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  • Syncro update - body work
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0700
    ...work and small replacement panel - (rear passenger side bottom panel between fender and sliding door). Windows are out and rust around three frames is...
  • Re: '93 Eurovan found in s.e. penna. U-pull it junkyard..complete
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Wed, 4 May 2005 13:48:03 -0600
    ...Look under the sliding door side. The rear heater that is often looked for is right under there. Somebody may want that. jimt > folks...
  • Parting Out 87 Wolfsburg
    Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
    Tue, 19 Aug 2003 05:21:44 -0500
    ...This model did not come with the full surround, so the sliding door and driver's side middle sections have no fiberglass. It has...
  • Re: replacing window glass seals
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:06:35 -0800
    ...they chose to mount > the screen on the outside of the sliding windows by screwing them into the > body panel *through* the window gasket...
  • Re: Curtains and privacy...
    Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
    Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:52:36 -0500
    ...With the exception of the front windshield, all the > windows have metal around them on all sides. > > Sheri > > -- > > Sheri Motsenbocker > Santa Cruz, California > > mailto...
  • Re: ZSI in Nevada is liquidating their collection of doublecabs & other euro T3's
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:54:05 -0700
    ...glove box, just a shelf. > had rubber floor mats. > side windows do not have sliding parts, just solid. > Comes with Bill of Sale. Located...
  • Re: westy speaker location.
    Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
    Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:35:58 -0500
    ...windows open. 7. Position the 6x9's anyway you want. Let the wiring be on the long side and set them outside the sliding...
  • Re: Cats Onboard [was: road hazards]
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Fri, 26 Apr 1996 22:59:23 -0500 (CDT)
    ...That is why I want > to make all windows safe to be left open. When stopped I will crank > the louvered windows open and...
  • Re: Curtains and privacy...
    Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
    Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:55:57 -0500
    ...With the exception of the front windshield, all the > windows have metal around them on all sides. > > Sheri > > -- > > Sheri Motsenbocker > Santa Cruz, California > > mailto...
  • Re: Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - andrewbell
    Mon, 14 May 2001 22:49:29 -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...
  • New Eurovan info...
    Historical mailing list - John Gladu
    Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:44:19 -0500
    ...Power windows, with "one-touch" UP & down, pinch protection 170cid V6 ------ Small sticker on sliding door window... US/Canadian parts content: 1% Major sources...
  • Re: Door vents
    Historical mailing list - Karl Vochatzer
    Fri, 29 Aug 1997 16:36:00 -0500
    ...back of the rear most side windows. I've even pulled the tape and put the blue sliding plastic on my 88 door vents...
  • Re: exterior shower vanagon, additional interior lighting, console, keys
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 4 Feb 1997 13:38:27 -0500 (EST)
    ...or sliding door > area. Hard to believe with all that Westfalia engineering, we can't even > have a light when the side door opens...
  • Re: Tom's rain sheds for side windows
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 5 Feb 2020 18:20:53 -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: value of 84 adventure wagon
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:08:08 -0800
    ...I read recently one AW owner paid $ 1,200 for new top side windows, installed, I think it was. ) a Westy by comparison is...
  • Re: van paint job
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:20:10 -0700
    The clear coat on my 90 Burgundy Westy is peeling - especially around the windshield, and also on the sliding door where I rubbed against...
  • Re: For Sale -- Magnetic Window Screens
    Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
    Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:30:09 -0400
    ...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: known Vanagon problems
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:58:04 -0700
    ...front windshield, side seals, side windows > 2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more > 3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles > 4 - Rear hatch struts...
  • FS: Lots-Of-Parts II
    Historical mailing list - Benjita
    Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:17:31 EST
    ...Vented Windows 60 $25.00 2 Front Door Window 50 $25.00 2 Sliding Side Window 75 $30.00 2 Rear Side Window 30...
  • '90 vanagon 15,000 firm
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
    Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:22:23 -0400
    ...in between the gas cap and sliding door (fender mount??) a small dent in the rear drivers side quarter panel, a missing front table...
  • Re: Premium parts donor bought, soon to be in custody
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:52:38 -0700
    ...hit in each side. >Both front and rear are supposed to still look great. Only the interior >seating and sliding door has been sold...
  • Cutting a Vanagon into quarters!
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall (Fast Forward)
    Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:29:27 -0700
    ...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: Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Mon, 14 May 2001 21:42:21 -0700
    ...Console showed pry bar marks on both sides. > Holes both sides of pop-up canvas, pinched too many times. > Pop-up gaskets and seals...
  • Update on Blue Rustagon
    Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
    Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:33:03 +0200
    ...rustspots at the windows -sigh............... Rusted throug under accelerator pedal, one hole under passenger feet, doorsteps have small rusthole both sides, a bit of...
  • Re: I think my curtains are smarter than me...
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:16:06 -0700
    ...just tuck behind the plastic covered > wires that run along the sides, or do the > wires get threaded through the bottoms > of the curtains...
  • Re: [vanagon] Re: How do I separate the windows from the frames?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:49:29 -0700
    Hi Chris, I recently had a professional tint shop do Mellow Yellow's windows and all I did was remove the sliding windows for...
  • Re: Whole Pop top conversion
    Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
    Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:10:06 +0000
    ...way and some have.But removing the >windshield, all side windows, rear hatch, sliding door, etc, cutting, >fitting, and welding all 8 pillars is...
  • VW Van kits, toys, for baywindow/breadloafs.
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 26 Jun 1995 20:56:43 -0700
    ...Tomy make a japanese (RHD) bread-loaf with an operating sliding door- a treasure from my trip in 1987. I've also got a...
  • Re: Best Tint?
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:44:58 -0700
    ...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: Fuzzy Gasket
    Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
    Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:14:31 -0400
    ...cabin, out the vents over the sliding door. The passage is there on the driver's side too, but is covered with a block...
  • Re: Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Mon, 14 May 2001 20:14:33 -0400
    ...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: Tom's rain sheds for side windows
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:21:51 -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: a rack to put a canoe on the top and Eurovan
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:35:53 -0500
    ...you run the side straps over the boat and attach them where? Running them under open windows would prevent the sliding door from opening...
  • Strange Bus Sighting
    Historical mailing list - Bill Ernest
    Mon, 22 Apr 96 09:12:00 PDT
    ...The door itself was not a sliding type but swung out like the driver/passenger side doors and the windows above that section sung...
  • Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
    Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
    Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:21:01 -0700
    ...the rain gutter for the driver's side, in front of the >> driver's door windows, is different from the others. Rather than being...
  • 82 diesel,,problems solved, solutions found, first night, a few spare parts.
    Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
    Wed, 24 Jul 2002 18:01:29 -0700
    ...anyone removed the fabric tent ? i'd like a damaged one for a pattern, so i can make one with side windows also. clay
  • Re: pop out on westy
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:11:03 -0700
    ...out the side panel between the "B" and "C" pillars and replace it with a slide out section using an old sliding door as...
  • Re: Screens and Wiper Fluid Pump
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:08:21 -0700 (PDT)
    ...access to the inside of the sliding window. > I noticed someone posted how to remove those windows but > it sure doesn't appear easy...
  • Re: Heat
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:19:39 PDT
    ...Fresh air vents in an air-cooled Vanagon are the two on the dash facing the rear, next to the side windows, and the...
  • for sale: RARE vanagon parts
    Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
    Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:49:19 -0700
    ...pair of vanagon sliding side windows w/ screens (screens will come w/ them). these fit ALL '85-91 vanagons. they are from a '85...
  • Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:50:20 -0700
    ...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: Seat Modifications
    Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
    Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:01:07 -0500
    ...find a camper, Also you might want to get the sliding side windows > > that have screens for camping. (Other screen alternatives are night use...
  • Bus Plus Fuss
    Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
    23 Jan 97 03:44:01 EST
    ...there are also cupholders (always broken) in this side panel too. there is also a little side panel on the right, behind the sliding...
  • Re: Denver U-pull-it update
    Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
    Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:19:19 +0000
    ...At least one of the black trimmed sliding windows (that accept screens) looked useable but might need new glass. Almost everything that didn't...
  • Re: brake pedal pumping / master cyl Q
    Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
    Sat, 17 Mar 2001 20:50:48 -0600
    ...Open the windows so that you can hear when the wheels are sliding. Try some hard stops from various speeds. By checking the skid...
  • Re: FS: '93 Eurovan MV w/ jumpseats, bed, table $1500 MUST SELL
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:32:57 EDT
    ...it has a perfect interior, capt chairs, sofabed w/ cushion, rear storage cabinet under cushion, sliding side windows, jumpseats, jumpseat trays, flip out side...
  • Re: Eurovan MV???
    Historical mailing list - Jeff DeLeeuw
    Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:28:08 -0700
    ...seat bed, sliding side windows with screens, and a small cooler beneath the mid-row passenger seat on the driver's side. The conversion...
  • FS: 87 Westy in PA. $6900
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:30:06 -0400
    ...4 speed, air conditioning (works), power windows (work), central locking system (doesn't work), factory cruise control (doesn't work). AM/FM/CD Changer...
  • Re: '93 Eurovan found in s.e. penna. U-pull it junkyard..complete
    Historical mailing list - Joe Lin
    Wed, 4 May 2005 12:56:12 -0700
    ...Look under the sliding door side. The rear heater that is often looked for is right under there. Somebody may want that. jimt > folks...
  • Re: Reliability or something else? was Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:12:24 -0700
    ...the passenger side. > Windows that open in the way back next to the passenger(s). > Maybe a light over the sliding door opening? This...
  • a long last...a useful post
    Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
    Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:26:28 -0600
    ...My PO has long since lost the screens that go into the sliding side windows. I read everyone's posts about the various ways...
  • cost of vanagon parts??
    Historical mailing list - David M
    Sat, 28 Aug 1999 21:47:50 -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: known Vanagon problems
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:33:56 -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...
  • question: '76 or '77, possible purchase, what to look for
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:08:20 GMT
    ...No sliding windows in back. All cabinetry on drivers side. Body has, well, cracks in a few places where looks like swiped something lightly...
  • was: MIA now: Bug-O-Rama report
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Tue, 28 May 2002 09:30:15 EDT
    ...cabinet in the lower cargo compartment, swiveling rear captains chairs, rear sliding windows, sunroof, factory over the a-pillar to the rear bed roll...
  • Re: Whole Pop top conversion
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:14:15 -0500
    ...way and some have.But removing the > windshield, all side windows, rear hatch, sliding door, etc, cutting, > fitting, and welding all 8 pillars is...
  • aerodynamics: kinetically induced noise due to boundary layer separation
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 01 Aug 94 09:01:53 CDT
    ...my experimentation has conclusively shown that it is the mirrors that cause the noise at the front vent windows. :) and opening the vent windows...
  • Re: bay window vs waterboxer westy (long)
    Historical mailing list - Ben huot
    Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:49:19 -0400
    ...jpg ) the louvered windows (each side) of the bay windows are simply amazing. The stupid sink module in the sliding door entrance... is stupid...
  • Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond, window air scoop
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:12:36 -0400
    ...My prototype is 1/4" (maybe 3/16"?) plywood cut to fit in the opening of the westy sliding window on the passenger side...
  • Vanagon Garage Sale Announcement
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:59:12 -0500
    ...Set of Westy style sliding side windows. Set of standard vanagon sliding side windows. Numerous windows. Front doors from a burgundy and white 84...