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• Re: Disassembling Westy interior for Seam Rust battle?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:52:36 -0700
  FWIW, I recently had to buy new clips for my 88 GL's rear hatch panel cover and the dealership was cheaper than gowesty...
• Re: REVIEW: Renogy 100w Solar Panel Suitcase
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:58:48 -0600
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Want a solar panel option you can get up and running on your Vanagon > in less than an hour that costs...
• Panelvan Diesel for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Michel Gaastra
  Sun, 19 May 2002 01:02:49 +0200
  Hi, I've heard that Panel vans are quite rare in the US. Panelvan (3 seater) for sale. Color: Orange Egine: 1.6L Diesel...
• Re: Vanagon Panels Available?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 7 May 2009 10:20:23 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Vanagon Panels Available? Can anybody tell me if new body panels are still available? My need is for an...
• FS: grey front doorpanels, also hatch panels, slider door panels
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:15:31 EST
  ...vans w/ manual windows) -rear hatch panel, black vinyl ,fits all vans -rear hatch panel, brown vinyl, fits all vans -rear hatch panel, grey...
• Re: fuse panel screw size?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:25:24 -0700
  ...dbx@POBOX.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:31 PM Subject: fuse panel screw size? > Does anyone know...
• Re: Central Locking -- questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 May 2011 11:07:08 -0700
  ...in 85 vans and later, the sliding door panel comes off very easily just like the front door panels. you just undo the various...
• Re: interior panels
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:06:29 -0700
  ...interior panels To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 2:36 AM In a message dated 3/19/10 2:34...
• Re: Door Panel Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:02:30 -0700
  ...com/Door-Panel-Clip-Removal-Tool/dp/B0025EQMBK > > Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Sunday...
• tool advice needed.
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:15:00 -0800
  wondering what the best tool to use to cut/modify the interior panels of my van. any suggestions? the 84 panels i just bought...
• Re: Interior door/side/headliner panels redux
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:31:11 EST
  ...Interior door/side/headliner panels redux > > I have read several posts in the past about redoing the interior panels in > a > vanagon and as...
• Re: Interior Panel Repair/Covering?
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:33:24 -0800
  ...Otherwise, lots of sanding. >How hard is it to get the panels out? I have tried on the sliding door >panel but I was...
• Re: inside door panel materials?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:07:56 -0400
  ...van and want an original factory-finished replacement panel, we also have a small quantity left of original genuine VW sliding door panels, in...
• Re: inside door panel materials?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:51:00 -0700
  made few sliding door panels using "hardboard from Home Depot" then transfered original vinyl cover on.Hard not to tear vinyl. hard to glue...
• FS: grey slider doorpanel, FS: carat sofabed and side table panels, fit all vans
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 13:37:55 EST
  ...from carat but fits all '85-'91 vans also for sale: carat sofabed and side table panels, fit any pasenger vanagon, w/ all mounting...
• Re: water/fridge annunciator panel
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:22:41 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: water/fridge annunciator panel >Does anyone other...
• Re: "EV" Panel Van Sighting???
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Feb 1996 07:11:26 -0500 (EST)
  Moe mentioned seeing an EV panel van in Canada...from what I understand, the Canadians don't have that "Chicken Tax" to worry about...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:54:53 -0800
  ...CTONLINE@webtv.net wrote: > > Stuart, > If the glued panels failed it was probably due to one of two different > things. > (1) improperly prepared mating...
• Re: Black door panel anyone?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:48:43 -0400
  ...Black door panel anyone? >> >> >> I am looking for one black door panel for th driver's side for a Vanagon >> with cranking window. >> So...
• Re: Warmer bus talk
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:30:39 -0500
  >> With all this talk of partitions between cab and back area, I've gotta >> tell you about my mates panel van. It's a...
• Re: 100w solar system
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 06:16:17 -0700
  ...Stowing an adequate panel inside a Vanagon is a challenge and deploying that panel properly can also be troublesome. One should always consider the...
• Vanagon grill panels
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 94 10:07:51 EDT
  The front grill on my '84 Vanagon has two pressed board panels attached to the back side, one on either side of the radiator...
• Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:02:30 -0800
  ...only need one set of leads running back to the van from the panels. Also---can anyone recommend a good PVM solar charge controller...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:48:22 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy Hi Bryan; Were you at Westies @ Watkins? I saw a brown Westie...
• Re: Interior door/side/headliner panels redux
  Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:41:53 -0800
  ...redoing the interior panels in a >vanagon and as I recall most speak to attempts at matching the original >panels. Has anyone done anything...
• Re: Map Pocket
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:05:15 EDT
  ...I noticed that the junked van had the > driver's side map pocket so I took off the panel and unscrewed the > map pocket...
• Solar Panels. Was: batteries, power, wiring,...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 26 May 2000 18:33:45 -0300
  ...If anyone is reading this, Will a 1 amp hour solar panel run the van's gas engine with a dead primary battery (on...
• Re: batteries, power, wiring,...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 26 May 2000 09:01:02 -0700
  ...With the van facing east the pop top will shade a solar panel in the luggage rack in the afternoon. I suppose you could...
• Re: Recovering interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:04:38 -0400
  A van I saw the other night whilst surfing is at: http://www.qnet.com/~markath/interior.htm The panels are all covered in...
• Re: electrical woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Sat, 31 May 1997 23:02:44 +0000
  ...Then the instrument panel lighted with >>ignition key off and the headlight switch on. However, with the van >>running, no instrument panel lights, no...
• Re: Solar power
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:10:52 -0500
  ...panel I've installed (in conjunction with a charge controller) would run around $150 US. It keeps both batteries topped while the van is...
• Re: solar charge controller any suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:23:30 -0500
  Hi Ed, > The solar panel is putting out 17 + volts in the overcast so it is working This may not be a healthy panel...
• Re: removal of rear door panel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:29:49 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: removal of rear door panel > > >> Having shreaded a panel that...
• Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:35:56 -0400
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of mark drillock Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:01 PM To: vanagon@GERRY...
• deep cycle exide orbital, marine grade...
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:13:26 -0700
  ...you could even have solar panel vents installed on the solar panel itself (to help hot humid air exit the parked vanagon... ) if this...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:54:02 -0700
  ...Jockeying the van around as the sun traverses the sky seems like way more trouble than it's worth. So my panels are stand...
• Re: How to fix / External body panel internal supports coming loose
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:06:33 -0700
  ...the panel and the frame. Very effective at dampening vibrations and weighs less than QPads. Reinhard, 83 Westy. "Moose" --- Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND...
• Re: removal of rear door panel
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:52:04 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: Re: removal of rear door panel > Having shreaded a panel that...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:34:21 -0700
  ...That would all depend on size of panels, draw >>> etc. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta...
• Re: Solar Panels - from where?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:03:46 -0800
  So where are people buying their solar panels from? Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff" <kennedy@THERIVER.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday...
• Re: Westfalia instrument panel.
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:23:52 -0800
  Right, the early panel had 4 leds for water level, the 2 bottom ones both red. It also has a transistor in the panel...
• 1985 Vanagon GL - mirrors - lens - panel
  Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:24:04 -0400
  ...first Vanagon too :) I'm looking for the two front parking light lenses, the two side mirrors, the front driver door inside panel (black...
• Fw: WTB sliding door panel 85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:03:10 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Mon, March 11, 2013 2:31:16 PM Subject: WTB sliding door panel 85 My neighbor has an 85...
• Re: 87 vanagon westy GL speaker question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:44:12 -0500
  The door panels were custom made for me by SewFine. Behind the fabric is a standard Vanagon door panel. As to price, sorry I...
• Re: better sun visor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:18:52 -0800
  Not for a sun visor, for the interior paneling. I think the folks that make the ABS interior panels could sell just as many...
• Re: Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 May 2015 23:13:05 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Solar panel question Hoping I can get some feedback from people who have experience with solar power. I recently...
• Re: 7 door panel...
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:35:37 MST
  > Thom: > > The term "7-door panel" Bus is actually something I picked up from Mr. VanBondo. > Albeit I probably mis-quoted the afore-mentioned...
• Re: Front panel availablity
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 07:18:56 -0800
  ...Places like Bus Depot used to carry some of the front sections as repair panels. In the Vanagon production years, you could order them...
• Re: 1986 Vanagon: Can't unlock rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Oct 2016 15:54:05 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1741_606/sliding-door-rear-panel-rear-hatch-panel-clip.html
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:58:46 -0600
  ...Solar panels for your Vanagon.. > > So .. what about solar panels to power a coolatron .. I run it off > of my aux > battery but I...
• auxillary fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:04:35 -0700
  I think I have mentioned this in years past, but a handy auxillary fuse panel for our vans can be found on 2000 or...
• Rust on center driver side panel
  Historical mailing list - Chris Donaldson
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:50:55 -0600
  Hello, I'm a new owner of a used 88 Westfalia Vanagon. After looking the vehicle over, there is some rust near the city...
• Re: Luggage PV Panel?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:45:36 -0700
  I like the idea of a flexible panel on aluminum supported by bungee net. I didn't mention the bungee net in my original...
• Re: Westfalia instrument panel.
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:06:09 -0800
  I doubt that your led panel has a fridge lit led. The early panels had no switch and no pilot led. Someone could have...
• Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 2 May 2010 06:57:40 EDT
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Roof top mounted panels do not need to be permantely mounted. My install is so that...
• Nice Panel Van in Angels & Demons
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:36:01 -0700
  ...Don't think I've ever seen a stock panel van with that setup. I want one. Cheers, Jeff
• Anyone repaired Doka w/ Vanagon body panels?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:18:09 -0800
  ...Wondered if anyone has ever repaired them with rust repair panels such as those sold by Bus Depot. Specifically, the panel aft of the...
• Re: Bumper build, swing away tire carrier progress
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:51:19 -0800
  ...it would be craft up aluminum panels to replace the "frequently rusted" side panels on a Vanagon, and braise or rivet/glue them on...
• Re: solar question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 21:57:00 -0700
  I have my solar panel seperate, not mounted to the van, so that I can park where ever the situation dictates and put the...
• Removing door panels, was Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:34:15 -0700
  ...panel. Very weakly built there. have fun ! Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Perdue" <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...