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• '83 GL interior available in October
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 1996 09:23:37 -0700
  ...No tears or stains. -two person scuplted middle seat w/armrests in excellent shape -three person folding sculpted rear seat with armrests in excellent...
• Re: Town and country seats in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:23:52 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Apr 8, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE> wrote: > > Like that a lot! Especially folding it into a...
• Re: supplied jack (85 vanagon) -- how does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:55:05 -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: just finished installing my shadyboy awning
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 21:37:23 -0700
  ...How are the poles stored in the compartment? Mine is pretty tight on space after folding averything up and inserting the support rods. TEMiller...
• Re: the 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:37:07 -0700
  ...I believe there are benches with a folding seat back to allow better ingress. alistair On 29-Jun-11, at 9:09 AM, Jim...
• Re: A Vanagon to sell you..
  Historical mailing list - Paul C.
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 07:34:25 -0600
  ...5 sunroof Automatic,Kuril/Monaco blue, blue interior with the stock folding middle seat and rear seat/bed. Mileage 140,000. lot's of...
• Re: Want to trade: GL bed/bench for Weekender bench
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 05:30:11 -0500
  ...The full width > GL > > rear folding bed/bench will not work in this arrangement. Would like to > trade > > mine for your narrower Weekender bench...
• Re: Jump Seat Adapter
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Thu, 2 Apr 2015 18:55:13 -0700
  With the seat being 23 deep, and the area above, less wide, like 13 deep, folding open could at most mean 23 deep top...
• pinnacles details
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Mar 1997 09:03:24 -0800
  ...firewood (no such thing as too much) ice homebrew sunblock, sunglasses clothes for both extremes of weather, plus bedding folding chairs lunch for people...
• Re: Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:40:01 EST
  ...writes: << My 87 Wolfsburg has captains chairs facing backwards and the folding table. Was told it is a Multi-Van. However everyeone says that...
• Calling all Alaska List Members
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:07:23 -0500
  ...protection and drying without creasing, and put between cardboard to avoid folding in the mail, put into a priority mail box - the fairly flat...
• Rear Hatch Screen
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:47:34 -0700
  ...Cuts down on wear and tear of folding the screens during the summer. If anyone wants to order one of these from them and...
• Factory Vanagon sunroof transplant into a non-sunroof vanagon ...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:46:01 -0700
  ...I would guess it is easier to put one of these folding tops or if you must have the factor top, cut at the...
• Re: really dumb newbie question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:51:39 EST
  ...the "weekender" package was just that, a package (folding middle seat, rear sofabed w/ cushion) that was an option, but was usually installed on...
• FOR SALE ITEMS
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 17:37:14 -0400
  ...1 is missing one clip 35.00 for pr 1-wetfalia folding cup holder 15.00 please email me with what you need as...
• Re: Weekenders - how many different configurations?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:40:43 -0800
  ...What appeals to me for my purposes would be a van with a pop-top, no storage closet, full width folding down rear seat...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:48:37 -0800
  ...a folding beach mat - so you don't have to lay on the ground Stainless steel bailing wire A large bag with assorted pieces...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:01:26 -0800
  ...Janet, if you have a folding rear seat/bed, when you get your middle seat installed, could you let me know if it folds...
• Re: 1989 Bluestar with tons of upgrades for sale
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 3 Feb 2020 18:57:12 -0800
  ...It's a Carat interior with a folding seat which makes into a bed. A true Weekender / Multivan has a Pop Top and a...
• Re: 5 cyl Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 Jun 1995 23:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...One would have to "shim up" the mechanism for the folding seat to get the bed straight and "shave off" a couple of inches...
• '74 Westie Camper Van $1500
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:27:26 EST
  ...Interior is in very good condition with sink, electric stove, ice box, folding bed, table, and bed in pop-top. Canvas and top are...
• Re: luggage area
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:05:46 -0500
  ...Also the folding rear > seat really does fold out flat. You probably know, but if you release the > rear seat back catch, pull the...
• 93 Microbus arrives: Anyone have a South African ETKA?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:24 +1300
  ...I'll cut the folding seat mount off the center bench and adapt it to bolt onto the Caravelle middle seat. The only rust...
• FS: 1989 Synchro GL <-price reduced
  Historical mailing list - Ryan McGee
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 21:56:42 -0500
  ...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: Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Bertschi
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:15:59 -0400
  ...be joined? >Right now, >I'm twisting the wires together, then folding the twist back on one side >of the wire, then soldering that...
• Re: Want to trade: GL bed/bench for Weekender bench
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:31:44 -0500
  ...The full width > GL > > rear folding bed/bench will not work in this arrangement. Would like to > trade > > mine for your narrower Weekender bench...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - nigel naughton
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:14:56 -0500
  ...I have converted the interior to the Weekender Package (Jump seats, folding table, etc ) whick in my opinion is the better way to go...
• Re: Photo Thread
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:54:07 -0500
  ...the Craig list last year and it was listed as a folding trailer ???? who knows what that is I didn't i took the...
• Re: Get a load of (or under) this! (F)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:57:11 -0500
  ...They squat happily on the street or wherever we would use a folding chair, so my research did not involve peeping. And in fact...
• Vanagon seat, bed for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:01:54 EST
  ...This could make sense for someone with a plain vanagon in search of a folding bed/seat or for anyone else in search of...
• Re: Are Vanagons really that rare
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:17:38 -0800
  ...A folding bed is easily retrofitted. A pop top marks you as a tourist. George --- developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> wrote: > Out of curiosity I...
• Re: CAULK YOUR WESTY h2o/ELEC. FILL PORTS!! was Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLU...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:06:58 EDT
  ...I fact, I`m thinking of buying a nice light weight, folding kitchen, > and a three burner stove, and doing most, if not all...
• �89 Wolfsburg back on the market in Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 9 May 2004 17:22:13 -0700
  ...1800 OBO takes; 804-740-3022 This is a 7-passenger (folding bed with jumpseats) hardtop van, dark blue with alloys, with the nifty...
• Re: 87 Vanagon FS or Part-out? Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 05:50:33 +0000
  ...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: size of 87 vs. 91 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:37:16 -0400
  ...And this is also why the later vans all came with black finished magnesium folding cupholders to save weight, and as an added bonus...
• Anybody interested in 85 Westy Weekender?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:49:34 -0700
  ...Weekender interior with larger closet and folding side table. Single rear facing seat. Selling as-is with delivery within 10 miles of San Francisco...
• Re: How to get to stuff on camper luggage rack?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 May 94 13:53:55 MST
  ...and 'one of these days' i'm gonna > make, is a folding step that 'hooks' over the top of the tire, like so: (great...
• Re: folding kayaks (was Traveling lighter)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 28 May 2005 22:08:38 -0400
  Barb, I have a cheap inflatable Coleman kayak. I got it at Big Lots a year or 2 ago for about $30. I bought...
• Hummer accessories...actual Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:04:49 -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: REMOVING plastic SIDE PANAL ON WOLFSBURG/carat
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:27:56 EDT
  ...wolfsburg. > its under the table and if i have to remove folding bed seat what is > involved > with that thanks for the help > peace...
• Re: ideal vanagon camp chair ideas wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:26:13 -0400
  ...the > slider door, and my camp shairs. > > I currently use aluminum folding lawn chairs with wood slatts, right out > of 1960s or so. They...
• Re: These beds,
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:21:07 -0700
  ...bed set up? My van, with the rear cushion and the folding seat...it has those two cracks/seams in the padding. When I...
• Jump seats on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Rob Ossell
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:58:40 -0600
  ...Both sets have the rear folding bed and rear pad. I live in Winona Minnesota (the S.E. corner of the state) . I'm...
• Re: stealth curtains behind front seats
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:26:26 -0400
  ...The attached snaps snap into the holes in the nylon sliders. > For stealth lighting, I use two Eveready folding LED lights which fit neatly...
• Re: [vanagon] primary vehicle strategies????
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:14:44 -0600
  ...water, and a pile of powerbars. >> >> anybody ever make an affordable folding bicycle that would fit >> under >> the rear seat?? > > All kidding aside, my...
• Re: sidewalls
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:24:10 -0700
  ...need to make sure the passenger side one is up before folding the bed up or down. I have snapped it right off the...
• Re: Solar panel install complete!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:31:27 -0700
  ...I've been eyeballing folding panels lately. Good to know there's a relatively high watt panel that actually fits in the luggage rack...
• Re: 84 Westy -- Adding Seating
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:25:21 -0700
  ...your bus? Many do. Your seat options are as follows: 1. Folding, theatre style seat from one of the upscale models (Carat & Wolfsburg). This...
• WANTED: '91 or '93 Vanagon or Euro
  Historical mailing list - Marcus and Jen
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:15:34 -0500
  ...The van I�m looking for must: - have a manual transmission - be turn-key daily-driver / road-trip ready - have VW OEM folding bench...
• FS Power mirrors, front air dam...
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:33:15 -0600
  ...Also, I'm looking for a good solid "board" that fits under the folding bed in front of the rear heater. Mine has a...
• Van for sale
  Historical mailing list - steven brendemuehl
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:26:29 -0400
  ...It is an 85 GL with the folding bed and matteres. The van has 176,000 miles and to my knowledge the first engine...
• Poptop Canvas Install...help!
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:03:26 -0700
  ...At this point I may have to take up some of this slack by folding the bottom edge sort of accordian style to get...
• Re: Here's the list
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:22:29 -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: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:24:15 -0400
  ...If they were loose enough > to move without folding the cable in half, they leaked and ran hot air in > the cabin all summer...
• Re: Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle.
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:58:43 -0700
  ...Apart from that, the main issue was making sure my fingers didn't get caught in the folding mechanism of the seat/bed. and...
• Re: back seat, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:23:18 -0400
  ...I have a 91GL(not a camper)with Weekender bed. > Does > have headrests, which are removed when folding out to a bed, and has...
• Re: Moving our aging bodies on from Vanagon (sniff!)
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Mon, 5 Aug 2019 20:05:53 +0000
  ...a full sized bed downstairs and if you can stand a folding step ladder climb there is a full sized bed upstairs. It is...
• Re: Utilities
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:59:27 -0600
  ...I'm in the process of restoring an '82 Westy, and it will have the full width rear folding seat, no cabinets, the side...
• Re: There are 4 models as I see it.Re: full westy -vs- weekender
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:21:11 EDT
  ...It consist of the rear cushion over the rear deck, the rear folding bed/bench, and the 2-person middle seat which folds forward...
• Re: LED Flash light
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:35:46 -0500
  ...I just bought those thin LED flash lights the other day and it just fits into the upper bed support's rubber folding, because...