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• Re: New to the list.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 18:29:15 -0600
  ...The bed takes up 15" of that when folded out, leaving about 35" between the bed end and the bulkhead or front of floor...
• Re: Crazy pop-top modification idea
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Wed, 6 Jul 2011 22:30:46 -0700
  ...Loren - I've got kids sleeping up top, so I can't pull the bed. It does occur to me that the area in...
• Bad weekend for busses....
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Grant
  Mon, 19 Sep 94 14:25:22 WET DST
  ...TVs stopped being watchable and so its time to go to bed. Just got into bed when the local yobbos on their way back...
• Re: Over the bed storage
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:17:22 -0800
  ...Any info on how the westy over the bedstorage attaches to the ceiling of the van? Anyone else put a shelf/cupboard like this...
• Re: Need rear bed/foam
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 May 2000 11:13:56 EDT
  ...I don't know if it was an option in 84, but I would like to have that big foam bedding that goes over...
• Weight Capacity (NOT TIRES...)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:41:23 -0400
  Anyone know, guess, the weight capacity of the "upstairs" bed in a westy... Matt
• Re: Z-bed
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:33:47 EDT
  you can just buy your own 4" pad and sew a cover for it! andy
• poptop campers and buses for sale
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:17:16 EST
  ...Hydr lifters, poptop canvas excellent, green/grn plaid, interior excellent, swivel pass seat, table, sink/icebox, bed, sleeps 4 w/ bed in poptop, childs...
• Re: westy manuals and other stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Oct 1994 21:58:57 -0400 (EDT)
  > > > > > There are three on each front door, two underneath the back > > seat/bed, two within the AC compartment above the pullout > > seat/bed and...
• Re: Rear deck mod and bed hinges
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:09:46 -0700
  ...Basically the mattress is about as thick as a typical engine cover mod, so when you put the seat into the bed position, move...
• Re: holes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:51 -0700
  ...I used > http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=R822CS-S > on the bed and > http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=R822CS-P...
• Re: Rear Bench Seat Question
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:22:39 -0500
  ...in those that fold into a > proper bed. > > Mark > > zzyzx wrote: >> Do all rear 1989 Vanagon 7 passenger van seats fold down into beds? >> >
• Diagram of bed
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:09:36 -0400
  For those who have been to the VW Rust/Heat/Noise website http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/ and wondered how the bed contraption...
• Re: Need advice on a place to stay in New Haven
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:46:42 -0500
  ...with Bunk beds (for three nights) but this doesn't seem like much fun. > Is there a nice state park, bed and breakfast etc...
• Re: Weekender cooking
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 23:59:17 EDT
  ...middle seat) w/o all the mumbo-jumbo and the larger bed. when it comes to moving large things around or storage the regular...
• Re: * SW Penna.* Interiors and Other Stuff For Sale
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:15:18 EDT
  ...All in good condition. '84 - front seats, blue '86 - complete interior with fold out bed, blue '89 - center seat from van with fold out...
• Re: Rear closet permanent removal Was: Rear closet temporary removal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:26:11 -0400
  ...And the small partial grain on part of the bed is not the same as gaining a queen size bed like the passenger vans...
• Re: Adding Westy Top, was: No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:36:33 -0700
  ...The top kit does not necessarily include an upper > bed. That is a separate option. > > http://www.t3-infos.de/images/Mosaik-Joker_Aufstelldach...
• Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:39 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: [VANAGON] Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple? Lifting the bed is simple if you are transporting only...
• Re: Rubber Mats
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 29 May 2008 12:56:14 -0600
  I have a 3/8" thick rubber mat that covers the entire bed of my DC- very heavy/tough etc. I went to a...
• Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY ??? IN ONE WEEDEND ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:04:14 -0700
  There have been Westy poptop VW Vans made over many years that did not have an upper bed. Many European model Vanagon campers have...
• Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:43:10 -0700
  That's how I use mine also, don't even take the bedding off when I fold it over on top of itself when...
• Z bed adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:11:28 +0000
  Hello all.  My Z bed is acting up.  The other day I propped the seat up to the first stop to access tool storage...
• Re: Factory vinyl camper bed/rear seat covers?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:57:00 EDT
  ...vinyl covers have all the correct factory pleats, and the rear bed portion has a zipper for the mattress to be inserted. The rear...
• FS: Folding Bench Seat/Bed Free - U-pick-up, also, used gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:31:20 -0500
  I have a full size bench seat that folds down to form a bed. I don't have the foam pad that covers the...
• Rear sofabed for sale...was Re: am looking for a rear seat that folds into a bed
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 May 2004 10:17:24 EDT
  ...I would like to put a > rear seat that folds into a bed for weekend camping. My current rear seat > folds > down, but not...
• Re: Assist bar for getting into bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 05:51:41 -0700
  ...There's this nice shelf to put my bedtime book on along with my reading glasses, a glass of water, the lighting is up...
• Re: Engine cover, History
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:49:51 -0700
  ...Inflammable bed cushions made exclusively for VWs! Guess it wouldn't get past the marketing geeks tho'. On 7/2/08, John Bange <jbange...
• Re: Bed foam
  Historical mailing list - fonman4277
  Tue, 1 Oct 2019 08:37:40 -0500
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• Re: Stuck in Albuquerque
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:49:48 -0700
  Oh hell, now that Larry's on it, I'm going to bed! Thanks, Miguel
• Re: Vanagon GL interior upgrades.
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:10:20 -0700
  Yeah...my '89 Syncro GL pax van has the full size fold down bed, and it isn't a carat, nor a weekender AFAIK...
• where to get coolers
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:21:13 -0400
  ...snip :::Anyway, the plastic cooler we have is too tall to fit under the open :::bed-shelf and is pretty much in the way...
• Amish Inspired Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:23:22 -0800
  ...on one side, and with the use of dividors put you bedding and extra jackets and things on the other side... would be a...
• Re: the 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:02:59 -0700
  ...The bed works with the seat facing fwd (I have an '84). Rob becida@comcast.net
• Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:01:31 EST
  ...Now stop trying to replicate the toasty warm comfort of your bedroom and enjoy the great outdoors for what they are from inside a...
• Top Bunk Safety
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Fri, 28 May 1999 00:05:59 -0700
  ...The bed is made up from a fixed rear section with a separate section that pulls foreword and drops into place leaving a drop...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:24:58 -0800
  ...Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed Will those work in a Westy? (With all the bloody seat combinations, I can never...
• Fw: South African Secrets Revealed (Ken comes clean!)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:34:04 -0600
  ...South African Secrets Revealed (Ken comes clean!) Since the rear area will be raised, how will you handle weekender and Westy beds? They won...
• Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:55:12 -0800
  Bed, Bath and beyond has one that just about fits into a camper bed. Mike On 3/10/10 11:50 AM, "Jeff Lincoln...
• Re: Sleeping comfort in campers??
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:39:47 -0500
  ...McCarthy wrote: > > I supplement the top pad with an 'egg crate foam' bedroll. I happened to > gt one upon leaving the hospital once (but...
• Re: Does anyone have a pic of a upper bunk?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:12:51 EDT
  ...for the upper bunk etc, but don't understand where the bed would be. I figure its on the inside of the popup top...
• Re: Bed liner paint suitable to paint on new gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:58:22 -0500
  I don't see why it wouldn't work to paint it with the bedliner paint. Read the paint directions carefully though - if a...
• Re: Z-Bed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:13:18 -0700
  ...on this Z bed...........he did say he'd entertain offers, so not quite that no price was mentioned, and now I/we know...
• Re: Upper bunk weight limit?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:31:18 -0500
  The bed hasn't failed no matter what or who we put up there, but a kid did fall to the floor once. Amazingly...
• Re: Wanted: front child cot/hammock
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 May 2013 05:46:15 -0400
  ...This is as wide as the bed and stores right in front of the bed when it's folded up and top down. It...
• Re: Westy 'style' pop top on a SOB
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:50:14 -0400
  That bed is queen sized. It is a much roomier vehicle than a Vanagon. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 7, 2014, at 9...
• Re: the list owner ship, what a VW means to me & these beds...
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:14:59 -0400
  ...In each case, trimmed widthwise, and cut to fit underneath each cushion separately, making it easier to get the bed to fold. A double...
• Re: westy middle seats for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 11:28:56 -0400
  ...I have 1 of these in blue velour too (out of a weekender bed GL) if anyone is interested. Seat backs tilt forward to...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:25:17 -0500
  ...Anybody > encountered this symptom before? > > Drew Bedford > 83.5 Westy > Park City, Utah >
• Re: Weekender vs. Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:52:38 EDT
  In a message dated 8/14/01 12:02:37 PM, abusguy2@SPRINGMAIL.COM writes: << I have been looking for a bed\seat for...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:55:08 -0700
  ...Seat/Bed Swap > > >> The 84 Wolfsburg hardtop is the original weekender, IMHO. It has a bench >> that makes into a true bed, has massive...
• Weekenders and Stuff (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 16 Apr 1995 15:12:34 -0500 (CDT)
  ...what was the earliest year vanagon to come with the weekender package, (fold down bed) can i/how much will it be to put...
• Road trip from Florida to Pennsylvania
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Mon, 6 Mar 2017 14:38:33 -0500
  ...If anyone has or knows of a place to find a rear bed/bench, rock and roll bed, z bed or whatever, please do...
• Re: How the HECK do I turn the back seat into a bed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:15:41 -0800
  ...How the HECK do I turn the back seat into a bed? > > I just bought a '91 Weekender and can't, for the life...
• Bed "pads"?
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:05:03 -0800
  ...I picked up a 4" memory foam bed and replaced the stock cushion with that. You cannot however use that same memory foam for...
• Re: moving qn bed with vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 22:47:05 -0700
  DAVID MOST wrote: > > I'd like to move a queen size bed with a regular vanagon, and I'm > wondering if anyone has any...
• Seat Modifications
  Historical mailing list - James Cardwell
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 06:49:05 -0800
  ...A rear seat that folds down to a bed would have been ideal for over-nighting at put-in's. The 83 - 7 passenger...
• Re: camper closet removal?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:37:58 -0700
  I think this general idea would help a lot of couples be more comfortable in the lower bed. Personally I am more likely to...
• Blue z bed NY
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:59:38 +0000
  ...Z bed and rear seat are in good condition and too nice to trash. Panels middle seat carpet AC rear heater + so much more...
• There once was a dog...
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:35:25 -0700
  There once was a dog that decided that part of the bed and a piece of my jump seat seat belt assembly was mighty...