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• FS: 1989 Synchro GL <-price reduced
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jul 96 13:28:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...resume feature Rear window wiper/washer/defrost Air conditioner Heated, remote, folding outside mirrors Perma plate, fiber guard added by dealer Extras: VDO Cockpit...
• Re: Multivan
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 14:57:43 +0200
  ...they are complete with a folding rear seat, and two rear-facing seats, they are registered as campers.. These models are named Multivan Allstar...
• Re: Vw T3
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:17:30 +1200
  ...My 84 Caravelle GL has velor buckets and all seats have folding armrests; no bulkhead behind cockpit (it's walkthrough... I wasn't aware...
• 7 Passenger GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:19:22 -0700
  I have an '87 seven-passenger GL and wonder if anyone knows if the folding weekender seats can be installed into my kind of...
• Re: rear seat conversion???
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 04:18:16 EDT
  ...cybor_punk@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << My 85 Vanagon has the forward folding rear seat, but I would like to convert to the weekender bed...
• AC Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:40:03 -0700
  ...I used aluminum stock (flat and 90 degree angle) to build a folding frame. It was built to fit one of the small 5000BTU...
• Re: Weekenders - how many different configurations?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:06:13 -0600
  ...What appeals to me for my purposes would be a van with a > pop-top, no storage closet, full width folding down rear seat...
• Would someone be interested to rent out a Vanagon / Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 2 May 2006 21:37:16 +0100
  ...I was therefore wondering if someone would like to rent out a Westy or a weekender or at least a van with a folding...
• Re: ADVICE/Info Needed!
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Tue, 21 Feb 95 17:17:50 EST
  ...bus"? > depending on the year, it will contain various arrangements of folding beds and cabinets. Some have tops which pop up, and some of...
• Re: QT Video of New Microbus From Germany
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:06:37 -0800
  ...the ideas they had at the time, camping system, > foldout walls, folding seats that become stairs to go the upper bunk, > creative storage and...
• Re: Westy Bed hardware
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:06:30 -0800
  ...want I can't build. > > If anyone has a set of folding bed hardware that wants to sell it, > please contact me. I don...
• Re: Cup Holder, in captains area.
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Losey
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:26:43 -0600
  ...I liked it well enough that I installed a set of them (the > > folding OEM > > style) in my 83 westy in the same way...
• 91 Vanagon Carat FS
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Conway
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:42:17 -0600
  ...spare), folding table, rear heat. 2nd row of individual seats face the rear. It is tornado red (non-metallic), the only year for this...
• 91 Vanagon Carat FS
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Conway
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:18:38 -0600
  ...spare), folding table, rear heat. 2nd row of individual seats face the rear. It is tornado red (non-metallic), the only year for this...
• Re: kids hammock in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:11:22 -0400
  ...Took off the folding hinges which left me with two rails and a canvas cot. Next I plan on supporting the rails and canvas...
• Re: Children camping in pop top
  Historical mailing list - Pokey
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:41:03 -0800
  ...It also stores quite nicely at the very back of the pop top when closed (there is a small space there as the folding...
• Odds and Ends
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 11:25:02 -0600
  ...AM/FM/ cassette radio (1) Black gauge cluster cover (1) side folding table This is about it--- I have a bunch of other little...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:04:02 +0000
  ...The seat is easy to remove, it just > slides off the front of the swivel, so you could build a folding plywood > platform with...
• Re: Camp stove input requested
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:28:21 -0800
  ...storage > > >3-seater rear bench folding to > > >Removable 110/12 Volt Ice Box > > >Second 12 volt battery > > >Folding side table, integrated > > >Cupholders for passengers...
• Re: Center bench seat for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:16:20 EST
  ...Whenever we need to haul more than 4 bodies in our Westy we use the non folding 2 seater middle seat (acquired through the...
• Re: sliding seats?
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:56:17 -0400
  ...took me about a year before I knew I had a folding > bed! Maybe there are others who don't know what they're...
• Re: [vanagon] primary vehicle strategies????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:22:39 -0500
  ...water, and a pile of powerbars. >>> >>> anybody ever make an affordable folding bicycle that would fit under >>> the rear seat?? >>> and not kill you...
• Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:12:08 -0800
  ...I > would like to know more about the optional folding-sliding rear cover. Not > that it would a lot for a transmission. > > In my...
• Re: [window screens]
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:59:04 EST
  Bill Hayeslip <whayeslip@JUNO.COM> wrote: > I have an 88 Vanagon GL (7-seat passenger) with a folding rear bench > seat that I would...
• more Denver U-pull-it info
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:52:42 +0000
  ...The folding table is in good shape AND the poptop is unscathed. All front suspension parts were there as well. '84 GL, 4-speed...
• 2009 Mudfest Campout: May 22-May 25 (Oregon)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 May 2009 10:50:55 -0700
  ...Saturday night potluck, as always -- if you have a folding table and/or folding canopy, please bring them! We can construct our own meeting...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:11:47 +0000
  ...If they were loose enough to move without folding the cable in half, they leaked and ran hot air in the cabin all summer...
• Car Top Tent Report (slim VW content)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:21:18 -0500
  ...The 2-piece folding platform was very sturdy, being made of a lamination of 2 surface sheets of aluminum and a rigid interior of...
• Re: Westfalia Questions
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Wed, 21 May 1997 09:11:29
  ...The first is to acquire a folding "theatre" style seat from a Wolfsburg model. This seat would go back to back with the passenger...
• Re: Multivan Badge
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 22:02:04 EST
  ...it has the full length sofabed, cabinet in LR and fold out table from Left wall, as well as 2 theatre style folding jumpseats...
• Re: OK, I admit it.....
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan R. Cooper
  Sun, 23 May 1999 18:16:14 -0400
  ...It said, "If front seat swivels, then jack is under rear folding seat." Went to rear seat.....no jack, no nada. OK, so where...
• Maiden voyage in the new-to-us '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:21:27 -0700
  ...a new skylight kit, spare belts, hatch lock extension and a folding stool from GoWesty. Everything worked fine and I was surprised at the...
• shakedown trip with infant
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Tue, 20 May 1997 23:25:33 -0700
  ...keep a sleeping infant confined safely? I'm debating taking a folding playpen along and setting it up in that space, but it would...
• '91 Carat Vanagon FS $6500
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:51:44 EST
  ...The van has the Carat package which includes rear seat/queen sized bed, two rear facing seats, folding table, florescent light above the table...
• Adding some cabinetry, any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Mon, 31 May 1999 17:56:43 -0700
  ...I really wanted a Carat interior, but the weekender zbed and folding middle seats will be a nice improvement. I am considering mounting the...
• Re: '86 Syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:52:48 -0700
  ...a repaired tear near the latch on the side of the folding rear seat). Asking $6,000 OBO (per appraisal by my mechanic, Wolf...
• Re: '86 Syncro FS - asking price reduced
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:08:47 -0700
  ...a repaired tear near the latch on the side of the folding rear seat). New Blaupunkt stereo. E-code headlights. Asking $5,000 OBO...
• Re: How much different is a "Wolfsburg" Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:00:10 EST
  ...Mine has a rear facing passenger seat behind the driver (not a fold up jump seat) and a folding table on the left hand...
• Re: 300 miles with a tank...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:57:14 -0800
  ...All seats but the driver's are removed, but I've built in a folding bed, installed the left rear Westy wardrobe/shelf module...
• Re: Share your solar success story?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:01:19 -0700
  ...I've always liked the look of the folding portable panels <http://www.solardyne.com/sol25watfolp.html> myself. 25 watts is about 2 amps...
• Vanagon parts 1 day sale, Oakland, california
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:03 -0600
  ...good sets go for $600, I am $270 into it, $100 if you pick it up as is today. -Vanagon jump seat, folding removable...
• Newsletter @ the printer, help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:16:30 -0500
  ...newsletter is at the printer and we will be holding a folding party at Dale Ward's in Shrewsbury, MA on Sunday (3/26...
• For Sale: 1987 Wolfburg Ed Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:25:57 -0700
  ...The folding side table doesn't latch properly. The passenger side power lock actuator is missing. The passenger side mirror cannot be adjusted remotely...
• Re: 2nd request: photo of Z bed hardware installed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:23:00 EST
  ...and rear seats intertwine with the mechanical operation of the seat folding in to bed and back to seat. There is no photo of...
• Re: Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:58:47 -0500
  ...spring steel piece, a hollow triangle in cross section, with two folding wire bail handles. Tie some elastic from the fabric store to the...
• '86 Syncro FS
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:11:33 -0700
  ...a repaired tear near the latch on the side of the folding rear seat). New Blaupunkt stereo. E-code headlights. Asking $6,000 OBO...
• Re: FS 1986 Syncro GL 7 passenger
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:14:15 -0700
  ...a repaired tear near the latch on the side of the folding rear seat). Asking $6,000 OBO (per appraisal by my mechanic, Wolf...
• Re: FS: parts from 87 van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 00:41:00 +0000
  ...Rear > > seat is in good shape and is the folding kind and > > makes a bed with the rear cushion like in a Westy > > (but...
• Re: Cup Holders
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:26:11 -0800
  ...I put in a couple of those VW OEM look-alike folding cup holders from busdepot, one on each side. The plastic is pretty...
• Re: Bus Fusion 2008
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:40:25 -0400
  ...We will be arriving late Friday afternoon if all goes well..... >We will be in whitey my 85 westy hauling my folding trailer with...
• Re: Adding another seat to a westy thread
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:57 -0600
  ...wrote: > re > " I'd like another seat in addition to the folding bench seat, > without having to modify the Westy camper interior storage and...
• Installing 1990 Folding Jump seat in '82
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:00:34 -0500 (CDT)
  I just received a jump seat from Sorin Bejenaru from a 1990 Carat. Scary net purchasing, eh? I've had good luck so far...
• Re: Windshield sunscreens
  Historical mailing list - David Griffin
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:14:22 -0400
  >Do any of you know of a source for a good folding sunscreen for the windshield? One of my friends has one in his...
• Re: AC for Van
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:58:03 -0500
  ...in luggage rack...Easy installation..complete > kit $895...AC has attached folding plenum..Only increases vehicle > height by 8 1/2 inches...110 volts...
• Unusual Accessory
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sat, 19 May 2007 20:11:14 +0000
  ...what I'd carry up there other than light stuff like folding chairs. I also figure I could come up with some sort of...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 23:29:53 +0000
  ...front of the swivel, so you could build a folding plywood platform with folding legs to put over the swivel. It could run from...
• Re: DRIVER SIDE GRAB HANDLE
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 28 May 2021 13:02:17 -0700
  ...of climbing in to our wagons… Has anyone found a good, folding step that would fold back into the foot well with the door...
• Re: Checking out new Winnebago EV's
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:26:50 -0700
  ...I just did this - it still works fine but it needs to be handled carefully when folding it up. -rick Rick Gordon Bainbridge Island...
• Re: Pillow Support for Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Sat, 07 Jun 1997 13:00:55 +0000
  ...Voila! Westy headboard! Actually, it's kind of intrusive and gets in the way, and it's easy to bonk your head when folding...
• Re: '86 Syncro GL Weekender for sale
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:14:21 -0700
  ...a repaired tear near the latch on the side of the folding rear seat. Original carpeting. Asking $6,000 OBO (per appraisal by my...