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• FS 1980 Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:59:40 -0400
  ...electrical plug, or battery � 2 Double Beds - couch folds into bed and pop-top with folding upper bed � 2 Swivel Tables - a card table...
• Re: grey water tank ideas - now porta-potti
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 23 May 2006 20:08:53 -0400
  ...It fits just perfect under the end > of the bed when the bed is down, the 5 gal version won't. But then I...
• Problem with using gas shocks--or any other alternative--on Westy rear seat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 May 2017 17:48:06 +0000
  ...The problem is that in deploying the bed, it has to be moved forward more than a foot from its "seat" configuration to extend...
• Re: bathtubs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:29:17 -0400
  Said 500# CI tub does not all bear on the cantilevered bed end-say only 1/2 extends past the metal body, which can...
• Re: These beds,
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:21:07 -0700
  Does anyone know of a pre-made 'secondary pad' that would stagger the 'seams' over a Z-bed set up? My van, with the...
• FS: Modified bed hinges - 4" lift over stock
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:30:44 -0400
  ...2 years ago I purchased a set of modified bed hinges from list member Bj�rn Ratjen, who brought them back from Germany. These...
• Re: Cool Syncro...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 6 May 2009 03:34:39 -0700
  On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote: > Saw this cool Syncro. > > It had bedliner in...
• hammock/bed for front seats of camper
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:23:34 -0500
  you know, that business of turning the front seats toward each other, and making a bed across the bottoms could also be used for...
• Re: Rear Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 04:03:20 EST
  ...It would be nice not to have my feet hanging over the edge :-) >> John, You are probably referring to a Z-bed conversion. While...
• Re: WTB - Z-Bed hinges for '82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:59:15 -0700
  ...You need a set for the 2 person full Westy bench/bed. The various 3 person wooden version seat hinge sets won't do...
• Cold Weather Camping Question
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:38:46 -0500
  I agre with the bed partner, Or a few Dog's for those three Dog Nights sory: A blanket in your sleeping bag is...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:55:37 -0800
  ...is it normal that the rear bed will not fold out completely flat with the middle seat in. " My '84 GL came with the...
• Re: RV plates in Minnesota
  Historical mailing list - Dale
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 13:40:28 -0600
  ...1) bed 2) stove 3) toilet 4) sink " I don't remember exactly. The tabs are only $25 , that seems to be the main...
• Re: Ladies and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:28:16 -0700
  I have a regular GL w/ a z-bed. It's been my experience that ladies, upon first impression, like Vanagons. How a wife...
• Re: Bra-Spray on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 20 May 2010 15:31:14 -0700
  I think I had a syncro vanagon visit my shop that had bed liner all over the outside of it .... nice affect. personally, I...
• Fw: Re: South African Secrets Revealed (Ken comes clean!)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 01:59:39 -0600
  ...This gives a softer bed at the expense of additional foam to carry around. (i.e., more stuffing means more stuff.)
• Re: moving qn bed with vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - bertschi
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 23:35:52 -0400
  ...moving qn bed with vanagon? > Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 10:24 PM > > If the bed is worth moving, a trailer may be the...
• Re: rear seat bed
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:28:57 -0230
  ...Have a problem with the lower > bed. When I pull on the knob to release the seat bottom, it doesn't > release. I cannot...
• Re: Want to trade: GL bed/bench for Weekender bench
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:15:02 EST
  ...EMAIL.MSN.COM writes: << Contrary to popular belief, these rear seat/beds can be shipped UPS if > packed carefully so as to just fit...
• Re: Anyone try THIS stuff on their LP Tank?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:47:01 EDT
  How about the bedliner material used in pickup trucks? You can get it at hardware stores and K-mart. If I had a tank...
• I am looking for a rear seat that folds into a bed
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Sun, 16 May 2004 09:25:21 EDT
  ...I would like to put a rear seat that folds into a bed for weekend camping. My current rear seat folds down, but not...
• Re: non Westy Camping advice?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 23:58:17 EDT
  ...This I promptly installed and I must agree with Karl - the bed is more comfortable than lots, if not most, of the motel beds...
• Fwd: Z Products address
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 02:28:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...They make the following for Z bus and Z vanagon :<) -"Z bed conversion Kits" -folding mattress pads (tony, that big brown mattress pad you...
• Re: Pop top weight
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:49:18 -0700
  I agree w/ Mark in regards to a Vanagon Westy bed at least-the plywood is only 1/2" or so, & is fairly light...
• Re: Moving our aging bodies on from Vanagon (sniff!)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 6 Aug 2019 10:32:03 -0300
  ...We still want something smallish, but with a bigger bed, and a toilet. One option that has piqued our interest is the Rialta. I...
• Re: Fold-down bed latch release won't
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:29:29 -0600
  ...Fold-down bed latch release won't > Try sitting on the seat as you pull the knob. It worked for me. > > Phil > '89 Westy...
• Re: Trade Vangon Roco Models?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:26:42 -0400
  ...tan double cab with tent over bed > Polizei 1416 > 1421 light blue single cab with tent over bed > 811 checkerboard roof airport van > White...
• parting out 2 westfalias-make your van into a camper
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 14:44:31 EST
  ...poptops w/ beds available too (transplant whole top onto your pasenger van) make your van into a camper. chris allentown, pa 610-395-2485
• Re: clock losing time
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 07:30:26 -0800
  ...Mine keeps better time than the digital bedside clock I have in my bedroom. tim (on time in san jose in my '84) Bradley...
• Re: !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:19:22 -0400
  > I just found out that the rear seats in both of my vans unfold into what > appears to be a queen sized bed. What...
• WTD: Blue Rear Bench/Bed from 85 Vanagon GL Weekender
  Historical mailing list - steven kim
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:00:24 +0000
  Hello, I am looking for a blue, rear bench/bed from a 1985 Vanagon GL weekender with all hardware and the mounting backet for...
• Re: Seat cover wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:22:29 -0600
  ...What are my choices? How available is the full-width z-bed in velour? Any alternatives to the z-bed that would allow loading...
• Re: [Syncro] sexiest syncro alive on ebay?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:36:54 -0700
  ...the rear bed is not a rock and roll but ather a pull out over the rear seats, so the rear bed sits a...
• Re: Sleeping dimensions of the Westy
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 09:30:13 -0800
  > How does that compare to the bed of the Westy-Falia? My "Westy-Falia" camper lower bed is 72" long x 60" wide at...
• Re: Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:57:58 -0400
  ...My wife had a bedside lamp explode in her face because the builders of a hospital bed ignored that rule... Yours, David
• Re: Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:03:30 -0400
  ...Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle. > > >> What year were these "z beds" factory on passanger vans? >> I was unaware that they weren't standard...
• Re: holes
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:49:31 -0400
  ...I used http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=R822CS-S on the bed and http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=R822CS-P...
• Re: Sleeping comfort
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:10:48 +0000
  ...Many times on trips, we have to keep refusing well meaning friends offers to "please sleep in our guest bed". If you have never...
• Re: Folding Rear seat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:23:58 EST
  ...you probably just dont know how to fold it into a bed. lift up on the seatbottom while pulling the metal handle towards you...
• Re: Crazy pop-top modification idea
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 4 Jul 2011 15:34:03 -0700
  ...I was thinking of modifying the camping westy top by cutting out the area over the folded bed and raising it there, but keeping...
• Re: Z-bed ???
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:26:31 -0500
  If I was to make a bed to fit in the rear of a 7 pass. Vanagon, I would copy the country campers Idea...
• Hangning Closet Removal
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:06:57 -0800
  ...I can send a photo tomorrow if you want? Taking the bed out is a long process: (and this is from memory) 1) Remove...
• Re: WTB - Z-Bed hinges for '82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:54:31 +0000
  ...The "Z" bed is an aftermarket > > company that converted a moveable non moveable seat and made it into a > > bed. > > There actually different types...
• Re: back seat, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:59:44 -0500
  ...I have a 91GL(not a camper)with Weekender bed. Does have headrests, which are removed when folding out to a bed, and has...
• All Westy Bed Bases Same Dimension?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:29:21 -0700
  ...Foam is for an '81 OEM rear bed. Thanks! Neil. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88...
• For sale:Vgon Weekender int.(fold down rear sofabeds)
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:29:34 EST
  ...ps - a rear fold down bed seat bed WILL ship UPS.... also have miscellaneous other Vanagon parts for sale, as I'm currently parting...
• moving qn bed with vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:45:24 -0400
  David- I put boxsprings for a queen -sized bed and the mattress in my van. It was a very tight squeeze for the springs...
• Re: westy interior?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:49:35 EST
  ...The bed on these things is almost the size of a real bed. It's a plywood piece w/ foam pads almost 5' wide...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 07:55:33 -0700
  ...3rd bed up front? >>> >>> I saw a family who each night took out the passenger front seat and put in >>> a plywood bed extending...
• Re: How the HECK do I turn the back seat into a bed?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:49:58 -0800
  ...How the HECK do I turn the back seat > > into a bed? > > > > I just bought a '91 Weekender and can't, for the life...
• Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:55:37 -0400
  ...I note with great interest the install Q's on pop-top on regular vans, space required for complete bed up top....Has anyone...
• Re: Ebay, FS, single cab in Germany
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:18:48 -0800
  ...sleeping cushion in the truck bed? ;) There are some interesting "drawers" in the > the compartments under the truck bed--Is that what Westfalia contributed...
• Re: Entertaining eBay listing - 1990 Carat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:19:35 EDT
  ...than me) PLEASE email them and tell them how the > rear bed is supposed to fold out?! They're missing out on highlighting the...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:52:10 EST
  ...I just take it > out when I need the bed. thats why the seatbacks fold. so you dont have to take it out when...
• Re: Pop top weight
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:59:56 -0500
  Hi Mark, I beg to differ on the question of the weight of the bed. The plywood used in the upper bunk is very...
• Re: Vanagon mattress pad - and other random sleeping area thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Sym
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:48:01 -0400
  ...For the bed.......when I go away I keep the bed in the made position. I've put two regular mattress pads on, the...
• Re: Ladies and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:33:40 -0700
  Apparently it worked! On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@mts.net> wrote: > I left my bed down and...
• Re: Wot's a Z-bed was Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:55:45 -0400
  > Does this kit offer any advantage over�scrapping the hinges > out of a Westy and installing them in a passenger van? None that I...
• Weight limit of Popup camper.
  Historical mailing list - David Chec
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:26:30 EDT
  ...Also, what weight can the upper bed hold in one of these things? I am a robust guy and may need to sleep up...
• Aluminum Car Trailer for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:25:17 EST
  ...Has tilt bed with ramps and ratchet tied downs for front tires. Full length fenders with four locked storage boxes. Bed length is 12ft...