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• Re: camper closet removal? Weekenders cheaper?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:52:00 -0700
  ...I had a weekender (sold) and now tin top... for tin top has more space then the weekender and the weekender has more space...
• Nice local syncro tin top
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:51:56 -0700
  Got pics from friend Nathan of a nice tin top syncro, local meaning Victoria. https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/vanagon-nathan-meets...
• Tinting the top of the windshield...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 07:08:30 -0700
  I recently tinted the top of my windscreen on my second van, too, and it makes a significant difference. We live in an East...
• Re: Question about pop top removal--rear hinges
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 6 Sep 2020 18:08:50 -0700
  I've never removed a pop top, and I bet you know this, but when the top is down, the springs in the raiser...
• Re: Tinting the top of the windshield...
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:17:31 -0500
  ...Those are ok Abel Longoria On Jun 26, 2015 9:08 AM, "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently tinted the top of...
• I did it - cut a hole in my tin top
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:14:00 -0700
  Finally, after lots of procrastination, I've cut the pop top hole in my syncro tin top. It sure lets in a lot of...
• Re: Tinting the top of the windshield...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 07:23:33 -0700
  ...Way back, I tinted the top four inches along with the bottom foot or so. Made a big difference in light and heat, keeping...
• Re: An idea for Replacing Pop Top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 2 May 2014 08:50:33 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/lkawgo7 Not bragging but I did my staple canvas replacement with top still on. Not fun. I might do that again...
• Re: Edging my way toward pop top tent replacement
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:39:40 -0700
  ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
• Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:10:29 -0400
  ...Nice tin top weekender $5500 Just popped up on The Samba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1842748 Stuart
• Re: Windshield and gasket preferences?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 07:24:23 -0600
  When I first got my westy, the PO had put a tint strip across the top of the windshield. Because of the forward position...
• Re: Tint cost?
  Historical mailing list - Stevie Havoc
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:37:30 -0600
  ...Steve > My son runs a tint shop. Vanagon price - 6 side windows, rear hatch - > Top of the line metal sputtered, color stable tint film...
• tinted windshields
  Historical mailing list - Paradigm Graphic Design
  Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:08:52 -0500
  ...I was thinking of tinting the top edge any ways but especially like the graduation along the bottom part of the tint. Thanks, Lee...
• Re: Edging my way toward pop top tent replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 12 Sep 2020 07:29:41 -0500
  ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt > > 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 > > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> >
• Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:50:13 -0700
  ...Nice tin top weekender $5500 stuart.. that's a wolfsburg edition carat. not a "tin top weekender" the 90 and '91 wolfsburg carats always...
• Re: Tinting the top of the windshield...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:44:01 -0400
  ...08 AM, "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I recently tinted the top of my windscreen on my second van, too, and >> it makes...
• Re: I did it - cut a hole in my tin top
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:06:36 -0400
  ...lots of procrastination, I've cut the pop top hole in my > syncro tin top. It sure lets in a lot of light, those...
• Tin tops rear speakers support wanted
  Historical mailing list - TCollins
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:57:07 -0400
  Hello all, Here is a request for the plastic supports found on the rear of 7 passenger tin top vanagons with the little rear...
• Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:12:27 -0500
  ...Nice tin top weekender $5500 > > Just popped up on The Samba: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1842748 > > > > Stuart -- David McNeely
• Re: Tin top camping
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:43:12 -0400
  ...On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Dave <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I know there are some folks out there with tin tops...
• Re: Is there a more manly way...
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:11:14 -0500
  ...http://tinyurl.com/2bsfqh The _real_ manly way is to mix a Martini using Churchill's recipe: http://www.ginseason.com/forum/topic.asp...
• RE: Help! installing new muffler - 1st time
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  29 Sep 1994 12:59:43 +1000
  ...It adds a little time but from what I remember it is impossible to undo and adequately tighten this top bolt with the tin...
• Re: Tint cost?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:27:50 -0500
  My son runs a tint shop. Vanagon price - 6 side windows, rear hatch - Top of the line metal sputtered, color stable tint film, national...
• Westie Inside a Tin Top parts?
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:53:27 -0500
  ...My beautiful Tin Top is ready for me to add all the Westie "bits". Any one who wants to "get rid" of any old...
• westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:09:03 -0700
  had some time to do more fitting of cabinets in my syncro tin top. lots of little fitting issues, nothing serious. But outstanding problem...
• Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:31:28 -0700
  ...at least 's a Vanagon is it a Multivan? is it a Weekender? is it a GL Tintop? yes a Carat... :-)
• Good Deal? Spokane. '82 Air Cooled $650
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:36:32 -0700
  ...For $650, if it actually has a pop top ....... Neil. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta...
• Re: Friday Topic: The ultimate portable shelter
  Historical mailing list - W Peabody
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:25:53 -0700
  The canopy that best fits your description is over $600 and weights over 300 lbs. :( http://preview.tinyurl.com/24bxky So, here's one...
• Windshield and gasket preferences?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 09:21:29 -0400
  ...both tinted and tinted with a darker tint band across the top? Are there any significant disadvantages to the one with the tint band...
• Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:42:40 -0400
  ...not a "tin top weekender" the 90 and '91 wolfsburg carats always came in tornado red. rare to find a stick shift one. id...
• temp sender position
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Sat, 14 May 1994 16:42:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...to attach the sender on top of the tin, or is it necessary to remove the tin and attach the sender directly on the...
• WTB: Left taillight
  Historical mailing list - James Kim
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:26:49 -0700
  I just bought an 84 Tin Top with a broken left/drivers taillight. If anyone has a spare one, could you email me please...
• Re: Tin top camping
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:34:48 -0600
  I camped in my '81 air-cooled tin top for 19 years before I bought my Syncro Westy. I still have the '81 and...
• Friday fun. Vanagon Snow Mobile For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Fri, 2 Apr 2021 10:30:09 -0700
  ...cook top' claim though. Looks like it's mounted on air cleaner. Neil. -- Neil n VE7TBN 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com...
• Re: Tint cost?
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:02:39 -0700
  Hey David, good topic, I am looking for a good tint job myself. Johnny 81 Westy Eagle Rock, CA On Monday, August 25, 2003...
• Re: Fix the nasty beginning
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:26:24 -0700
  Yeah, and the fuzzy stuff glued onto the tin top roof was fun to remove :-) I hope I get rest done tomorrow Neil. Ab...
• Re: Privacy glass for VW's?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 15:00:58 EDT
  ...i also recommend putting about 8-9" inches of tint across the TOP of the windshield. >> Just an FYI for my Tarheel pals... NC...
• Tin top camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:18:04 -0400
  I know there are some folks out there with tin tops that still go camping in these vans. I was wondering if anyone has...
• What tint do you have on your rear window? How do you like it?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:05:55 -0400
  Hi All, I'm in the process of a tint job and I am trying to decide what tint level to use. I've...
• Re: POR 15 Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:55:01 -0500
  ...I used it to paint the tin on my '77, and never top coated it with anything. Since it's not exposed to sunlight...
• more on window tinting..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:07:48 -0700
  I have a "shade" tint across my windshield at the top. It comes about 4" down from the roof and is the darkest limo...
• Re: Got it home, now the project begins
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:02:01 -0700
  ...the top to our beloved 85 Westie, but welcoming input, suggestions and ideas. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com...
• WTB: Steering column cover
  Historical mailing list - James Kim
  Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:07:38 -0700
  My newly bought 84 Tintop is missing the steering column cover. If anyone has an extra set (the small top cover and the long...
• Re: Poptop conversion from a tintop.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 6 Sep 2024 19:07:42 -0700
  Dear Roofe I cut away my tin top on my 1970 loaf and placed a same year Westfalia pop top on - I followed the...
• Re: What Mini-Projects are going on?
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:21:49 -0500
  ...tinted about two months ago. All windows very dark including the roll down fronts. Oklahoma state law says five inches of the top front...
• Re: syncro too small? chaeck this one out. - here the tinyurl
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:34:57 +0000
  sorry, her is a tinyurl *http://tinyurl.com/d82dn florian * On 1/28/06, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote: > > he what a...
• Re: Blus Star-Real or Not?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:17:57 -0400
  When you all say "tin-top", do you mean it's just a van, with no pop-top? Just not familiar with that expression...
• Re: removable tinting?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 01:17:17 -0500
  Those static cling tints seem to always have bubbles in them. I've got it across my windshield top and the top of the...
• Re: [Syncro] 2wd spring into syncro swap expt.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 7 Jan 2013 07:04:03 -0800
  ...They appear to be identical to the springs from my '86 tin top - further evidence that same spring was fitted to westies and tin...
• Re: Custom license plate
  Historical mailing list - Topher Jerome
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:55:44 EDT
  ...TOASTER HAPYMEL (happy meal) TOOLBOX BOX4ME MYFNBOX RFUNBOX TINCAN1 PROJECT CAMPOUT TINHOME MONYPIT TNKRTOY Geeze... this is a lot more fun than working! NORV4ME...
• Re: Tin Trivia
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:26:11 EDT
  ...And another question - do the exhaust hangers/struts bolt under or on top of the tin? What is "correct" stock order? I have never...
• Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:45:05 -0700
  Got the chance to got to local wreckers today and found something pretty rare, an "assembled in Austria " 2wd tin top. Year of manufacture...
• Re: temp sender position
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 14 May 94 15:17:31 PDT
  ...to attach the sender on top of the tin, or is it > necessary to remove the tin and attach the sender directly on the...
• Re: Nice tin top weekender $5500
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:26:49 +0000
  ...Nice tin top weekender $5500 > > > > Just popped up on The Samba: > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1842748 > > > > > > > > Stuart > > -- > David McNeely >
• Re: Lift Mechanism 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 20:54:31 -0700
  ...I can hardly get the pop top up by myself. > Gary Meier -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p...
• Re: Top replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:06:59 -0800
  Yeah I want the stuff that comes with the Westy roof so I guess cutting off the tin top and replacing is it. Now...
• Temp sensor wire
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:33:56 -0400
  I'm trying to get the tin off my '80 engine and I'm stuck with the top piece where the temp sensor goes...
• Re: Tin top camping
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:25:11 -0700
  I like the tin top because without all the Westy gear it is more versatile as a utility vehicle in every day life: �hauling...
• Re: Tint cost?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:54:46 -0700
  ...Tint cost? My son runs a tint shop. Vanagon price - 6 side windows, rear hatch - Top of the line metal sputtered, color stable tint...
• Re: Conductive grease for connections???
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:51:01 -0700
  How about tin coating on the contact surface of the ground strap? Just melt a small pot of tin and dip the end of...