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  • Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:47:44 -0500
    ...reversing sliding side windows fish In a message dated 1/28/03 11:57:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT writes...
  • Window Louvers(Side sliding windows)
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:09:00 -0700
    They keep out rain, sun, and provide great ventilation, and HEY! they also keep thieves hands out! I have been looking to make a...
  • Spiffing up the sliding glass frames
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 18 May 2005 11:19:37 -0700
    I'd like to spiff up the aluminum frames around the sliding glass windows on Mellow Yellow. I am staring at them and wondering...
  • Re: Replacement for broken sliding window?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Fri, 8 Aug 2014 00:56:49 -0500
    ...a broken window. 85 Westy, it's the sliding one in the > rear on the driver's side. Only the sliding part is broken...
  • Re: Interesting discoveries
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:22:36 +0200
    Piero Padroni wrote: > Yes, very unusuals! > I have seen a pair of sliding rear windows mounted on an ambulance of the > Italian Red Cross...
  • Re: Leaky Doors? Wet Footwells
    Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
    Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:34:08 -0600
    ...window. A bit of silicon took care of the problem. While on the subject of doors I am in need of the sliding door...
  • 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: bug netting on sliding door
    Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
    Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:40:38 -0500
    Wendy Silva wrote: >Also has anyone used mosquito netting for a bug screen on the sliding door. >I know there are serveral good sliding...
  • Re: '82 sliding door curtain
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 7 Feb 2005 19:38:11 -0700
    On 2/7/05 6:53 PM, "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> wrote: > My '82 Westy Diesel came without a sliding door...
  • parts for sale
    Historical mailing list - vwghost
    Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:37:08 -0400
    ...vanagon is blue with blue interior sliding side door blue with blue interior 2 sliding side windows all glass rear hatch front 2 doors...
  • Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
    Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
    Wed, 6 Apr 2005 07:42:29 -0400
    Another method to remove the screen is to open the sliding window and push down and inward (towards the inside of the van) on...
  • Vanagon Sliding Door Window
    Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
    Thu, 1 Jan 2004 21:01:42 -0700
    Hello philippe, I have a window, complete with weatherstrip from the replacement door I installed on my Syncro. I'm in Colorado, however, and...
  • Re: vanagon tows vanagon(almost)
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:11:21 -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: Air Vents on Rear Windows addendum
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:31:09 EST
    ...These vents can be > manually opened or closed by sliding a blue knob fore or aft. These > vents vent interior pressure to the insides...
  • Re: need beige vinyl inside sliding door panel for '84 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:07:30 +0000
    FWIW, so was I, but sliding door panels really take a beating, I've never found a decent one over years of searching in...
  • Re: Spiffing up the sliding glass frames
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 18 May 2005 23:27:22 -0700
    ...I haven't looked at the sliding window assemblies closely. But if it requires pulling the whole thing a la a windshield then I...
  • Window tint on sliders.
    Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
    Tue, 27 May 2008 19:14:02 -0400
    ...I since had a look at the sliding windows and it looks like it would be quite a job to install film properly on...
  • Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:03:23 -0400
    ...Non-Westy > > The window size themselves is the same, with the exception of pre '85 > windows on the sliding door. > The windows themselves differ...
  • tube bumpers
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:42:34 -0500
    ...oh yeah, are there any kits to convert the rear windows to sliding windows? or any kits to make them slide down into the...
  • '82 Vanagon Body in Edmonton Area
    Historical mailing list - Ed McLaughlin
    Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:13:39 EDT
    ...Psgr window is still intact, as are side and rear windows. Steering wheel and column, as well as high beam/washer/turn signal stalks...
  • Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
    Historical mailing list - Costello, James L
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:48:11 -0600
    ...Non-Westy The window size themselves is the same, with the exception of pre '85 windows on the sliding door. The windows themselves differ...
  • Re: Sliding door repair
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 17 Nov 2013 07:54:57 -0800
    ...So, while doing this, one of the areas to be renovated was the RH rear >> window frame and sliding door track. Yesterday, I got...
  • Re: Is this a rare van?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:28:19 -0800
    ...Mark Jason Willenbrock wrote: > Hey all, > today I saw a 71? bay window bus that had a factory sliding roof. not so > much a...
  • Re: Westy sliding windows.
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
    Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:08:06 -0600
    ...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: Tool for removing sliding window latch?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:32:54 -0700
    It's a slot Stuart. Alistair > On Sep 26, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I can't get...
  • Re: Sliding rear window
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:52:03 +0100
    It fits! It has to fit!! IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have the word "FISH" somewhere in the subject line...
  • Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:15:05 EST
    In a message dated 12/13/05 6:59:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM writes: > wouldnt the regular camper sliders...
  • Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:41:05 -0500
    ...Beetle TDI > > > -----Original Message----- > > One or two owners have transplanted sliding *middle* windows into the > rear... Wouldn't do any good on the driver...
  • Re: Side window screens
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
    Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:37:05 -0400
    ...chris who has a bunch of westy sliding windows for sale...
  • Looking for some late model interior parts for 90 Westy
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Wed, 28 May 2014 14:54:55 -0400
    ...Sliding window sliders complete assembly If you have any of these items please let me know how much you would want for them and...
  • Re: Friday--A cool VW ad...
    Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
    Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:48:06 -0700
    ...The curtains are drawn on all the back windows so he tries the side sliding door. When he sticks his head in it's...
  • Re: Looking for glass
    Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
    Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:32:54 +0000
    ...a fine piece of Sierra granite. > He/she/they broke the sliding window on the slider door. So far, no one > (VW, glass shops...
  • Re: Rear Side window slider now at GoWesty
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:59:50 -0400
    ...19:08 Oxroad <oxroad@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > I just saw this left rear side sliding window for Vanagon. I haven't seen an...
  • Re: Nylon window track guides for sliding window 84 waterboxer
    Historical mailing list - JordanVw
    Sun, 5 Apr 1998 13:41:26 EDT
    In a message dated 98-04-05 06:26:51 EDT, steven@PWORLD.NET.PH writes: << DIETER, I had the same problem with my...
  • Re: Screened Sliders
    Historical mailing list - Michael Heron
    Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:39:53 -0500
    ...08:46am >>> Anyone ever put Westy screened sliding side windows in a regular Vanagon? Are the window frames the same? VW wants about $600...
  • Re: side sliding windows
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:35:08 -0400
    ...This needs to be high enough to push the window up, asit finally closes. This will ensure the lock has a complete engaugement. Eric...
  • Re: Tinting Westy Sliding Windows
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:32:44 -0700
    ...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: Venting With Propane Heater
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:39:16 -0700
    ...I always crack the top/roof vent an inch, both side sliding windows an inch, one front window an inch. Allows for some air...
  • Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Doug F
    Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:19:10 -0800
    ...They also allow you to do the sliding window conversion to have opening windows in the rear. You need them to complete the rear...
  • Re: window screens
    Historical mailing list - John Fried
    Mon, 23 Jul 2001 09:29:40 -0400
    ...A final trimming of excess screen and, voila, two nice window screens. Now, if only the sliding door screen would arrive, we'll be...
  • Re: sliding windows on Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:16:37 EST
    the piece is for a '88-'91 van. it fits the '80-'87 van, you just trim a little off w/ a knife, and...
  • Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Sat, 9 Apr 2016 15:15:17 -0700
    ...Also, I have new sliding side windows to put in. Anybody done a remove/replace job there? Thanks, John
  • Re: Window vents
    Historical mailing list - patrice b
    Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:25:00 -0700
    ...Friday, July 26, 2002 12:31 PM > > I came across an exterior vent that looks like it can be used on the sliding > windows...
  • Re: Window tint on sliders.
    Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
    Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:03:55 -0400
    If you want to leave the window installed on the bus and remove the sliding glass the info is already in this e-mail...
  • Re: sliding side windows
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 11 May 1996 06:07:39 -0700
    ...on the side windows of my Westy, the > "action" seems to be a little stiff when I latch and unlatch them . Does > anyone know...
  • VW Toy
    Historical mailing list - W. Silva
    Fri, 9 May 1997 18:15:08 -0400
    ...Friction driven, complete with sliding door. There's no indication of what year it is, has split windshield, no side windows except driver's...
  • Re: Sliding door repair
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:09:28 -0500
    ...So, while doing this, one of the areas to be renovated was the RH rear > window frame and sliding door track. Yesterday, I got...
  • parts FS
    Historical mailing list - Darrel
    Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:03:40 -0500
    ...35.00 sliding door pull handle plastic 5.00 74- bug front bumper 20.00 1-black frame side sliding window drivers side missing...
  • Re: replacing window glass seals
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:54:49 -0800
    ...The WORST > > experience of all of the was last spring trying to replace the seal o n > my > > sliding door window. The first seal...
  • Re: [window screens]
    Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
    Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:59:04 EST
    ...The middle sliding > windows do not have screens and I was wondering if the Camper window > screens could be used I have a pair...
  • Re: Wanted: Sliding door, pre 85
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:40:21 -0600
    ...It doesn't matter what kind of > window/mmissing window. > Color doesn't matter either, it's going to get new paint inside & > out...
  • Parts needed...
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
    Wed, 10 May 2000 11:20:40 -0700
    ...1) Sliding window latch (one of mine is damaged and prevents the window from securely closing all the way) 2) Passenger side power mirror...
  • Re: EV Screens
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:39:19 -0500 (EST)
    ...I measured the opening for the sliding windows, made a frame to fit and then popped in the screen material, and held the screen...
  • Re: Sliding window "fuzz strip"
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:31:01 -0400
    At 12:52 PM 7/17/2008, Doug Fitz-Randolph wrote: >missing from the not rattling window. This appears from the ETKA >illustration to...
  • Re: vanagon tows vanagon(almost)
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:07:25 -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...
  • Vanagon Power Window and Door Lock Kits!
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:53:04 EDT
    ...Power window kit includes, right and left power window regulators with motors, power window switches with bezels, wiring harness and instructions- $300 Power Door...
  • Re: insane a/c project
    Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
    Sun, 26 Aug 2001 02:41:54 -0700
    ...while traveling. > > Sliding shelf will rest on a reinforced frame > installed over the aluminum > window frame (protecting it) left once the sliding > glass is...
  • Re: Side sliding window dressing?
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Sun, 23 Aug 1998 12:49:53 -0400
    ...looking in a store/manufacturer that > deals in aluminum storm doors/windows. The listee seemed to have found stuff > that was very compatible. Actually...
  • Re: Pin stripes and sliding windows
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:15:28 EDT
    ...mm wide that run down the body panels just below the windows. It is dinged up around the door handles and I would like...
  • Re: Keys locked in van
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:21:13 -0700
    ...it in > the between the sliding side windows and push down on the window lock and > slide the window open. > > Jere > 90 GL > 88...