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• Re: Plastic Ramps
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:05:43 +0300
  On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:29 PM, W Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote: > 7) Where is the hood release on my new...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 May 2008 10:57:49 -0700
  Losing the hood is one thing, but I'm wondering how much 'incidental' damage was done when it blew off. I've seen my...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:51:19 -0800
  ...http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?6992015-Grounded-hood Pat From: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: 11/04...
• Re: Vanagon hit on Mt. Hood OR - A list member?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:46:34 -0800
  ...Last <Rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote: > > <http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_011008_news_hood_crash.c108890.html><http://www.kgw.com/news...
• Cooky in your van
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:32:20 -0500
  John- I had the idea of a small hood that would attach to the raised sink/stove cover, and would propel the steam/oils...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:59:12 -0400
  Stiffer hood helps with the crumple zone capacity of the front. It has a pretty short hood, so that the crumple zone area is...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:47:49 -0500
  I don't think carmakers get to include the hood as "crumple zone." And anyway, how much are those two little pinches going to...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:13:30 -0700
  Right, hoods are designed to fold up in a collision so they don't go through the windshield. Look at any modern car and...
• 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:39:11 -0800
  ...Can anyone confirm if the covered braided ground strap at passenger side of engine bay connect to the engine hood? Why is it grounding...
• Vanagon hit on Mt. Hood OR - A list member?
  Historical mailing list - Todd P. Last
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:09:43 -0800
  ...stories/kgw_011008_news_hood_crash.c108890.html">&lt;http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_011008_news_hood_crash.c108890.html&gt...
• Re: Vanagon hit on Mt. Hood OR - A list member?
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:21:39 -0500
  ...Last <Rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote: > > <http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_011008_news_hood_crash.c108890.html><http://www.kgw.com/news...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:52:00 -0800
  ...1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood Hi all. Can anyone confirm if the covered braided ground strap at passenger side of engine...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:03:52 -0400
  ...It has a >> pretty short hood, so that the crumple zone area is limited. >> >> > On Apr 17, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Jim Felder...
• EV hoods, and such...
  Historical mailing list
  03 Jun 1996 07:38:54 GMT
  ...Well, Dan, there're enough weep holes and open slots on the inside of that hood, that, 1.) your hood design is way different...
• Re: Plastic Ramps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:18:56 -0400
  ...I am planning to install carbon fibre hood as a >replacement. I can clearly see a crack between side panels and the >front hood...
• Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:01:02 -0500
  I have an 86 sycro with the antenna on the hood (if you can call the four inched of sloped metal on the front...
• Re: sheer bolts/steering column
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:06:49 -0400
  ...Some European makes are experimenting with putting devices under the hood hinges that will quickly pop the hood up slightly in the event of...
• Re: Extra storage (for all vanagons) WAS: Lockable Cover for the Westy...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:06:40 -0700
  ...Heck, you could even use the front 1/3 of a rabbit hood, and only have to fabricate the hinges and mount the 'receiver...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 May 1999 19:38:03 EDT
  ...anyway, i saw him staring at me from inside the hood (under the insulation) shooke the hood, he fell out, and i threw him...
• yellow doka in hood river, yours or. . . trip to Maupin gone wild.
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:05:19 -0700
  ...Full bellies, we drove on down I-84 to Hood River and before we got into town we headed over the bridge to White...
• Re: Vans in the hood
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:17:58 -0700
  ...Vans in the hood To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, "ralph meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> Date: Friday, October 21, 2011, 8:09 AM Yes, there...
• Camping in Mt. Hood National Forest
  Historical mailing list - Peter Johnson
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:53:28 -0700
  Hello all campers, I'm heading to the Mt. Hood National Forest (NW Oregon) this coming weekend for the first time and am wondering...
• Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:42:51 -0700
  ...I saw between 15-20 (didn't keep an accurate count) while out on my bicycle this morning on a 4hr ride from Hood...
• Carbon Fiber vanagon bumpers!!! yeah!! lets do it!Re: Fiberglass bumper repair
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:45:29 EST
  ...they wanted like $500 for a mk3 golf hood in CF..with a molded in hood scoop.. so a whole vanagon bodykit in CF...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon/FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:19 -0400
  ...popped the hood, and saw a mouse scurrying. > mouse nest on top of the engine, under the air cleaner. 3 baby mice in it...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:21:09 -0500
  They needed a stiffer hood? : ) Jim On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:37 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 09:20...
• Re: Vans in the hood
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:09:08 -0700
  ...Vans in the hood To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6:58 PM Ghost vans? As anyone seen one done...
• Re: Why you stick your head in your engine now and again...
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Tue, 25 May 2010 12:54:05 +0300
  ...All I can say is Do Not wear a hoody with > tie �strings when you work on a running motor. Whaat.. You went through...
• hatch struts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 May 2000 11:18:47 EDT
  ...the hood struts on my audi usually dont have as much holding capability in cold weather and more in warm. chris
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:07:09 +1200
  >Looking at that same photo of the Volvo, you can see the right front >corner of the hood in the background, still horizontal, pretty...
• Re: Things That Unlatch in the Night / Spare Tire Bolt Size Req'd
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:17:07 EDT
  ...And I mean SLAMMED! From full vertical to burying itself unchecked into the hood opening. After it was all said and done, the hood...
• Re: Westifarian
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:28:17 -0400
  Any pics of the cool t-shirts and hoodies? -- Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com <http://www.busesbythebeach...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:27:42 -0700
  >>http://www.251.org/volvocrash.html >> >>because of the van's height it jumped the hood of the volvo. if it hit >>another van...
• re: Moose
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 01 May 96 19:04:38 CDT
  ...WHAM!! one big moose up on the hood of the truck ... broke the windshield, crushed the hood, broke both headlights out, and holed the...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:26:54 -0800
  ...1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood Thanks! I get it. And here I thought it was for the Flux Capacitor < Kidding > It...
• Re: Vans in the hood
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:58:00 -0600
  ...Vans in the hood > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > As I have mentioned before, even in the tiny town of Round Hill, Virginia, there...
• VW MicroBus Concept - deep dashes, and why..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:15:25 EST
  ...Otherwise, the hood would stick out as much as a eurovan and everyone would complain it looks like a chrysler minivan. Could you imagine...
• Re: How does the Eurovan hood latch release
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:21:01 -0400
  ...How does the Eurovan hood latch release> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > I see the red lever under there but not sure how it...
• VW part# 025919101
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 12:21:44 -0400
  ...the topright of the engine, near the alternator, unplugged- typical elec hood aprx. 1cm dia (circular), with 3 pins inside- followed wire (tan colored...
• Vanagons Not the Only Inflammable Vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:21:25 -0700
  ...Not a total conflagration and they got it out but what a mess under the hood from the extinguisher. Don't know if electrical...
• westy must-have acessory - fill port rainguard hood!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:33:44 EDT
  ...my idea is a nicely made stainless steel hood that would keep the rainwater off all these 3 fill ports on the vanagon!! it...
• Re: Ken Durling Fitchburg, MA
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:08:32 -0400
  ...I got a Beetle hood from him when I was 16 (I'm 30 now). He gave me one price, I agreed, and removed...
• Re: vent'd catalytic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 18:43:11 -0800
  ...Imagine a cooking stove with a vented range hood directly attached to the top. There is a small collector on top of the plat...
• Re: OIL FILTERS? & lube guys
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:17:59 -0500
  Per Lindgren wrote: > And under the hood of many new cars, you only see a huge black plastic > cover and the dipstick and window...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:01:54 -1000
  ...Hood creases are often present as they stiffen the hood panel .. it's like 'adding free strength' ....as it doesn't require more or...
• Bus BRR Cool "Splittie On A Toboggan" Hooded Sweatshirt
  Historical mailing list - pete or nancy owsianowski
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:54:41 -0500
  ...Wanted to remind everyone you don't have to attend Bus BRR to get one of the cool hoodie sweatshirts marking the event. It...
• Re: VW 4WD Transporter 2001 new renderings
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 00:55:58 EDT
  ...new 99 Eurovan at Stohlman's VW today, I was struck by how much the front hood looked like the NB's curved hood....
• Re: RoadHaus - Insidious Insect & Bothersome Bug solutions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:58:25 -0800
  ...1) bug jackets impregnated with DEET etc, that have a full mesh hood to go over a baseball cap. and 2) bug hats that...
• Re: westy must-have acessory - fill port rainguard hood!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:13:11 -0700
  ...westy must-have acessory - fill port rainguard hood! > ok, you know how all the vanagon westys have those 3 ports on the drivers > side...
• Can you find the splittie????
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:23:58 -0700
  little red riding hood re-interpreted... � http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54ABqSOScQ
• Turbulators
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:36:30 +0000
  How about some Turbulators on the rear of the Vanagon?? http://www.recumbents.com/car_aerodynamics/#hood%20fairing
• NVC: Acura overheating question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:05:48 -0600
  ...Monday my wife was in line at a drive-up restaurant in her 90 Acura Legend when it began spewing from under the hood...
• the GORGEous Gathering VW Social
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:24:18 -0700
  Hey Guys, This is the weekend for our Gorgeous Gathering in Hood River OR (just 1hr. east of Portland OR). The raffle car is...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:56:31 -0800
  ...from Stealth_TDI... > > http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?6992015-Grounded-hood > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy...
• Neat Toy for EV (or Vanagons...)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:18:46 -0500 (EST)
  ...Once the hood is closed the sensor is outside of the slipstream, and in a sheltered area below the hood. So far it works...
• RE: dealing with wierd noises...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 08 Mar 1996 09:36:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...feeling brave? - open the hood. Prod carefully. > step 4: go to the dealer; shell out $500. May I suggest: step 3a: Try the other...
• Re: VW Iltis was:Syncro Diff Is Weird One Without Viscous Coupling!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 01:51:30 -0700
  David Marshall wrote: > Duoh! I always spell that incorrectly! Why the beer on the hood? Must of > been that weird Engligh beer so they...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:17:47 EDT
  > From what I can see in the images, the VW did NOT jump the Volvo's > >hood. The van's front wheels do not...
• Re: What is the worst design part in the Vanagon WAS-Re: OEM Popseals Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:31:39 -0400
  ...Moving the front end out and having some small hood make a world of improvement. Unknown to the buyer this may be why we...
• Re: Let's make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:08:06 +0000
  ...The burner pad is rectangular, taller than it is wide, and it has a hood across the top, something like a range hood, but...