Date:         Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:02:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Splitty question
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net>
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Yeah, Roy's prolly correct Eric, but since I'm closer perhaps it should go
to me instead.  And there's absolutely no connection between the two so it
would likely be a real PitA for you to own.  I'm not even married so I
won't have anyone to be jealous of the long weekends and late evenings I
spend with the new mistress!

;-)

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
>         Not a vanagon question but hoping I’m still in bounds for a non
> Friday.
>
>         In a recent conversation I was told about a 1956 split bus sitting
> in a local garage.  I remember hearing about it’s arrival about 5 years
> ago.  It was gifted to a young woman by a friend in Arizona.  She drove it
> to VT.  It has only started a few times in the last few years.  I don’t
> know much else about it yet.  the family is interested in finding it a home
> and I volunteered to look at it.
>
> So, this could also be a simple technology learning bus for me but it
> could also be a bit more connected to my  vanagon then the beetle around
> the corner.
>
> Where might I get a crash course about 56 busses and what to look for in
> terms of body and drive train weak points or desirable characteristics?
>
>         Here’s to hoping I have found another worth while retirement
> project.
>
> I know some of you folks still have a splitty  . and many others remember
> them well.
>
> I was recently given some older VW parts and I kept a few that actually
> seemed like they would be useful on my vanagon.  Are there some clear
> connections between the splitty   and the vanagon?
>
> I have a bracket I was told was to hold the battery and I suspect it might
> actually work in my vanagon as mine is missing.  I love finding the
> connections between the T1, T2, and T3.
>
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
>



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Neil2
'82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
'86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
'08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
'90 Westfalia Subagon (SaL)
Fulltiming since August 2008
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