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dobryan
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jlrftype7
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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:24 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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| Abscate wrote: |
We had trouble with my Moms Golf in Laguna.
Peppermint oil worked to keep them out, in small baskets |
How do you get the squirrels in the baskets? |
ROFL.......  
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'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:28 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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| Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one? |
We've had trouble with squirrels chewing the rubber parts of my wife's car - they shredded the hood liner completely!
Thankfully, they don't find the Westy parked next to it nearly as tasty!!  |
Is your wifes car a VW? I have 2 mk4's and they get above the hoodliner when it starts getting cold out. |
I once ran into that, only on the inside of the car, with a early 90's 318i. Car belonged to the General Managers Girl Friend. Mice dragged tiny bird seed all the way up above the headliner for days while she had parked it somewhere.
Then, every time you hit a bump or sudden stop, you had small dribbles of that really small bird seed running out of whatever gaps the seed could escape from on the headliner. When you think about how long it took them to run all that seed in their mouths up to the headliner, it's amazing.....
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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Jake de Villiers
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Joined: October 24, 2007
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Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:07 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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| tjet wrote: |
| Jake de Villiers wrote: |
| Gnarlodious wrote: |
| Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one? |
We've had trouble with squirrels chewing the rubber parts of my wife's car - they shredded the hood liner completely!
Thankfully, they don't find the Westy parked next to it nearly as tasty!! |
Is your wifes car a VW? I have 2 mk4's and they get above the hoodliner when it starts getting cold out. |
No, a Subaru Legacy Wagon. Plant-based rubbers?
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Jake de Villiers
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:08 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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| dobryan wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
We had trouble with my Moms Golf in Laguna.
Peppermint oil worked to keep them out, in small baskets |
How do you get the squirrels in the baskets? |
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'84 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX
'86 Westy Weekender Poptop/2.5 Subaru/5 Speed Posi/Audi Front Brakes/16 x 7 Mercedes Wheels - answers to 'Dixie'
@jakedevilliersmusic1
http://sites.google.com/site/subyjake/mydixiedarlin%27
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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sanchius 
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Joined: May 03, 2007
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Location: IN
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:16 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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Ouch, someone put a lot of work into this one just to have it burn.
1991 Vanagon Carat burn victim part out: SVX powered(was), manual transmission
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/d/seattle-1991-vw-vanagon-carat-part-out/7189321956.html
Porsche 993 Turbo front big brake upgrade kit including wheel hubs (calipers, rotors, SS hoses)
Porsche Twist 17" wheels, staggered, decent tires (10k left), wheel adapters
Porsche 16" wheel set with winter tires
86-91 Front Steering knuckle spindles
Powerflex front suspension: upper control arms, lower control arms, radius rods, lower end links
Front Koni shocks
H&R Springs front & Rear
T3 HD Sway bar
Addco(?) rear sway bar
Big Shot Shifter
Single Round headlight grill in great condition
Trucklite 7" LED lights
Stock Round headlight buckets
Tachometer cluster
Jump seat w/ or w/o bracket
Decent front door cards
Sold/Not For Sale
-SA Lower Grill
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Make me an offer on anything or group of items
I'll list more and add pics soon
Text preferred but email or call ok
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:04 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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spotted this in the classifieds..
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2416159
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1982 Vanagon Westy Price: OBO
Just had motor rebuilt at a shop and it caught fire. Shop refused to pay for damages. This happen sept 11/2020. This van has the A/c brackets and compressor. If your not to far from Louisiana I will deliver. I have title in my name from Louisiana. |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:28 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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| dobryan wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
We had trouble with my Moms Golf in Laguna.
Peppermint oil worked to keep them out, in small baskets |
How do you get the squirrels in the baskets? |
Damn, I missed acknowledging great Snark - my bad
Well struck - full points delivered, in baskets..
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Gnarlodious
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Abscate
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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Phew, no Vanagons burned. Just a split
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campism
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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Phew, no Vanagons burned. Just a split |
Another forum speculates that's a Fiat 850 T pickup.
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jimf909
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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Phew, no Vanagons burned. Just a split |
Another forum speculates that's a Fiat 850 T pickup.
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Here's the split...
Gol darn, that's a bunch of disappointing losses...
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:27 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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I feel the loss but its just material crap
400,000 lives are not material crap.
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Howesight
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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Ouch, someone put a lot of work into this one just to have it burn.
1991 Vanagon Carat burn victim part out: SVX powered(was), manual transmission
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/d/seattle-1991-vw-vanagon-carat-part-out/7189321956.html
Porsche 993 Turbo front big brake upgrade kit including wheel hubs (calipers, rotors, SS hoses)
Porsche Twist 17" wheels, staggered, decent tires (10k left), wheel adapters
Porsche 16" wheel set with winter tires
86-91 Front Steering knuckle spindles
Powerflex front suspension: upper control arms, lower control arms, radius rods, lower end links
Front Koni shocks
H&R Springs front & Rear
T3 HD Sway bar
Addco(?) rear sway bar
Big Shot Shifter
Single Round headlight grill in great condition
Trucklite 7" LED lights
Stock Round headlight buckets
Tachometer cluster
Jump seat w/ or w/o bracket
Decent front door cards
Sold/Not For Sale
-SA Lower Grill
-Roof box
-Bumpers & Side cladding
Make me an offer on anything or group of items
I'll list more and add pics soon
Text preferred but email or call ok
[email protected] |
I don't know how I missed the post above, but I drove that Vanagon many years ago. The owner allowed me to sample what a 5-speed 2WD Vanagon drove like with SVX power. Then I bought his spare SVX engine and put it in our Syncro! Nice guy. Tough luck.
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Jake de Villiers
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:48 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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| campism wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
Phew, no Vanagons burned. Just a split |
Another forum speculates that's a Fiat 850 T pickup.
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Here's the split...
Gol darn, that's a bunch of disappointing losses...
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What a shame! Very unfortunate about the Alfa 8C and the Lotus 23B - the Lotus is one of my favourite cars.
There's no need to speculate about the Fiat Pickup, it says in the article that its a Fiat 600T.
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jayinduluth
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4Gears4Tires
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| Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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That museum fire took out a Porsche 959. RIP. 
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:20 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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"condition: GOOD"
- Dave
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CanStan
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:27 am Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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"condition: GOOD"
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I guess it's all relative and subjective. If he's comparing it to the brown '82 at the top of this page, his is actually in "Excellent" condition. |
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