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  • Re: EV mats [was Jetta heater core]
    Historical mailing list - william killian
    Fri, 10 Nov 1995 12:50:12 -0500 (EST)
    ...does the same thing; 'bunches up in a hump between the two rear- > facing jump seats. > > solution(s)? > > well, i haven't found one...
  • EV mats [was Jetta heater core]
    Historical mailing list
    10 Nov 1995 17:08:06 GMT
    ...our's does the same thing; 'bunches up in a hump between the two rear- facing jump seats. solution(s)? well, i haven't...
  • (MD/PA/VA) FREE camper closet
    Historical mailing list - Mark Nottingham
    Tue, 7 Jun 1994 23:06:22 -0400 (EDT)
    ...me a rear bench seat/bed and a closet (kind of goes over the engine hump halfway). The seat/bed works GREAT (I love...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:39:59 -0400
    ...the front >seats Also, different front grill, doors (not hatch) in rear, no vents on D(?) pillar, interior shots show no rear "engine hump."
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - Danny C.
    Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:22:49 -0700
    ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump between the seats where the engine is........ � http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
  • SA Grille & Lights
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:25:00 -0600
    ...With my height in the seat, the spacing betweem the high and low beams always left me with a hole in the dark to...
  • rear bed/seat adjustment?
    Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
    Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:08:10 -0700
    ...creating a hump in the middle of the seat when its in the bed position. If it would just stay in one position I...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - Karl
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:07:41 -0400
    ...So explain the shifter relocation, the engine cover between the seats, different floor shape, and much more? :-) Jeff wrote: > Negative. It is a Vanagon...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:54:25 -0400
    ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump between the seats where the engine is........ > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
  • Re: 1990 VW Vanagon - $5500 (redwood city)
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 28 May 2008 23:53:35 -0700
    ...No > seats and no windows so it was not a candidate for a baby hauler at the > time. Now I really like panels for...
  • Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
    Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
    Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:53:12 -0500
    ...seats such that they do not stick up past the normal cover plate, you do have to modify the seat pedestal (the wheel hump...
  • Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
    Historical mailing list - Tom Humphreys
    Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:52:15 -0700
    ...I get occasional, marginal slippage but it has lasted now three seasons and I live in Seattle and use my Vanagon as a daily...
  • Single Cab in Junkyard
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:11:33 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Sadly, all the good bits were gone :( Visors, windsheilds, gas tank valve, door handles, seats. It looked like all these things were there recently...
  • Friday engine conversions
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:06:17 -0400
    ...You'd have to give up the back seat, but you could put a permanent bed on top of the engine hump. The exhaust...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:20:11 -0700
    ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump >> between the seats where the engine is........ >> >> http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
  • Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:37:41 +0200
    ...seats :::such that they do not stick up past the normal cover plate, you do have :::to :::modify the seat pedestal (the wheel hump...
  • Re: westie rear seat transplant?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Apr 1995 14:22:58 -0400
    ...i *believe* that the camper bed was either too tall or too short to clear the hump of metal that covers the engine. what...
  • Re: VANAGON digest 685; Jetta Heater Core
    Historical mailing list - hal roth
    Thu, 09 Nov 95 13:38:59 EST
    ...fiberboard panel under the third row (bench)seat, and it always comes up in a hump in the middle that all of us are...
  • Re: SA Grille & Lights
    Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
    Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:55:15 -0500
    ...With my height in the seat, the spacing betweem the > high and low beams always left me with a hole in the dark to...
  • Re: Friday engine conversions
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:15:12 -0400
    ...You'd have to give up the back seat, but you could put > a permanent bed on top of the engine hump. The exhaust...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:14:34 -0400
    ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a > hump > >>> between the seats where the engine is........ > >>> > >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
  • Wheel Chair Lift to a home that needs one........
    Historical mailing list - Kurt Stewart
    Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:30:22 -0500
    ...Requires drilling holes in the floor, side frame, and passenger seat hump. In perfect working condition. I purchased a 1991 Carat from a gentleman...
  • Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:17:21 -0500
    ...seats > :::such that they do not stick up past the normal cover plate, you do have > :::to > :::modify the seat pedestal (the wheel hump...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:46:05 -0400
    ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump >>> between the seats where the engine is........ >>> >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
  • Custom 15" wheels? Why not go to the Source?
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Fri, 11 May 2001 10:58:46 EDT
    ...15 = is the wheel diameter H = I thought was a designation for “hump” eg. “H2” is a two hump designation for the area of...
  • Re: Vanagon trivia
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:29:03 -0700
    ...Roger ??? on 'floor hump'...........are you refering to the plastic ducting, which forms a raised floor between the front seats ? and provides an outlet...
  • Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
    Tue, 25 May 1999 10:44:49 -0700
    ...hump. A 2x2" piece >of metal tubing would make this a quick fix. The last problem would be how >the rear of the seat...
  • Unusual vibration while accelerating
    Historical mailing list - Zach Hale
    Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:06:21 -0700
    ...than 10 seconds later either after I've gone over the hump or have let off on the gas to strain the engine less...
  • Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features" (& least-favorite)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 14 May 2005 22:28:19 +1200
    ...Room Width Walkthrough Seats comfortable (GL spec), all with armrests (though for safety the driver's shouldn't have those) Slider locks in open...
  • Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:07:06 -0600
    ...No one else would want to sit in those back seats! They are totally unbelievable! A bit less roomy than Vanagons! Al Brase Stan...
  • Re: rear seat swap
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:56:19 -0700
    Hmm....I just traded a 3 wide westy seat from an '84 wolfsburg after having it listed here and on thesamba for a year...
  • Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:21:10 -0400
    ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump >> >>> between the seats where the engine is........ >> >>> >> >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
  • Re: 1990 VW Vanagon - $5500 (redwood city)
    Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
    Thu, 29 May 2008 08:41:13 -0700
    ...No >> seats and no windows so it was not a candidate for a baby hauler at the >> time. Now I really like panels for...
  • Re: Friday engine conversions
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:34:19 -0700
    ...You'd have to give up the back seat, but you could put > a permanent bed on top of the engine hump. The exhaust...
  • Re: EV mats
    Historical mailing list - Robert Tommaselli~+212.238.2563
    Sat, 11 Nov 1995 11:08:59 -0500
    ...fiberboard panel > >under the third row (bench)seat, and it always comes up in a hump in the > >middle that all of us are...
  • Re: type II's (Michael Heron)
    Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
    Thu, 12 Jan 1995 17:17:10 -0500
    ...It's only problems are a torn front seat cover and some slight rust at the battery tray. He also has a '64 standard...
  • Re: Carrier Bars?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:50:39 -0800
    ...Z-bed rear seat for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011...
  • Re: Unusual vibration while accelerating
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:33:13 -0700
    ...and further, have handbrake on hard, car in 3 or 4th, helper in driver's seat, and you looking at engine as helper lets...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - drc11
    Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:00 -0700
    ...hump. A 2x2" piece >of metal tubing would make this a quick fix. The last problem would be how >the rear of the seat...
  • Re: WTB: Frnt floor mats (waterproof)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:11:11 EST
    ...The catch is they have to be cut in a semi circle around the wheel hump by the seats which negates the water holding...
  • Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 23 May 1999 18:50:37 -0700
    ...hump. A 2x2" piece of metal tubing would make this a quick fix. The last problem would be how the rear of the seat...
  • Re: Vanagon vs. Toyota Van
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:53:52 -0500
    ...hump > running the length (for the driveshaft I'd assume) and not nearly as much > interior space as a Vanagon. The rear seats are...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
    Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:39 -0400
    ...hump. A 2x2" piece >of metal tubing would make this a quick fix. The last problem would be how >the rear of the seat...
  • FFFriday: and now, for something completely different ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 05 May 95 09:20:30 CDT
    ...Along came a spider And sat down beside her And said, "You gonna eat the rest of that donut?" Humpty Dumpty drove in a...
  • Re: Has anyone installed an ABA-based engine conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:53:09 +0000
    ...So you have to make a hump on the lid. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.367.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From...
  • Hippies in the night ... exchaning buses ....
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 19 Oct 96 18:44:41 CDT
    ...specifically, Humpback (real name: Quasi-motor, Humpback of Noted Fame), a 1968 Double-cab pickup truck. who had been mistreated by the previous owner...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Mon, 24 May 1999 07:53:13 -0400
    ...hump. A 2x2" piece > of metal tubing would make this a quick fix. The last problem would be how > the rear of the seat...
  • Re: Vanagon trivia
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:50:26 -0700
    ...Roger ??? > > on 'floor hump'...........are you refering to the plastic ducting, which > forms a raised floor between the front seats ? > and provides an outlet...
  • Re: Goodbye Eurovan Detroit Auto Show
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:09:56 -0700
    ...The intrusion of the left front wheel hump would be uncomfortable on a long trip. I am not very big, but it was a...
  • Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:00:49 -0800
    ...But the other night while on the highway I noticed that the wheel hump beside the seat was absolutely freezing. I�m sure if...
  • State your agelessness
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Sat, 8 May 2004 23:17:02 -0700
    ...I've added a heater and a Humprey gas light, and the fridge makes ice cubes. It doesn't get better than this. There...
  • Re: Road Trip to Van Cafe for Big/Heavy Items CORRECTION!
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:32 -0700
    ...I will be > >> departing from the Seattle area on Monday, November 16th and will > >> return to the Seattle area on Friday November 20th. > >> > >> > >> > >> I...
  • Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:38:39 -0500
    ...But the other > night while on the highway I noticed that the wheel hump beside the seat was > absolutely freezing. I�m sure if...
  • EV Floor Mats
    Historical mailing list - william killian
    Fri, 1 Sep 1995 12:37:34 -0400 (EDT)
    ...It does not go under the front seats - I see this as a way to keep the stuff I keep under the seats from...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - drc11
    Mon, 24 May 1999 08:05:33 -0700
    ...hump. A 2x2" piece >> of metal tubing would make this a quick fix. The last problem would be how >> the rear of the seat...
  • Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:26:05 -0600
    ...The fuel line INSIDE >the tank has a hump in it. If you run out of fuel you need to add a lot >of...
  • Re: CB / was Re: Vanagon Hams
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:51:39 -0700
    I usually run a Cobra 146GTL or Uniden Jackson sideband radios on a "hump mount" originally designed to be used in an American sedan...
  • Re: Fuel guage problems
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 29 Nov 94 21:57:19 CST
    ...that was for a bread-loaf bus only!! their fuel tanks are behind the rear seat, and to get their tank out, you have...
  • Re: Vanagon vs. Toyota Van
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:21:09 +0000
    ...hump running the length (for the driveshaft I'd assume) and not nearly as much interior space as a Vanagon. The rear seats are...
  • Re: Darwin fish car decal
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:19:00 +0000
    ...She's scared to go to Seattle now. That blows me away, since the non-Darwin people should "know better". "Love thy neighbor..." or...