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  • Re: dometic 182b question
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:02:00 EST
    ...The sliding window behind the fridge does a good job venting the fridge heat, no need for the skylight. Sorry, OK, 81 F is...
  • Re: Seat Modifications
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:52:24 -0800
    ...find a camper, Also you might want to get the sliding side windows > that have screens for camping. (Other screen alternatives are night use...
  • do you have a keen eye? Re: slightly bizarre Vanagon...
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:29:59 EST
    ...can see it has the newer sliding door. also the sideglass is regular GL sideglass, not camper windows. how do i know it was...
  • 88 84 73 parting
    Historical mailing list - dawn
    Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:03:34 -0700
    ...for 84 blue front seats with are rest blue rear hatch sliding door front doors any part that you need cut off the 84...
  • Re: Me Too: Remote control door unlocking?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:52:18 -0600
    ...83.5 Westy, aside from professional window tinting. The only caveat is that you cannot actuate the sliding door. I didn't look into...
  • Fw: Re: Sliding door comes open...
    Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
    Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:34:13 -0000
    ...a blast from my driver window and in the next moment the bags flu off out from open sliding door. In the rear mirror...
  • Re: Purchasing accessories in Germany
    Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
    Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:38:19 -0700
    ...Once I purchsed double acrylic sliding windows for my van and carried them over as special baggage (free freight). Anyone needing tips for tax...
  • Re: Center Console
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:43:10 -0800
    ...and ran the antenna wire under the carpet and out the sliding window behind the driver. Jere 90 GL 88 GL -----Original Message----- From...
  • Re: Sliding window refurbish
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:53:30 -0700
    On 8/9/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > If someone wants to answer Reinhard's question and post...
  • Re: Denver Body work?
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:00:22 +0000
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > I thought Vanagon ownership required that one or both rear fender areas (or> even the sliding door) have a dent...
  • Re: For Sale -- Magnetic Window Screens
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:33:32 -0700
    ...I can also make > replacement screens for the sliding side windows if needed. Please email > directly off list if interested. Joefederici(at)earthlink.net...
  • Re: Wood burning bus
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:20:21 -0800
    ...There was a pipe exhausting from the driver's side sliding > window, with smoke coming out. It became obvious that this was the source...
  • 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...
  • Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:11:55 -0700
    ...Check out the rates on the fedex site before you >> write them off. >> >> > > a few yrs ago, i had a split window bus front...
  • Value of sliding door
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:01:13 +1200
    ...would mean that I'd need the doorframe structure as well. Window, lock & handles would be needed. It wouldn't matter what year, so...
  • I finally finished the interior. Yes it's purple fur.
    Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
    Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:44:27 -0400
    ...I added tons of storage under the new seats including a door on the end by the sliding door to easily stash the wife...
  • Re: hey howdy
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:01:45 -0400
    ...If it hadn't been for the baywindow, you snooty vanagonauts wouldn't enjoy crash-proof bumpers, disk brakes, hydraulic valves or sliding doors...
  • Re: Water in interior panel by slider
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Sat, 6 Mar 2004 22:11:28 -0800
    ...I suspect that it comes from the sliding door latch bolt holes but I'm not sure. If you find out please let me...
  • Re: performance tires
    Historical mailing list - John Pertalion
    Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:56:24 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Many years ago a friend I was riding with went power-sliding around a turn on a dirt road in a '65 micro bus...
  • FS: 1600 d.p., tranny, bus goodies
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:37:11 -0400
    ...window, passenger side, from '71 bus, $5 Starter, ugly but works, $20 Outside rearview mirrors, passengers $8, drivers $5 (mirror is gunky) Sliding door...
  • Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Fri, 2 May 2008 21:21:03 -0400
    ...forward of the D pillar in > order to make room for sliding windows back there. So where did they > send the exiting cabin air...
  • Bentley and Parts for Sale
    Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
    Sun, 5 Dec 1999 01:16:59 MST
    ...windows and windshield privacy curtain. $35 Rear hatch insect screen. $35 Left and right side insect screens.$60 pair Left and right side sliding...
  • Re: Help me! I've just purchased a pit to throw money into!
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 6 Dec 94 17:40:21 PST
    ...Does anyone think I would have much luck getting the following >>things from a junkyard? >> >>Driver's side window regulator >>Sliding door locking mechanism...
  • Re: '90 GL: Want to add curtains
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 27 Apr 1995 09:41:17 +0600
    ...I needed 10 >yards (to make double-thickness curtains) to cover all of my windows. >The nice material was all between $8 - $20 a...
  • Re: Removed windows...
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:16:36 -0400
    ...Removed windows... > > Hi all, > > I thought I'd put out there that I spent the day today removing the > windows from my '87 Westy...
  • Custom rear sliding cabinets
    Historical mailing list - Charles Nighbor
    Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:55:36 -0800
    ...Any thoughts? Ryan _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail gives you a free,exclusive gift. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid...
  • Re: Spotted EV Camper in Key West
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:15:44 -0800 (PST)
    ...with a raised roof which has a bunk for two, > sliding glass windows and a couple of large storage cabinets in the forward > part...
  • Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:02:59 -0700
    ...came up > with this. > > I have 2 screen windows for my sliding > passenger > area windows. Should there have been a third > for the > vent...
  • Re: Curtains and privacy...
    Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
    Fri, 14 Jan 2000 02:00:01 EST
    ...There's often a sort of frame added around the window; the blinds run between that frame and the window. That keeps anyone from...
  • Re: Reliability or something else? was Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:27:48 -0700
    ...to roll that window up and down, like in warm weather. Some Vanagons have a door light switch on the sliding door, and some...
  • Vanagon envy?
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:57:15 -0600
    Hi all me again, I was out at my westy earlier to make sure my sliding door window was the exact one minus the...
  • Re: Parts Wanted
    Historical mailing list - Chris Donaldson
    Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:22:09 -0600
    ...If anyone out there as any of = these please let me know price and condition. =20 Sliding door insert in Grey Rear hatch Insert...
  • Re: the term "barndoor" bus... & Split door options
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 10 May 2002 22:30:40 +1200
    ...A rare option on the 1966-67 Splits was the sliding door (to which VW holds the patents) instead of the horrible hinged double...
  • Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon
    Fri, 2 Aug 2013 20:12:36 -0700
    ...this is a prime candidate for reconditioning , much like the window scrapers in the front doors. you might also wash and wax that channel...
  • Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
    Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
    Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:21:01 -0700
    ...Is this normal? >> c) While the trim on the front of the passenger door window came off >> easily, that over the sliding door seems...
  • Re: Good Bye Grover :(
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:03:05 -0600
    ...May I have first bids on the power side mirrors and sliding window seals? > > > > 2010/2/26, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com>: > >> Well, a...
  • Re: Buses by the Beach Bus Benefit this weekend - Wooooo Hoooo!!!!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Thu, 20 May 2010 00:45:41 -0400
    you should have seen him puking out the sliding door window as we pulled up slowly to a traffic light in some little town...
  • 89 Wolfsburg FS - More Info
    Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
    Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:19:45 -0400
    ...thru side window. Body: Paint OK, looks original. Paint and clearcoat peeling heavily on front and rear bumpers. Very light seam rust in spots...
  • Re: Sliding Door Latch
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 3 Feb 2002 13:30:32 +1200
    ...St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut Friends don't let friends do Windows
  • Re: Screens and Wiper Fluid Pump
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:08:21 -0700 (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...
  • SA Trip Part III (short)
    Historical mailing list - James Cohen
    Thu, 18 Jun 1998 11:05:16 +0200
    ...One was the sliding rear quarter window...yes the one in the BACK! I got a pic of this. Also the aircraft interior lights...
  • Re: Insulation behind Dometic fridge?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:25:24 -0700
    ...It also covers the sliding window, it really does keep the van cooler, no data to support this. Alistair On 29-Jul-09, at...
  • Re: Sliding door... please help...
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:24:54 -0800
    ...On Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 6:05 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote: > I realize that the sliding door on the later...
  • RE: where did J.C.whitney get my address?
    Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
    Fri, 9 Feb 1996 22:23:17 +0000
    >DITTO HERE But the last time I bought something from them(it was those magnetic screens you put over the drivers & pass windows) I...
  • Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:02:31 -0600
    ...I just measured the length (outside edge to outside edge) at window height. 47 1/4". > > I'm sure someone has a definitive answer...
  • Re: Westy Tent Sale----
    Historical mailing list - Kathy and Jamie
    Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:00:26 -0700
    ...Can get up to pee in the middle of the night and not wake the whole > family with sliding door noise. > 3. MAkes Great...
  • Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:34:48 -0400
    ...Is this normal? > c) While the trim on the front of the passenger door window came off > easily, that over the sliding door seems...
  • Re: Need New Propane Shut-off Valve
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:25:11 -0700
    ...Window and/or sliding door left open. Steven 91 Westy On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 3:17 PM Alex MeVay <alex@mevay.org> wrote...
  • Re: Brake pedal pumping/master cyl Q
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sat, 17 Mar 2001 07:50:03 -0600
    ...Open the windows so that you can hear when the wheels are sliding. Try some hard stops from various speeds. By checking the skid...
  • Re: [vanagon] odd vanagon on samba....vanagon "carrier"????
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:14:29 EDT
    ...It was purchased > by his father for the family business and came with no seats in the back and > no sliding windows. "carrier" was...
  • Re: Rear Side window slider now at GoWesty
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:33:12 -0400
    ...19:08 Oxroad <oxroad@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > > > I just saw this left rear side sliding window for Vanagon. I haven't seen an...
  • Re: parts are parts?
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:20:43 -0700
    ...pictures I see, the rear windows ARE different (sliding type, no air > >>vent at the rear), but the windows APPEAR to fit in the...
  • Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a whole heck of a lot like one?
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:26:44 -0600
    ...http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/racing2001/NAC2001-pictures.htm except with this window jiggered in on the "driver's side" for optional ventilation...
  • Final Parts list and request for confirmation
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:03:36 -0400
    ...Verbeek** Passenger door step rubber Stefan Ufer heated rear window Sean Bartnik side sliding door*&*** David E Most (1st) Stefan Ufer (2nd) vwbus@TCPBBS...
  • Re: Side middle window bushings
    Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
    Wed, 9 May 2001 23:26:46 -0400
    ...to them as guides) on the bases of the middle sliding side windows. Upon checking with the dealer, and discovering that the originals were...
  • Re: Mildly-strong adhesive for slider window rubber?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:50:36 -0700
    ...wrote: >> I've pulled the sliding windows off both sides of Mellow Yellow in >> preparation to having the windows tinted* tomorrow morning. The rubber...
  • Buses on TV
    Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
    Wed, 8 Nov 95 11:40:38 gmt
    ...There were also some pretentious designers harping on about the flowing lines and rows of windows being suggestive of submarine or airship design. Fiat...
  • Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:31:44 -0600
    ...or talking to other buses on convoy trips. (9) extra brake lights in rear hatch window. (10) fog light on rear bumper for use...
  • Back from Germany
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Wed, 18 May 2005 16:34:19 -0700
    ...com/images/trip/ww3.jpg And the most sought after rear sliding window (also double-paned): http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/trip/ww4.jpg
  • Fwd: Sliding door... please help...
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:09:54 +0000
    ...I realize that the sliding door on the later model Vanagons were engineered to not need the rear handle that the earlier ones came...