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  • Re: Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:27:36 -0700
    ...This does not leave enough space for the complete Westy upper bed to fit. The foam pads, thin as they are, are still too...
  • Re: Westy Bed hardware
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:06:30 -0800
    ...set of hinges/hardware to make a Westy sized > fold-out bed. I drooled at being able to go to a U-pull yard...
  • Re: top bed ladder?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:10 -0600
    ...on climbing up to top bed. > thanks > Mike
  • Re: '84 Weekender
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:34:47 -0500 (EST)
    ...Weekender? Does that version have all of this > stuff? The weekender has the pop top with bed, rear bench bed and fold out table...
  • Re: Carat Question 1991 - tabs that are below curtain snaps in back seat?
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:33:46 +0100
    ...Yes, they are used to get the belt out of the way when unfolding the bed. Besides, does anyone have a part number for...
  • FS: tan weekender /Z bed sofabed and cushion - fits all passenger vans
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:58:05 EDT
    ...included bed/rear seat, frame, all hardware, and cushion. nice upgrade for the earlier vans or those w/o the sofabed. will work as...
  • Re: Friday Haiku
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:19:23 PDT
    New soft bus bed, wife unawares Deflowering commences tonight Danny D
  • Low priced New Vanagon chrome bumpers
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:52:40 -0400
    --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Re: bed conversion, bumper questions
  • WTB: blue '85-'87 weekender rear bed CUSHION
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:49:34 EST
    title says it all.. TIA chris
  • Dictionary ... part II
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 19 Jun 95 15:14:13 PDT
    ...His came with A/C, refrig, closet, bed, and much more. His web page has pictures of it. - AdventureWagen Steve Johnson: There is a...
  • Re: A far-fetched possibility...Vanagon with pop-out?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Wed, 19 May 2010 14:45:25 -0700
    A simple version would be to copy the slide out beds used on tent trailers. Open the rear hatch, slide your extend-o-bed...
  • Re: westfalia interiors
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:56:47 -0700
    ...More seating, larger bed, more cabin living space. It has no propane, so no stove. No fridge either, just an icebox and sink in...
  • Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:05:42 -0700
    ...It has the full Westy kitchen and lower bed but not the closet. The higher arched passenger ceiling makes living downstairs more pleasant for...
  • Adventurewagen Hi-top camper for sale
    Historical mailing list - Karl M
    Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:18:45 -0400
    ...Westy, shower, 12,000 btu furnace, big comfy bed and slide-out child's bed upstairs, 6 interior lights, fold-out table all around...
  • 1990 Carat interior FOR SALE
    Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
    Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:59:14 -0700
    ...The two jump seats, the table and support hardware, the rear windshield washer and wiper, rear day-bed / seat, seat-belts, molded side panels...
  • Re: AdventureWagen
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Wed, 09 Jul 1997 21:16:35 -0700
    ...Because the lower bed is a variation of the 'weekender' style of bed, the so & I honied that & stuffed the rr's up above...
  • Re: [WetWesties] 2nd try - stuck back seat so cannot lift & convert to bed
    Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
    Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:00:54 -0500
    ...Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:51 AM > Subject: [WetWesties] 2nd try - stuck back seat so cannot lift & convert to > bed > To: wetwesties@yahoogroups...
  • Re: holes
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:51:53 -0700
    ...BenT sent from my electronic leash On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:23 PM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > My DOKA bed...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - drc11
    Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:00 -0700
    ...Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple? Lifting the bed is simple if you are transporting only children on the back seat. The...
  • Australian Trakka TDI!
    Historical mailing list - Donald Woolard
    Wed, 19 May 1999 10:40:05 -0700
    ...Multivan SWB with rear seat/bed and windows. AUD48,260.00 > 2. Multivan SWB with rear seat/bed and windows and POP TOP but...
  • Re: Interesting Bus conversions
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 1 Dec 1994 14:07:18 -0800
    ...Guess I have to start thinking of Texas as a hot-bed of VWs! Expensive VWs... Bill
  • Re: Crypto Vanagonites!
    Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
    Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:52:24 -0800
    ...One guy here in Salem thinks I am crazy for having truck bed liner on the front instead of a bra. Resale value and...
  • Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
    Historical mailing list - jerry baldwin
    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:30:56 -0500
    Last year I replaced the front piece of foam on the upper bed with high density foam and we have a 1" thick piece...
  • looking for folding rear beds for 84 van
    Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
    Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:47:41 EST
    Hi- I am looking for a fold down (weekender?) bed set up for my 84. I want both the rear and middle seats. BUT...
  • Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:55:32 -0600
    Either the practice stopped, or Toyota improved the beds (or I got an exceptional one). My '93 Toyota Pickup (just before the name change...
  • Preferred Pop-Tops
    Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
    Tue, 09 Apr 96 17:22:37 -0700
    ...The "upstairs" bed forms the ceiling of the bus in the rear and there is a welded-in-at-the-factory kind of rib...
  • Re: From rags to westy in a week.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:57:36 EDT
    ...also cut out all the little brackets that secure the rear bed and the > fridge to the floor, and while i'm trying to...
  • Re: Can anyone confirm that 90 and above vanagons all have a weekender style ...
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:10:45 EDT
    ...All, > Just what is the difference between a Z Bed and a Sofa Bed? > thanks, > the same as the difference between "soda" and "pop...
  • Camper Interior Measurements
    Historical mailing list - C B
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:46:41 -0700
    ...measurements? Front of rear lower bed (in sleeping position) to manual gear shift lever Front of rear lower bed to passenger seat back when...
  • Re: Crazy pop-top modification idea
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 4 Jul 2011 15:39:07 -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: Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:04:30 -0700
    ...I almost went with a travel theme fabric but it would have ended up with printing-artwork sideways and possibly given the bed that...
  • screens for front doors
    Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
    Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:56:02 -0400
    ...bad thing is you have to store these screens somewhere (between pop-top bed) also figured out that if you flip the top bed...
  • Re: Upper bunk foam
    Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:22:06 -0700
    ...Upper bunk foam > > The reason I made the upper bed more comfortable is that when it's hot, I like sleeping up there. The...
  • GL conversion to Carat?
    Historical mailing list - Terry Buchanan
    Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:12:48 -0700
    ...The GL has the rear seat that turns into a bed, as the Carat does, but I don't know if they are the...
  • Re: RV plates in Minnesota?
    Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
    Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:07:25 EST
    ...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: end of camping season????
    Historical mailing list - 87 Westy
    Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:04:05 -0700
    http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/searchSKU.asp?order_num=-1&SSTR=featherbed&
  • Re: OMG...non shredded shreddy tan corduroy!!
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:58:19 -0600
    ...The bed -- it appears that the bed is narrower in the rear than in the portion consisting of the rear seat. Or am I...
  • Re: Carat table not fit w regular rear seat
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:31:37 EST
    In a message dated 1/30/01 3:24:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes: > The Wolfy/Carat rear bench/beds...
  • Re: full westy -vs- weekender
    Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
    Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:53:58 EDT
    ...At bed time, I put the tubs up front on the seats and stretch out on the big bed. It's worth the trouble...
  • The Cool Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:07:24 -0700
    I'd like to find an ice chest that will fit under the front edge of Mellow Yellow's bed when the bed is...
  • Upper bunk weight limit?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:24:42 -0500
    ...They get the bottom bed, we get the top (less risk of rolling out and it's smaller!). Got me thinking - if the top...
  • Re: Westy Table Dimensions
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:11:33 EDT
    ...I know I'd have to ensure that it cleared the bed, but haven't exactly thought out a design. I'm considering getting...
  • Another Pop Top Heart Stopper
    Historical mailing list - Gronfor, Kristoffer
    Tue, 7 May 2002 08:57:45 -0500
    ...It scared me and I thought no more of it, until the next morning when I couldn't get out of bed. The doctors...
  • The cross bar under the rear bench seat GL
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:24:55 -0700
    Anybody ever cut this bar away? I believe it keeps both sides of the z bed mechanism in synch as you pull the seat...
  • Re: 2.1 WBX Single Cab Asking Price: About Right?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 31 May 2015 12:24:17 -0700
    ...The bed looked ok but was mostly covered with a heavy rubber matt. I saw no point in looking under it. There was multiple...
  • Re: Whole Pop top conversion
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:17:57 -0800
    ...When we were younger the narrow lower Westy bed was fine and climbing up to the upper bed was less difficult. Now we are...
  • Re: Dictionary ... part II
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Mon, 19 Jun 1995 19:16:01 -0700 (PDT)
    ...His came with A/C, refrig, closet, bed, > and much more. His web page has pictures of it. I think Dave and Dean are...
  • Re: Westy Bed hardware
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:21:57 -0800
    I have thrown plenty of those GL beds away. I have a couple now I am ready to be rid of. Bring your Vanagon...
  • Re: TV antenna
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:09:39 -0700
    ...Laptop set up on the stove/sink cover so visible from passenger seat (facing to the rear) or the bed or set up on...
  • ...simply reverse the procedure to reassemble...
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:43:18 -0700
    < https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BEDE66YvVIeYZ7w-SoTA1NMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink > Angus
  • Rear Bench Seat Question
    Historical mailing list - zzyzx
    Sat, 6 Oct 2012 14:08:22 -0700
    Do all rear 1989 Vanagon 7 passenger van seats fold down into beds?
  • Re: spray bed liner on propane tank?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Wed, 16 May 2007 15:25:55 -0400
    Dont they have to paint them black up in Candada?
  • Re: Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:27:29 -0400
    ...It doesn't look too tough to cut the second hole for the bed. Developing business and guiding change since 1996, G. Matthew Bulley...
  • POP TOP Conversion
    Historical mailing list - Chet Douglas
    Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:47:02 -0700
    ...The flip over section that completes the upstairs bed had to be raised about an 1.5" above where it was originally designed to...
  • Re: DoubleCab Bed Size
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:05:17 -0700
    ...What are the dimensions of the Double Cab cargo >bed? Also, about how high is it from the ground, and how high is it...
  • Re: re. double door vanagon pics..(sliding doors on both sides)
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:46:19 -0600
    my bed doesn't seem to jive, either. aaron '87 syncro -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
  • Re: Pop top weight
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:33:07 -0700
    ...This did not include any upper bed parts > though I may weigh those too someday soon. That bed stuff is not heavy. > in any...
  • Re: spray bed liner on propane tank?
    Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
    Mon, 14 May 2007 18:49:18 -0400
    ...has anyone used bed liner on their propane tanks? any issues? better than paint? thanks justin
  • Rear deck mod and bed hinges
    Historical mailing list - Ikard
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:40:52 -0700
    ...I read somewhere that you could buy modified hinges for the rear seat so that it is raised in the bed position but normal...
  • Re: bathtubs
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:04:28 -0500
    If you are talking about the bottom fold out bed, ok. But, those two people would make for a tight fit! ---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav...