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• Re: stereo amp placement
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:36:53 -0600
  ...the bottom, stacked on each other with spacers, covered with a plexiglass shield held in place by the bolts holding the units on the...
• Re: Anyone know where to find North American Map & Stickers?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:48:25 -0700
  ...seen was to put the map on a piece of lexan/plexiglas > and then hang the map/lexan on the INside of the bus...
• Re: Strange messages-- infected file
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:11:13 -0700
  ...huge target painted on themselves and then try to put enough plexiglass between them and the snipers. Get smart. Get rid of Outlook. Use...
• Re: Anyone know where to find North American Map & Stickers?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:28:19 -0500
  ...seen was to put the map on a piece of lexan/plexiglas and then hang the map/lexan on the INside of the bus...
• Re: VW V-8 engine - Moved to Friday Topic RAM air
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:38:53 +1300
  >That is a piece of plexiglass if you read the instructions you'd have >seen that. It was a very big $12.00 project...
• Re: Eyebrow for Vanagon grill
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:22:09 -0500
  ...LOL > > > you could probably make your own out of plexiglass.. > > chris > -- http://www.dougalcock.com
• Re: Platinum Cat Install suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 19:05:59 -0700
  ...Perhaps with a plexiglass filler with vent hole for the vent and some sort of connector for the propane. That way it keeps it...
• Re: will a poptop fit inside a GL?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:16:53 -0700
  ...I get bronze tinted Plexiglas. I buy it from a plastic company and have them cut it to size....like about a 3 inch...
• Re: Lovin' my new GPS!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:50:09 -0700
  ...I cut a black Plexiglas plate > and > > > mounted a cigarette lighter under it. The mounting bracket for the > > lighter > > > fits snugly into the ashtray...
• Re: Isenglas Windows [NVC]
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:13:05 -0500
  ...first, and I was right! In some parts, people refer to plexiglas as Isinglass. No telling what Henry Ford was talking about. the only...
• Re: westy luggage rack/sunroof - ive seen it done..
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 2002 13:20:24 EDT
  ...still have use of the luggage rack, while having a aftermarket plexiglass/tempered glass sunroof cut into the body sheetmetal over the cab area...
• Oh no! Another one!
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Wed, 17 May 95 12:53:27 EDT
  ...Also, some wonderful person put a lovely sheet of plexiglass over the sunroof, but at least I do have the necessary hardware to put...
• Re: Leveling the van- shims made of teflon or nylon.....what's up!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:37:04 -0500
  ...Leveling the van- shims made of teflon or nylon.....what's up! > Acrylic plexiglass [brittle;see below] > > Hmmm, anecdotal evidence on PMMA or polymethylmethacrylate...
• Re: Very First Domed Skylight - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:30:49 -0600
  ...it'd have to be bulletproof plexiglass tho.. > chris > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www...
• NEW: Plexi Headlight Covers, Vanagon/Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:32:28 -0400
  ...They are plexiglass headlight covers, available for a Eurovan or '86-up Vanagon, in your choice of smoked (dark tinted) or clear. They clip...
• Re: OVERSIZE VANAGON!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:28:32 -0500
  ...He could not >find a suitable replacement here so he made one up out of Plexiglas. He had >to install a center strip which...
• Re: [T2] A cc'ing the heads question-answered
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:04:39 -0600
  ...I used a clear Plexiglass with a hole in it sealed with grease to the head and I got more accurate results than just...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a86Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:20:30 -0800
  ...Professional car audio competitors often > install their amps in behind > Plexiglas, and use fans for air circulation. > > PerL > 87 Syncro 112i > ===== Mark 87 Westfalia...
• Re: Seam rust repair tips WAS (Re: is primer/sealer weathertight?)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:35:22 -0700
  ...the seams, grind a reverse notch into it, looking like a plexiglass cutter it you know what that looks like, having a bit of...
• Can the instrument cluster Plexiglas be removed?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:28:39 -0800
  I am working on my Syncro TriStar's new instrument cluster. I will be using a 1990 Jetta speedometer (950 revs per km instead...
• holiday travel sights...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Nov 1994 17:01:35 -0600
  ...a (blue-bird) bus-based motor home towing secondary transportation behind - a two-place helicopter! (The kind with the BIG plexiglas bubble.) Vanagon ran...
• Re: leaking westfalia sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:11:32 -0500
  ...original vent cover. > > > > Thanks > > > > Jeff > > 85 Westfalia > > 69 Notchback Methylene chloride "plexiglas cement" Also used in many paint removers. "use in well ventilated area...
• Re: NEW: Plexi Headlight Covers, Vanagon/Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:03:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...is usually a clear or smoke tinted lucite or plexiglass "air deflector" kind of thing that runs around the top, and front perimeter of...
• Re: Skylight Guy?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:18:53 -0400
  ...he's got a contract to build some :::> > plexiglass slides for a hotel waterpark there.. not sure when he will :::be :::> > back but he...
• Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:51:53 -0700
  ...Or install plexiglass in the opening w/ duct tape or gasket material-more expensive. The key thing is to keep the material from flapping...
• Re: filling in sanded surface/touch up paint
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:33:24 -0600
  Yep, ToothPaste is a very fine abrasive for cleanup and polishing many things including plastics like plexiglas and lexan. Need a hole through glass...
• Re: mirrors/85 vanagon gl
  Historical mailing list - DAPrescott
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 08:11:47 EST
  ...Eventually we started to make plexiglas templates for the various "common" applications (can't remember ever doing a vw) If I remember correctly, we...
• Right Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 20:40:26 -0800
  ...3) I read mention to beating a stuck head with a Plexiglas hammer as per the Bentley. I did not see in the manual...
• cc'ing the heads
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 17:26:33 +0000
  ...I coated the deck face with a thin layer of petroleum jelly and layed the plexiglass chamber cover over it. This fits snug, but...
• Re: anyone know this camper?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:24:05 -0600
  ...those insulated sidewindows >> (plexiglass) were common >> in europe on the T3's >> chris >> > > > ===== > Phil > 84' Westy...Tiico'ed > 00' Cannondale MTB > 95' S9 Skateboard...
• Rusted Sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Jason Leigh
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:38:02 -0500
  ...My other alternative is (gulp) Plexiglass... Any wisdom from the masses. Signed wet&rusty head. Jason Leigh www.jasonleigh.com jasonleigh@earthlink.net 81...
• Re: West Marine's Solar Powervent
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:16:47 -0700
  ...two full decades. > They were designed to be installed in a plexiglass > hatch... > > Mine gave good service on my latest trip to Mexico-- > with...
• Re: Strange messages-- infected file
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:20:21 -0500
  ...huge target painted on themselves and then try to put enough plexiglass > between them and the snipers. > > Get smart. Get rid of Outlook. Use...
• Re: WTB headrest and visors
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:31:41 -0500
  ...I had some great smoked plexiglass visors in a TR4 that I wouldn't mind having again. I could make those. It would be...
• Please, put this in P-mail: Toxic plastic?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 15:12:06 -0400
  ...Try burning some acrylic plastics for a change(lucite, plexiglas, tm's). Very clean burn, H2O, CO2 and maybe a little CO if you...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Lit? 1991 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:52:32 -0700
  ...Dometic Fridge Lit? 1991 Vanagon Westfalia > The sight hole is actually the flush end of a plastic or plexiglass rod, > in > the lower left...
• A/C 50 amp term fix
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:09:45 -0700
  ...Lastly, I cut a small hole in the panel that covers all of this and put a piece of plexiglass over it so I...
• Re: NEW: Plexi Headlight Covers, Vanagon/Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:05:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...is usually a clear or smoke tinted lucite or plexiglass "air deflector" kind of thing that runs around the top, and front perimeter of...
• Re: OVERSIZE VANAGON!
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:28:24 -0500
  ...He could not >find a suitable replacement here so he made one up out of Plexiglas. He had >to install a center strip which...
• Re: Off Topic, but need advice on a Deawoo
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:54:13 -0600
  ...Can they be > polished to clear them ? Yes, you can go to a glass shop or acrylic plastic distributor (plexiglas) and look for Novus...
• Re: Strange messages-- infected file
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:13:50 -0600
  ...huge target painted on themselves and then try to put enough plexiglass > between them and the snipers. > > Get smart. Get rid of Outlook. Use...
• Re: Skylight Guy?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:53:48 -0700
  ...he's got a contract to build some > > plexiglass slides for a hotel waterpark there.. not sure when he will be > > back but he...
• sliding window 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:01:40 -0800
  ...I am thinking plexiglass to bridge the gap. Thanks Scott, from the better continent of the world. Gary Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19...
• Re: Isenglas Windows [NVC]
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:18:17 -0700
  ...first, and I was right! > >In some parts, people refer to plexiglas as Isinglass. No telling >what Henry Ford was talking about. the only...
• Propane quick release parts for heater
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:05:17 -0700
  ...The venting would go through a plexiglas template stuck into the side window and power would have some sort of attachment to plug it...
• Re: pop top skylight needed anybody have an extra
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:41:18 -0500
  ...I got sheet of plexiglass over it right now. doesn't leak.. Mike At 12:09 PM 3/9/2004 -0800, vanagon wrote: >Does...
• Re: A/C to be or not to be
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:24:11 -0800
  ...fan that they bought at a truck stop that the mounted to a long narrow slender board or plexiglass and slipped this construction in...
• Re: Broken H4 E-code headlight- Solution!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:41:27 -0400
  ...They are plexiglas shields that snap into the grill of the late model Vanagons (86-91 with square lights). I have been using them...
• Re: WTB: used sink faucet or alternative...
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:21:43 -0400
  ...You will have to make an adaptor plate (or find one), I made it in plexiglass and it hold well. Also, you will have...
• sticker alignment problems
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:15:25 -0700
  ...I solved this problem by applying the sticker to a piece of clear Plexiglas just larger than the sticker. I drilled a hole in...
• Re: Hi Speed Vanagoning
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  Sat, 7 Jun 1997 22:52:24 -0700 (PDT)
  ...speaking. > >(snip) I think the best deal would be a clear plexiglas furniture mover, including the cab section. ;) There was some some discussion in...
• Awning,skylite questions and...
  Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:01:42 -0800
  ...need ALL the hardware, I do have a new condition skylight (Plexiglas part only) and need the rest. Has anyone done this and wish...
• Re: GoWesty Skylight Problems
  Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:11:06 +0300
  ...new weatherstripping isn't quite cutting it -- the fit to the plexiglass doesn't seem to be snug enough. Any suggestions? Please reply directly...
• Re: Skylight color needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:18:18 -0700
  ...I get a piece of bronze-gold Plexiglas called 'Edge Glow' .. and have it custom cut to the right size to put where there...
• Re: West Marine's Solar Powervent
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 01:29:49 -0400
  ...two full decades. > > They were designed to be installed in a plexiglass > > hatch... > > > > Mine gave good service on my latest trip to Mexico-- > > with...
• Aerodynamics and the Westie luggage rack, etc..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:31:05 -0700
  ...Maybe Plexiglas or plastic of some kind, attached with some Dzus fasteners so it could easily come off when you wanted to carry a...
• Fwd: Vanagon Sunroof air deflector bubble wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:55:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...They also make the Vanagon front drivers and passender window tinted plexiglass "vent shades" or whatever they're called that lets you keep the...
• Re: GoWesty Skylight Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:31:44 -0700
  ...new > weatherstripping isn't quite cutting it -- the fit to the plexiglass doesn't > seem to be snug enough. > > Any suggestions? Please reply directly...
• Re: too much propane?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:19:59 -0500
  ...It's a Plexiglas rod looking at a little glass window in the combustion chamber. > I will see if I am >still getting a...
• Re: Koblenz Type 2 meet photos - check these out, youre missing some cool pics!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:07:42 EDT
  ...also notice the bubble lexan/plexiglass covers over the side windows? what are they for...? also check out some of the really cool wheels...