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• Re: Upper bunk weight limit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:41:36 -0400
  ...Which right now is between 1030 and 6 in the morning. > > They get the bottom bed, we get the top (less risk of rolling...
• FS: tan velour westy interior...capt chairs w/ armrests and matching westy bed
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:54:33 EST
  ...or just replace your ugly striped upholstry in your 80-84 with the nicer velour...(the upholstred seats unbolt from westy bed easily) i...
• Re: DIY $20 digital oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:03:49 -0500
  ...bem Edward Maglott wrote: > Saw this at the Bed bath and beyond today: > > http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=11720307...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk!
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:44:11 -0800
  ...I got a '90 non-westy because all I really needed for camping was the rear convert-a-bed dealy. I already have my...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 18:34:19 -0700
  You nailed it Richard - you are gaining on Eric mighty lead for the inaugural Vanagon List Optimist of the year Award. Thanks for making...
• Later Westies/Upholstery and padding on rear hatch at bed?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:54:56 -0700
  Is the interior hatch panel on later Westies upholstered? Is there foam padding in the upholstery? Some of the photos look that way. Mark
• thinking of selling 91' Tristar
  Historical mailing list - Byron Beck
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:58:19 -0700
  ...original oak slats in bed. 70k miles. all receipts. call if interested 8059691712 Will send pics. [text/html]
• Re: What Are YOU Doing This Saturday? (F)
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 10 May 2002 23:20:40 -0500
  Maybe wetting the bed is OK----if your into a little bit of extra curricular kink--!!!_:>) ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://community.webtv.net...
• Re: Rear closet permanent removal Was: Rear closet temporary removal
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:19:47 -0700
  ...The main > compartment serves for bedding mainly, and then for storage of items during > camping. We use sleeping bags rather than home style bedding...
• Re: What Goes Where
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:31:13 -0700
  ...three dogs on bed, covered with Mexican blanket to keep hair off pillows/sleeping bags and memory foam in slipcover9. under bed storage is...
• Re: Vanagon GL interior upgrades.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:35:46 EDT
  ...since all he wants is a fold down bed and cushion, he needs to looks for any 85-'91 seven passenger vanagon GL w...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:47:23 -0700
  ...I can live with that, I still get the headroom and ventilation without a bed up there. I'm not good at welding and...
• Re: Seat cover recommedations.. also Z beds
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:46:06 -0700
  ...Any body have > them and > have some info to share? > Also thinking of getting the hindges from BD to build a bed. > Anybody have...
• Re: holes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:55:49 -0500
  ...My DOKA bed has many 1/4" holes from when some Clever Charlie pop riveted > the battens down to the bed. > Now I want...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:40:46 -0500
  Try a 4x4 shop or any place that sell stuff for truck beds. They make rubber mats (bed liners) for truck beds that would...
• Re: Loft Bed Unusual Occurence
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:18:07 -0700
  ...Not from the bed, anyway. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Jun 20, 2012, at 8:08 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote...
• Re: LineX Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:49:11 -0700
  ...many of the Vanagon rust issues originate on the inside, > with bedliner applied, isn't there a concern that the potential cancer > goes unnoticed...
• Re: seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:01:05 -0700
  ...Might be the one to call your > draperies at home. > > BenT > San Francisco [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Bedford;Drew x-mozilla-html...
• Re: Radiator replace
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:27:41 -0500
  on 2/10/2001 7:49 PM, Drew Bedford at drew@BOMB-PROOF.COM wrote: > So I drained my coolant, pulled off the grilles...
• The wonderful vanagon
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:39:18 -0800
  ...I can haul my own lumber." I put down the seat, put a large piece of clean cardboard on the bed and hauled home...
• Re: Added a Eurovan to the Stable
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:21:47 EST
  Is the MV sort of like a weekender with a table, bed, etc but no kitchen and pop top? $6600 with low miles sounds...
• Re: source found for rubber rear cargo floor mat
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:47:36 EST
  In a message dated 12/4/01 7:27:17 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: << Protecta heavy weight bedmat model 6721 utility mat 72...
• Re: turbo diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Chris M.
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:45:00 -0600
  That and the 100 foot modified deck lid ruins the z-bed, and makes it VERY noisy for passengers. ---> Kind of tough to parallel...
• what is a wolfsburg?
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:36:45 -0400
  ...Plus the bed. Is this a Wolfsburg or a weekender or both?
• OFFER: FREE Rear fold-down VW Vanagon seat in SE Grand Rapids- BLUE
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:41:11 -0700
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• Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 20:11:36 -0500
  ...In 2002 my #2 son Rob opened a spray-on truck bed-liner business using urea as the liner material. It was superior to...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:41:18 -0500
  ...the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ... > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I bought an '86 Weekender with a Z-Bed and converted...
• Re: GL More camp-able
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:34:10 -0700
  ...At the moment we still use the standard fold down rear bed, so we have the option of carrying 4 passengers. Later the bed...
• Zee Products, anyone remember them?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:58:06 -0800
  I have been trying to remember the name of a company the used to sell a Z Bed conversion kit for Vanagon passenger vans...
• Re: SOLD: Vanagon AT
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:08:02 -0700
  ...I need a good used Auto trans ..( if anyone near soutern oregon has one ) and I'd buy your Z bed ... but there is...
• Re: Passenger Vanagon wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 27 May 2018 08:26:56 -0700
  ...A bed in a van does not make it a Weekender/MULTIVAN. You also need the rear cabinet and jump seats. A Carat will...
• Re: Fuel/gas tank question
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 30 Jun 2013 06:43:14 -0600
  ...When I replaced mine about 3 years ago, I > used a generic can of spray-on bedliner from a FLAPS. Holding up well. If...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:55:24 -0800
  This is why I figured having the bed out of the way might help. But you've done this job! I'm a newb...
• Re: Riviera vs Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:18:10 -0800
  ...Anyone know if the bed is the same width as a Westy? I would assume it's narrower looking at pics of rear cabinetry...
• Real Pop top Conversion Solution for Non Pop Top Vanagon's
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 3 May 2009 13:31:10 -0400
  ...http://vwelevation.com/products.html This person in the UK sells a kit that will properly allow for a custom bed bunk for sleeping...
• Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 21:25:25 -0600
  ...Fold down rear seat (into bed) Refrigerator Westy Poptop Alloy wheels Fiberglass bumpers Dave Dfilcoff@stlnet.com
• Fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:13:50 -0700
  ...TIA, Drew Bedford Park City, Utah
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:24:39 -0800
  - hot water via heat exchange - cabinet light (under sink) - poptop light (when raised) - propex/plat cat - feather bed, down comforter, cotton sheets - mirror on...
• last chance for wolfie interior parts
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:58:43 +0000
  Ok you cheapo's, one last chance at buying the 3rd seat, full bed, and AC, table/side panel from a 85 wolfie weekender...
• A little help with measurements on a westy
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:21:43 -0700
  ...What is the width and length of the fold down bed? That's it :) Thanks
• Re: Rear closet permanent removal Was: Rear closet temporary removal
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:24:58 +0000
  ...Hmmm.... .  Never even thought about removing the closet, though I, like some others, have sometimes cursed it, and certainly would like a wider bed...
• FS, Interior parts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Creasy
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:59:10 -0500
  ...Cushion covers for wayback pad and upstairs bed. Original poptop canvas, no rips or holes or mildew. Beige. Flannel sheet set which fits the...
• Re: '84 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:04:47 -0800 (PST)
  Jerry Huff writes: > > The weekender has the pop top with bed, rear bench bed and fold out table. > No fridge/stove/sink. > > The Eurovan...
• sleepless in Eru[Drovan
  Historical mailing list - KLAUS SCHULTZ
  Mon, 05 Feb 1996 15:11:43 -0500 (EST)
  ...It seemed nicely thought out inside, but on the way home I noticed in the specs that both up and downstairs beds are only...
• Re: '79 westy OR 83.5 westy fs
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 15:37:15 EST
  ...Hydr lifters, poptop canvas > excellent, green/grn plaid, interior excellent, swivel pass seat, table, > sink/icebox, bed, sleeps 4 w/ bed in poptop, childs...
• Re: Eurovan-Adding Weekender Bed?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:34:10 -0500
  ...that goes behind the seat as it forms part of the bed. 2. The middle seat gets in the way when the rear seat...
• Security and Friday, was: List fixed (I hope)
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:28:09 EST
  ...Is Ken Starr threatening to investigate all of *US* for riding around with not just ONE but TWO beds in the back of our...
• Re: Over the bed storage
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 22:47:36 -0500
  ...On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 06:51 PM, MacLachlan, Bill wrote: > I'm thinking of putting an over the bed storage cupboard in...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:00:56 -0700
  DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT Get a truck and flat bed/car trailer to do this yerself or swallow yer pride, dig into...
• Truck Bed Liner
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:04:29 -0400
  ...I had remembered a post where someone had used truck bed liner paint on their Vanagon. I didn't have major rust damage but...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:23:03 -0700
  ...Lots of non-Westy Vanagons came with Z-beds, tables, and rear facing seats. The primary confusion seems to come from the two uses...
• Re: Speaker size
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:16:31 -0500
  ...ahead - the '86 had a fold down bed and there is a bar to the bed running under there - I cut the holes in...
• Re: Audi Turbo motor swap
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:50:31 -0700
  ...Part of the annoyance was making the bed work out. Fortunately, the increase in height needed in the tub portion was almost exactly the...
• RE: Winter Camping Heat & Water Tank
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Sep 1994 12:15:55 PDT
  ...Cut a new whole in the bed side of the clothes closet, behind where the back of the heater will be. Re-mount the...
• Re: Making a Bed--any advise?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Gourley
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:39:03 -0700
  ...I have used 3/4 " plywood for a bed in a '63 VW bus, a '70 VW Kombi and an '80 Ford van. The...
• Re: Rapture Texture Coating-Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:53:23 -0700
  The one thing I really don't like about the "bed liner" rocker treatment it the hard edge you get at the tape line...
• Re: P22 Westy layout
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:31:06 -0500
  ...It has a 10 gallon water tank that fits under the > bed. One advantage is that is has a full width bench seat and...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:02:58 -0800
  ...the closet and upper storage need to be > removed before upper bed can come out. That in itself doesn't doesn't > seem like...
• Re: Pop-top transplant report/procedural
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 17:57:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...This is for everyone who owns a bus, and has at some time wished for the extra sleeping space of the luxurious double bed...
• 84 sunroof w/ weekender rear sofa bed
  Historical mailing list - Nemo, the Bus Captain
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:08:16 -0800
  84 sunroofer blue/blue, very nice interior, wolfy bed/mattress. Seam rust but not bad, sand and paint, no welding. Leaking coolant, but suspension...