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    Convert your bay to a split

    Want to spoil your view? Then buy our easy to install kit. Kit includes: 1m length of duct tape and full instructions on where to stick it. Please send your PayPal payment of £499.50 to: Andy at I Already Have a Split Separating My Butt Cheeks dot com :D
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    What's this groove for?

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    SketchUp Bay

    In another thread I'm speculating about the interiors for my van and could do with sketching a few ideas. I thought it might help if I had a CAD drawing. I wondered whether it might be of interest to other members to have such a drawing (I'm assuming there isn't already one out there...
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    Need ideas for van interior

    I have a 1971 walk-thru panel van and would like to modify the interior so it's more suited to my needs. The only fittings at the moment is that it has a full width rock-n-roll bed (more on that later). I'm not into camping however I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and part of the idea...
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    Van Interior & Propex Heater - Ideas Needed

    My Bay is a LHD '71 Panel van with walkthrough and a full width rock-n-roll bed. Apart from the bed, the interior is empty. I don't intend to go "camping" in it however there is a possibility that I might want to "crash out" in it. In fact a big part of the reason I bought it is that my wife...
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    Dashboard - ideas wanted.

    My '71 Bay has a Blaupunkt has a radio but a) it doesn't appear to work and b) I've never listened to radios in vehicles because I HATE DJs. I have used cassette decks, CD players, and more recently a gadget that broadcasts to a radio from my iPod. Thus I figure that if the radio is duff it...
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    Propex from Bluebird - Any comments?

    I've just been talking to Bluebird about their Propex heaters. The heating system in my van looks like it's in fairly good condition, except for the heat exchangers. They're not totally awful but they ain't great. In fact they are not connected up at the moment so I was looking at VHW for the...
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    What's supposed to hold the petrol flap closed?

    I'm finding that a piece of duct tape does the trick but shouldn't there be a spring or something? She's '71 Panel Van.
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    Alarm For a '71 Panel Van?

    So many doors, and I guess high sides to the vehicle will make it prone to rocking in the wind? Maybe ultrasonics are the way to go? Or a big dog? Seriously though, any thoughts?
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    What are these lights and switches?

    Okay, I admit it: I do not know my ass from my elbow. Here's a pic of the dash on my '71: A - Lights B - ? C - ? D - Wipers E - Hazzard Lights F - Electric Screen Wash B appears to be a light with a green wire, and a green wire with a black stripe coming off the back. C appears to be a...
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    Fireflex automatic extinguisher

    Various goodies arrived from VWHeritage today including one of these extinguishers. Anybody got any tips or experience regarding the best way to route the tube around the engine bay on my '71 Bay?
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    How do I use these beam adjusters?

    My van is too low. I like low, but the roads around here are just too bumpy to have her as low as she is (I guess the roads where better where her previous owner lived). I HAVE to raise her up a couple of inches. I've got her up on axle stands. Front shocks are removed. The wheels are...
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    Any tips for somebody new to LHD?

    My new bay panel van is a LHD, the first LHD I've ever driven and if feels weird. I got caught out yesterday when I came to do a left turn at a 'T' junction and found myself in a position such that I couldn't see down the road to my right. It was a quiet road and my wife was in the passenger...
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    What/how should a bug owner learn about a bay van?

    I bought my first Beetle (a '69) earlier this year but she was feeling a bit lonely on the driveway at night so I've bought a '71 bay to keep her company. :-D I own most of the Bug Me Video DVDs, John Muir's book and the Haynes Manual for the Beetle. Obviously the bug and the bay have a lot...
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    My 71 Panel Van

    I thought I'd introduct myself with a picture of my new baby: And for the benefit of those who may be thinking that she looks kinda familiar, here's why: http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?t=713
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