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• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 9:03:48 PDT
  J. Walker writes: > > so what does a Eurovan look like? well, it ain't a loaf of bread. it ain't > a brick. it...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:24:24 -0400 (EDT)
  >From: "J. Walker" <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu> > so what does a Eurovan look like? well, it ain't a loaf of bread. it ain...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 94 8:55:42 EDT
  What is the non-NA name for it? Don't they still use the term Transporter or some such in Europe and elswhere (Brazil...
• Re: Why VW's + T&A?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:32:52 -0800
  ...Never-Land of >some TV show for the no-grey-hair generation??? People magazine recently voted Brad Pitt "Sexiest Man Alive '95", he's...
• Re: Brakes (I'm concerned...)
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 04:31:30 -0400
  Stuart MacMillan wrote: >....Consider Vanagon brakes VW's first-generation ABS!.... Hello listmembers, I've just logged back on for a stint before my...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:45:28 -0700
  ...in the battery compartment is for them! Think of our future generations! -- Rocky J Squirrel 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:34:29 -0800
  ...It's unfortunate that the oil tyrants are pushing their petrol-hydrogen crap as the next generation fuel. They're cramming it down the...
• Re: Birthdays and Busses
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:15:38 -0700
  ...Or just order some from him? ;) Which generation Golf engine? The Mk2/3 VW inline engines have a 3 letter code stamped into a...
• Re: Letter to VW
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:52:52 -0500
  ...And who's to say there isn't an even younger generation out there..... A generation that never grew up with VW busses..... Maybe...
• <F> TV/VCR for Kayaks? KIT ON SALE !!
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:45:10 -0500
  ...The kit contains a wattER flow (TM) generation battery pack and "docking" (no pun intended) mechanism for your favorite 3" television screen. Just plug...
• Fw: Dead horse
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Fri, 26 May 2000 01:21:12 -0000
  ...Dead horse The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding...
• Lithium aux. Batt?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:03:01 -0700
  ...in our van? One might be far superior to the older generation batteries...Do they even make deep cycle lithium battery s? I swapped...
• Re: Interesting Article About Pete Townsend's Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:26:32 -0500
  That would make sense - Still if he were referring to the Vanagon I guess he decided to ignore the previous 2 generations of bus...
• Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:12:35 +1000
  ...It was merely a re-badged first generation Brazilian VW Voyage (sedan) and VW Parati (wagon). This same model was also marketed in Argentina...
• Headlight Greetings
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 22:24:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...there is often a generation gap! The poseurs in the Carrera 2's and 4's and 993's won't usually give us...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:51:49 -0800
  As far as vans go, this is my first, bought 2 1/2 years ago when I was 23. As far as VWs (and...
• Generation Spam
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:27:32 -0500
  I was born between VE and VJ days, so that makes me an official OF, and I'm rapidly hurtling towards MOF status. Owning...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:10:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Also, I propose that we adopt "UrineVan" as the list-approved > >slang for the latest generation of bus. Good one, Wizzer! > so we have...
• Re: intake air for cis van
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:38:29 -0400
  ...Better, you may want to look in the junk yard for a first generation Jetta or second generation Sirocco. One of the two, (I...
• Re: NVC-Fryeday Follies-G Rated Thing you might need at least 1 of?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:35:48 -0400
  ...I reckon it's at least two generations ahead of the Rockwell, although it's also undoubtedly constructed to a civilian rather than military...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:33:39 +1200
  ...where do you think the power to recharge your batteries comes from? Once nuclear fusion power-generation becomes a reality (once controlled fusion is...
• Re: Life not in a van (was RE: Parking Matilda) - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:49:51 -0500
  Joy, Hey the high fence must mean they consider you like they did the hippy generation...a ways back...lol..! Is it time for...
• muffler repair in Chicago area
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Fontaine
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:10:13 -0500
  ...Thanks in advance, Jenny F. '87 Westy _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger� http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale...
• Re: need info on converting to Audi 4 wheel disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:22:40 +1200
  ...Golf 2, second-generation Golf (first model sold as Golf in North America). Lost the handling abilities of first generation. Generic single or dual...
• Re: Vanagon name - where�s the HiAce�s... Eurovans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:19:46 +1300
  ...Some of the previous generation of Hiaces (LH60-series, the 3rd generation) do have rust problems. My previous 4WD diesel LH66 had rust, but...
• Re: "A Volkswagen expert on your iPhone"
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:44:03 -0700
  ...Geo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark A Kippert" <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM> They also refer to the three generations of "widely recognized nicknames", the 'Splitties', 'Bay...
• Re: Why VW's + T&A?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 17:48:24 -0500
  ...Never-Land of some TV >show for the no-grey-hair generation??? > > I think it's a kin to the Arm Pitt. Lives in...
• Re: 16 inch wheel inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:17:27 -0500
  ...23 Jul 2000, David Marshall wrote: > The New Beetle and 4th Generation Jetta Golf etc are 5 x 100mm > > At 05:48 PM 21...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:26:34 -0800
  <de-lurk> i turned 22 today, my mom bought the vnagon that i own when i was 4. uh... if anyone has any leads...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: 16" alloys for the vanagon, check this out
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Fri, 25 May 2001 09:30:34 -0600
  ...The 2nd generation body style was called the Swift. There's my off-topic Friday contribution. (Don't ask me for more on this...
• New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 02:56:24 +0100
  Hi all, Got this link off of the german VW Bus forum. http://www.syncro-t3.de/bilder/Presse-T5/pages/NEWS4871.htm Apparently...
• Re: Low Sulfur Diesel was: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:37:37 +1300
  >So what is considered "low sulfur"? At work we have some diesel generators >that we analyze the fuel in the tanks each month. comes...
• Re: 10 year anniversary
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:03:48 -0700
  ...A new generation may soon learn how deeply even old passions can run. Mark Frank Grunthaner wrote: >Alistair, > >Congratulations! A notable mark! Many more...
• hmm
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 28 May 2008 08:51:18 -0700
  http://joeburd.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/28/1516406-high-tech-next-generation-muffler-cuts-toxic-emissions-97-improves-gas-mileage-20 -- roger w...
• Re: List Bumper Sticker?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 10:03:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...we could have the list name with each of the four generations > of Type 2s on each of the corner, and the list name...
• Re: sa import?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 02:34:08 -0400
  ...Then to bring it up to today's safety standards, with 2nd generation airbags, and then there is the challenge of a right hand...
• Re: TIICO engine coversion video
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:50:27 -0600
  ...Then all generations will be of the same quality. And it's easier to repro a CDR than a video cassette. Anyone willing to...
• LVC: small wind turbines for portable power generation
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:24:52 -0600
  has anyone found a small wind turbine that could be taken camping, e.g. as a replacement for the photovoltaics that people put on...
• Re: Volkswagen, the dumbest auto company in the world.. was: Re: T5 and camper
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:12:18 +1300
  ...Say a Japanese car typically runs for a 4-year model-cycle (though a subsequent generation may well retain the previous generation's floorpan...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:53:13 -0700
  ...While I am more familiar with the RX7 generation of the wankel, perhaps this may have changed with the RX8 generation engine. -- Jim Thompson...
• Re: wierd bus..
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:56:30 -0400
  ...It somewhat resembles a late model Brazilian microbus, which combines elements of various generations (bay window body style, splitty doors and rear windows, etc...
• Re: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:05:11 EST
  In a message dated 11/29/02 10:27:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > The 6" to 8" gap between...
• MOD clarification re cursing and language in general
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 04:09:00 -0400
  ...People, particularly people of different generations, have many different attitudes about coarse language in general, and we neither can nor will try to change...
• Re: Auto Techs: the Next Generation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 18:25:29 -0800 (PST)
  And Alistair Bell thus wrote: > > Whoa, hold it! Repairs are _always_ less expensive than buying a new car. Um, I dunno. I could prolly...
• Re: LIST T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 6 Sep 1996 10:39:48 -0700 (PDT)
  And Richard Alexand Palmer thus wrote: > > A 5-color design featuring line drawings of the front views of all 4 > generations of busses. Across...
• Re: NPR: Vanagon road trip
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:47:41 -0600
  I still can't find it.....perhaps a generational thing. Miguel I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won...
• Re: New T5 (Next generation Eurovan) pics posted!!!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:27:13 -0800
  Very nice looking and laid out, but with a 75mph top speed I'd hate to try hauling a load uphill. I'd druther...
• Re: adjustable intermittent relay
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:59:34 +1200
  ...It was the last of the first-generation Passats. Available with 2.0 five and 1.6 turbodiesel. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil...
• Re: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:35:45 -0800
  ...With the new T5, Volkswagen returns to rear-wheel drive!! For pricing reasons, VW decided with the fifth-generation Transporter to return to rear...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 02:16:21 +0200
  ...able to go? How reliable are the automatic transmissions from that generation? Thanks for your help Kind regards, have a nice weekend Chris -- Visit...
• Re: 2nd try - Bostig 2nd Gen Zetec Kit
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 May 2008 11:04:10 -0700
  ...hope this email comes throught clean: > > > Bostig has release their 2nd generation Zetec kit, see link: > > www.google.com/base/a/377517/D14235566516991261513 > > > I...
• Re: Friday Haiku
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 08:45:21 CDT
  ...Three generations, little engines in the rear. eurovan screwed up. :)
• Re: Propex Spark Generator Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 14:28:42 -0800
  ...seconds of pre-purge, followed by about 6 >seconds of spark generation, my unit only makes one 'click' which I think is >the spark...
• Re: 091 transaxle prices-reply
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:17:41 EST
  ...The 2nd generation 091s that Dr. Williams would use in his '82 Westy would sell for $750 from me. I can see $50- $75...
• Tiico Video - Digitize Offer
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:06:20 -0400
  ...The newer the generation the better as the online version will compress better the less video noise there is. [text/html]
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:04:40 -0600
  > Well, my first van was a '63 Combi, which I bought in '70 when I was 23. I > have had 25-30 others since...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:33:48 -0600
  Well, I bought my first bus when I got out of the Navy in 67. Traded it for a 68 Camaro Rally Sport. Traded...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:06:45 -0800
  ...The other thing that happens to me is since I have three generations of transporters but drive late models the most, I tend to...
• Re: Is there anyone under 60 on this list???? WAS:Wife is done with Vanagon a...
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:08:05 -0500
  ...Scott and Derek make interesting points about cultural shifts between generations, and I won't deny that Boomers see the world differently than Gen...
• Re: Bras!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:28:03 -0400
  ...life" would go together with those symbols of "support of future generations" just like peas & pinto beans! The Chattanooga paper carried my ad a...