander Palmer
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:03:27 -0400
  ...I live in Raleigh, about 2 miles inside the Beltline off Hillsborough St. Here are directions- >From the I-440 beltline, take the Hillsborough...
• Crew Cab STOLEN!
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:55:15 UT
  ...63 Crew Cab 68 ball joint front beam(rides high) Dark red (maroon) with white top and white beltline ID# 1019319 No bumpers 914...
• NC Bus dinner/potluck next week!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexander Palmer
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 14:35:22 -0400
  ...I live in Raleigh, about 2 miles inside the Beltline off Hillsborough St. Here are directions- >From the I-440 beltline, take the Hillsborough...
• Re: Bright Orange Plaid
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 24 Jan 95 16:10:36 PST
  ...Someone who used to live in my neighborhood had a chartreuse '75 that was painted a deep forest green from the beltline down. The...
• Re: Check out this Audi Powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 3 May 2009 11:58:12 -0700
  That aero work resembles that of the '70s and '80s racing sedans from BMW and others, flared below the beltline and normal above.� The...
• Re: Re: adding central locking -- SWAP DOORS and HATCH?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:07:10 EDT
  ...well i know for a fact the beltline track is different.. chris
• Re: Stinkin' stickin' slidin' door
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 95 19:06:47 MST
  ...The swing-pin and its > track-runner can be removed (remove the beltline trim). Take that puppy > off and _soak_ them parts in solvent...
• Re: Unusual Vanagons sighted in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:20:00 +0000
  ...Interesting ribbed beltline trim. thanks, Todd -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> > Looks like a Profi Dehler http://www.ig-dehler.de/Ur...
• Re: 2 gas tanks in SA Caravelle? (body differences-SA vans vs German vans)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 11:15:05 EST
  ...there is no ridge above the beltline like on the vans made in germany.. and the SA side middle and rear windows are bigger...
• Re: 57 samba or 58?
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Fri, 03 Nov 95 10:38:47 EST
  ...24 is the Microbus Deluxe (4 windows on sides, trim on > beltline &bumpers, more shiny trinkets, sometimes w/ sunroof & skylight > windows) > model 26 is...
• Re: NC Bus dinner/potluck next week!
  Historical mailing list - David Bartolini
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 18:47:06 -0400
  ...Raleigh, about 2 miles inside the Beltline off Hillsborough St. > Here are directions- > >From the I-440 beltline, take the Hillsborough Street exit. Head...
• Re: Original bus paint questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:12:49 EDT
  ...Were the bumpers, popouts and dash painted different colors than the beige grey above the beltline? Bill 66 Standard >> ummm...i think youre posting...
• Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:36:05 -0700
  ...COM wrote: > > > that baby blue and white door with the black beltline stripe is a '85-'91 > door. you can tell by the sliding...
• Re: pics of strange Black interior (Re: Is a black interior common??)
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 08:09:21 -0700
  ...also the > maroon beltline stripe is wierd.. methinks its aftermarket.. usually it was > a darker grey stripe on the lighter vans and a silver...
• Re: FOR SALE: Schleswig Coachwerks Vanagon Cabriolet
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:54:02 -0500
  ...Anyway, they cutaway everything > above the beltline. Only the windshield was left. The edge was finished off > with carved oak. I'd be interesting...
• Re: 87 Syncro no temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:45:31 -0400
  ...While you're looking at the pressure bottle, examine it for cracking at the beltline and in the shoulder between the fill cap and...
• Re: 87 Syncro no temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Sep 2015 23:35:39 -0400
  ...I just had a bottle start to weep right where the hard spot is at the beltline, where the minimum level mark is built...
• Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:29:10 -0400
  ...http://mira.sbw.org/photos/20141010/ that baby blue and white door with the black beltline stripe is a '85-'91 door. you can...
• Re: 57 samba or 58?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 13:03:07 -0500
  ...24 is the Microbus Deluxe (4 windows on sides, trim on > beltline &bumpers, more shiny trinkets, sometimes w/ sunroof & skylight > windows) > model 26 is...
• Re: Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 15:50:49 CDT
  ...My 1981 thinks it's a Vanagon L, but it has chrome bumpers, >cloth seats, carpeting, and originally a black pinstripe at the beltline...
• Re: diesel van in CO junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:34:16 -0600
  ...Also, the body was orange on the bottom and cream on top, with Oak leaves stenciled on at the beltline. The sunroof appeared to...
• Rear Hatch Alignment Blues...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Thu, 24 May 2007 05:38:24 -0400
  ...The beltline does not match (hatch is about 1/2 lower) and the whole thing seems to stick out 1/4 to 1/2...
• Re: grey vinyl beltline decal stripe
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:29:32 EST
  In a message dated 3/6/04 12:36:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, THX0001@AOL.COM writes: > You need a stripe eraser disc...
• Re: Dashboard Tray...and options on vans,
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:26:14 -0800
  ...no beltline sticker (only GL's passenger vans had that) had the padded dash. had rear wiper.. had the big old steering wheel - which...
• Re: Craigslist '84 in Bend, Ore. - not mine
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:31:57 -0800
  ...Does the paint job look like it has some kind of pinstripe around the beltline? Is that a clue of any sort. Of course...
• Re: in The Dalles last friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:13:59 -0500
  There is a VW Van club that meets out in Richardson (part of Dallas) on Beltline road near Central EXP. They have about sixty...
• Re: 2 gas tanks in SA Caravelle? (body differences-SA vans vs German vans)
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 09:24:31 -0800
  ...there >is no ridge above the beltline like on the vans made in germany.. and the SA >side middle and rear windows are bigger...
• Re: Camping in the four corners states? Try the BBB event!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:58:38 -0800
  ...My favorite places are near the AZ/NM border about the "beltline" of that border near a place called Alpine, AZ. Look on line...
• Re: [VB] Original bus paint questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:24:39 EDT
  ...Were the bumpers, popouts and dash painted different colors than the beige grey above the beltline? ------ yes- the bumpers and rims were painted silver...
• Re: Did you folks see this Vanagon for sale?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:36:10 -0400
  ...pad is for over engine) also the trim panels on the beltline appear to be ribbed....under the windows.... plus it has the european...
• Re: 87 Syncro no temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:03:11 -0400
  ...looking at the pressure bottle, examine it for cracking at > the beltline and in the shoulder between the fill cap and the coolant level...
• Re: Cargo Hauls
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:11:22 -0500 (CDT)
  ...with the mostly one gallon bottles all the way past the beltline up into the area of the side windows. This process was done...
• Re: FOR SALE: Schleswig Coachwerks Vanagon Cabriolet
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:43:55 -0600
  ...Anyway, they cutaway > everything > above the beltline. Only the windshield was left. The edge was > finished off > with carved oak. I'd be interesting...
• Vanagon crash tests and spare tires
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:51:09 -0700
  ...rolling over seven times - you can see it flex above the beltline every turn, but it still ends up looking pretty similar to how...
• Re: Craigslist '84 in Bend, Ore. - not mine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:20:52 -0800
  ...Does the paint job look like it has some kind of pinstripe around the beltline? Is that a clue of any sort. Of course...
• Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:54:41 EDT
  ...the lower and beltline tracks were pretty nasty before i cleaned them up and lubed them.
• Re: LVC Searching for a project
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 05:00:04 -0700
  ...a subtle "Turbo" sticker just ahead of the front doors above the beltline and the eighth letter of the VIN is a K). About...
• Re: in The Dalles last friday
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:45:29 -0700
  ...Van club that meets out in Richardson (part of Dallas) on > Beltline road near Central EXP. They have about sixty members but most > are...
• Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:01:46 -0700
  ...the lower and beltline tracks were pretty nasty before i cleaned them up >and lubed them. > > >
• Re: Rear Hatch Alignment Blues...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 24 May 2007 07:20:03 -0400
  ...The beltline does not match (hatch is about 1/2 lower) and the whole thing seems to stick out 1/4 to 1/2...
• Concept Bus animations- Spare list- New folder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 00:27:54 -0700
  ...a retro bus and dropped the slider runner to below the "beltline". This Photoshop and Flash work was originally done back in January, 2001...