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• Want to trade late model Westy windows for regular
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:43:21 EST
  Hi all, I have a set of sliding windows for a late model Westy. These are the ones that have the blacked anodized frames...
• Re: Sliding window frame
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:40:08 -0700
  ...So I've removed the sliding window from the aluminum > > frame and have tinted it and the fixed window. Next thing I'd like...
• Re: falling tree branch broke non-sliding portion of drivers-side middle wind...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:46:14 -0500
  ...find the non-sliding portion > of the left-side middle window? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > easier to just replace the whole window w/ a good...
• Re: How do I remove the sliding window catch - 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:10:39 -0700
  YES the screw should fall out the bottom, be carful the spring may fall out with it.
• Re: SA Quad round driving light grille.
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 16:50:17 +0200
  ...windows are >bigger than the regular Vanagon and Transporter ones ? >But I feel to remember to have seen Campers with rear side sliding windows...
• Re: [Syncro] Any advantage to swapping middle windows?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:12:48 -0700
  ...Mark Christopher Gronski wrote: > The drivers side middle window is a direct swap with the sliding door > on early model westies. Apart from not...
• Re: Screens for sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:58:42 -0500
  ...They > would be aluminum framed and screw into the outside of the sliding > windows. > > Thanks for your help, > > Ellen > Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI > You...
• Re: sliding windows on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:06:36 -0700
  ...sliding windows on Vanagon >- > >>This is all in the archives! Seek and ye shall find. >> >>Go to your VW parts dealer and ask for...
• Re: Rear Sliding window modificaiton - Success
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:50:51 -0400
  ...about water infiltration when driving in the rain due to the way the window panels overlap? Water would tend to get forced between them.
• Removal of glass in sliding window
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:55:19 +1100
  ...Any ideas how to remove the glass from the window frames, without resorting to a hammer. I am thinking of anodising my aluminium frames...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 16:34:59 -0300
  ...sliding door is opened at 2AM, >everyone in camp knows what YOU are doing. HaHa, so you pee'd out of the vent windows...
• Re: backwards side slider window?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:30:51 -0500
  ...backwards side slider window? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >has anyone ever installed the side slider window on their sliding door upside >down and...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:17:48 -0400
  ...Also, as an aside, does anyone manufacture replacement mosquito screens :::for the sliding middle windows? Chris (JordanVW) is remanufacturing them, I think. Joy
• Re: [SyncroDoubleCabs] any interest in Doka/Sinka back sliding window? (rear window, not side windows)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:04:31 -0500
  ...On Nov 22, 2006, at 11:33 AM, JORDANVW@AOL.COM wrote: > is there any interest in getting a custom made rear sliding window...
• RE: sliding door vent window
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Fri, 09 Feb 1996 12:57:01 EST
  > > > >So NOBODY on the list knows anything about removing/installing the > >sliding door vent window? Wow. > > > Well, you can remove it with a large...
• The rare sliding REAR window! (ebay.de find)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:08:51 -0400
  http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170004071841 And the seller ships weltweit! Cheers, Doug Fitz-Randolph Freeport, ME
• Re: Outside screens
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 22:59:47 -0400
  Geoff, If you mean sliding window screens, keep in mind that the sliding window handles on the Vanagon are different than the Westy and...
• Window replacement - 78
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:16:49 -0500
  ...How do I get the old window out? This is the Vanagon-style sliding window in the cargo door. The glass is broken out...
• How original is this type II ?
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 11:05:56 +0100 (MET)
  ...I understand the sliding door option is quite rare, but I'm not sure. The sliding door had 2 windows in them, just as...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:11:57 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It's much more quiet than having all your windows down or back.
• Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:50:14 -0800
  On 12/13/05, Chris Renz <aircooledchris@eucasafari.vendioweb.com> wrote: > > wouldnt the regular camper sliders fit in those rear locations? Rear windows aren...
• Re: Stupid project thoughts...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:15:19 +0000
  ...Power windows....power > SLIDING windows...
• Re: Westy screens
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:17:02 -0400
  Speaking of Westy sliding window screens........... I've noticed that the ''fingernails-on-blackboard'' screeching sound that most of us hear (when sliding the...
• Re: sliding window lock
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:44:09 EST
  ...When I bought my 1987 Vanagon about 6 yrs ago, the passenger side sliding window lock was broken and in the glove box lol...
• Re: Any advantage to swapping middle windows?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:16:54 -0400
  ...Mike Christopher Gronski wrote: > The drivers side middle window is a direct swap with the sliding door > on early model westies. Apart from not...
• Re: opening rear windows?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:15:41 EDT
  ...incompatibly) different in size. > > > > yep, the SA sliding rear side windows wont work, too big. the german made vanagons have smaller side windows. chris
• Vanagon side window rain vent idea that works
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:12:14 -0800
  ...I found that three small cups on will hold it well and still allow me to open the sliding window from the inside while...
• Re: Need Westy sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Mon, 5 May 1997 16:13:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I bought some front window screens fromom him a few years back and they were inexpensive and worked well. I know he sells one...
• Westy window screen
  Historical mailing list - Dawn Bustanoby
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:18:47 -0700
  Hey all, I'm looking for a window screen for the left side sliding window (the window above the stove) on my '91 Westy...
• Side Window Glass Interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Mon, 15 May 2006 23:13:07 +0000
  Does anyone know if the glass pieces or the sliding windows themselves are interchangeable from driver to passenger side on an 87' model. Disreguarding...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:05:43 -0700
  ...mosquito screens for the sliding middle windows? Thanks. roger sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: Hello,do the side windows of all vanagons, fit all...
• Re: window tinting
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 4 May 2002 17:55:11 -0700
  ...The owner isn't going to charge to redo the sliding windows redone. Its still a nice waste of my time. I only have...
• Re: need sliding glass for 85 westfalia sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:22:04 -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...
• Stuck latch on side window
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:28:44 -0400
  The latch on my sliding window seems to have gotten itself stuck in the unlatched position. ie it won't move up and down...
• solid mirror frame / gasket . . side glass (middle)
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:02:56 -0700
  ...a slider window . . . and all the pics I've seen do too .. . . can't remember if any were made with non-sliding glass - - - would...
• Re: Stripping a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:40:51 -0700
  I need the little plastic gliders for the sliding window tracks. My '84 is missing all four. I've also been looking for a...
• sliding door vent window
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 13:59:56 EST
  ...OK, this is a '78 bus and the lower pivot for the sliding door vent window has rotted away and is now nonexistent. This...
• Re: Body upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 8 May 2009 11:12:24 -0700
  ...But the one >> area that really bothers me is the middle window in the sliding >> door and >> on the driver side opposite the sliding...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:47:23 -0700
  ...The middle side windows are the same for all years on the DRIVER'S side but the windows in the sliding doors are smaller...
• Re: [Syncro] Any advantage to swapping middle windows?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:23:36 -0700
  On 8/8/07, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > > The drivers side middle window is a direct swap with the sliding door > on...
• Re: Screen for non-camper
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:47:12 -0700
  ...I understand that there are aftermarket screens which can be locked in place for the non-camper sliding windows, and then there are improved...
• somebody spiked my coffee!!!
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 14:11:31 CDT
  eurovan is now latest in the family, tradition bearer 23 windows, canvas sunroof, two-tone paint. a volkswagen bus big bay window face, sliding...
• For sale: vanagon side windows w/ screens - fit all vans
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Jun 2003 11:28:12 EDT
  ...vanagon sliding side windows w/ screens - from westys but will fit all passenger vans as well as westys. include screens. easy upgrade, all you...
• Re: Looking for window glass
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:18:58 -0400
  ...I am looking for the sliding portion of the glass for the passenger side slider for my 1991 Syncro. Checked on the Samba and...
• Re: How original is this type II ?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 10:45:13 -0800
  ...pond. > The sliding door had 2 windows in them, just as the opposite panel (are > they a factory option ?) These windows looked good, but...
• Re: at the wreckers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:41:52 -0800
  ...side windows for me?" a weak existential jape that went over my head "How in the heck can I get a sliding door shipped...
• Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ellen Oregon
  Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:26:37 -0700
  ...Non-Westy > > > > The window size themselves is the same, with the exception of pre '85 > > windows on the sliding door. > > The windows themselves differ...
• Still Looking
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
  Wed, 16 May 2001 13:07:47 -0400
  I am still looking for a latch for the sliding window. If anyone has one or is parts pickin I would be glad to...
• window screens
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 May 94 20:03:47 -0400
  I have a 93 Eurovan MV which has the sliding windows behind the passenger seats. I have seen similar windows on Vanagans that have...
• Re: 50 50 slider in a Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:12:59 -0400
  ...why not replace yours with the correct westy slider window?? i dont understand.. anyway.. yes a 50-50 passenger van sliding window will fit...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Jun 2000 to 25 Jun 2000 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Harold Jaynes
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:59:59 EDT
  ...it has the rear sliding windows that you speak of. I do not know what year this Vanagon is...and it is my understanding...
• Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:22:04 EST
  ...Dammit, the one time I lock my little wing-window......... >> sliding windows. pry out the little plastic spacers that hold the glass in the...
• vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:10:25 EST
  ...fiberglass side pieces -sliding side windows w/ screens, fit all vanagons -fiberglass rear bumper endcaps -blue vanagon carpet -vanagon sliding door 85-91 -2...
• RIGHT REAR slider window FS:
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 09:22:00 -0400
  ...FS Sliding REAR window? A few weeks ago I picked up a sliding window for the drivers side rear (near the closet) off of...
• screens on a 1991 GL
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:01:54 -0700
  Hi Folks, Recently I found a used 1985 Westie Wolfsburg that had some very nice, stock, snap on screens on the inside sliding windows...
• WTB: sliding window lock
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:40:42 -0500
  Need the complete thing from inside of vehicle. Please pmail me if you have one 4sale. Joachim Preiss Acton, MA [mailto:spielmobil@snuttig.net...
• squeek is driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Middelkoop
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:04:00 -0400
  When someone opens the sliding windows on my westy it sounds like fingernails on a blackboard. I've used silcone spray with no luck...
• Re: sliding windows in an 84
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Jul 94 13:42:44 EDT
  > > Hello, > My sliding side windows are making all sorts of horrible noises > now that the tiny bits of plastic that these things ride on...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:48:38 -0800
  ...sliding rear window for transporter In a message dated 2/9/05 2:05:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET writes: > Just...
• parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:54:05 -0400
  ...2 window screens for the right side sliding windows rear table, '80 to '84 Westy (not support) left side adjustable armrest for late gray...