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  • Re: Interesting discoveries
    Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
    Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:27:10 -0700
    ...I cant see why > the LHD cars shouldn't have the right side sliding windows they you saw, Ari. > > Anyone have any ideas, like...
  • Need a screen for sliding door sliding window.
    Historical mailing list - Jim & Wilma Quan
    Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:15:10 -0700
    Where can I get ahold of a screen to put behind the sliding window on the sliding door. I have seen them on other...
  • Re: Interesting discoveries
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:54:56 EDT
    ...sliding door etc.? > > PerL > 87 Syncro 112i, with only 1 sliding window :-( Or someone having their head or arm out the rear sliding window...
  • Re: Sliding doors
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:12:56 -0700
    Sorry, the 80-84 uses one sliding door. The 85-91 uses a different sliding door. Mark Charles Slosberg wrote: > I've got an...
  • Re: '91 Vanagon Sliding door hardware
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Tue, 10 May 2011 16:30:58 -0400
    Look to your man in Canada for sliding door stuff: http://www.frankcondelli.com/sales.htm#SLIDING Geo/ATL
  • wanted: crappy sliding door for 85/up in SF..
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Mon, 4 Jul 2005 08:38:58 -0700
    Anyone have a beat up sliding door in the Bay Area they want to get rid of ? I have a van shell that I...
  • Track Screen for Sliding Door
    Historical mailing list - James Ogul
    Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:52 -0400
    The sliding screen on the sliding door in my 85 Westy is missing. Does anyone have a spare they could part with? Thanks Jim
  • sliding window lock
    Historical mailing list - Earl J Smith
    Wed, 22 May 2002 20:30:13 -0700
    My passenger side sliding window lock is jammed open. Is it possible to remove it without taking the entire window out of the sliding...
  • Sliding door bolt
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:34:39 -0700
    Vannites, Any one know the size of the bolts that hold the sliding door hinge to the sliding door? Pretty big and about an...
  • Sliding window refurbish
    Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
    Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:49:42 -0700
    Dear listmembers, the sliding windows on my 83 Westy need work. The guide pieces have fallen out, the felt seals are toast,and the...
  • Re: WTB Sliding door for 82 brown/ biege preferred
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:16:14 EST
    ...80-84 rust-free sliding doors are a scarce commodity here in the northeast.. chris
  • Sliding door's slider (window)
    Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
    Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:39:34 -0600
    How do I get the latch tighter on the sliding window on the sliding door. When I close the door it slides open a...
  • I need a sliding window latch
    Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
    Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:45:10 -0500
    I broke the latch on the sliding window in my '84 Westy. (The window located in the sliding door. Anyone have one to sell...
  • Sliding window latch needed
    Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
    Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:05:57 -0700
    I am in need of a latch for the sliding window in my sliding door (I assume similar to the sliding window above the...
  • Re: Sliding door screen
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:25:01 -0500
    <snip> I bought a screen for the sliding door <snip > <snip> There are no snaps around the sliding door that I can see. Do...
  • need sliding glass for 85 westfalia sliding door
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:15:37 -0500
    ...Anyone have a source for the sliding glass on the sliding door for an 85 Westfalia? About five years ago someone tried to break...
  • Re: Locking actuator, Sliding door
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:26:43 -0800
    ...the sliding actuator has no control on the doors or the hatch.. only the driver and the passenger actuators control the hatch and the...
  • Re: Correct names for some items
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:21:55 -0600
    ...https://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/22666/sliding-window-guide-piece-?v= <https://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/22666/sliding-window-guide-piece-?v=>
  • Re: 1987 Double sliding door?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 7 Oct 1995 19:17:12 -0700 (PDT)
    And SSGSPEAR@aol.com thus wrote: > [some stuff about a trip to the library and sliding doors] Double door busses were available in the...
  • Re: Interesting discoveries
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:17:18 +0200
    ...According to the info in the ETKA, the left sliding window was for LHD cars (253, 255) while the right sliding window was for...
  • left sliding window replacement
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:55:45 -0800
    Someone or something smashed my left sliding window on my 87 westy. Is it possible to replace just the sliding segment if I have...
  • Re: WTB sliding door panel 85
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:10:05 -0700
    What year did the sliding door change, especially the inner panel? 84-85 or 85-86? ________________________________ From: "zmaninco@yahoo.com" <zmaninco@yahoo.com> To...
  • sliding window screens FS...Re: source for sliding window screens/frames?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:22:24 EST
    ...My van was missing them when I bought it. > > Thanks- Ryan > i have a bunch of westy sliding window screens for sale.. chris
  • Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:58:36 +1200
    ...By the way, VW pioneered sliding door in 62 or 64...saw >one in DB and Hot VW's once...a split w/sliding...
  • Need sliding window glass, 78-79 bus
    Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
    Tue, 05 Mar 1996 07:37:23 -0500
    Howdy volks, I'm looking for a window pane from one of the 78-79 style sliding side windows. The pane I need is...
  • Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:37:05 -0700
    Basically, almost everything about the sliding doors is different, 80-84 and 85-91. Windows, handle, latch mechanism, even the welded in track on...
  • 85 and 86 sliding doors same?
    Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
    Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:23:05 -0500
    Anyone know if the sliding doors (non-power locks) from 85 and 86 are the same? I'd like to replace the bashed-in...
  • SILVER SLIDING DOOR
    Historical mailing list - rob wilke
    Sun, 19 Jul 1998 13:28:18 -0600
    I am looking for a sliding door in the color of silver for my 87 Syncro. Mine was customized by a 75 Dodge Dart...
  • Sliding Door and Cold Weather - Thank You!
    Historical mailing list - Bryan
    Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:17:20 -0800
    Amazing! I tried the WD-40 suggestions and my sliding door no longer pops open on cold mornings. Thank you to everyone who shared...
  • Two questions, sliding window screen, sliding door weatherstripping
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:39:23 -0400
    Hi all, Is there a source for the screens for the passenger side sliding door window screen for an '87 Westy? Regarding the weatherstripping...
  • double sliding doors
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 7 Oct 1995 19:10:35 -0700
    The Nissa Axxess had double sliding doors on it in the late 80s. LOTS of vans in Europe have had sliding doors for decades...
  • Re: FW: central lock on sliding door
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:15:46 -0800
    Go to the car wash and use a power washer to clean all the sliding door tracks... after spraying with Simple Green or other...
  • Sliding window glass
    Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
    Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:44:17 -0700
    The window behind the driver seat on my van has the sliding pane siliconed in place by PO. Is it hard to remove & replace...
  • Re: need sliding glass for 85 westfalia sliding door
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:59:24 -0400
    ...Anyone have a source for the sliding glass on the sliding door for an 85 Westfalia? About five years ago someone tried to break...
  • Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
    Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
    Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:03:01 -0400
    In my 1988 Spanish Transporter brochure, there is a photo of a blue high-top panel van with sliding doors on each side. Tim...
  • Re: 87 westy: sliding door mossie net stock?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:19:30 EDT
    ...and no, there was NEVER any stock factory screening offered that covered the entire sliding door permiter.. just the stock westy screen for the...
  • Re: sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab)
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:18:22 -0800
    ...sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab) > was there ever such thing as a sliding rear window for the vanagon > singlecab/doublecab? > anyone...
  • where do I get longer sliding door arm?
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:31:59 EDT
    While reading about the sliding door latching problem, I was reminded about my own sliding door problem. I put wider than normal tires and...
  • Sliding door screen
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:41:10 -0800
    Volks, I bought a screen for the sliding door in my Westy from a fellow listee. Got it today. I don't see where...
  • Re: Windows are not the same long
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:25:07 -0700
    ...The 80-84 sliding door has the same size window as all driver sides. The 85-91 has a slightly smaller sliding door window...
  • Re: Double Sliding Doors in EV
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 8 Oct 1995 10:05:05 -0700
    and I noticed that there is the bodywork on BOTH sides of the van to install sliding doors. RIC wrote: > > >Chrysler the FIRST with...
  • sliding door bottom track
    Historical mailing list - jeff g
    Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:22:03 -0400
    hello all, I have a 1989 Vanagon Westfalia that the sliding door has fallen off of it's track. The bottom track has had...
  • Sliding Window in rear Door
    Historical mailing list - William W. Barker
    Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:39:29 -0500
    ...They broke his rear sliding window (in the sliding door). Anyone got one they want to sell cheap? - Wil '85 Westy GL (gonna need...
  • two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
    Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
    Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:31:07 -0500
    ...By the way, VW pioneered sliding door in 62 or 64...saw one in DB and Hot VW's once...a split w/sliding...
  • part needed for sliding door
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Tue, 9 May 2006 08:14:34 -0400
    ...the older style sliding doors have a second handle in the back. I have the handle but the mount is broken. This mount is...
  • Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:16:43 -0400
    ...That said, Westy sliding windows (both sides) are different from the passenger vans but their frame sizes are the same. Their frames conform to...
  • older sliding door handle and ease of use
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
    Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:21:05 -0600
    Howdy List, I have a few thoughts to add to the sliding door conversation: My '82 westy almost certainly came from the factory with...
  • Re: left sliding window replacement
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:22:13 -0500
    ...left sliding window replacement Someone or something smashed my left sliding window on my 87 westy. Is it possible to replace just the sliding...
  • Wanted: your old busted or ripped westy sliding window screens
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:40:23 EDT
    if anyone out there has any busted or ripped Westfalia sliding window screens...im interested in them... (these are the OEM style plastic framed...
  • fs- '85-'91 sliding door
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 22 Aug 1999 12:55:14 EDT
    for sale: '85-'91 sliding door. allentown, pa
  • sliding door roller replacement
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 8 Sep 2014 16:53:26 -0700
    ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/vanagon-sliding-door-rollers-replacement/ alistair
  • Disassemble '86 Westy Sliding window
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:59:06 -0400
    Is there a way to disassemble the sliding window pane and/or screen from the sliding door and drivers side 1986 Westy windows for...
  • storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:05:00 EDT
    ...there is at least like 4 inches of dead space between the sliding doorpanel, and the outside sliding door sheetmetal itself. this would be...
  • Re: ISO Sliding Window Latch
    Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
    Sat, 5 May 2001 20:50:27 +1000
    Stephen There was a post recently from someone wanting to know how to take the sliding window apart. Can you post the details of...
  • Re: Sliding side window removal
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Thu, 10 May 2001 20:03:01 -1000
    >My friend, who is working where the windows get tinted told me to remove this sliding side window...< gee, the shop did mine just...
  • sliding door... please help
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sun, 4 Dec 2016 08:45:07 -0800
    hi all, the sliding door of my van makes a loud clunk noise when I close it. I searched and found this part... http...
  • two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:56:15 -0400
    ...also left or right hand sliding doors (or both).[...] wondering if there are any buses/vanagons with two sliding doors? Anybody seen one (or...
  • Re: Slider Door
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Tue, 12 May 2020 23:47:21 +0000
    ...Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') | | | | | | | | | | | Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') If your sliding door doesn't latch well, it can pop open...
  • Re: Sunroof Question: Part II
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Mar 1996 11:36:34 -0500
    ...I also have seen two (identical, in different places) green and white 64 sliding sunroof microbuses with sliding doors and locking steering columns.
  • sliding side windows
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Mon, 29 Apr 96 20:11:14 EDT
    Hey all, Just checking one more time, does anyone out there have a spare sliding side window for the sliding door? I'm talking...