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• Re: Z-bed - weekender sofabeds for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:32:45 EDT
  for sale: i have a few vanagon weekender interiors for sale, in blue, grey, brown, or tan. interior from carat/wolfsburg w/ bed/table...
• would like to trade camper interior for weekender interior
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:00:56 -0500
  ...to install a weekender interior or at least a full width z bed. I'm located in SC just south of Charlotte NC Pmail...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:34:36 -0700
  ...and put in a Z bed from an 87 GL I believe. Nothing is involved with the floor of the van that I can...
• Re: SOLD: Vanagon AT
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:27:35 -0400
  ...I am grateful for this list and also the folks >> who responded. >> >> Still have a FULL-WIDTH z-bed and some 2.1 l...
• Re: Can anyone confirm that 90 and above vanagons all have a weekender style ...
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:18:46 +0000
  Hi All, Just what is the difference between a Z Bed and a Sofa Bed? thanks, JC... -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL...
• Re: Z-bed ???
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:38:36 -0500
  Don't have the link, but I do have a pair of the westy bed hinges from a 78 that are free to whomever...
• Re: rear bed seat (weekender sofabed for sale)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:04:59 EST
  ...buy the Z-bed conversion kit, but upon reading some of the > posts, I'm thinking twice about the whole Z-bed deal. Actually...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale/Phone Number Correction
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:47:16 -0700
  ...And the despatcher at the sheriff's office said she could not care less if it is a Westfalia or a Z-bed Wolfsburg...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:45:05 +0200
  When shoulder belts from factory, one might now realize what the little black knobs on the c-pillar are for. ;-) Am 22.07.2021...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:40:29 -0400
  And to simplify, the non-kitchen pop-top camper was a gin-you-wine Westfalia built by Westfalia at the Westfalia factory with Westfalia...
• FS Z-Beds and Seats
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:32:38 -0500
  Hi all Im located in South Eastern Michigan and have some interior items I would like to sell off. * Full Width Z - Bed In...
• Re: WTB - Z-Bed hinges for '82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:38:31 -0400
  ...The "Z" bed is an aftermarket > company that converted a moveable non moveable seat and made it into a > bed. > There actually different types...
• High Lift Bed Hardware was Westy Bed hardware
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:45:01 -0800
  While on this subject does anyone have any idea where one might acquire a set of the higher lift Z Bed hinges? I know...
• Re: Z-bed installation instructions
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:18:09 -0700
  --- Matthew Pollard <poll7356@uidaho.edu> wrote: > call the company?? I did (via email, several weeks ago). See my prevous followup post. They say that...
• Re: Camden NJ or Burgettstown PA?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:33:37 -0400
  > I'm not sure but I think I saw Chris Jordan walking the lot > at Jones Beach hocking Westy tops and z-beds, as...
• Last call for bits and pieces, cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:04:07 EDT
  ...I have 2 vanagon windshields, 2 bucket front seats and one folding rear seat, perhaps a z-bed? (metal scissors type frame) All seats...
• Multivan, weekender, what?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:04:42 -0400
  ...It has a full width Z-bed and 2 rear facing theater seats. I do not have a table, nor does it look as...
• stuff for sale cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:57:05 EDT
  ...missing armrest somewhere), 2 windshields, one folding rear seat (perhaps a z-bed?) in blue grid pattern (metal scissors-type frame, not the wooden...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:41:18 -0500
  ...the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ... > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I bought an '86 Weekender with a Z-Bed and converted...
• doka rear seat ideas?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:02:19 -0500
  what seat would work the best in a doka for the rear seat? one from a GL passenger van without the z-bed or...
• Re: Zee Products, anyone remember them?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:18:30 -0500
  My '84 GL had the Z Bed kit and the curtains from them. It was really neat. I should have removed the bed kit...
• Re: Z-bed ???
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 07:16:13 -0500
  ...anyone knows the link for the infamous (3rd >>party add-on) Z-bed ? >> >> Anyone have one and like to comment ? >> >> Sean Garrett >> 81 Westy...
• Re: 3rd party z-bed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:45:59 -0500
  ...It sold for about $300. > > I do have a "poor man's Z-bed kit," however, that I import from Europe. > It doesn't...
• Re: 88 GL z bed lower drivers side bracket
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:14:35 EST
  In a message dated 1/18/10 9:22:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, bobbybrown1@GMAIL.COM writes: > Manfacturing goof? yup. some assembly line...
• Air matress in a 7-pass.?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:09:38 -0800
  I wish my Vanagon had a Z-bed but it doesn't. Has anyone removed the rear bench back and stuffed a queen sized...
• Re: 3rd party z-bed
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:42:31 -0500
  ...I do have a "poor man's Z-bed kit," however, that I import from Europe. It doesn't use your existing rear bench...
• Bed foam
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:18:41 -0400
  ...I noticed that the bed cushions in the trailer seem to be 4” similar to the vanagons z bed. Has anyone bought bulk foam...
• Re: 1989 Bluestar with tons of upgrades for sale
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 3 Feb 2020 18:57:12 -0800
  ...I'm happy that they did not call the rear seat a "Z" bed though. A true "Z" bed is a conversion from a...
• Re: Z-bed, sofa bed, bench seat????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:39:39 EDT
  ...Can this be done? I > tried to distill this from the archives, but got really confused trying to > differentiate a Z-bed, from a...
• Re: Z-Bed
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:34:51 EDT
  In a message dated 10/5/08 12:05:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: > but you gotta let me know...
• Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:46:05 -0700
  I have a 90 Vanagon tintop with the full across zee bed in the back. I cannot get it to pull out into the...
• Forwarding scam letter for the list!! Vanagon sellers beware!
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:20:52 -0400
  ...ENQUIRIES...........................81 Vanagon with z bed $1500 Goodday, Johnson Thomas by name, I am an international bussines man who deal in exporting and impoting...
• Re: WTB - Z-Bed hinges for '82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:59:15 -0700
  It is even more complicated. There are at least 4 versions of the hinge pairs that go with wooden seat cushion boards like your...
• Z bed photo anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:16:59 -0500
  I've had my back seat out of my 90 GL for so long, I've forgotten where the shoulder belt ends anchor to...
• Re: Ladies and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:28:16 -0700
  I have a regular GL w/ a z-bed. It's been my experience that ladies, upon first impression, like Vanagons. How a wife...
• Fwd: Z Products address
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 02:28:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...They make the following for Z bus and Z vanagon :<) -"Z bed conversion Kits" -folding mattress pads (tony, that big brown mattress pad you...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale/Phone Number Correction
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:48:09 -0400
  ...The "Z" bed was made by Westfalia (hence the Westfalia tag) but the van isn't a Westfalia "Conversion". Vanagon owners, as a group...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:37:20 -0700
  ...Is it possible at all to fit the >>> Z-bed to >>> the syncro? I don't want to do much in the way of...
• Vanagon Lounge brackets
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:06:40 +0000
  My original z-bed mechanism that clicks is broken on one side. I was looking at the Vanagon Lounge replacement parts that allow bench...
• Re: Air matress in a 7-pass.?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:45:26 EST
  ...Time, jtharvey2@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > I wish my Vanagon had a Z-bed but it doesn't. Has anyone removed the rear > bench back...
• Re: Can anyone confirm that 90 and above vanagons all have a weekender style bed?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:19:41 -0700
  ...model without even wing windows or fiberglass bumpers) came with a Z-bed/sofa-bed, then I'd be quite comfortable saying they ALL...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale/Phone Number Correction
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:27:05 -0700
  More than just the "Z" bed was furnished by Westfalia; the front seats would have been, since they share the same frame, padding and...
• Re: Z-bed cushions interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:13:29 -0700
  ...25, 2014 5:29 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Z-bed cushions interchangeability? I have an 81 west with worn out cushions...
• Re: Wot's a Z-bed was Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:55:45 -0400
  > Does this kit offer any advantage over�scrapping the hinges > out of a Westy and installing them in a passenger van? None that I...
• Re: Bus Depot Rear Sofabed Kit
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 17:01:43 EDT
  ...partnumber=98553 > > Or am I better off looking for a used Z bed? > > (For an 86 Vanagon) > > Kevin > Valdez, Alaska > too bad your not...
• WTB - Z-Bed hinges for '82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:44:01 -0400
  As we're putting my camper back together I've been going over all of the cabinets & hardware. I'd like to find a...
• Re: Wolfsburg parts into regular Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:51:37 EST
  ...find it hard to believe that VW would manufacture two > different z-bed/seat widths, but apparently so! This is so. I have an...
• Vanagon to Campmobile conversion
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:45:53 -0700
  Hey volks, Me '86 Vanagon has an ECM (?) mounted below the z bed (now removed) on the starboard side of the engine compartment, fwd...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:09:11 -0400
  I bought an '86 Weekender with a Z-Bed and converted it to a Westphalia! g,d&r! ;) Edward And in the spirit of...
• FS: Full-width Z-Bed , 2.1 coolant parts in W. Michigan
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:43:33 -0700
  Blue Corduroy rear seat-bed with cushions, bench cabinetry. Queen size- wider than std. Westy- fits all Vanagons. $125 Water rings in engine compartment...
• Re: rear bed seat
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:16:40 -0500
  ...I was going to buy the Z-bed conversion kit, but upon reading some of the posts, I'm thinking twice about the whole...
• Back Seat Bed Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben Beasley
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:20:28 -0500
  ...mount the existing seats to the hinges? Has anyone attempted this conversion using existing seats? Z-beds are no longer available. Regards, Ben Beasley
• Getting at rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:33:58 -0500
  I have a 1987 Vanagon Wolfsburg with the z-bed. and also a 1985 Westfalia. I need to get at the rear heater fan...
• Re: Rear cabinets, Weekender vs. Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:58:49 -0700
  ...I don't have z bed > cushions presently and need to know if a z bed will work with a Westy rear > cab. > > Please...
• Free z bed,,,Charleston SC
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:11:36 -0500
  Gotta pick it up though. Came out of early 80's Westy. With cushion. I just am tired of storing it and it is...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:07:17 -0700
  That 6-Seater would be $37,000 in 2015 dollars. Westy's were never cheap, and that makes today's prices look reasonable. Stuart...
• Re: A Bench seat up front?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:04 -0500
  The Z-Bed from my westy has mechanisims on the side of it that would not likely work given the front seat pedistals. What...
• Westy cupholder alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 May 2015 17:52:15 +0000
  ...Here, it is hard to get one positioned to not interfere with the table or the z-bed, especially with the vertical lift feature...
• Re: rear seat hinges
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:03:18 -0700
  ...and starting in most 85's there's the Z bed rear seat. is that the one you have ? and you want that higher...
• FS;'85 Weekender Wofsburg with kitchen unit ready to install...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 24 Dec 2000 16:11:11 -0800
  ...I have a complete Westy interior to fit in;kitchen unit, water tank and it's cabinet, table, Z-bed. If some of you...