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• Window fell down
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:51:46 -0500
  My drivers side window fell down - I got the panel mostly off and kind of gerry-rigged it up....is this a common occurrence...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Hal Wigoda
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 06:59:01 -0500
  Well, while I was in California last week, I saw a bubble window bus with Alaska licence plates with a sliding door on both...
• Side Screen replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 19:20:26 EST
  My 82 camper needs the sliding window screens replaced. The PO had done a not so neat repair on both of them with masking...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 06 Apr 94 16:19:02 CDT
  ...that option on a bus with windows. The body i know for a fact that double sliding doors WERE available for the 1971 model...
• Re: jalousie windows in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - DGT
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:50:13 -0600
  ...Has any one ever seen a screen for > the regular vanagon sliding windows, not the camper ones. Yup. They're out there. I've...
• wiper switch/ sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:28:34 -0400
  ...Can anyone tell me how to proceed ? Also, can anyone offer any tips on servicing sliding windows which are always loose and no longer...
• Re: Rear Sliding window modificaiton - Success
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:30:11 -0400
  ...Rear Sliding window modificaiton - Success At 12:02 PM 8/1/2011, Daniel O Stevens wrote... >I made this to be installed backwards to...
• Screened Sliders
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Swezey
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:46:16 +0000
  Anyone ever put Westy screened sliding side windows in a regular Vanagon? Are the window frames the same? VW wants about $600 for the...
• Re: Window Size
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:57:25 -0500
  ...CFL.RR.COM> writes: > Can someone tell me how big the sliding window opening is above the > stove in a westy? Width and Height...
• Body parts for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:01:36 -0400
  vanagon 81-85 body parts for sale passengers door drivers door sliding door rear hatch NO Dings NO rust Ready for shipping Bay window...
• double sliding door Eurovan - movies
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:15:04 -0700
  ...Anyhoo, the interesting bit is that the sound guy is set up in a white Eurovan (windows, not panel) with two sliding doors. He...
• Re: Rear Side window slider now at GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:05:36 -0600
  ...TomV of Aspen has the two middle sliding windows in his Syncro mounted upside-down. That gives you the opening at the rear of...
• Re: Leaky sliding window repairs?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:37:58 -0600
  ...of the list members have any experience replacing parts in the >sliding window or have a quick sealing tip or two? I haven't...
• Re: quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:34:34 -0500
  ...here you go > >http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen/ > >alistair > > > > >On 2011-11-16, at 3:26 PM...
• Re: Removing sliding window screens
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:52:36 -0500
  ...as it's > getting a bit brittle) the screens to the sliding windows? All I > got from the archives is that I must use...
• Re: squeaky side window
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 20:35:02 -0700
  Data Services wrote: > The aluminum screened sliding window on the sides of my Westy scream like a banshee when slid back and forth. Especially...
• Re: Tinting Westy Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - George Nahrebecky
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:05:58 -0300
  ...After looking at my westy and > the sliding windows, he turned down the job. This guy was such a > perfectionist, and he said the...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 09:44:39 -0300
  ...the sliding door quieter and it got focused on the wrong >> problem. >> Ask about lubricants and get: >> 1. Pee out the window >> 2. Use...
• Re: Middle window, Reversing sides
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:42:49 +0000
  ...Middle window, Reversing sides I noticed that a person could reach through the sliding windows and unlock the van so wondered if the windows...
• Re: How do I remove the sliding window catch - 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:39:23 -0700
  ...How do I remove the sliding window catch - 82 westy > In a message dated 7/3/05 8:29:36 PM, rrecardo@WEBTV.NET...
• Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:13:19 -0800
  ...vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option) On 12/13/05, Chris Renz <aircooledchris@eucasafari.vendioweb.com> wrote: > > wouldnt the regular camper sliders fit...
• Re: westy bug screens into vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Mon, 1 May 2000 14:17:00 EDT
  ...Stuart MacMillan wrote: >The Westy sliding side windows are specific to the Westy and come with >screens <snip> "Kapitan Ray Nemo" wrote: >Westy (and...
• Re: Need a (gasp) dealer-only part, and the dealer is inept
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:55:17 -0700
  ...They are the same for all sliding windows and are "cut to fit". I do not have the part number before me, it is...
• Rear Hatch Tent
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:20:30 -0700
  ...Also, any tried and true designs for building window screens to cover the side (sliding) windows? Any suggestions are appreciated, just don't tell...
• Wanted ASAP: Sliding door window
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 1 Jan 2004 16:43:02 -0800
  I'm looking for a side door window ASAP (I'm leaving for a month on Jan 5). Does anyone have one and could...
• Re: Window Seals-Vendor Comments Please!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 26 May 2012 01:14:32 -0400
  ...However, there are different sliding door window seals for 1980-85 and 1986-91. If the door on your van is not original then...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:16:42 -0700
  ...sliding middle windows? Thanks. roger sisler wrote: Hello,do the side windows of all vanagons, fit all vanagons? I mean the rear side window...
• Re: noise reduction sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:37:12 -0700
  ...deadening material in there due to the windows. Put some plastic >rapped fiberglass insulation in the sliding door and that large panel on >the...
• Re: Broken Window - Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:51:11 -0700
  > >On the drivers side (of my 81 Westy) behind the sink and stove there is a >sliding window. One piece of the window slides...
• Re: sliding door vent window
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:04:55 -0500
  ...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: Ripoff on Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:16:19 -0400
  ...Ripoff on Vancouver Island > > I called Malahat Auto Parts looking for a drivers side middle sliding > window for a westfalia and he quoted me...
• sliding windows 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:52:54 -0500
  ...my vans siding side windows seem to have gotten loose and well if you know this model/year they have these sides with grooves...
• Re: Window fell down
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:20:21 EST
  In a message dated 3/2/05 10:56:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, ahurley@VIEWIT.COM writes: > My drivers side window fell down...
• Re: screens
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 9 May 2006 22:24:50 -0600
  ...The channel material I bought fits perfectly in the sliding window channels. You open the window, put the screen in the goove and then...
• Re: Window Seal / Scraper options?
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:21:31 -0700
  ...generic "by the foot" window sealing/scraper options for the > roll downs in the front and the sliding windows in the back? Looks like...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:30:57 -0700
  ...cover, under the rear passanger window of the car). This is for an '85 with the newer style sliding door (So anything '85+) I...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
  Wed, 06 Apr 1994 08:34:29 -0500 (EST)
  ...it had no middle seat but a rear seat that folded flat to make a bed and 2 sliding windows. Bill
• Parts for sale from 85 camper
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 21:28:18 -0600
  I have lots of parts salvaged from a local camper, including all the air conditioning parts, fuel injection components, sliding side windows, and the...
• removing sliding side windows -was removing tint
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Sun, 15 May 2005 21:20:32 EDT
  ...However, what I can't figure out how to do is to remove the sliding windows. Clearly it is not a big deal, since...
• Size of Westy side window opening vs. Tintop
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Sep 2019 00:38:43 +0000
  A Westy just parked across the street from me.  As I have noticed from time to time, the Westy side window configuration is different...
• New Arrivals. Wind Deflectors, Paulchen racks, screen kits.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:51:23 EST
  ...tinted (in stock - limited quantities) *Front window inserts - louvered powder coated aluminum with insect screens (in stock!) *Sliding door opening screen kits - include snaps...
• Miscelanios Whatnot
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:14:57 -0600
  ...1) side Wolfsburg table (1) L/H sliding side window assembly (Black) (1) R/H sliding widow assembly ( silver ) (2) rear black ash trays...
• Re: Driver and Passenger door window screens - 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:43:05 -0700
  Did you mean sliding window screen for the camper? I recall seeing them either at Bus Depot or GoWesty. They are quite spendy but...
• Re: Window Latch Removal
  Historical mailing list - Steve Green
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 04:33:15 GMT
  ...1998 21:15:47 -0400, 71714.2576@COMPUSERVE.COM wrote: >Does anyone know how to remove the latches from the sliding windows for >reuse?
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:00:23 -0400
  ...is the fix for that: > >>> > >> http://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/3990/sliding- > window-screen-lh-rh-?v= > >>> > >>> Stuart > >>> > >>>> On Jun 20, 2018, at...
• Re: Driver and Passenger door window screens - 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:06:23 -0700
  ...I have posted some pictures of my front window 'sock' bug nets at: http://photos.yahoo.com/mwstebbins click on "Bug Netting" (or any...
• Emergency/temporary window rubber fix
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:08:52 -0800
  ...window ( http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_262_400/right_wing_window_weatherstrip_seal_1_per_door.html * Window in the sliding...
• Re: westy bug screens into vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Mon, 1 May 2000 13:02:29 EDT
  >Stuart wrote: >The Westy sliding side windows are specific to the Westy and come with screens, but the rear hatch screen will work. You...
• Re: Tom's rain sheds for side windows
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:03:26 -0500
  ...blog/2011/11/17/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen-improved/ <https://shufti.blog/2011/11/17/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen-improved/> > > > Alistair > >> On...
• Re: S.A. rear slider windows and armrests
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:59:52 -0600
  ...pic at the url is backwards (hint look at the license plate) Michael, Even better hint-sliding door is on the wrong side! Larry
• Re: SA Quad round driving light grille....(rear side window)
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 13:51:00 UT
  ...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: Window-unit A/C?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:20:55 -0400
  ...could build a mounting panel to fit in one of the sliding >window openings. Does anyone make a power invertor stout enought to run...
• Parting out '88 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:58:03 -0500
  ...Complete overhead A/C system (grey) All Window glass (even the sliding windows with the black frames) Rear seat/bed (just the seat no...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:10:40 -0400
  ...follows the top of the window seal) but apparently it does not interfere with the opening of the sliding door. Karl. On Sun, Mar...
• Screens for Westy Weekender Side Windows?
  Historical mailing list - DB
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:35:13 -0500
  Hi Gang, I know metal screens are stock on the sliding side windows on Westy full campers, but are they available for the Weekender...
• Re: Window Tint Nightmare :(
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:05:48 -0400
  On the GoldBrick the only place I have light peeking through is at the handle on the sliding windows (they didn't remove the...
• Window Locks
  Historical mailing list - PlayDoh
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 22:18:15 -0400
  ...had another chance... > >Matt >'81 Westy (with sticks shoved in my sliding windows now) > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lawrence Johnson" <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA...
• Re: screens
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 2006 22:50:07 -0500
  ...window. They work great and fit all year non Westies. We also offer several German made screen kits for the cab, sliders, sliding door...
• Vanagon Stuff for sale!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:45:31 EDT
  ...sliding windows w/ screens (fit all 80-84 vans) -vanagon front vent wing windows -vanagon front door panels, hatch panels -85-'91 vanagon sliding...
• Vanagon Stuff for sale!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:36:06 EST
  ...sliding windows w/ screens (fit all 80-84 vans) -vanagon front vent wing windows -vanagon front door panels, hatch panels -85-'91 vanagon sliding...