Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 10:04:51 -0400
Reply-To: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject: Re: 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy Texan
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Its probably the 365 coupe that Stan is selling. I am sure
he'll send the link.
Thanks,
Chris
---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:23:20 -0500
>From: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
>Subject: Re: 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy
Texan
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Forget the Splittie - what's the beauty in front of it? A
356?
>
>Jeff
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:12 PM
>Subject: 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy Texan
>
>
>> Sorry for the no subject line:
>>
>> Some folks asked for more pictures, so here they are.
>> If you're on standard modem it might tale a while
although the pictures
>> are all reduced and compressed.
>> http://www.williamwareagency.com/forsale/67van.htm
>> I started about 10AM this morning to lay waste the this
here 1966
>> Splittie Westfalia.
>> You'll find the before, in the middle and all of the
engine and drive
>> line FuFu.
>> Hopefully I'll have some after pictures.
>> It took about three attempts for me to get the valves
just right on
>> adjustment but it humming about as good as any engine
I've seen with an
>> unknown hot cam in it.
>> It still wants to backfire a little at about 4500 rpms.
>> I'll address that when I get a manual or some qualified
replys.
>> At any rate, ugly as she "Road Kill" is, she's a driver
and I'm going to
>> paint the interior back to the OEM and let Maaco get as
close as possible
>> on the outside.
>> Some interesting things are the heater in the extended
oil pan, the
>> ceramic fuel filter, the drain for the oil cooler, the
giant remote oil
>> filter, the alternator conversion, the K&G air cleaners
and the degreed
>> drive pulley for the alternator, the Type IV drive line
conversion and
>> shock absorbers about 3" in diameter.
>> If you see anything that I missed just drop me a note.
>>
>> Stan Wilder
>> 1983 Westfalia Air Cooled
>>
>>
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