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  • Re: Jalousies Windows for a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Sun, 13 Oct 2002 14:46:29 -0400
    ...putting jalousies in the back side windows? Looks >> like they're the same size as the middle windows, but have a slight angle >> at...
  • Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
    Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
    Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:06:43 EST
    yes - unless you want the knob on the outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! andy 85 westy
  • Re: Sliding Window Vent Covers
    Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
    Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:14:40 -0400
    ...Sliding Window Vent Covers > Does anybody know of a vented/louvered cover to put over the sliding > windows so that you can keep your...
  • Re: Side Window Needed
    Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
    Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:59:28 -0400
    ...http://www.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archives look in the FILES at HOW-TO---Remove-Sliding-Windows or if you want to go...
  • Re: Sliding window screens
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 17 Mar 97 08:42:18 CST
    ...wraps around the sliding hinge. VB108 Bus .......... $34.95 i have the above for my westy and they Side Windows (fibreglas) work great! they...
  • FS: vanagon side windows with screens
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:55:12 EST
    i have a pair of vanagon sliding side windows with screens, from a westy, fit any 80-84 passenger van or westy. yes, the...
  • Re: for sale: westy side windows and screens - fit all vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
    Thu, 29 May 2003 09:58:21 -0700
    ...westy sliding side windows and screens. fit all vanagons can > ship. may sell screens seperate if you need a screen > > chris > > Joachim Preiss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1985...
  • side sliding windows
    Historical mailing list - joe lucca
    Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:33:45 -0400
    i'm interested in fellow listmembers ideas on locking/securing these windows from being opened from the outside. joe 86 vgon gl sunny buffalo...
  • sliding window tracks
    Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
    Wed, 5 May 1999 10:49:34 EDT
    ...the tracks for the sliding windows that have the little notches in them to keep them locked: one of my windows won't stay...
  • For sale: vanagon side windows w/ screens - fit all vans
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 29 Jun 2003 11:28:12 EDT
    ...vanagon sliding side windows w/ screens - from westys but will fit all passenger vans as well as westys. include screens. easy upgrade, all you...
  • Re: Interesting discoveries
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:54:56 EDT
    ...have the right side sliding windows they you saw, Ari. > > Anyone have any ideas, like a conflict with the sliding door etc.? > > PerL > 87...
  • Re: Jalousies Windows for a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:44:40 EDT
    ...putting jalousies in the back side windows? Looks > like they're the same size as the middle windows, but have a slight angle > at...
  • FS Sliding REAR window?
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:24:20 -0500
    A few weeks ago I picked up a sliding window for the drivers side rear (near the closet) off of ebay.de. http://cgi...
  • Re: side window security
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:00:48 EDT
    ...Is this true? How is it done? What can be done to > prevent it? > > sliding side windows are a weak link as far as...
  • Removing Sliding glass locks
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:37:35 -0500
    ...have a person wanting to buy the two sliding glass locks from the side windows. Anyone know how to get the locks off without...
  • Re: FW: SA Rear windows- hey, they open!
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 06 Feb 97 21:14:42 CST
    ...and they make ONLY the one side. :( i check into this for my bus ... wanting to have sliding rearmost windows. but having only one...
  • Re: Vanagon side window question
    Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
    Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:05:43 -0700
    ...mosquito screens for the sliding middle windows? Thanks. roger sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: Hello,do the side windows of all vanagons, fit all...
  • Re: side sliding window latches...
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:37:46 -0400
    ...replace the latches that >keep the side sliding windows closed. what is recommended to keep those >windows secure??? > >thanks >joe Joe, first check first...
  • Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:11:37 -0700
    ...reported that all 4 side windows are the same size in a 1985 era Vanagon. Has anyone traded the sliding window on the door...
  • Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:12:54 -0500
    ...reported that all 4 side windows are the same size > in > >> a 1985 era Vanagon. Has anyone traded the sliding window on the door...
  • Re: Need Westy sliding door screen
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 05 May 97 14:47:35 CDT
    ...wraps around the sliding hinge. VB108 Bus .......... $34.95 i have the above for my westy and they Side Windows (fibreglas) work great! they...
  • Middle window, Reversing sides
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:16:19 -0700
    ...through the sliding windows and unlock the van so wondered if the windows could be removed, and reinstalled on opposite sides to eliminate this...
  • Screens for Westy Weekender Side Windows?
    Historical mailing list - DB
    Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:35:13 -0500
    Hi Gang, I know metal screens are stock on the sliding side windows on Westy full campers, but are they available for the Weekender...
  • Re: side windows in an 84 westy
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:13:17 -0800
    ...either side with a windshield tool or even a smooth screw driver. Then lie on your back and kick out the windows with rubber...
  • for sale: westy side windows..wasRe: Sliding window glass source? (1984 vanagon)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:40:38 EST
    i have westy side windows for sale...fit ALL vanagons.. $85 ea w/ screens, $75 without chris se pa In a message dated 12...
  • window bug screens
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:22:38 -0600
    ...wraps around the sliding hinge. VB108 Bus .......... $34.95 i have the above for my westy and they Side Windows (fibreglas) work great! they...
  • Re: Vanagon side window question
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:16:42 -0700
    ...sliding middle windows? Thanks. roger sisler wrote: Hello,do the side windows of all vanagons, fit all vanagons? I mean the rear side window...
  • Sliding Windows Left & Right Side Complete needed for my 1982 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
    Tue, 2 Sep 2014 20:22:26 -0700
    Hi all, I am looking to purchase the sliding window assemblies, both L&R sides, due to find them missing in my back gated...
  • Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Tue, 8 Jul 2014 12:26:13 -0300
    ...reported that all 4 side windows are the same size in > >> a 1985 era Vanagon. Has anyone traded the sliding window on the door...
  • Re: Windows are not the same long
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:45:48 -0400
    ...Just found out that the sliding door window is > not the same long as the driver side sliding middle window. There is at > least...
  • Re: Need a (gasp) dealer-only part, and the dealer is inept
    Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
    Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:39:08 -0500
    ...I need to replace the grey-colored felt strips that > slide into a metal groove along the inside base of the sliding side > windows...
  • Re: Rear Side window slider now at GoWesty
    Historical mailing list - Oxroad
    Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:06:32 -0700
    ...SA > Vanagons with the larger side windows. > > The idea that there's a treasure trove of short side windows in South > Africa sparks my...
  • Re: sliding windows 85GL
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:08:12 EST
    In a message dated 1/9/01 5:05:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, biker.pride@USA.NET writes: > my vans siding side windows...
  • Re: SA van
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Mon, 11 May 2009 15:57:28 -0700
    > I love those third row sliding windows. Sigh. Those are nice. I like how the body is cut lower, so the windows can be...
  • Re: window screens
    Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
    Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:45:14 EDT
    In a message dated 7/15/02 3:25:10 PM, ljohnston@FROGCOMMISSARY.COM writes: << Are there screens available for non Westy side windows...
  • vanagon parts for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:10:25 EST
    ...misc fiberglass side pieces -sliding side windows w/ screens, fit all vanagons -fiberglass rear bumper endcaps -blue vanagon carpet -vanagon sliding door 85-91...
  • Re: rear windows
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:04:30 -0800
    Didn't 'Doug in CA' modify his rear side windows and put in part of a middle side sliding window to get this same...
  • Re: Sliding Window Removal
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:29:53 EDT
    ...writes: > can someone please tell me how to remove the sliding side windows from and > 85GL. Couldn't find it in the archives. > > pry...
  • Re: A real pane! or A tale of two windows
    Historical mailing list - Charlie Partin
    Wed, 5 May 1999 23:33:45 -0600
    ...A real pane! or A tale of two windows I have a customer's van here with a broken window in the sliding door...
  • Re: Sliding Window Removal
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sun, 14 Oct 2001 04:28:54 EDT
    ...writes: << can someone please tell me how to remove the sliding side windows from and 85GL. Couldn't find it in the archives. >> Chad...
  • Westy side windows for sale, delivery to parts of the SouthEast
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
    Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:42:47 -0400
    Howdy List, I've switched out the standard sliding side windows in my '83 Westy for retro-fitted Jalousie windows from a 70's...
  • Re: Interesting discoveries
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:36:23 -0500
    ...I cant see why >the LHD cars shouldn't have the right side sliding windows they you saw, Ari. > >Anyone have any ideas, like...
  • Re: at the wreckers
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:41:52 -0800
    ...rear side windows for me?" a weak existential jape that went over my head "How in the heck can I get a sliding door...
  • Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:50:14 -0800
    On 12/13/05, Chris Renz <aircooledchris@eucasafari.vendioweb.com> wrote: > > wouldnt the regular camper sliders fit in those rear locations? Rear windows aren...
  • Re: backwards side slider window?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
    Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:09:07 EST
    Won't the front edge of the sliding window catch the wind, rain, etc.? The way the windows overlap now puts the 'open' part...
  • Re: FS: westy slider window screens..
    Historical mailing list - BA
    Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:29:08 -0700
    ...these are the OEM >Westfalia plastic framed screens that fit in the westy sliding side windows. theyre in >great shape and some come w...
  • Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:47:44 -0500
    ...reversing sliding side windows fish In a message dated 1/28/03 11:57:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT writes...
  • Re: Sliding window idea
    Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
    Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:31:18 -0400
    ...I think flipping driver and passenger side sliding windows is the cleanest and most efficient idea. I might just go looking for an autoglass...
  • Re: Vanagon Window Dimensions
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:39:58 EST
    ...the rear side windows are different from '88-'91 when vw went to the fresh air venting system in the rear side windows as...
  • Re: Sliding windows
    Historical mailing list - JordanVw
    Tue, 12 May 1998 01:21:46 EDT
    In a message dated 98-05-11 16:04:32 EDT, earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM writes: << The sliding windows on my '84 are supposed to...
  • Re: Westy Window Query
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:13:15 -0800
    ...If you don't care about the Westy screens you can use passenger sliding windows easily enough. Left side, same 80-91 Right side...
  • Re: sliding windows in an 84
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 1 Jul 94 13:42:44 EDT
    > > Hello, > My sliding side windows are making all sorts of horrible noises > now that the tiny bits of plastic that these things ride on...
  • FS: 70 Panel Double-sliding door - $300.
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 25 Jul 1997 20:41:51 CDT
    ...as are the side windows. (did i mention the sliding doors have windows, but there are NOT any rear side windows. which is why...
  • Re: rear windows
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:23:17 -0500
    It isn't a sliding rear side window, you can tell from the shape. I suggest using: http://babelfish.altavista.com For translations. To...
  • sliding windows 85GL
    Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
    Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:52:54 -0500
    ...my vans siding side windows seem to have gotten loose and well if you know this model/year they have these sides with grooves...
  • Re: Sliding window idea
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:37:12 -0700
    ...and we call them ja-LOUSY. > > I think flipping driver and passenger side sliding windows is the cleanest > and most efficient idea. I might...
  • Re: Sliding door differences
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:11:52 EDT
    ...left middle side windows same size from '80-'91 but right side window corresponds with sliding door years. chris [text/html]
  • Re: for sale: westy side windows and screens - fit all vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
    Thu, 29 May 2003 10:32:00 -0700
    ...westy sliding side windows and screens. fit all > vanagons can > > ship. may sell screens seperate if you need a screen > > > > chris > > > > > > Joachim Preiss > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 1985...
  • Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:41:12 -0500
    ...reported that all 4 side windows are the same size >> in >> >> a 1985 era Vanagon. Has anyone traded the sliding window on the door...
  • Re: Rear Hatch Screens Now Available (Was Re: New Item Available Posted 6-12)
    Historical mailing list - Mike Randleman
    Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:26:30 -0400 (EDT)
    Is there such a thing as a window screen for the driver side and passenger side front windows? (sliding/velcro?) If so, where can...