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• Re: Looking for glass
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:32:36 -0400
  ...He/she/they broke the sliding window on the slider door. So far, no one (VW, glass shops, local pick-n-pulls) seems to...
• Re: Window tinting
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:33:54 -0800
  ...window, 35% on the four rear side windows (actually, it's six because they're sliding), and 50% on the two front door windows...
• '97 (?) Caravelle VR6
  Historical mailing list
  04 Apr 1996 16:29:41 GMT
  ...hood, slightly rounded facia surrounding the grille and dual sliding rear doors (w/ sliding windows that open). mechanically it's supposed to have a...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 23:02:37 -0400
  ...with removing the crappy chrome trim. > > Also, I have new sliding side windows to put in. Anybody done a > remove/replace job there? > > Thanks...
• Re: quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:08:28 -0600
  My only question is. Is it road worthy or have to remove for road travel? Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On Nov 16...
• FS '72 dual slider bus (5 door)L.A., CA craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:29:26 -0700
  It's a 1972 bus with sliding doors on both driver and passenger side. No side windows in the cargo area. There are pictures...
• Re: Interesting Bus conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 13:05:12 -0700
  ...tauxejd@ornl.gov (John Tauxe): >I did see in Los Alamos a '63+'64 stretched by one window panel, and a tall Anybody seen...
• screens
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 17:51:44 GMT
  What creative contraptions have people made to put screens in the sliding windows in the mid-sections of Vanagons? Is there someplace that makes...
• Re: How to Steal VW Vans Quickly
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 17:01:43 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Another time, when parked in an alley, some a%&hole, smashed the sliding window for no apperant reason at all, all the doors were...
• Re: rear windows
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:53:51 -0700
  ...that is .de not .com), the German word you should search for is: "Schiebefenster" which means sliding window, of course you will have to...
• Re: Sliding door won't close.
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:30:06 -0800
  ...door through 2 open windows. That's too cold to be reasonable. I know I need a new sliding door roller system, but was...
• Re: side sliding windows- westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:52:18 -0700
  Matt Thyer wrote: > Add lube to the lower track in particular. [...] Use something really > light like a silicon spray. Only a little is really...
• Re: SA van
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 11 May 2009 10:55:34 -0400
  I love those third row sliding windows. Sigh. On May 10, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Hector Zapata wrote: > Beautiful van indeed. Mine already...
• Another LP question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ball
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 21:26:47 -0700
  ...I have to run the hose out the drivers side sliding window for my heater. I need a vent anyway!! I need a bigger...
• FS: 3 person middle seat, camper stuff,also weekender rear sofabed, side table,
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:57:39 EDT
  ...fits all passenger vans -complete vanagon poptop section -complete vanagon westfalia camper interior -'82-'84 vanagon hubcaps -sliding side windows w/ screens plus much...
• WTB: Curtain Rail / Propane tank
  Historical mailing list - cz137
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:20:09 -0700
  ...It is the curtain rail that runs above the sliding door and the rear passenger side window. It in recessed into a wood piece...
• curtain slide-hangers
  Historical mailing list - Ron Komoroski
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:50:32 -0400
  ...earlier this summer we ran up I95 with the drivers side rear sliding window partially open. The wind blast was flapping the curtains around...
• Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:15:37 EST
  ...my '85 already, > thanks! > > One or two owners have transplanted sliding *middle* windows into the > rear... Wouldn't do any good on the driver...
• WTB: sliding door roller&bearing '86
  Historical mailing list - DIGEST Alan Cote
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:02:32 EDT
  ...The sliding door on my '86 Westy crashed to the ground as I tried to open it the other day. The roller in the...
• Re: FS: vanagon screened side windows, louvered or sliding
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 04:20:58 EDT
  ...the instructions? I and several other people already have the > jalousie windows, but so far haven't found the instructions. I know from > searching...
• Rear Sliding window modificaiton - Success
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:02:42 -0400
  ...maybe now Scout won't get banged up trying to put her head out the sliding door slider window. I made this to be...
• Need a (gasp) dealer-only part, and the dealer is inept
  Historical mailing list - Mike Wagner
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:32:45 -0400
  ...I need to replace the grey-colored felt strips that slide into a metal groove along the inside base of the sliding side windows...
• Mud Flaps, Trailer Hitch, Diesel Exhaust, and other Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:04:17 CDT
  ...Westy Items (brown/tan interior)-- Front windshield/windows privacy curtain Rear hatch snap-in insect screen Right side (sliding door) window insect screen Weekender...
• Re: Tin top camping
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:34:48 -0600
  ...http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/VWcurtains I also made two screens for the sliding windows. They looked like this: http://jones.colorado.edu/VW...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:33:45 -0500
  ...Sliding Door Screen Removal > > >> Another method to remove the screen is to open the sliding window and >> push >> down and inward (towards the inside...
• Re: wind noises around the door
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:54:57 -0400
  ...Roll down the window. Then take a dollar bill and trap it between the door and the jamb. With one hand thru the window...
• Re: used parts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 95 10:20 CST
  ...prices: >speedo/odo - 50 >fuel guage - 20 >sliding door lock mechanism - 50 >driver's side window regulator - 40 > >Does anyone have any idea if...
• Fwd: Me Too: Remote control door unlocking?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:13:45 -0800
  ...83.5 Westy, aside from professional window tinting. The only caveat is that you cannot actuate the sliding door. I didn't look into...
• Re: jail bars for sale
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:04:00 -0700
  These jail bars were stock on 1984 Wolfsburg passenger models.These Wolfys also had screens on the sliding windows and a rear bench that...
• Re: side windows in an 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:36:58 -0600
  ...5:04 PM, Robert MacDowell <yakandhike@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > Who has a good tutorial about the removal and install of the rear sliding > > windows. >
• Re: Questions, questions, questions...
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Tue, 23 Sep 1997 07:47:28 8
  ...For the sliding window locks, you'll probably have to go to a dealer (I don't believe these are a Westy conversion item...
• Re: Window tint on sliders.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 27 May 2008 21:39:16 -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: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:28:43 +0000
  ...The WORST experience of all of the was last spring trying to replace the seal o n my sliding door window. The first seal...
• Windows and spark plugs, 78
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:10:10 -0500
  ...inside the window seal, one person inside pulling the cord, and one person outside pushing? I need to replace the sliding window in the...
• Re: Nylon window track guides for sliding window 84 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:47:47 -0700
  ...Sure was nice to be able to lock the sliding windows after that. Jim Thompson 84 Westy 2.1 * 62 Beetle * 90 Fox Wagon...
• Gas spill
  Historical mailing list - Michael T. DeLessio
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:46:29 -0400
  ...Anyone have any ideas on how to correct this?? Also, I'm about to attempt to take out the sliding door window to fix...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Dec 2016 01:30:35 +0000
  I have the correct interior pull handle, also a couple of full sets of later model sliding door hardware if anyone is interested. Even...
• Re: Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:35:48 -0600
  Junk yard? Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:28 PM, David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@aol...
• Re: screens
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 9 May 2006 19:43:56 -0700
  At 5/9/2006 07:10 PM, Joy Hecht wrote: >Does anyone know where to get screens for the sliding windows? > >I've got...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Wed, 6 Apr 94 14:06:22 GMT
  ...there goes the theory about no sliding windows. so what the heck > is a Kombi? the name has been around since the split-window...
• Re: side sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:41:43 -0400
  ...Stan 87 Syncro joe lucca wrote: > i'm interested in fellow listmembers ideas on locking/securing these > windows > from being opened from the outside...
• Re: Westy Soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:25:49 -0700
  ...Fits very nice.This will do the sliding door,too.Not the front > doors,as the window is in the way. I was able...
• Re: Mosquito Netting Sources Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:30:58 -0500
  I recently bought a sliding door screen from: http://oldbluesblog.com/store.html Here it is in action last weekend camping: http://dasmotoclub.com...
• Want to trade?
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:51:57 EST
  ...1) Screens for my westy(82) 2) Rear window wiper w/motor 3) Rear high mount brake light 4) Brown head rests(2) 5...
• Screens and Wiper Fluid Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Fri, 07 Oct 94 10:37 PDT
  ...access to the inside of the sliding window. I noticed someone posted how to remove those windows but it sure doesn't appear easy...
• reversing sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:43:33 -0800
  I've thought about this before for the primary benefit of being able to leave the windows open an inch or so to ventilate...
• Re: Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:53:17 -0800
  ...Does anyone know of a good (cheap) source for 2 window screens >(above stove and on the sliding door)...both of mine are broken!
• Bumps on the roof
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:44:21 -0500
  ...third is right after the sliding door, and the fourth is about midway through the rearmost side windows area. Now, all are the same...
• S.A. 4-light grille pix from VW
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:08:21 -0400
  ...Don't look at the nice alloys or the nice, sliding rear windows. (wheels: too heavy to ship, Windows: Won't fit non SA...
• HaHaHa 8~) itsssss FRIDAY!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Broomhead
  Fri, 22 May 1998 19:33:29 -0500
  ...in your Vanagon to keep you cool. #1 -- With ALL windows open (sliding door open, too, if you use seat belts), drive very fast...
• Re: Sliding rear window
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:44:26 +0100
  A few model years of Carvelles here in Europe had this window as an option. Left (driver's) side only. That is why they...
• Re: Fire Ruins My Day
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:24:24 -0400
  ...Cost was Cdn$2000 for replacing of wiring harness, battery cables, fuel lines, gas tank piping, gas heater, right passenger and sliding windows. Still...
• 88 Syncro value in Ontario or Eastern US
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 19:28:08 -0500
  ...very slight dent at rear of sliding door * very slight seam rust in 2 places only * power window, doors * okay tires * perfect interior * 2...
• Re: Nagging Gremlins: Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble, arm rest, Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:28:26 -0400
  Sure , but you wont like it. It is in the archives in first week of Jan 2005. Under the post called "85 1.9...
• Re: WTB, passenger side sliding window for westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:36 EDT
  In a message dated 5/12/08 2:27:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, colorworks@GCI.NET writes: > Anyone have for sale a passenger...
• Re: Louvered camper windows
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:34:34 -0400
  ...an 87 Westie with louvered windows (like the 68-79 campers had) instead of the poor ventilation stock sliding type?? Bob 87 Syncro Westie
• Re: slide window latch removal
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:02:31 -0400
  ...slide window latch removal > > Hello, > > I have the latch on my sliding rear window coming apart. it seems that > one screw has backed out...
• sliding door screens
  Historical mailing list - ncdragonfly
  Tue, 11 May 1999 07:33:09 -0400
  I just bought a sliding door screen for our 82 westfalia. I took the screen out to the vehicle and held it up against...
• Re: ## IMPORTANT!!! (was: Re: insane a/c project)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 07:48:52 -0400
  ...while traveling. > > > > Sliding shelf will rest on a reinforced frame > > installed over the aluminum > > window frame (protecting it) left once the sliding > > glass is...
• FS: vanagon doors, windows, hatches, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:03:09 EST
  i have a bunch of vanagon doors, sliding doors, hatches, glass, etc. from vans and campers ive parted out over the years. i have...