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• Blue Vanagon interior in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Road Trip
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:40:55 -0800
  Any local folks need interior panels,front seats, or middle seat? Ill sell the panels for 10 bucks each and the front seats for...
• New Body Panels
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:20:33 -0500
  I remember seeing a site that had new panels for Vanagons, just recently. Do any of you out there have a link or know...
• More on interior panels..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:19:11 -0700
  Recent posts are discussing the replacing of interior panels. Some are asking what is a good material? One of my buddies built a very...
• Re: Replacement door panels
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:14:19 -0600
  ...The panels are water damaged and > deteriorated. I need to acquire replacements and think I will just make > my own instead of trying to...
• 81 Vanagon Interior Panels
  Historical mailing list - Ron Schlamp
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:40:53 -0600
  ...I am in the process of repairing all of the interior panels in my 81 Westy. it seems that the panel above the drivers...
• Re: Looking for some late model interior parts for 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 28 May 2014 20:05:19 -0700
  Marc, My 1989 Syncro 16" Doka has 'all vinyl' interior panels in gray. On my 1988 Canadian 2wd Doka, it black cloth seats but...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:20:50 -0300
  ...There are square cells and round cells; there are "film" panels, crystalline panels etc., - - - - Mono-crystal silicon; Non-ribbon multicrystalline silicon; Ribbon multicrystalline silicon...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:13:58 -0800
  ...I bought two 55W panels for $300 from a guy who bought huge lots of them at a state auction. Used panels are coming...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:09:09 -0700
  Hey -- I never thought of clamping the two panels together! They are a total pain to jockey around separately, but with the addition of...
• Re: VW Solar Battery Panels
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:59:39 -0700
  ...VW Solar Battery Panels > > http://www.ep.com/js/mi/c0/b0/v0/1461355.html > > Someone is selling those VW Solar Battery Panels that...
• carat bumper caps and side panels
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:32:33 -0800
  I was wondering if it is possible to be the fiberglass bumper caps and side panels as a kit (all mounting hardware etc.) in...
• Re: Body Work Suggestions (metal cutting)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 18:49:23 EDT
  ...thanks in advance jason >> Jason-You're probable better off with the new aftermarket panels than trying to reuse old panels. Main reason for...
• Re: Vanagon Panels Available?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 7 May 2009 14:59:58 -0700
  ...Vanagon Panels Available? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 9:39 AM Can anybody tell me if new body panels...
• Re: Any solar gurus out there?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:13:09 -0600
  You'll need panels and a charge controller. It will take a couple of medium sized panels to get 10A. Check bpsolar.com and...
• Heads up for 78 champagne edition bus
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 10:15:23 -0400
  ...Interior panels are red vinyl with chrome stripe accents. The seats were apparently either red vinyl with brown corduroy panels, or brown vinyl with...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:22:32 -0800
  ...dan On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Michael <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: > In other words, piss-poor aftermarket repair panels. Donor...
• '73 Safare' Update - Solar Panel install
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 18:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...You can get 4 for $200 like I did, or buy individual panels for $70 each. Aluminum frames for the panels are $25 each...
• Has anyone else seen these front bench bulkhead padded vinyl panel?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:37:50 -0800
  Has anyone else seen one of these front bulkhead vinyl panels for a Doka or a 9-passenger Vanagon? http://tinyurl.com/63lq3g Obviously...
• Re: Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:50:22 -0700
  ...Wish I had had such when I was still using two detached panels, would have been much easier to use.
• Solar panel mount
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 1 May 2010 10:07:12 +0100
  I woiuld like to ask the listees to display, describe the mounts of solar panels on Westys. Some have the panels not mounted and...
• Parts wanted: front door panels.
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:52:29 -0500
  I'm in need of two front door panels in beige. Long ago, someone snapped off the bottoms to steal the speakers, and it...
• Re: Fricking headliner panel installation - 60 bus!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:24:14 PDT
  > > >a) What type of material are the original panels made of and > > should I have even bothered with the pressboard crud? > > The rear is...
• Re: Lightening the load
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:35:17 -0400
  ...As to fasteners, yes, some of those have to be incorporated into the panels as the panels are getting made. As to sexy results...
• Re: Interior door/side/headliner panels redux
  Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:41:53 -0800
  ...We did the door panels in oak "door skin" available from lumber yards. It's really thin, like 1/8" so it works well...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:17:52 -0700
  ...Solar panels for your Vanagon.. >> >> So .. what about solar panels to power a coolatron .. I run it off >> of my aux >> battery but I...
• Re: Rear bed seats - some questions answered
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:14:29 EST
  ...The carat/wolfsburg (pass van) weekender rear sofabed is narrower than the regular weekender sofabed to accomodate the plastic side panels (w/ table). The...
• Wood paneling in 69 campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Wed, 12 Jun 96 00:06:54 EDT
  ...paneling as well or regular padded type of panels? Also, anyone replaced the wood panels, like the inside of the rear hatch? If so...
• Re: Koblenz Type 2 meet photos - check these out, youre missing some cool pics!
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 04:06:06 EDT
  ...AC.NZ writes: << I'm not sure about the black fill-panels flanking the licenseplate, but this may be stock. >> Stock Carat panels. BenT
• Re: interior panels
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:36:56 EDT
  ...hatch panels and front doorpanels are the same 80-'91.
• removing interior door panels
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:44:29 -0400
  ...And popped off (and repaired) all the rear panels. Thanks, and thanks also for all the tips on insulation. I am using the Lowes...
• Re: Bumper build, swing away tire carrier progress
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:13:07 -0500
  I've often wondered how difficult it would be craft up aluminum panels to replace the "frequently rusted" side panels on a Vanagon, and...
• Looking for a nice pair of Grey front door panels with power windows
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:09:08 -0400
  I am looking for a nice pair of grey front door panels from a Vanagon that had power windows. If you have a pair...
• weekender sofabed and side table panels for sale, fit all vans
  Historical mailing list - NA NA
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:59:39 -0700
  ...vanagon rear weekender sofabed with cushion, and plastic side panels with pop out side table.. fits all vans, with all mounting hardware.. cannot ship...
• 84 replacement panels??
  Historical mailing list - alex bayer
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:06:27 +0000
  i need, but cant seem to find, replacement panels for my 1984 vanagon gl westfalia. the particular panel that i need is the driver...
• Wanted: one of the VW solar panels
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:21:28 -0700
  ...Needless to say, the panels no longer functions! So I am wondering where I might find a replacement? Or two, one for each battery?
• Re: Interior panel removal/81 transporter
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 17:57:31 -0400
  ...I would also like to add some sound insulation materials behind each of the door panels, as well as the other interior panels. I...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 22:32:14 -0600
  On the question of bonded panels, the aviation industry has for some years now used bonded panels in the construction of airliners, fighter aircraft...
• Brown Sliding Door Panels- $199
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:15:08 -0500
  I still have four brand new brown sliding door interior panels in stock. They are the same color and design as all of the...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:01:04 -0500
  ...If the kit also includes some decent wire, the price is a little more justifiable, but if it's just the panels and controller...
• Re: Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:24:36 -0400
  ...But don't run the new panels into the existing controller unless you bypass the controller already attached to the panels.
• Re: Vanagon Panels Available?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 7 May 2009 10:08:08 -0400
  Tom, I haven't looked in detail but I do know that number of the vendors carry repair panels. So check: Vanagain Bus Depot...
• Re: Volkswagen 'quality'
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 Nov 1995 18:11:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...And > never for body panels, since it dents and scratches VERY easily. Otherwise uh, there's a lot of cars with aluminum body panels...
• inside door panel materials?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:09:03 -0700
  So, what did you use to make new door panels? I just want to build some basic wooden panels for the doors and make...
• Re: RE: Rocker Panels for 87 Wolfs.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Apr 1997 19:36:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My old '89 Wolfsburg had rocker panels, and it was my understanding that only Wolfsburgs and Carats were available with these trim pieces. When...
• Fw: Solar panel mount
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 1 May 2010 10:07:52 +0100
  ...Solar panel mount >I woiuld like to ask the listees to display, describe the mounts of solar >panels on Westys. Some have the panels...
• FS: Carat weekender interior w/ sofabed and side table panels, fits all vans
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:56:08 EST
  ...carat interior w/ rear sofabed and cushion, and plastic side table panels, all mounting hardware.. fits all passenger vanagons. grey. this is the weekender...
• 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: 85 vanagon rocker panels
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 13 May 2007 09:12:32 -0700
  ...I am searching for left rocker panels, inner and outer, for my 85 Westy. The usual sources, e.g. Bus Depot, are out. Does...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:51:09 -0700
  So the answer to the inadequacies of solar is to buy ever more of it and cover the roof, then carry some extra panels...
• Re: Interior door/side/headliner panels redux
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:44:57 -0800
  ...Interior door/side/headliner panels redux > Thanks folks, I would really like to see the pic's when you get them! I am > not...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:42:02 -0700
  ...And I also use a couple of the cheap photo monopods to prop up the panels. One addition, I hold the two panels together...
• Dark Grey interior panels needed
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:09:14 -0500
  ...It has dark grey interior panels and upholstery. Non adjustable armrests on the front seats and armrests in the middle and rear seats. Rear...
• 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: 1988 Wolfsburg rear seat swap: troublesome or not?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:27:45 -0400
  ...However, what interior do you have in each? If it is the Weekender/Carat interior with the hard plastic panels the seat is a...
• How to remove GL panels from bottoms of door and body
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:38:16 -0500
  My '91 GL only has part of the orignal GL panels still attached, and some of these are loose. How do I remove them...
• A/C Evaporator Housing...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 28 May 2002 17:17:47 EDT
  ...evaporator housing and its rear side panels? Any suggested source for a new housing and rear side panels beside the dealer? Mine cracked up...
• Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:02:30 -0800
  I'm getting two 53 watt panels for my Syncro Westy and I'm wondering if they can be wired in parallel so that...
• Re: They're FREE was: Re: VW Solar Battery Panels
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:59:10 -0600
  ...VW Solar Battery Panels > > I can see it now: The entire roof of your vanagon covered with cast off VW > solar panels. You remove...
• Re: Peel and Seal
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 18:36:42 -0700
  Maybe, but if what's rattling is the plastic side wall panels, you'll want to make sure you examine every rivet or screw...
• Re: Window and Middle Track Rust repair.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Feb 2021 13:57:11 -0800
  After looking at the pictures I wonder if it will be easier and cost less to get panels from a wreck or dead van...