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• VW and Consumer sites for your links page
  Historical mailing list - Rand Knox (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Sun, 12 May 1996 09:31:52 -0700
  ...CARveat Emptor - Tricks of the Great American Car Deal http://www.well.com/user/kr2 Automobile Alternatives http://www.well.com/user/kr2/car1...
• AW: What's a "carat"?
  Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 18:46:16 +0200
  Hi, The "carat" was a exclusive high-class interior line for the European Caravelle and the US Vanagon. Here an English 1986 Caravelle Carat...
• Microsoft CarPoint - Top College Cars (http://carpoint.msn.com/browse/feature/c
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:38:49 -0600
  the eurovan is listed as one of the top twelve college cars http://carpoint.msn.com/browse/feature/college Microsoft CarPoint - Top College Cars...
• Re: Extra storage?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 6 Jun 2015 18:45:20 -0700
  I have tin tops and I use both Thule rooftop cargo carrier and a fold up hitch cargo carrier for long trips...like this...
• Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - Paul Schiemer
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:24:40 -0400
  > Public Radio program a week ago: > There is an international group of car experts about to announce the car > of the century. > > Five finalists...
• snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:34:00 -0800
  VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Carriolet-Carrado-Cabrio-Vanagon-Superchar ger-Turbo_W0QQitemZ8046070108QQcategoryZ33741QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem any comments ??
• SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:04:17 EDT
  ...http://www.vw.co.za/accessories/acc/ � Carpet Set Ch/coal Centre � Carpet Set Ch/coal Rear � Carpet Set Charcoal � Carpet Set Charcoal Rear...
• Re: Best cars: was Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:45:21 -0800
  At 08:39 AM 12/31/1999 -0800, you wrote: >There is an international group of car experts about to announce the car >of...
• Best cars: was Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 08:39:26 -0800
  ...There is an international group of car experts about to announce the car of the century. Five finalists: Model T--first mass production car...
• Re: Special Screwdriver Source
  Historical mailing list - James L. McGill
  Wed, 21 Aug 1996 09:53:47 -0500 (CDT)
  On 21 Aug 1996, Jeff Carver wrote: CARVER_JEFFREY} From: Jeff Carver <CARVER_JEFFREY@APHUB.AEROJETPD.COM> CARVER_JEFFREY} Sender: owner-type2@lists.primenet...
• Making my own replacement carpets... anything I should know?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Wed, 24 May 2000 22:34:36 -0800
  The carpets in my '91 Multivan are worn on and I want to replace them. I haven't been able to find replacement carpets...
• Re: Unusal Vanagon version - anyone else see this before? <long>
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sun, 12 May 1996 15:58:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Translation--- > VW Caravelle Carat: Der Top-Bus im VW-Programm hebt sich auch au:sserlich > von den anderen Caravelle-Varianten ab. "VW Caravelle Carat...
• Re: no VW sports cars? Brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 29 May 2004 10:22:10 -0800
  Another attribute - Good Brakes! How can anyone call a car a sports car without good brakes? Let's suggest a qualification for the name...
• Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:11:21 -0700
  ...snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon > Supercharger/Turbo ??? > > VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Carriolet-Carrado...
• Re: Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:28:07 EST
  ...The Crom '84 Westy >> By Crom! Your careless use of "care less" couldn't make me care less either. But since English is a...
• carpet replacement in cargo area
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:45:36 -0800
  Any suggestions on where to get a carpet and backing for replacing the carpet in the cargo area of 90 weekender? dj
• Re: Best cars: was Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:16:42 -0800
  The only car I ever owned I liked more than my Vanagon(90GL) was a 1963 Porsche 356B coupe with no rust. Paid $2100...
• Re: carpet for 84 GL
  Historical mailing list - George Bosch
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:12:20 -0700
  ...I then pulled out the middle seat, lay the new carpet over the old carpet and with my exacto knife cut along the pattern...
• WANTED: vanagon "CARAT" rear hatch badge
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:32:10 EST
  ...vanagon "CARAT" rear hatch badge i STILL need the rear hatch badge off a vanagon carat.. says "CARAT" in capital letters. please let me...
• Re: Making my own replacement carpets... anything I should know?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 May 2000 01:58:08 EDT
  In a message dated 5/25/00 1:40:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ktaylor@PREMIER1.NET writes: << The carpets in my '91 Multivan...
• Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 15:12:09 +0100
  Paul Schiemer wrote: > > Public Radio program a week ago: > > There is an international group of car experts about to announce the car > > of the...
• consumer resource URL
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 11:27:14 -0700
  ...Everything Automotive Auto World (new and used car blue book prices) Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan (hearings on lemons) Car Buying and maintenance tips...
• Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:01:06 -0500
  ...snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ??? VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Carriolet-Carrado...
• Re: Carpets carpet carpets...
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:16:15 -0700
  I got a complete carpet set (including the seat pedestals) for my Vanagon at GoWesty. They had 2 or 3 color choices (I got...
• Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:04:55 -0800
  ...On 3/17/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote: > > VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Carriolet-Carrado...
• Carlisle Import Car Nationals this weekend...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 May 1997 00:27:13 -0400 (EDT)
  All, I just wanted to remind everyone that the Carlisle Import/Replicar Nationals are this weekend (fri/Sat/Sun) in Carlisle, Pa. I think...
• Re: Extra storage?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 6 Jun 2015 22:11:43 -0400
  ...Options seem to be a >> rooftop carrier, motorcycle trailer or hitch mount cargo carrier like this: >> >> >> http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/53-1...
• Re: Carfax Check Please?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:17:49 EST
  In a message dated 3/23/04 12:06:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA writes: > Try this link > http://www.carbuyingtips...
• Re: [caravelleausnz] Caravelle GL?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:26:26 -0500
  The Carats in Australia were made by Trakka and as far as I know there were none imported. ============================================================ From: cwmundy@optusnet.com.au Date...
• Carb Specs?????? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 16 Apr 1995 18:52:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Carb Specs?????? This may sound like a total idiot-stick question, but how does one adjust the mixture on the dual carbs found on...
• Re: FRYDAY: Stomberg Carbs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:27:15 +0000
  ...All these years I though Stromberg-Carlson carbs were American. Boy do I feel better. On Friday, March 17, 2023, 10:48:36 AM...
• Re: CarFax - got one, thanks! - new Carfax idea?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:41:04 -0500
  >Don't need one now, thanks guys! When asking for Carfax, perhaps the requester should ask for a carfax report WITHOUT posting the VIN...
• Re: SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:57:41 -0700
  ...http://www.vw.co.za/accessories/acc/ � Carpet Set Ch/coal Centre � Carpet Set Ch/coal Rear � Carpet Set Charcoal � Carpet Set Charcoal Rear...
• Canoes, car-top carriers, & Westies
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:34:50 -0300
  I do NOT have a luggage rack for my Westy and I want to carry a canoe on top with a "Car-Top-Carrier...
• Re: Aaaargh!!!
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:11:28 -0800
  ...I didn't really re-carpet, since I left the original carpet in place, and layered the new carpet over it. The purpose of...
• Carpets, and maybe a sale?
  Historical mailing list - THE BUSLADY
  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:35:42 -0500
  Just curious...what would it cost to get a set of carpet mats for my Carat? New fronts, the center & cargo area mats. I...
• Re-carpeting my van... any advice?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:37:14 -0800
  ...I've purchased a piece of commercial carpeting that will hold up as a vehicle carpet. Is it a problem to remove the original...
• Car back carrier
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:32:51 -0700
  Anybody ever use such a thing? http://www.lakelandgear.com/car_back_carrier.aspx The reviews I've been able to find are pretty...
• Re: Caravana 2000 ?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 22:02:15 -0400
  Jp, information on caravana is posted at http://vanagon.com/journeys/caravana/ -Larry Jp wrote: > Volks, > Does anyone no the status of the Caravana...
• Car Talk Brothers 'dis-ing the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:21:27 -0800
  ...Most of the time it is not mechanical problems but rather social/relationship problems with cars versus wife, car versus boyfriend, car versus girlfriend...
• Oakland Car Show - Not much VW content
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:20:16 -0500
  ...http://www.corazzelliphotography.com/Carshows/2015-Car-Shows/66th-GNRS-2015/i-jX5bZBX And one WILD Custom VW. http://www.corazzelliphotography.com/Carshows/2015...
• Re: Carpet for cargo area wanted
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:20:35 -0500
  No carpet in the cargo area in the Westfalia Campers. All of mine have had a grey felt piece with bound edges - similar to...
• Carpets carpet carpets...
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:03:24 -0800
  Sooo, looks like most places (except Sewfine) only sell partial carpets (or mats, as they say). So that seems to leave me with Sewfine...
• Re: Vanagon carpet kits
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:45:53 -0500
  ...Meanwhile we do have carpet mat sets (that go over your existing carpet in the front, and replace your carpet in the back) but...
• Re: Vanagon .. is it a Car or Light Truck
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:57:02 +1300
  ...Car merely is an abbreviation of "carriage". Same goes for train cars... so truck is a subtype of car. Light truck is a subsubtype...
• Re: vw bus one of Cartalk's top 10 WORST cars!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 23:43:27 +1200
  >Not too shabby for what's been called one of 10 WORST cars of the >Millennium. Hell, it's a not car. It's...
• Re: Cleaning agents?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:36:06 +0100
  The common dirt I have successfully removed by stuffing the carpets into the washing machine. This works for the carpets on the front wheel...
• Re: Carbon Minoxide?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:54:38 -0500
  Don't know anything about Carbon Minoxide. Carbon MONoxide is a possible waste product of all carbon based fuels (which includes propane).
• Vanagon prices in Japan
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:11:33 +1300
  ...tried Caravelles & other Type 2s.. 5 Caravelles for sale now in Japan: 66 Kombi restored �195,000 67 Kombi resto? 165,000 87 Caravelle...
• Re: Roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:05:29 -0500
  Was this a full size shopping cart or one of those mini shopping carts? Full-size would seem huge. Cheers, Harry On 11/15...
• VW cars vs. 1991 Vanagon fuel systems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:56:52 -0700
  Hi VW fans, Which cars made by VW would have the same fuel management and ignition system as my 1991 Vanagon Carat? I'm...
• Re: Making my own replacement carpets... anything I should know?
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Thu, 25 May 2000 10:25:01 -0400
  ...the basic carpet system). I > found a > chunk of carpet down at the local carpet shop that looks pretty good... heavy > duty > commercial carpeting...
• F.S. Jetta 86 t.d.
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:37:39 EST
  ...No this car is not perfect but if you want an unmolested car that has been maintanied by a car guy .This car has...
• Re: road hazards/f
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jul 95 13:47:08 PDT
  On Fri, 30 Jun 95 dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment) wrote: >One thing that irked me while living in California - the small distances...
• Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 8 May 2008 23:58:27 -0400
  ...However he then proceeds to tell me that he had the car on the upper level of the car hauler and that at some...
• (F) Microsoft Cars
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:57:51 -0000
  If Microsoft Built Cars... 1. A model year wouldn't be available until AFTER that calendar year. 2. Every time they repainted the lines...
• FRYDAY: Stomberg Carbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:48:07 -0500
  Back in the day when many of us were fooling with British Cars, did anyone else find it as funny as I did that...
• Re: Re-carpeting my van... any advice?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:05:52 -0600
  This may not be of much use to you, as you've already bought your carpet, but I can report great results from cutting...
• Re: simple sound deadening...
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:56:14 -0700
  ...I tried carpet padding, but the foam did not deaden noise as well as the rubber. When I started to call around to carpet...
• RE: How to Steal VW Vans Quickly
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 19:18:05 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Who cars if the car > wiggles. > > Its called crying "wolf" (Wolfsburg?) > > And then the car alarms with the "voice": 'You are too close to...