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• Re: PHRYDAYE Rambling... oh, didn't she ramble, ramble, she rambled til the Navy cut 'er down ... ;)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:41:09 -0500
  ...sliding door is much better than the vanagon's, and the rear hatch is a real hoot. :) would i have another bay window bus...
• Re: A&E Systems Catalina 2500 awning rep
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:07:59, -0500
  ...The supports are mounted at either end of sliding door, behind the rear window, and a homemade support between front top carrier and the...
• Re: For Sale -- Magnetic Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:30:09 -0400
  ...I can also make > replacement screens for the sliding side windows if needed. Please > email > directly off list if interested. Joefederici(at)earthlink.net...
• Re: more heating ideas
  Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
  Wed, 04 Oct 95 00:14 CDT
  ...Keep windows open for fresh air. Though your air-tight wunderbus may *require* cracking open the sliding door for an air source, I had...
• FOR SALE Bus goodies, 1600 d.p., s.p. stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 08:56:03 -0400
  ...window, passenger side, from '71 bus, $5 Starter, ugly but works, $20 Outside rearview mirrors, passengers $8, drivers $5 (mirror is gunky) Sliding door...
• Changing From One Van to Another
  Historical mailing list - John Holland
  Fri, 22 Sep 95 21:50:10 PDT
  ...They aren't as heavy, as noisy, or as complicated as the sliding door, and I haven't figured how to lube the sliding...
• Re: FWIW PS
  Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:18:40 -0700
  ...mileage >53945, ding on sliding door and rear quarter panel, no trailer hitch, "sale" >priced at $11,495. > >It looked like it was in...
• Re: Vin Numbers..3 locations on body
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:07:38 EST
  ...near the window in > front of the plastic pod cover, drivers side; another is under the van, > passenger side, under the sliding door on...
• Spring comes to Minnesota
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:37:32 -0500
  ...Nice to be able to keep the sliding window on the sliding door open too. But... this morning when we prepared to leave, i...
• Sale Update - 1991 VW Carat w/Subaru Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:13:27 -0600
  ...New front door window seals New Headlight switch New front door and sliding door locks Factory leather steering wheel. Lighted, dash mounted oil pressure...
• Re: Post chrome strip rubber cleaning Q
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 May 2005 18:00:43 -0400
  ...I installed my windows w/the new locking strips, and still couldnt get the sliding door strip right.I paid $35 for a professional...
• for sale: '80 Vanagon ASI poptop Camper w/ gas heater
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:12:59 EDT
  ...awning over sliding door, side screens, plenty of storage space, etc, etc, 89k ORIG miles (2nd owner) all orig paperwork and window sticker, runs...
• 85 Westy for Sale - $7,000
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 06:11:33 -0500
  ...The body is very good, with only a small crease in the back of the sliding door, and the adjacent side body panel. It...
• Re: LVC - Beetle Mod or does this guy have too much time on hishands??
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:04:10 -0700
  ...on a > > Vanagon...perhaps a larger engine and popping out the sliding windows > > and a scoop for intake, and removing the rear hatch for...
• Re: Sliding Door stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:43:06 -0700
  ...front door panels off without any broken parts (except for a window regulator part that I paid Chris at Jordan VW for many weeks...
• Re: Replacing lower vanagon sliding door skin
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sun, 4 Mar 2018 12:16:20 -0800
  ...Also, I did not think > about the depth of the right part in terms of matching up with the sliding > door. Since the door...
• Re: Changing air in camper
  Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
  Fri, 07 Jun 1996 14:19:05 -0700
  ...to the sliding door, this helps in the insolation for heat. With all this heat I can easily open the windows to get the...
• Re: replacement tent for my 84 westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:01:15 -0500
  ...The material was thicker than the stock so you had to open the sliding door or a window when you tried to put the...
• Re: Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:38:06 -0700
  ...please help... >>> >>> hi all, >>> >>> on my van the sliding locking mechanism works well on the front (or on >> the >>> handle end)... but on other...
• Re: Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:29:11 -0700
  ...I memtioned dark tint on the windows, but you can't do this to the front side windows in most states and deffintely not...
• Re: 7-passenger curtain rods?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:02:24 -0500
  ...going to the fabric shop and buying some sew-on velcro fixed that little problem! :) and if you opened the sliding side windows, the...
• Re: We're back Questions on fasteners and instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:59:12 -0500
  ...Put back cover that goes over track for sliding door. �Cover is immediately below rear window on right-hand side. 2. Screws that hold...
• Re: Securing table
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:15:09 -0800
  ...I made mine with a fiddle that keeps stuff from sliding off, like on a boat...I extended that fiddle below the table a...
• Re: Original Westphalia tent: What's it worth?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Forstag
  Thu, 1 Jun 1995 13:58:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It attaches above the sliding door, and is fully enclosed, with mesh windows and vinyl floor. Anyone know of it's value? Mick Forstag...
• ev westy brochure
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:58:43 -0400
  ...in germany *westfalia tent *mosquito screens for windows and one to fit in opening of sliding door *insulated fabric that installs on inside of...
• Re: [WetWesties] door grease - '84 Westy Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:36:42 -0700
  ...Inside the door is a sliding window guide and the guiderail. The guide had jumped off the rail, and would jam against it about...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon "Carrier" for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:27:03 -0400
  ...the > Samba for > sale once or twice with no sliding windows in the sliding door or > middle > positon. They were bare bones vehicles to...
• VW AG Response Re Syncro Export
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 20 May 1998 09:27:52 -0700
  ...front only), window screens, fixed driver side rear facing seat with refrigerator in seat base, second battery, 120A alternator, sliding window curtains, screen for...
• Westy break in, only vehicle registration (Canadian) stolen
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:58:05 +0000
  Last night someone broke into my Westy - forced the sliding window, popped the screen, then unlocked front door. They had rifled through everything, but...
• Re: door edge seals
  Historical mailing list - Boucheron
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:25:36 -0500
  ...Out going air goes thru sliding vent doors in the door panel then through the front slots. The later vans have a new vent...
• Riddle me this and Riddle me that - Strange "Leak"
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 04:07:23 -0400
  ...4 of the way back along the sliding side door. I thought I had a leaking window or hole in the floor but this...
• Re: Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:22:46 -0700
  ...would mean that I'd need the doorframe structure as > well. Window, lock & handles would be needed. It wouldn't matter what > year, so...
• Re: Interesting Bus conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 11:50:44 PST
  ...The bus was built by cutting a '72 just behind the sliding door and a '73 just ahead of the sliding door and welding...
• some classifieds, vehicles, engines, parts (long)
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:45:18 +0100
  ...gearbox, wiring harness, computer, CC DM 3800.00 parts, darkened sliding windows DM call engine, Golf 16V, '87 DM call engine, 16V, CC, 136PS...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:06:26 -0700
  ...this is a prime candidate for reconditioning , much like the window scrapers in the front doors. you might also wash and wax that channel...
• Re: Vanagons are too cool?
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:58:23 -0700
  ...They had smashed the sliding door window and mad off with some goodies. This happens in my own city a lot! Much to my...
• Re: What Mini-Projects are going on?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:45:23 -0600
  ...Sliding window guides My site, http://KokopellisGarden.com is on Webjump.com which allows me to have up to 25 MB of space for...
• Re: Doors from 90 automatic non-Westy into an 85 4 speed Westy
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:56:40 -0700
  The regular hinged passenger doors will fit just fine, the only problem would be wiring, if there are power windows or mirrors. The rear...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:49:54 -0600
  ...replacing window glass seals I found two windows with leaky seals this summer, the rear hatch and the sliding door windows. So I planned...
• Re: 1984 Vanagon GL H2O
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 3 May 2006 22:03:49 -0700
  ...As for the sliding window. It locks but it vibrates open after driving. So I need to check if it is locked. I thought...
• Re: Finally In the process of painting our 87 Westy Installing new pop top canvas etc
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:26:41 -0700
  ...re paint job taking out the windows etc a few questions > > 1.Planning on buying all new window seals, pop trop canvas etc from...
• Subject: Update: Installing 3rd se Update: Installing 3rd seatbelt/lapbelt in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:48:59 -0600
  ...The seat next to the rear closet is very wide, while the one next to the sliding door is narrower. The mountpoints in the...
• Re: Off topic VW LT/Mercedes Sprinter question
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:59:20 -0800
  ...It has all sorts of other >advanced >features like a clean looking body, big windows, 4-wheel anti-lock disc >brakes standard and rack...
• a long last...a useful post
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:26:28 -0600
  ...My PO has long since lost the screens that go into the sliding side windows. I read everyone's posts about the various ways...
• For sale: carat interior, westy interior, 2.1L engine, 1.9L, auto trans, poptop
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:22:20 EDT
  ...louvered jalousie side windows w/ screens fit all year buses and vanagons w/ easy retro, have instructions for install -solid sliding door for -74...
• Ipod Plastic holder -leveling a Vanagon Camper w/ClinovintageLITE free application
  Historical mailing list - ren Gaudet
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:27 -0800
  ...Of course I have level bubbles on the dash and on the top of the sliding door but I discover recently a very accurate...
• parts for swap/sell ... square headlights??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 20:47:55 CDT
  ...anybody need silver-framed sliding windows?? i've got two. in good with good gaskets, but the gaskets are for the chrome trim ring...
• re: What kind of bus do I have?
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 09:13:24 -0500
  ...windows 221-238 Export M143 Laminated side windows 241,244 Export M144 Laminated side windows 271-274 Export M145 with safety lock for sliding...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 20:19:32 -0700
  ...Otmar Ebenhoech wrote: > >How about taking the working parts of a fridge, rigging it to mount in on > >of the sliding windows(above the...
• 1991 Syncro Tri-Star Crew Cab for sale.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:26:24 -0700
  ...garage kept, alloy wheels, metallic blue, fibreglass bumpers, wheel arches, rear sliding windows, cloth seats all available options. A very clean 9 out of...
• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features"
  Historical mailing list - Aleksandr Milewski
  Fri, 13 May 2005 10:51:44 -0700
  Bruce Nadig wrote: > My favorite design feature, shared with the split windshield and bay window > busses, is the fact that you are sitting directly...
• AC Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:40:03 -0700
  ...The frame was built for a Wolfsburg so it won't fit on a Westy with the smaller sliding windows. Nothing against Westies, I...
• Re: screens
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Wed, 10 May 2006 06:42:41 -0400
  ...screens >Does anyone know where to get screens for the sliding windows? The plastic frames of both of my screens are >broken and they...
• Re: Vanagon screens
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:39:35 EDT
  ...ordering the sliding door screen from Bus Depot (and I'm still waiting for it) and I made my own front window screens (as...
• Re: Vangaon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:26:44 -0600
  ...The space between the front seats leading to the passenger area in the rear is 15 percent larger, as is the sliding side door...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 May 2008 10:32:52 -0700
  ...forward of the D pillar in > order to make room for sliding windows back there. So where did they > send the exiting cabin air...
• Odds and Ends
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 11:25:02 -0600
  ...1) AFM with air box ( excellent shape ) (1) radiator (2) sliding side window's (1) excellent R/H door (1) good L/H door...
• No Wonder My VW's Love Me!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:27:20 -0500
  ...missing passenger side mirror, missing sliding door handle(outside), left front turn signal inop, no dash lights, window cranks broken, 3 holes in the...
• Re: Seat Modifications
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:38:38 -0600
  ...find a camper, Also you might want to get the sliding > side > > windows > > > that have screens for camping. (Other screen alternatives are > > night use...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:59:24 EST
  ...mirrors -power windows (maybe, i have the doors from the Carat..still its nice to not have to worry about window motors going bad...