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• FS 82 westy (maybe)
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:54:10 -0500
  ...is a dent in the sliding door where PPO cut short, a few rust blisters around side windows it hasn't cracked the paint...
• Re: Tom's rain sheds for side windows
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Feb 2020 08:21:54 -0800
  ...the blog post, here. >> >> https://shufti.blog/2011/11/17/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen-improved/ >> >> Let me know how it compares in shape...
• Re: Another naive battery question
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:28:25 -0700
  ...Also parking the sliding door side to the sun might keep fan from running if windows or skylight are cracked a bit. --- On Wed...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:59:16 -0500
  ...replacing window glass seals I found two windows with leaky seals this summer, the rear hatch and the sliding door windows. So I planned...
• Re: brand of tarp?(long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:51:14 -0400
  ...Buy going OVER the van, there is no flooding on the sliding door side in real downpours. The tent has an awning out over...
• For Sale: '89 vanagon Carat weekender and '80 Westy and '84 Sunroof van
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:20:52 EST
  ...nice body and interior..alloys, cruise, power windows, power mirrors, power doorlocks, jumpseats, flip out side table, sofabed, a/c, auto, 2.1L wbx...
• Re: Mildly-strong adhesive for slider window rubber?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:05:15 EDT
  ...I've pulled the sliding windows off both sides of Mellow Yellow in preparation to having the windows tinted* tomorrow morning. The rubber channel...
• Storm cover, etc was: Poor Man's Awning
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:35:49 -0400
  ...van by staking a tarp to the ground on the side opposite the sliding door, running the tarp over the van, and holding it...
• Re: For Sale -- Magnetic Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:33:32 -0700
  ...I can also make > replacement screens for the sliding side windows if needed. Please email > directly off list if interested. Joefederici(at)earthlink.net...
• Re: Van Painting
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Tue, 4 Oct 2011 07:30:06 -0400
  ...The windows I supplied were freshly tinted and they accidentally scratched one of the windows. They were going to have the window re-tinted...
• Re: Vanagon high-roof sighting
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 10:03:19 +0000
  ...It had a white fiberglas > roof similar to the roof on David Schwarze's Safare camper, with the > sliding windows on the sides of...
• Re: Whole Pop top conversion
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:34:53 -0800
  Of course, you could do it that way and some have.But removing the windshield, all side windows, rear hatch, sliding door, etc, cutting...
• cost of vanagon parts??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Bssell
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:38:02 -0400
  ...the sliding door. There is a little bit of rust on the metal inside the van around the windows on the drivers side. 2...
• Re: Goodbye Eurovan Detroit Auto Show
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:27:39 -0500
  ...on LX or std on the EX Honda) Heated mirrors sliding side windows climate control AC (std on EX Honda) Table Bed Rear jump...
• Re: SportsRig Micro Trailer
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 00:16:09 -0400
  ...behind the sliding doorm, sealed the bottom of the engine bay > >for more storage space, even used the driver side sliding windows on the...
• Re: Cutting the roof off!!! Wanna help?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:54:20 -0500
  ...I would weld or braze the sliding door shut. I would remove the top, just below the windows,all the way around. The tail...
• instructions for making Vanagon curtains--long
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:28:31 -0700
  ...side windows: 17" high, 43" wide (top and bottom) rear side windows: 17" high, 36" top, 40" bottom rear door: 21-1/2" high...
• Re: Cutting a Vanagon into quarters!
  Historical mailing list - BADASSBUS
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:23:42 -0400
  ...done where the rear opening of the sliding door stops across the window on the other side. Total time - 2 minutes! Cut through it...
• Re: Reliability or something else? was Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:27:48 -0700
  ...drivers side & a power window on the passenger side. " I've been thinking that for 30 years ! you only need power windows on the...
• Re: re cleaning pop top
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:01:17 -0400
  ...Now remove the 4 large-headed slot screws from the outside of the luggage rack (one on each side and two at the front...
• Re: Anti Rolling Reminder for Automatics when parked
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:18 -0800
  ...front passenger-side door while said door is shut and you are standing outside the vanagon with (and where) the sliding door (is) open...
• Stuff I Need and Stuff I Need To Sell
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:11:22 -0500
  ...The two Non Power Side Mirrors 5. The Original Steel Bumpers with new End Caps 6. Lower Grill 7. Two Silver Framed Sliding Windows...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:49:54 -0600
  ...replacing window glass seals I found two windows with leaky seals this summer, the rear hatch and the sliding door windows. So I planned...
• Re: FS: 81L and 85 Kombi(s)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:27:19 -0700
  ...On mine, all the side glass is fixed -- no sliding windows. There is headliner only over the two front seats. There are no rear...
• Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:34:48 -0400
  ...the rain gutter for the driver's side, in front of the > driver's door windows, is different from the others. Rather than being...
• Re: 7-passenger curtain rods?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:02:24 -0500
  ...going to the fabric shop and buying some sew-on velcro fixed that little problem! :) and if you opened the sliding side windows, the...
• Re: Lubrication tips one at a time.
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:37:49 -0500
  ...I no longer lube the upper inner track but I do use a spray lube on the track on the side of the van...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 4 May 2008 09:42:49 -0700
  ...A number of them say > > > that (among other things) the SA T3 had slightly larger side windows > > > and an improved ventilation system. I've...
• Re: Suggestions for glass requested!
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:10:47 -0700
  ...I have put the longer ones on before , the only down side is that it does not filed as far back. . Get me a...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:21:18 -0800
  ...Now, this is a Riviera rather than a Westfalia, and they chose to mount the screen on the outside of the sliding windows by...
• Re: Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 02:00:01 EST
  ...Could have strips going the full length of the curtain. - Heavily tint the side windows. Unless the lights are on in in the van...
• Poor Man's Awning
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:38:21 -0400
  ...van with the side windows open in a rain storm - nothing worse that a hot, damp night with the windows rolled-up - ick! They...
• Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:36:42 -0500
  ...front windshield, side seals, side windows > 2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more > 3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles > 4 - Rear hatch struts...
• Re: Seat Modifications
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:52:24 -0800
  ...find a camper, Also you might want to get the sliding side windows > that have screens for camping. (Other screen alternatives are night use...
• Re: Water in interior panel by slider
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:13:47 -0800
  ...side window. the rest of the body and roof are sealed. I am looking for a set of 88 on rear quarter windows with...
• Re: Cats Onboard [was: road hazards]
  Historical mailing list - Kirk D. Hilliard
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 22:42:04 -0400
  ...Neat! I am worried about mine jumping out of open windows. Specifically, this would be the two front windows and vent windows and the...
• Re: the "Kombi" ....
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:32:14 +1100
  ...bed,sliding side windows, with screens,front bull bar,rear protection bar/tow bar,180 deg.swivel seats,15" alloy wheels,side mounting annex...
• Re: Side middle window bushings
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Wed, 9 May 2001 23:26:46 -0400
  ...to them as guides) on the bases of the middle sliding side windows. Upon checking with the dealer, and discovering that the originals were...
• Re: Best Tint?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:16:39 -0400
  ...And what about the 2 >> sliding side windows? Do tint shops generally know how to work with Westy >> furniture and windows? >> >> I would like...
• Re: Tom's rain sheds for side windows
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 5 Feb 2020 16:46:03 -0500
  ...the blog post, here. >>> >>> https://shufti.blog/2011/11/17/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen-improved/ >>> >>> Let me know how it compares in shape...
• Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:41:24 -0600
  ...I open the sliding side windows a few inches, the pop top vent, and have a "sniffer" near the floor. 4 years of this...
• A little something for Robb Lightfoot.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 May 1995 21:24:04 +0600
  ...26,017 > Total Produced: > >1) Sliding side windows introduced (replacing swing vent windows) >2) Hydraulic valve lifters > > >1979 Chassis Number 219-2000-001 - 219...
• Re: Best Tint?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:43:06 +0000
  ...And what about the 2 > >> sliding side windows? Do tint shops generally know how to work with Westy > >> furniture and windows? > >> > >> I would like...
• Re: German Tents and new WV Campers?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:13:20 -0400
  ...interiors (mostly EV), roof/bumper/hatch racks (including Paulchen), popout and sliding windows, fridges, stoves, etc, and of course those neat tents. If the...
• 90 Vanagon Westfalia Atlantic TD description (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 12:14:41 +0100
  ...Henceforth the vans were called California (simple version, glass windows, no heater) or Atlantic (complete version). The vans were still built at Westfalia but...
• Early Bus Door Window Frame Resto
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 20:53:34 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Taking these screws out will let you take the sliding and stationary glass out. Also take out the scres that runn along the sliding...
• Re: Window tinting
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:39:29 -0600
  ...but i don't open my sliding windows much, so they aren't scratched at all. now, on my 1980 bus, which did NOT...
• "Iffy" parking areas, neighborhoods, etc. My fix.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:18:48 -0700
  ...Nobody but NOBODY bothers the van, period! I have some of those little red brass signs on all four sides in the windows..'beware...
• Re: Vanagon high-roof sighting
  Historical mailing list - John P. Golden
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:45:42 -0800
  ...It had a white fiberglas > roof similar to the roof on David Schwarze's Safare camper, with the > sliding windows on the sides of...
• Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:13:20 -0400
  ...the rain gutter for the driver's side, in front of the driver's door windows, is different from the others. Rather than being...
• FS: '90 Multivan
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:09:25 -0800
  ...The body has some damage on the passenger side. Nothing severe, a ding in the front right, a whack on the sliding door (needs...
• Re: Friday's corvette problems
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:45:40 -0400
  ...front windshield, side seals, side windows >>2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more >>3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles >>4 - Rear hatch struts...
• Re: known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:25:28 -0400
  ...front windshield, side seals, side windows :::2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more :::3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles :::4 - Rear hatch struts...
• Met The Westy owner from OZ
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 14 May 2001 12:28:49 -0500
  ...Console showed pry bar marks on both sides. Holes both sides of pop-up canvas, pinched too many times. Pop-up gaskets and seals...
• Re: Westy Configurations and Bear-proffing (was Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping)
  Historical mailing list - B
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:59:13 -0700
  ...one-side setup in my current 1982 Westy? >> Personally, I prefer the older layout - that great little cantilevered shelf >> right by the sliding door...
• Re: Window Tint Nightmare :(
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:47:41 -0500
  ...First glance, looks great. >Second glance...looking from one side through to the other...I can see light >coming in around a few windows...
• Syncro Safari in Rochester NY - Blizzard of 99
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 15:39:53 -0800
  ...a line of cars waiting patiently behind a semi slip-sliding away sideways. Wish there would have been a video camera - Great advertising for...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:24:26 -0800
  ...later vans had the exit vents in rear side windows and added rubber seal on front door which I think reduces road noise but...
• 1982 Air-Cooled Ex-Westy, for what it's worth...
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:52:24 -0400
  ...Westy style sliding windows, left and right (no screens). Front door glass. Right front door is good, left has had rust repair. Rear hatch...
• Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:42:00 -0400
  ...the rain gutter for the driver's side, in front of the > >> driver's door windows, is different from the others. Rather than being...