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• LIVE ACCEPTANCE TEST mail_open_20261015_team_thread
  Website contribution - Michael (gmail) Barbine
  2026-10-15T20:31:04.715Z
  ...A subscribed member with NOMAIL can still contribute, while their own list delivery stays paused. The active digest subscriber should remain eligible.
• Who's Where ... Canada
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 30 Jun 95 08:53:23 CDT
  Dave Oheare *103 Unknown -CAN Dominic Fraser *103 Wanabus -CAN.ALB.Cal Calgary Darren Lane *68 Bus Camper Devon RHD -CAN.ALB.Cal Calgary...
• PREVIEW ACCEPTANCE 0058: capitalized recipient mail round trip
  Email contribution - Michael Barbine
  2026-10-15T22:51:15.000Z
  ...This message verifies that an authenticated, confirmed subscriber can create a forum thread through a capitalized Vanagon recipient after a temporary disabled-address test...
• more stoopid statz: location - Ferrun countries :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 04 Apr 97 21:09:02 CST
  ...CAN.AB.CAL CALGARY 82 Vanagon Turbo Diesel 1.6 Gary Meek -CAN.AB.EDM EDMONTON 83 Vanagon Camper GL Mike Wynn -CAN.AB...
• [PREVIEW TEST] The bus wants coffee before mile zero
  Email contribution - Michael Barbine
  2026-10-19T05:33:36.000Z
  ...very patient trip. The attached screenshot is the mile-zero witness. Can the reply, image, and one clean line of text stay together? Testing...
• Install Canoe to inside 87"Westy..
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:57:18 +0900
  Hi list, I am thinking about Canadian canou purchase now. "Canadian Canoe".. Monark 14ft.. Can install this canoe into cabin of westy? If it...
• Re: It is a special day, eh?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 20:58:00 -0500
  A special honk of the horn for all the Canucks today. Canadian Day is indeed special!! Some say "Canada" was derived form the Hawaiian...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:51:58 -0500
  ...It began with addicting Americans to Canadian Whisky, then converting them to Canadian Back Bacon. Then, we began the media assault. We got Peter...
• CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:55:47 -0400
  Fellow VolksMasters - I have been advised about an active Canadian Conspiracy that threatens AMERICA! Have you noticed how so many of these Canadians are...
• Cold enough for ya? (Frydaye)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:24:02 -0700
  ...Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw their kegs. 297 below - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with...
• Canoes on Type2s
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 Aug 1994 07:21:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When I owned the late, lamented 67 camper, I used to carry around a 13' Great Canadian fiberglass canoe. One of the neat things...
• RE: Poptop Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 08:46:43 +0000
  ...Poptop Canvas > > Can anyone recommend a treatment for the canvas so I can keep the top > popped in the rain? > > Thanx! > > --Drew > 95 EV...
• Re: Friday News Flash...Buy Canadian!
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:11:07 -0400
  Americans shop Canadian....pay less US$, save your receipts, and get Canadian GST refunded at the border! (Not sure what % GST is now..but...
• Can Canadian Vanagon eBay'ers Read?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:55:17 -0700
  I have twenty-something items on eBay right now and I am being baraged by Canadians asking "how much to ship to Canada?". In...
• Re: mom's USA trip: your advice (so far)
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:21:27 -0700
  ...Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't help...
• Re: [T2] Can I switch Vacuum cans on these distributors? No, I can't!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:53:06 -0800
  Removed the old vacuum can on the Federal distributor and went to remove the can on the California distributor when I realized the two...
• Re: Registering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 19:03:22 -0700
  In Arizona it depends upon the value of the vehicle, on the theory that if you can afford a more expensive car, you can...
• Re: Westy Canvas waterproof?
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:01:22 -0700
  Roger wrote: > How waterproof is the canvas in my '79 westy? Also, what can I do to make > it optimally waterproof, i.e. any...
• Re: Waterproofing Canvas A No-No
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 10:08:32 PDT
  >Someone here on the list explained last summer how spraying on water >repellents on the canvass is a real no no and will make...
• Re: It is a special day, eh?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 19:48:32 -0500
  Well, I did know, but I am not used to getting Fourth of July wishes from Canadians or anyone else outside the U.S...
• Re: Replacing Canvas on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:10:25 -0700
  ...Replacement Canvas Just reading the last two posts. The Bus Depot 'premium' canvas was being talked about. Can you confirm that you are talking...
• add a window to canvas Westy top?
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 8 May 2002 16:51:36 -0700
  Hi Folks, I have a 1986 Westy Kombi that has an immaculate canvas top. Since the canvas is in great shape, I don't...
• Re: semi-pre-weakly stats ... location
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 12:26:20 -0500 (EST)
  On Wed, 9 Nov 1994, Joel Walker wrote: > -AUS 3 AR 1 LA 1 NM 1 > -CAN 1 AZ 3 MA 7 NY 6...
• Westy pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:20:39 -0700
  On my canvas top of my 84 Westy, the screen is cracking and the zipper on the canvas flap is broken. So, I need...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:16:33 -0700
  Gas cans. Water cans. Meh. If you want to be REALLY cool, you have a rack full of wine cans. http://store.colemans.com...
• re. (Friday)Dream van on ebay: Toyota 4x4 Diesel "SurfVan"
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:01:07 -0600
  >But people register Canadian Vanagons to USA all the >time. Plus Vie seen quite a few ex-Canadian vanagons >driving around down here and...
• Waterproofing Canvas A No-No
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 06:12:10 -0500
  Someone here on the list explained last summer how spraying on water repellents on the canvass is a real no no and will make...
• RE: Poptop Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 07:56:45 -0800
  ...Poptop Canvas Can anyone recommend a treatment for the canvas so I can keep the top popped in the rain? Thanx! --Drew 95 EV...
• Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:20:18 -0700
  >> t bill and I have already debated this issue but I want to assure >you that >> his comments about Canadian crime stats have no...
• more about that gas can thing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 23:24:01 -0500
  ok, didn't find anybody else with the little emergency gas can ... got mine out and looked at it. it says it was made...
• Blinker cancelation switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 19 May 2008 13:57:04 -0700
  ...So can anyone GUESS where the notch is to be in relation to the cancellation switch? Right at the cancellation switch? Anyone with a...
• Re: canadian listers ...read up! (nrvc)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 22:04:00 -0700
  Hi Chris, You need to ask your post office for an international money order, then he can cash it....but the US post office...
• '85 Canvas Is Off - Now What?
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Mon, 19 May 2003 13:45:30 -0700
  Just removed the canvas from my '85, but left the top on. So, now I've got to get the mold and mildew off...
• Re: Vanagon Rescue Squad;
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:49:57 -0400
  ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canuck Cheers, Doug (who is indeed a Canuck) <snip> A little Canadian "local" "COULEUR" (F/C spelling :o) Why...
• Questions about Exporting Canadian Vans into the US
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:09:05 -0700
  ...Can anyone tell me what forms, duties, fees, etc. (if any) there are for exporting a used Canadian registered van into the US? Please...
• Re: gas can
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:37:34 -0800
  About the round gas can that can be stored inside the spare tire: No big loss. They're too dangerous for the vanagon anyway...
• Poptop Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 06:35:26 -0500 (EST)
  Can anyone recommend a treatment for the canvas so I can keep the top popped in the rain? Thanx! --Drew 95 EV-C
• Re: Canvas for '79 Westy
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:12:25 -0100
  > Anyone know of any suppliers, other than Bus Boys, who make/sell > replacement canvas for a 1979 Westy? Yes. Me. $229 for a 3...
• Tight Canvas??
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:45:12 -0700
  ...For those of you who have replaced the canvas in your Westfalia, was the new canvas significantly tighter than the old canvas? Any suggestions...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:05:25 -0500
  ...The side of the canoe would be bearing the canoe's weight. People do it with appropriate clamps so that the weight is on...
• Re: Westy Cookware
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:24:53 PDT
  You're leaching material from the can into the chili doing this - from the soldering... can anyone remind me which element this brings into...
• Re: Need pop-top canvas install tips
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 May 2010 11:06:57 -0600
  Robert, You're installing the canvas "in reverse order" from all the instructions that I've ever read. I installed 2, my own and...
• Assistance in Valuation of Rare Original VW Canopy Requested
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 18:15:57 -0500
  ...It can connect up to the rain gutter, just like the VW tents can. It can also stand alone, just like the bus tents...
• definitively canadian
  Historical mailing list - Larry Innes
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 20:27:33 -0700
  Ok...the last word on the Great Canadian Debate belongs to JOE. Joe, I hear you cry? Who the hell is Joe. Well, click...
• Re: Waterproofing Canvas A No-No
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 13:03:22 EST
  Derek mentioned the problems with waterproofing canvas (makes the canvas unbreathable and makes the upstairs of the camper pretty clammy), and reiterated that canvas...
• Re: canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:53:58 -0700
  ...Canvas Top in the Rain Treat it like any canvas tent, don't have anything touching the canvas if you can aviod it. That...
• Re: Does anybody like Canadians
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:38:24 -0400
  > > << there are a lot of people on the list from Canada. >> > > Canada? You mean people really live there? > > Rich >Nope, only canadians.
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI! ( No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:23:39 +1000
  ...CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI! >Fellow VolksMasters - I have been advised about an active Canadian >Conspiracy that threatens AMERICA! > >Have you noticed how so many of...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:19:39 -0500
  > My first question is which canvas to buy. I see one on eBay > for $314 and they say it is manufactured by Acme. Gowesty...
• "Jerry" Cans, long
  Historical mailing list - Double-Cab Guy
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 22:01:20 -0600
  Hi Volks, It's not often that I post to the list but this "Jerry" Can thread is some thing I have an intimate...
• Re: Parks, taxes, etc.(is it Friday?)
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 03:46:16 EDT
  > As a Canadian resident who sometimes visits US >parks, I found myself getting a little tetchy about the initial comment. >Then I reminded myself...
• supplier of brown canvas???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:41:47 -0400
  I am looking to get some brown canvas material that is similar to the brown pop up canvas. I am wanting make a rainfly...
• Re: "Jerry" Cans, long
  Historical mailing list - John Rodger
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 07:46:42 -0400
  Great explanination of the Jerry Can Glen. I was stationed in Germany from 1977 to 1981 with the Public Affairs office at the kaserne...
• westy canvas
  Historical mailing list - M Kelly
  Sun, 07 Jul 1996 22:13:26 -0700
  I need a replacement canvas (one or three window) for an '85 Westfalia. I'm working on an '85 Westfalia that has been sitting...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:59:45 +0000
  I like the heavier canvas and, haven't tried the Sunbrella material, but it sounds good. I usually buy mine at BD. But, One...
• Re: Friday News Flash...Buy Canadian!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:07:26 -0600
  when i used to live in norther minnesota it was a simple motorboat ride up into canada and pick up all kinds of good...
• Delays shipping parts to Canada via Postal mail
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:10:52 -0700
  There are "serious delays" with inbound international postal mail into western Canada. There is a delay at customs up to five weeks. If you...
• Purple Power in Canada?
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:50:12 -0400
  Can anyone tell me where I can purchase "Purple Power" in Canada? Specifically, in Hamilton, Ontario? I'm looking to clean my pop-top...
• Re: Touch up paint in spray cans?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 14:02:58 -0700
  Thanks, I was going to check out some local mixers and see if any of them would put some into a spray can. I...
• Re: canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:49:35 -0600
  > I've had canvas that beaded up with water droplets on the inside but never > dripped onto the interior. With heavy winds the result...