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• Re: Crazy idea - hail shelter
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:23:47 -0600
  ...I could run out and fill them. > > 2.) some type of folding cover that has insulation board in it. > (both cover would have to...
• Mirrors fold in at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:53:03 -0700
  I tried every version of folding mirrors and all the "fixes" and they all eventually gave up. I got some power mirrors (without the...
• Re: Aerodynamics for MPG
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:26:45 -0600
  ...Is it a syncro? I just drove my 2WD Westy completely loaded, plus rooftop box, plus folding canoe bag in the luggage rack which...
• Here's the list
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:24:58 -0500
  ...or folding silverware, 3 sets sink drain hose for use w/o gray-water tank where allowed slotted serving spoon, lg. plastic soap, liquid...
• Re: wierd vanagon seat... anyone seen one of these??
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:36:04 -0600
  ...the seatback didn't need > modding because it was already a split folding seat. nice job tho.. > > > > > In a message dated 2/6/2012...
• Michelin Roadside Emergency Kit
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:27:19 -0500
  ...that flashes red yellow or both as well as white light, folding triangle reflector, screwdriver, lug nut wrench, first aid kit, and more. Really...
• Re: Vanagon equipment level definitions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:11:50 EDT
  ...the official name "weekender package" was offered on the '85 up (and the '84 wolfys) Vanagon GL and consisted of the split folding middle...
• FS 85 westerville, oh $750
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 19:40:07 -0500
  ...Vanagon Cheap - 750 obo It is an 85 GL with the folding bed and mattres. The van has 176,000 miles and to my...
• This is the Alaskan List, enjoy...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 09:33:14 EDT
  ...or folding silverware, 3 sets sink drain hose for use w/o gray-water tank where allowed slotted serving spoon, lg. plastic soap, liquid...
• Re: VW vs Rolls
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:56:06 -0000
  ...He became a cause celebre and another Great British commerical tragedy, when his Moulton folding bicycle design was 'stolen' (by Raleigh amongst others) - I...
• Re: 85 Weekender FS
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:49:36 -0400
  ...None of the Wolfsburg Edition campers had a >>center >>seat with folding backrest... >>If you look closely, the Weekender package is NOT available on...
• '86 Syncro 7 passenger GL, with weekender package for sale
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:25:51 -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...
• Re: seating five ?
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Lindsay, Summit Reources
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 06:49:19 -0700
  ...seating five ? I installed a folding jump seat from a later model Carat. This seat is easily removable without tools by pulling a single...
• 80 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 06:27:56 -0400
  ...It also has a Weekender folding rear seat and back compartment mattress. Basically, he has all the stuff to make the 80 run again...
• Re: Broken Jack
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 02:16:39 -0400
  ...The van lurched over and settled to the ground as the remaining section of rod bent (as it was still supporting the folding arm...
• Re: QT Video of New Microbus From Germany
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 05:04:58 -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: how much can my camper weigh?
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:11:04 -0800
  ...Their smallest > folding models have a > dry weight of approximately 1000 pounds. This is > the same as the smallest > 13' Casita fiberglass eggshell camper...
• Re: supplied jack (85 vanagon) -- how does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:46:41 -0500
  ...They are a perfect fit for the folding arm thingy on the stock jack. Flip out the arm ---- insert in hole and crank away...
• Re: QT Video of New Microbus From Germany
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:27:11 -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: Mattress Toppers Memory Foam
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:31:21 -0500
  ...I usually stand at the open hatch to roll the lower one and stand inside on our folding stool to roll the upper one...
• Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:43:10 -0700
  ...I > even > store my Lafuma folding chair between the folds. When ready to make > up the > bed the seat comes down and a simple...
• Re: Wiring Harness Plug Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:06:48 -0700
  ...into >> place and stayed put. > > Tends to wreck the terminal by folding the "ear(s)" back -- they break off > when re-folded. �But not...
• Re: Beckys' Drive In
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 09:41:00 -0700
  ...People pull up, set up folding chairs and blankets, > tune in the audio on the radio. We sat in the back seat of the...
• Vanagon Carat Auction at Salvation Army in Virginia Beach
  Historical mailing list - Hajasz
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:38:55 -0400
  ...Back badge says Vanagon GL but it appears to be a Carat with the rear facing seats and folding table. There is a catch...
• FS - '83.5 Weekender GL (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 23:45:40 -0500
  ...This was BEFORE the paint job. > -weekender interior with rear cushion installed from an '86 (all seats, > panels, etc.), folding rear seat/bed, split...
• Re: Custom dash topper and cabinets
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:39:08 -0700
  ...Even a sink on top (inside a folding cover) with a portable coleman "cooker", water storage and pump in the base of it. It...
• Re: What Did You Leave At Home?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:28:42 -0700
  ...ambitious welded metal project consisting of C4C Vanagon seat mounts atop folding metal legs. Ya can take the chairs out the Vanagon and set...
• Re: What Next? / FS: 1987 GL syncro, mine (sniff..)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 03:36:09 EDT
  ...4/ Do what any man who has ever had to stop a hose in an emergency has done, "crimp" it by folding it over...
• FS: '84 GL
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:14:27 -0500
  ...wiper motor, radiator, entire new brake system from the master cylinder to the brake linings, new clutch, weekender bed and folding center seat, no...
• Traveling lighter... a goal... Kayak carriers, Lake Superior?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 31 May 2005 07:38:41 -0700
  Armchair paddlers may enjoy reading "The Happy Isles of Oceania", by Paul Theroux, in which he chronicles his several months spent paddling a folding...
• Re: Triple-A won't extricate you from just any old where
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:15:23 -0700
  ...I should at least travel with a folding bike. Neil. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:10 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > ... i...
• re 1986 GL vanagon for sale special edition hobicat
  Historical mailing list - Janice Subotnick
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:42:31 -0800
  ...w/o and back seat 3 seat belts/4 can fit//folding rear seat bed with cushion $300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Total Equipment Adjustment $800 Mileage Adjustment...
• Thoughts--Iwesty
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pierce
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:20:01 EDT
  ...There are portable folding keyboards and rollor mice that you could use for interfacing. I would build this into the Westy table arm (probably...
• Hummer accessories...actual Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:33:26 -0700
  ...http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/318,88153_Hummer- Outdoor-Awning-Table-and-Two-Folding-Chairs-Combo.html Since we did not have chairs already...
• Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 19:49:43 -0800
  ...had the same poptop as my Westy, but a full width folding rear seat, and a jump seat behind the driver. The owner had...
• Re: Westy - 2nd battery
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 15:48:24 -0500
  ...When VW used the term "Weekender" in reference > > to Vanagons it was to describe an feature in passenger model vans > > where folding rear seat...
• Re: Cup Holder, in captains area.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:42:27 -0500
  ...I liked it well enough that I installed a set of them (the > > > folding OEM > > > style) in my 83 westy in the same way...
• FS: 1989 Silver Vanagon Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:41:22 -0600
  ...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: bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:25:02 -0400
  ...onto the legs of the rear bench like in the non-folding benches? Are the two cut-outs there just to let air in...
• Adding Westy Top, was: No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:31:14 -0700
  ...So you have to come up with another solution - the mosaik kit (westy built kit) solves this with a hinged, two part folding out...
• Tools
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:01:25 -0800
  ...The LED penlight is in the drivers door next to the folding knife (with seat belt cutter). What's missing is my zip lock...
• Re: Folding Rear seat
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:28:31 -0500
  Mike, A great inexpensive way to screen your windows is to buy some screen (the flexible fabric type) cut it to the size you...
• GoWesty windshield retractable shade--good product after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:19:26 -0500
  ...It has a very cool retractor on each side that bring the folding silver curtains back to the edges of the windshield when not...
• FS: 1989 Silver Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 96 10:10:23 -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 owners? Locker or Syncronuts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:41:08 EDT
  ...Westy pop-top, NO sink, NO stove, NO LED's, two beds top and bottom, ONE folding table and a Chest style refridge, NO...
• Re: really dumb newbie question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:08:41 +1200
  ...All seat rows (2-2-3) have folding armrests; velor upholstery all round. This includes aircooled models. I've read the road tests, so...
• Re: High Country Bus Festival
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:49:46 EDT
  ...Vanagon Camper books Reimo 2001 German catalogs Vanagon Dash consoles replacement folding cupholders (black and grey) Grey Water tanks Fiamma bike racks (too big...
• Re: Production dates: Is this van a 90?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 04:15:43 EST
  ...They also did not come with the folding tables in those models. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html">Vanagon...
• Re: Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:43:08 -0400
  ...Guards > > Compact & Powerful > > > > > This foldable Panel features a high efficiency compact folding briefcase model design great for mobile camping remote use. The Solar cell...
• Trip to Red Rocks, Colorado and Phish, and Camping Mods.
  Historical mailing list - Banks
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 15:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I am going to put a folding table in.
• Re: Mid-Atlantic Holiday Party pictures
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:26:49 -0500
  ...Mostly because that would be Tom Forhan's 9-pax. ;) Tom Forhan might get worried if he thought I was thinking about folding his...
• Re: Crazy idea - hail shelter
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:15:21 -0400
  ...I could run out and fill them. >> >>2.) some type of folding cover that has insulation board in it. >>(both cover would have to...
• Re: 87 Vanagon FS or Part-out? Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 08:25:17 -0800
  ...a Weekender, I think you call it, rear Jump seats with folding out table. The engine is blown, Head-gaskets at least. . Steering rack...
• Re: Too big to ship UPS.
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:58:26 -0600
  I do not believe the 2 person folding middle seats are too big to ship via UPS. Maybe I am talking out of turn...
• Re: Ordered rear 3-point belts today
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:30:40 -0800
  ...don't buy the rear facing folding seats without > belts - $122 for the belt and retractor (good), and $132 for the buckle > assembly (Yow...
• Re: camping accessories
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 20:19:38 -0700
  ...table cloth, coleman stove, folding water bucket, flashlights, last minute things we almost forgot, and the dish washing tub which seconds as a carry...
• Thanks again Scott/Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:52:49 -0700
  ...Its just big enough that it holds the axe and folding shovel along with the lantern and B's tent when we go camping...
• Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bob Johnson
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:52:14 -0600
  ...I would like a folding set like Scott was talking about. > > Jim > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Rob <becida@comcast...
• Re: Swinging table
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:27:46 -0400
  ...adjustable-height-activity-table/-/A-12759974#prodSlot=medium_1_21&term=folding+table > > Use inside and out, lightweight and folds flat and adjusts like...
• Westy Racks Available
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 16:59:38 -0700
  ...399.95 + Shipping Full length (shipped w/o wood slats) Call Folding Ladders $179.00 + Shipping For Information Contact: Gerald Gregory Call @ (704) 847...