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  • Re: FS: parts from 87 van
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 6 Apr 2002 00:41:00 +0000
    ...Both front seats have broken right > > armrests - driver side flops around, passenger's is > > missing. Middle seats and armrests are good. Rear > > seat is...
  • Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 14 May 2001 12:28:49 -0500
    ...Both front vent windows missing latches. Both gas cylinders on rear hatch dead. Oil filler cap missing. Rubber grommet on dip stick missing. Radio...
  • Re: Strange Westy
    Historical mailing list - Fran�oix
    Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:39:20 -0500
    ...The bad side of this conversion is there is no window in the rear doors and in the back sides. I'll keep my...
  • Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:42:21 -0700
    ...doesn't warrant opening the rear hatch, I've installed >> a >> slider on the back right side window. It opens about 8 inches - nice...
  • Re: Riddle me this and Riddle me that - Strange "Leak"
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 20 Apr 2003 08:57:53 -0400
    ...of the way back along the sliding side door. I thought I had a leaking window or hole in the floor but this is...
  • Rear Camber Adjustment, Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    03 Oct 96 12:25:25 PDT
    ...I can envision a relatively simple jig mounted on the side rear window with a vertical bar hanging down and measuring the top and...
  • Syncro update - body work
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0700
    ...structural work and small replacement panel - (rear passenger side bottom panel between fender and sliding door). Windows are out and rust around three frames...
  • Re: Door vents
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Sat, 30 Aug 1997 04:56:49 EDT
    ...It's probably because NOT ALL Buses 68-79 and Vanagons thru 1987 have Air Conditioning (& 88-91's using those Rear Side Window...
  • Re: Low Mileage Syncro Westy for $6,000?
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:54:07 -0400
    ...seat (passenger side, replaces passenger seat - > > color does not match) > > Eurovan type sink faucet > > rear hatch, skylight, sliding door, and front window (driver and...
  • 65 ex-camper panel van FS (kinda long)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Mar 1996 11:13:27 -0500
    ...I could kick all the aftermarket companies that hacked windows (3 on drivers side one in each of the cargo doors) I would like...
  • Re: SDM-East, bad dog, door panel needed.
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Fri, 11 May 2007 10:44:16 -0700
    ...He also > ripped the top off the passenger door panel, tore the curtains off the > rear > side window, severed both rear shoulder belts, peed...
  • Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:42:51 -0800
    ...the rear fenders that are subtly bulgey, the rear deck is nice. The flat small rear window is nice. And the slenger-top front...
  • EUROVAN POPTOP CAMPER
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 31 May 94 19:30:01 EDT
    ...EUROVAN POPTOP CAMPER ** Based on long wheelbase (131 inches, or 3.33 meters) Eurovan Panel Van (no center/rear seats, no side windows, etc...
  • Re: Yellow Sub gets Legal in Maryland ~~ TNX!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:52:22 -0600
    ...I had a busted side door window and the Maryland Safety Inspector needed it fixed. Ralph had an extra side door from Velma's...
  • Anyone ever heard of a wierd backseat with a stock cutout section?
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:01:40 -0800
    ...the power windows. But there is something very odd about it.� The rear seat looks perfectly normal except of the passenger side front corner...
  • FS: 1985 Westy (NC)
    Historical mailing list - John Fried
    Fri, 31 May 2002 17:37:38 -0400
    ...Screens for rear gate, sliding door, and both front door windows. A&E Catalina 2500 Awning - 9'6" wide. 2" Receiver plus 21" x...
  • Used Van Need help- revised
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:01:28 -0400
    ...Plate bulb out Rear wheel cylinder and brake shoes need replacing Right passenger side window motor not working, Needs a regulator I was told...
  • Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:31:20 -0700
    don't forget to adjust the screw stops on either lower side of hatch opening as well as doing the striker. alistair On 2012...
  • Re: third rear tail light?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:48:57 +1200
    ...In older vehicles these are stuck onto the rear window, unless you can find a rear wing with light built-in. Andrew Grebneff 165...
  • Parts! In Seattle
    Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
    Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:49:59 -0700
    ...Power front steering rack Vented rear quarter window glass Butter cream color or any color '83.5 sliding door/tailgate/driver door/driver side...
  • Re: Best Tint?
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:16:39 -0400
    ...And what about the 2 >> sliding side windows? Do tint shops generally know how to work with Westy >> furniture and windows? >> >> I would like...
  • 91 GL for sale in Nebraska
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Larsen
    Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:13:39 -0500
    ...on them) Fiberglass body mouldings Rear seat folds into double bed Bentley manual Cable chains Screens for side windows Vial of touch-up paint...
  • Re: Rear Window Defroster Strips Pretty Much Fugeddaboutit?
    Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
    Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:02 -0700
    ...Rear Window Defroster Strips Pretty Much Fugeddaboutit? >> >> Subject line, I believe, says it all. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The...
  • New Arrivals. Wind Deflectors, Paulchen racks, screen kits.
    Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
    Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:51:23 EST
    ...Eurovan stuff: *Wind deflectors - tinted (in stock - limited quantities) *Front window inserts - louvered powder coated aluminum with insect screens, (in stock!) *Side window inserts...
  • Re: Spotted EV Camper in Key West
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:15:44 -0800 (PST)
    ...MV with a poptop, louvered window on the driver's > side and a small electric cooler under the rear jumpseat. Grumble grumble > However, the...
  • Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
    Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:05:07 -0800
    ...black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon looking for a source for the little black plastic clips that are receivers for the...
  • Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:05:38 +0000
    ...Fan Resistor - Rear Seat Heater Fan > > 4. Fan Resistor - Dash Heater Fan > > 5. Power Windows > > 6. Power Door Locks > > 7. Ignition Switch - steering column...
  • Re: Peel and Seal
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:57:14 -0700
    ...in back I did floor, sides, and up that angled face under rear seat. i did not do over engine bay, I thought I...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:01:08 -0700
    ...curtain set starting to fade - primarily on the side exposed to the window - rear window curtains being the worst, and so I decided to...
  • Re: Other Volkswagens
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:20:02 -0500
    ...Wikipedia confirms that 1950 was the first year of >production. > >This is the Type 2, which includes rear engined Split window buses, the >so...
  • Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
    Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:58:45 -0800
    ...black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> looking for a source for the...
  • Foglight switch
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:03:52 +1000
    ...me thinking...what OEM accessory uses the remaining blank position...heated rear window? heated seats? cone of silence? (ahh if only...:) Thanks for any...
  • Re: Audi 5cyl in a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - John Pronk
    Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:34:12 -0000
    ...In South Africa the rear deck is 100 mm (4 inches) higher than on our vanagons. (they also have larger side windows, another mod...
  • FS 90 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
    Thu, 1 Jan 2004 09:48:28 -0600
    ...bit on the bottom of the side windows. Interior is nice, gray. There are two individual rear-facing seats and the bench seat in...
  • Re: Rear Window Defroster Strips Pretty Much Fugeddaboutit?
    Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
    Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:42:19 -0700
    ...window stripe. >> >> I'd be fairly astounded if that wasn't soldered to the common bus that >> runs down the side of the window...
  • Serious brake question
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:32:42 -0500
    ...New pads/rotors both sides including new pins and pad plates New rubber flex lines on all corners New rear brake springs New rear...
  • '83 2.0L Westfalia FS~ Arizona
    Historical mailing list - jim ellis
    Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:39:25 -0700
    ...tan motif interior * OEM upholstery (in good shape) * Tinted windows * Perfect canvas * Perfect OEM rear screen * Both Tables! * All curtains (includes front) * AM/FM...
  • Re: Best Tint?
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:43:06 +0000
    ...And what about the 2 > >> sliding side windows? Do tint shops generally know how to work with Westy > >> furniture and windows? > >> > >> I would like...
  • Re: Vanagon Carat - 1991
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:58:07 -0700
    ...The driver window operator motor is missing. On the passenger side > the window operating system is all there. Just doesn't work . Could be...
  • Re: any years / models we should avoid
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:06:21 -0700
    ...These had jailbars over the rear window and the side windows had screens. All the ones I have seen were dark blue with blue...
  • Re: Parts Wanted
    Historical mailing list - Chris Donaldson
    Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:22:09 -0600
    ...Driver's and passengers side power window switch bezels. Grey Westfalia stove knobs. Thanks, Cory
  • Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:10:19 -0500
    ...Fan Resistor - Rear Seat Heater Fan > > 4. Fan Resistor - Dash Heater Fan > > 5. Power Windows > > 6. Power Door Locks > > 7. Ignition Switch - steering column...
  • Re: Rear Side window slider now at GoWesty
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:48:58 -0700
    ...There might be a way to hook into that system from out side somehow. All you phone guys should know about that...I heard...
  • Speakers & Radio/cassette upgrade
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:57:57 -0700
    ...of the gray rubber wood trim (no plywood) nearest the rear passenger side speaker. This speaker is mounted in the A/C box. Even...
  • 1st junkyard trip + extra wiper motor
    Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
    Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:06:08 -0800 (PST)
    ...I went looking for a set of side rearview mirrors and parts for a wiper motor. At the first place there were two `69...
  • South African bumpers fit 84?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:26:54 +1200
    ...Someone said that the side windows are deeper in the RSA vans, but perusal of photographs doesn't lend me to agree. At the...
  • some stuff i did to my buses ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:53:35 -0600
    ...the 90 grade i did the middle side sliding windows, rear side windows, rear hatch window, and put an 8 inch strip across the...
  • Re: Westy Speaker
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sun, 23 Jul 2000 01:38:01 PDT
    ...Unless you have power windows you cannot mount these speakers with the >Blaupunkt grill because the window lift handle will not clear. I would...
  • Re: bizarre vanagon westy on ebay.....
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:54:42 EST
    ...see an L interior, rear defog, newer-style headrests and/or seats, > post-85 front end, and 1980 rear side vents and blockier lettering...
  • Re: Replacement for broken sliding window?
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Thu, 7 Aug 2014 23:30:42 -0700
    ...to replace a broken window. 85 Westy, it's the sliding one in the >> rear on the driver's side. Only the sliding part...
  • Re: Toronto Repair Shop Question
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:33:33 -0700
    ...When they'd push the button to make the >rear window go up, it would go down, and push the button down, the window...
  • Re: Windows tinted
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:18:09 -0700
    ...he have to remove the rear clothes closet and cabinets that block the > driver's side back window? > Patti > ******************************************************** > On 6/26/07, mike...
  • Re: Air 'Conditioning'
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 21 May 1997 15:37:12 -0400 (EDT)
    ...white ( currently beige metallic ), getting some limo tint for the rear and side windows, and maybe even remove the air to put in a...
  • who has upgraded their front vanagon door SPEAKERS??
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:11:14 EST
    ...as i dont want to be hitting the window crank knob with it, or for it to get crunched against the side of the...
  • NVC hillbillies
    Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:08:52 -0800
    ...hillbilly fresh off of his sister with the sticker in the rear window> "Burning gas and hauling ass."> Where I live, not only do...
  • Re: Table Leg
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:32:57 -0700
    My 84 Westy was missing the rear table support, so I talked the local muffler shop guys into making a new one out of...
  • Re: Used Van Need help
    Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
    Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:08:53 -0500
    ...Plate bulb out Rear wheel cylinder and brake shoes need replacing Right passenger side window motor not working Tail pipe rusted out 8� piece...
  • Re: Whole Pop top conversion
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:34:53 -0800
    Of course, you could do it that way and some have.But removing the windshield, all side windows, rear hatch, sliding door, etc, cutting...
  • Rear hatch covering
    Historical mailing list - Neil Wasbrikoff
    Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:44:57 -0500
    ...The cloth covered each side and the very rear of the van, draped over the top and extended down to the ground. There was...
  • 1990 Syncro Westy for sale
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:27:12 -0700
    1990 Vanagon Syncro - has rear locking diff (but not the front) 5 speed (naturally) Westfalia camper GL model - power windows, door locks, cruise control...