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• Re: fiberglass sheets to replace the kitchen wooden panel.
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 19:32:07 -0700
  ...I am familiar with luan, which is widely used for cheap doors and interior trim. I have not encountered "Baltic birch," but do know...
• Re: TDI engines availability
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 01:16:15 -0400
  ...out the door. FWIW I was just quoted some Subaru low mileage engine prices (West coast), complete with all the trimmings....$4K for a...
• Re: extended trip hygiene
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:28:42 -0400
  ...You can use them in the kitchen, trim, after a shower, on the tranny, whatever; they aren't supposed to be pretty, so wash...
• Re: Painting the black plastic trim on the out side
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:39:44 -0800
  ...Painting the black plastic trim on the out side > > Need to get the tail lights front turn signals etc painted this week so can...
• Re: What speakers to get:
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:21:51 -0700
  ...Installed our new speakers by using nice black trim screws though the cover, through the door panel, through the speaker and then into screw...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:56:59 -0600
  ...extra pair of doors there. I plan > >> to > >>> laminate the entire box with the same shade laminate and edge trim that > >> is > >>> used in...
• Re: Fwd: Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Please trim your replies
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:57:16 -0800
  ...Technically speaking, if non-trimmed posts are an issue, I understand that. Although, I was on a group where the posts had 15 previous...
• FS CA - Oakland/Berkeley ok, how bout an 87 Syncro Adventurewagen? :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 22:33:06 -0500
  it's red and something is either wrong with the picture, or it has TWO sliding doors (or is right-hand drive!). see the...
• Re: New ideas, new products
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:54:45 -0600
  ...You can also trim some of the plastic from each of the cut sides so it just secures the roll from unraveling but does...
• Re: Source for Slider Window Screen
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:22:32 -0400
  ...Dan Stevens ============================================== > Anyone know of a source for a "Matched Set" of side window screens. > Both the Slider Door and the Kitchen Window on...
• Re: paint on grill
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:58:15 EST
  ...This stuff also has a good "look" to it for trim. (Like those fading door handles!) For the silver strip around the edge of...
• Re: Wing window removal?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:31:20 -0400
  ...Now remove the lower bolt on the wing window and the screw at the top (that hides under the door seal). This part is...
• Re: Carat (was Pasat)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 13:18:04 CDT
  ...I knew I should have asked yesterday before I forgot. >Anyway, I thought that GL meant higher prices and trim levels. Is this >better...
• Re: 84 vs. 85 differences, swapping AC? & westy a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 23:02:28 -0600
  I always thought it was more of an "L" trim vs. "GL" designation. My 85 is a GL and I think 84s were all...
• Re: CHange color by painting it gray
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:13:31 -0800
  ...Also, the moulding on the doors doesn't appear to be replaceable. Cheers, Ri On Mar 1, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Zoltan wrote...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:21:01 -0700
  ...sliding door handle VW # 253 843 642 > > >> sold used Ebay etc, new replicas? from GoWesty > > >> > > >> > > > https://www.gowesty.com/product/handles-trim/2286/inside...
• Re: Cutting the roof off!!! Wanna help?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:54:20 -0500
  ...This way, it will look stock(ha ha ),covering the gaping hole.I would weld or braze the sliding door shut. I would remove...
• Re: SA Rear windows- hey, they open
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  08 Feb 97 06:00:24 EST
  ...Note that SA Vanagons > have no right sliding door. > - I think the trim indentation only looking like gone, this could > be more an effect...
• Westfalia cabinet molding...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 9 May 2000 17:00:26 -0700
  ...of the corner, joint, or door aperture as they originally did/were supposed to. Thus, my cabinet trim has an odd, ill-fitting appearance...
• Re: 2 Dometic fridges for parts
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:38:55 -0400
  ...Prefer you to pick up > (western MD) but will ship if you pay for my time and shipping cost. > Neither has outside door trim...
• Re: Any easy, low-cost way to replace power window lift with manual?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:22:05 -0400
  ...A friendly list memeber (local too!) sold me new door panels which were similar, but had different trim. Biggest thing was getting the stupid...
• Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:28:40 -0700
  ...Side to side, move level to door sill at driver's door. Fine adjust port-starboard trim there. Total time? Five minutes max. The...
• Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:21:46 -0500
  ...It is possible to run new wiring following the old routing, which requires removing passenger side trim above the doors and fishing down the...
• Re: Painting
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:53:31 -0700
  ...in areas close to the trim where it is masked off -the areas on the frame behind doors, hatch wont get paint or just...
• Chrome Plating stuff...
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Davis
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:31:21 -0800
  ...a lot of the black-plastic euro trim, like the mirrors, the front vent grills, the door handles, the back vent grills, etc? As...
• Dehler Profi conversion Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 10:09:28 -0400
  ...fancy trim on the two captains chairs and matching all the other seats and door panels. There were bigger speakers in the doors and...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:06:26 -0700
  ...A quieter door will be a very good thing. About the upper track. This older ('84) style door where we have a plastic block...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:12:14 -0800
  ...extra pair of doors there. I plan >>>> to >>>>> laminate the entire box with the same shade laminate and edge trim that >>>> is >>>>> used in...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:14:35 -0800
  ...extra pair of doors there. I plan to >> > laminate the entire box with the same shade laminate and edge trim that is >> > used in...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:09:18 -0600
  ...extra pair of doors there. I plan to laminate the entire box with the same shade laminate and edge trim that is used in...
• Oh no! Another one!
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Wed, 17 May 95 12:53:27 EDT
  ...No trim, and no interior whatsoever. Also, some wonderful person put a lovely sheet of plexiglass over the sunroof, but at least I do...
• Re: adjusting sliding door height
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 23:10:13 +0000
  ...I put a bottom jack under the door near the front (with a piece of wood as cushion), I raise the jack up till...
• Re: Has anyone else seen these front bench bulkhead padded vinyl panel?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:26:23 +0100
  ...It matches the front door panels and rear panels >>> in the early 9-passenger van. The very bottom when >>> installed has an aluminum >>> trim...
• Re: 36hp troubles/A LOT of old splits
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 3 Sep 1994 15:15:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The engine lid I need is the first one they used after the barn doors, and only goes thru '56. From then to '66...
• Re: Cheap door speakers from Amazon
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:33:11 -0800
  ...Cheap door speakers from Amazon Do they come with grilles? Mark On Jan 16, 2011, at 5:08 PM, levi hawkins wrote: > They've...
• Re: VANAGON digest 16
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Mon, 18 Apr 1994 21:56:39 -0500
  ...have ever seen that the sliding door shuts :) Sorry about the length, esp about bitching about trimming, but I just wanted everyone to know...
• Re: Garage door Vs a Syncro Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:18:46 -0700
  ...My garage door is now at 85 inches. Likewise I park the van in an underground parking at work and the height limit there...
• Fwd: Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Please trim your replies
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:03:36 -0600
  ...ADMINISTRIVIA - Please trim your replies > > > > Allan...Do we have to have a 'secret society' in order to have both the >> list >> and free-will...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:24:17 +0200
  ...sliding door handle VW # 253 843 642 >>>> sold used Ebay etc, new replicas? from GoWesty >>>> >>>> >> https://www.gowesty.com/product/handles-trim/2286/inside...
• Rear Hatch Leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:08:38 -0500
  ...I did pull the old silver trim out of the rubber on the rear side windows as they were coming to pieces. Could it...
• Re: my new 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:29:13 +1200
  ...Microbus/Samba had side and door trim panels, with full headlining, some with extra windows in rear sides, rear corners and/or roof. Exactly...
• FS; 1966 single cab
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Apr 1995 14:34:28 -0700
  ...aluminum/rubber bed liner - custom moveable tie-down in bed - new door/window rubber - 12 volt motorola alternator - locks/ignition on original key - LeCarra...
• Re: removal of rear door panel
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:33:56 -0800
  K -D Tools makes a couple of sizes of a trim removal tool that is a little bit like a dandelion fork. Puts pressure...
• Re: Bugs out, and other annoyances
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:57:00 -0500
  ...chrome-like plastic trim for passenger side front door post >2. a pair of window crank handles - brown >3. which K-Mart dash console...
• '89 Vanagon and '88 Scirocco 16V at pick a part
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:46:24 -0700
  ...trim is beginning to flake) Black framed slider window for sliding door (I bought the driver's side for $22 last Sunday) sliding-door...
• Pix of custom Westy fridge cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:38:22 -0400
  ...Uses stock Westy trim and door handles. Just clears the sink drain. Had to relocate the propane connection to the tank in order to...
• Re: A/C trouble... please help
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:55:30 -0800
  ...I was able to get the gray door trim from Europe, so it came out really well. Stuart From: Dan N [mailto:dn92610@gmail...
• Re: Speed limits...
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 29 Sep 1994 13:19:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...plated trim. Nagel-esqe mural on the hood and tailgate curb-feelers TV-antenna on the back chrome louvers on the doors, hood, tailgate...
• Re: Caravelle GL?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:36:21 +1200
  ...Blue carpet throughout, velor padded door/side trim. Yucky gruel-colored vinyl headlining. No electrics eg aircon, cruise, power wondows & mirrors (though I'm...
• Re: Removed windows...
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:21:05 -0700
  Are you planning on pulling the vent windows and door trim off as well . I would also pull the door locks out as well...
• Re: Finally In the process of painting our 87 Westy Installing new pop top canvas etc
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:26:41 -0700
  ...steel bolts for the top latch, hinges , luggage rack cleats , trim for sliding door handle etc is there a better place ? > > thanks for any...
• '82 Diesel Adventurewagen Camper / Rolling Chassis For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:48:10 +0200
  ...Has doors, dashboard, suspension, brakes, steering, glass, seats, excellent door and interior panels. NO seam or window ledge rust, or rot anywhere. Dents in...
• Airbox Q & A - Completed!
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 6 Sep 2008 07:28:40 -0700
  ...Too hard and the doors won't close completely, because the foam can't be crushed. I found some, that had been used in...
• Re: Installing pop top seals
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 May 2004 17:39:59 -0500
  ...the V grove channel. > > Much like the push on trim around your inner door seals. > > Just pull the old seal off and push the...
• Re: Removed windows...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:45:20 -0400
  ...on pulling the vent windows and door trim off as well > . > I would also pull the door locks out as well , once the exterior...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:40:07 -0800
  ...extra pair of doors there. I plan to > laminate the entire box with the same shade laminate and edge trim that is > used in...
• Which bones are best? ('82 Vanagon) /long
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sat, 25 May 1996 10:55:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...side door ($100), rear hatch ($50), rear bumper ($50) and will also pick up a few other pieces (grill, front bumper trim, etc.). I...
• Trouble comes in threes
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:24:50 -0000
  ...only giving sound from front left door speaker, so first stop I made I levered the door trim off wiggled the speaker wires, and...
• Re: Middle seat in GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:17:08 -0800
  ...The 'trick' is you start by undoing the aluminum trim piece across the door opening. I have some untouched in an 85 GL. These...
• Re: VW Trends Bites The Dust....
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:05:03 -0600
  ...After reading the article, all >the owner did was take the chrome and trim off and have it refinished. >The story was how it...