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• Re: Added sleeping comfort & sliding door bug screens
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:53:38 -0800
  ...Silva" wrote: >> >> Have any Listees used an air mattress on the beds (upper or lower) in the >> Westy's (80 & up years)? How did...
• Re: long-distance towing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:59:20 -0400
  ...long-distance towing > NC law forbids flat-bed tow trucks from securing the vehicle by any > "sprung" portion of the body. All cable/chain...
• Buses on TV
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Wed, 8 Nov 95 11:40:38 gmt
  ...It was described by the narrator as 'a mobile bedroom for free-loving Crosby, Stills and Nash fans'. There were also some pretentious designers...
• FS: 1975 Deluxe Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 02 Oct 1995 16:42:07 EDT
  ...This model includes two beds (fold out couch snd poptop bed) sink (w/tank & city water sources) double burner range refrigerator powered by second...
• Re: comments on Michelin Rainforce MX4
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 23 May 2001 17:57:47 -0500
  ...comments on Michelin Rainforce MX4 > Driving down the Bedford highway yesterday, one of my 1997 Continental > Contact tires disintegrated! The kind folks at Continetal...
• Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:13 -0600
  ...When ready to make > >>> up the > >>> bed the seat comes down and a simple pull on the topper flops it > >>> right into > >>> place. > >>> And...
• Re: back seat, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:53:47 -0400
  ...I have a 91GL(not a camper)with Weekender >> bed. >>> Does >>> have headrests, which are removed when folding out to a bed, and has...
• Re: Top replacement
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:41:49 -0500
  ...Westfalia, except you already have a hole and some kind of bed that might not fit with the Westfalia top. The "RIGHT" way to...
• Fuel pump folly (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:21:23 -0700
  ...I opted to remove the bed with my engine hoist to replace the pump since the tank had a lot of gas in it...
• Re: Traveling/Camping With a Baby
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wyand
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:01:22 -0400
  ...2 step daughters ages 24 and 26 obviously not sleeping in my bed anymore! 2 younger boys ages 7 and almost 10 and they...
• multivan / base camper interior
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:21:06 -0800
  ...I have seen on the net somewhere that a guy just transplanted the fiberglass pop-top without the bed, so he kept all the...
• Re: I got rear ended
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:49:57 -0600
  ...I've been sleeping in the rear bed of my van for almost 6 months now. Does anyone think I have a chance of...
• Odd collection of Vanagon pix
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:00:44 -0700
  ...Also some rather unsettling wrecked Vanagons and excessive use of truck bed liner. But some fun pictures too-- who knew Revell made a Magnum...
• [F] Model T camper
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:50:32 -0400
  ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-Antique-Photograph-Model-T-Converted-Camper-w-Plates-Bed-Typewriter-/120804233780?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item1c207e5234 WOW...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:23:11 -0400
  ...Ed', > in Dokanese, that's called the 'bed'. ;-) > > > >
• Can you swap 82 and 87 interior?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:21:58 -0500
  Hi I'm thinking about swapping the interiors of my 87 syncro into my 82 (to put the fold out bed in the 82...
• My Kombi is now official!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 14:37:35 -0500
  ...The Westy bed makes a great cushioned platform for transporting fragile stuff. Of course, VW A.G. might not have envisioned typical deliveries being...
• one of m's car's friends? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 95 21:53:09 EDT
  ...TIN [version 1.2 PL2] > > 72 VW van for sale, looks and runs great, back seat converts into a bed. > $750.
• Re: 90 Syncro 101Kmi $5995
  Historical mailing list - Bernhard Schmidt
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:30:33 -0700
  ...of Hwy 238) > >1990 Syncro 101Kmi Asking $5995 (claimed $9k bluebook?) >No dents, clean in and out, Silver paint, cloth interior. >Weekender bed, 2...
• parting out vanagon westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 02:09:00 EDT
  ...i also have the complete westfalia camper interior for sale (stove/fridge/sink/propane tank/ bed/cabinets/tables/etc...) also have a complete manual...
• fs. rare, mint cond. 86 syncro crew cab
  Historical mailing list - cbsid
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:55:52 -0700
  ...Original oak slats on bed of truck.Original light bluecolor. You will not find one in better shape. 24kobo. Byron. [text/html]
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:20:11 EST
  ...My portable living room/kitchen/bedroom/dining room/office/work area/storage room. I love my Westy! It's just a shame I can...
• Vanagon rear seating options
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:06:03 EDT
  ...The rear seat back folds down, but I would like to convert to the weekender bed package. Can I just change the mounting/hinge...
• 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...
• Type 2 (1974) Interior Elements Installation
  Historical mailing list - Olivier Palliere
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:57:40 +0100
  Hello All, I just bought a 1974 hgih roof delivery van, pretty much empty save the sofa bed. I'd like to adapt it...
• FREE: 2 person middle seat and rear bench
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:31:20 -0800
  ...full width rear bench that does not fol down to a bed. FREE. The catch is you have to take both off my hands...
• Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:21:12 -0700
  ...Gives me lots more flexibility >> - and I hate being cramped for space in the bed area - and the Carat has >> a full bed with...
• Re: Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle.
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:58:43 -0700
  ...Apart from that, the main issue was making sure my fingers didn't get caught in the folding mechanism of the seat/bed. and...
• RE: 91 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jones,Rich
  Wed, 27 Mar 96 13:54:00 EST
  ...opinions wanted on 91 Westfalia,52,000 miles, poptop, bed > ,no sink, > no frig. 2 rear facing seats in back a/c heat good...
• Re: Weekender vs. Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 08:58:58 -0700
  HI there, i have an 84 weeekender with THE backseat/bed. First place, i'll never own another vanagon without one- it is that...
• Re: Life not in a van (was RE: Parking Matilda) - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:14:19 -0500
  ...Parking Matilda) - NVC > > Oh, Tom, that would be perfect! Protect her from the weather, provide me > with a bedroom. And I wouldn't have...
• Re: Re '91 Westy value
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:41:44 -0700
  ...It's a one bedroom next to the local health club. Used to rent > > for $2400. Now it;s rented for $3700. > >> all rights...
• Re: Surfboards and other near disasters
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:00:57 -0500
  ...tied upside > down on the bedrack, and the boat was nearly as long as the truck. the > bottom of the keel was four feet...
• Re: There are 4 models as I see it.Re: full westy -vs- weekender
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:21:11 EDT
  ...It consist of the rear cushion over the rear deck, the rear folding bed/bench, and the 2-person middle seat which folds forward...
• Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:06:21 -0700
  ...rear bench seat folds into a bed - cabinets & under seat storage - Automatic transmission - oil changed every 3k miles - only 125k miles (driven very little...
• 69 camper???
  Historical mailing list - yale jay lubkin
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:11:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...new boots, new dual carbs, semi-new tires, poptop, fold-down bed. I think it only needs the carbs and brakes ajusted to pass...
• for sale: '87 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 8 May 1998 10:14:03 EDT
  ...back seat folds down into a huge double bed w/ cushion over the engine. one owner front seats have adjustable armrests (woo-hoo) runs...
• 99 EV
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:18:49 -0700
  ...Rear "bed" looks flimsy. Table too. The had the curtains also looked cheap. Altogether it has the feel of the entry level Voyager, for...
• Re: Middle Seat Mod - Vanagon GL (rear seat and seatbelt question)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 02:48:26 EDT
  ...weekender is mean specifically the westy style full width rear seat/bed w/ mattress and GL style middle seat that folds forward.) >> that's...
• Re: Carat Synchro?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:32:02 EST
  Many syncros had the same interior setup as a Carat Vanagon (rear facing seats, and rear seat/bed). I don't know what you...
• Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 22:07:09 -0500
  ...When <the bed was down it blocked her lower cabinets plus other problems I do not <remember. Someone wanting to swapping a new Eurovan...
• Re: Home sweet driveway, East Bay CA, sought
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 08:24:56 -0700
  ...I'm a skanky nutcase for living in a 4 wheel bedroom.> > > Drop me a line if this sounds like something that would be...
• Re: What to carry?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:46:30 -0500
  ...Hauls firewood, >> and fits right in the bed of the truck with room for the generator." A ride in the woods. Heh. > > Jim
• Re: jail bars for sale
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:04:00 -0700
  ...sliding windows and a rear bench that made into a true bed, made by Westfalia. The interior fabric was corduroy, sunroofs very common if...
• The split and a camper ?
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  2 Aug 1994 08:39:16 U
  ...The seats re-arrange into a bed, with the two seat-backs coming off to create the forward-most bed section. One seat-back...
• Re: Middle Seat Mod - Vanagon GL (rear seat and seatbelt question)
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:40:43 EDT
  ...I put a wolfy weekender interior in my 84 GL. (By wolfy weekender is mean specifically the westy style full width rear seat/bed...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon FS, 128k, very good condition. No pop top. has rear bed.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Osborn
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:36:53 EST
  ...Has removable middle seat, rear seat folds into a large bed, and there is a storage area under the rear seat. The engine is...
• Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:38:22 -0800
  I have seriously looked at the 2001/2002 Westfalia MV (Weekender) and was not impressed with the seat that folds into a bed. It...
• Re: VW T2 Vanagon Do it Yourself Camper book?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:09:23 -0600
  ...I made a wooden frame to mount a 3/4" plywood base for the upper bed area. That works OK, and gives you a...
• Re: WANTED: Front child's cot
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Tue, 6 May 2014 10:53:35 +0000
  ...We confirmed as well that the pack and play just fits in the westy with the bed deployed. We have always been militant about...
• Re: WTB: door for westy above-bed storage
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:35:37 -0800
  ...door for westy above-bed storage >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 08:01:30 -0500 > >Jeff >You will probably want the whole cabinet to...
• Re: Convert GL to Westy?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:46:21 -0700
  ...I did look into several Westy's but found the arrangement inside to be a bit confining for my personal tastes, especially the bed...
• Re: VW MicroBus Concept
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:19:58 -0800
  ...convenient...... ......like an electronic seat-into-a-bed instead of the manual seat-into-a-bed, which can be a drag, .....for a weekender...
• 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: Wife is done with Vanagon and camping!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:03:49 -0700
  ...If motels are not your thing, how about bed & breakfast? It is still nice driving the Vanagon and using it for lunch and picnic...
• starting to wonder if
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:48:43 -0700
  ...especially for some one whose entire repertoire of musical ability is contained in the native musical beds of an apple computer which is to...
• another fyi FS 1987 Syncro Adventurewagen Camper USA san diego area $13600
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:46:29 -0500
  ...FOLDS DOWN TO A FULL SIZE BED WITH MATTRESS,REAR OVERHEAD CAN BE USED AS A SECOND BED,SINK WITH 15 GALLON STANLESS STEEL...
• Gray laminate
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:59:34 -0800
  ...I'm thinking of replacing vinyl on the upper bed plywood and rear cabinet bottom with laminate, and the GW stuff is too expensive...
• Sunroof - A/C
  Historical mailing list - Steve Drier.
  Sat, 14 May 2011 23:37:51 -0400
  ...In that connection I would like to terminate the A/C tunnel and housing above the back bench seat/bed leaving the area over...
• Help: radiator leak - tonight
  Historical mailing list - Mercedes Thomas
  Wed, 13 May 2009 00:17:23 -0500
  ...Going to bed now. Late... Mercedes, Tom & Lakota 1985 Westy; 1.9 engine Thanks in advance..