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• Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:32:42 -0700
  I have the front and rear gray curtains that came with my '90 Carat. They are in very good condition, looking as if they...
• Re: Custom Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:01:59 -0700
  I made curtains for my '61, my '67 and my '81. None were Westies--just passenger vans that I wanted to camp in. I...
• FS: '84 vanagon owners manual, also '82-84 westy curtains
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:19:51 EDT
  ...bunch of side window curtains from '82-'84 westy.. these are the tannish/light brown colored ones from the 82-84 westys that had...
• Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 13:08:49 -0400
  ...I have never had curtains in my bus - so the GF recently purchase material and I am wondering the best way to mount the...
• curtains
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Sat, 12 May 2007 20:01:25 -0600
  Cleaning out the garage - and came across the old curtains from the Westy. They are the tan ones from an '85. Slightly faded in...
• Re: New carpets and curtains anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Mon, 11 May 2015 21:27:55 -0600
  ...New carpets >> and curtains anyone? </div><div> >> </div>It's time. Anyone have experience with the Go Westy (or other) >> carpet and >> curtain kits...
• Re: Curtain Rods, kit available?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:53:45 -0700
  Hi, The old style westy curtains with the aluminium "flat bar" support at the top and good old curtain cord at the bottom could...
• Re: Anyone making custom curtains?/Window Tinting.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:09:18 -0600
  ...nothing of eliminating the negative effects of UV blast on the inside of the van, not just the curtains. I'd suggest 3M. bob >>
• Re: Favourite Modifications NVC
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:31:04 -0600
  ...For privacy she had sewn curtains to cover all the windows but as we were running late the hooks to hold them were not...
• Re: anyone know why '89 carat/wolfsburgs didnt have the curtain kits?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:07:56 -0700
  All I know is I missed my '88 Wolfy at Burning Man this year because my '89 didn't have the curtains. I know...
• carat curtains, snap on type
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:39:19 -0800
  Just got my carat curtains from Go Westy. Only thing is, the snaps aren't on the curtains, they're in a plastic bag...
• Re: /Window Tinting. Cut the curtains
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:29:40 -0700
  ...If curtains are allowed, why not the tint? > > Because the curtains are easily drawn out of the way or conveniently > removable and the tint...
• Re: Anyone making custom curtains?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:49:45 -0500
  ...They have catalog curtains, but I think they will make what you want, for a price of course. DMc ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott...
• Re: Custom Curtians
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:09:48 -0700
  ...I was wondering how many people have made custom curtains for their campers, and if so, what type of fabric did you use? Did...
• My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:41:27 -0400
  ...All new curtains and upholstery for the bus (except the front seats, but those will come later). I used the 1933 Singer 15-91...
• FS: Curtains from 87 Wolfsburg Ed Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - durby suniga
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:04:06 -0700
  I've a complete set of grey snap curtains from my old 87 Wolfsburg Edition Vanagon for sale. In really nice shape. Please make...
• Installing GoWesty curtains
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:27:26 -0500
  I bought a set of GoWesty curtains and am having troubles installing them. Has anybody else installed these babies? They are numbered, but they...
• Re: Alternatives to the stock Westy curtains...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:45:57 -0600
  http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/VWcurtains/ > > I was wondering how many people have successfully used curtains other than stock, or made their own? Have...
• Curtains! (one way that works)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:55:11 -0800
  ...Anyhow, I had some left over curtains from out of a Dodge camper van and we were heading out to a week long road...
• Re: Need help installing weekender curtains on Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 3 Sep 2014 22:24:16 -0400
  ...Need help installing weekender curtains on Blue Star > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Does anyone have any pictures of a set of weekender curtains...
• Re: Vanagon curtain 'snaps' plus sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 16:29:17 -0500
  If you have to replace any curtains, have them made up of the heat reflective material used in ironing board covers. Get the stuff...
• Curtain tracks
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:44:25 EDT
  Really needs some curtains in my vanagon. Read this off type2.com's library. BEGIN CUT: Westfalia Curtain Track Sliders by Fred Stoermer The...
• Re: Window Tint Asthetics
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:34:59 -0800
  ...but with snap on curtains behind the tint... it becomes effectively limo tint... and its nice to not be able to see the curtains...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:04:40 -0700
  All you guys that need blackout curtains either live at high latitudes where there's not much nighttime this time of year, or are...
• curtains
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:28:35 -0800
  ...a place where you couldorder mounting hardware along with patterns for curtains for around 50 or 60 dollars. does anyone know of anyplace?thanks...
• Westy curtains/Wanted OEM
  Historical mailing list - bryan duggan
  Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:58:46 -0800
  ...I am looking for OEM westy grey curtains for my 89 Westfailia. Anyone out there have any they want to sell? Also: has anyone...
• Re: Improving stock curtains/matress toppers
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:11:30 -0600
  ...As for curtains, someone posted pictures of their van where they had replaced the curtains and added a fabric that's often used for...
• Re: Custom Curtians
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:13:14 -0600
  Stephen Grisanti and his wife were though here some time back, and they showed me their curtains made from the materials used to covert...
• Re: Are My Curtains on Correct?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:43:28 -0700
  ...Are My Curtains on Correct? > > >Could someone help me out with my curtains I don't think I have them on >correct I see...
• jumpseats for sale... Re: jumpseats and curtains needed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:37:15 EDT
  ...carat weekender that is missing the rear facing jumpseats and > the curtains. Anyone have these laying around? My int. is grey. > Thanks, > Dave Parsons...
• Curtains in 91GL-Pics and advice
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:01:01 -0600
  Can anyone send me pics or ideas to install curtains in my 91GL? Thought about using the garment hooks, but need to install two...
• Re: curtains
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 01:35:50 EDT
  In a message dated 98-08-03 15:15:40 EDT, JLucca8410@AOL.COM writes: << i'm looking to install curtains in my 86...
• Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - Sean Cole
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:21:00 PST
  ...Has anyone ever heard of an efficient method of COMPLETELY concealing the contents of their van other than crude homemade curtains? Sean 87' Westy...
• Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 02:35:04 PDT
  I have a carat that came with no curtains and I don't know if I should get the kind that snap like it...
• Re: Custom Curtians
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:53:41 -0500
  Hi Robert we are currently redoing the curtains of our 85 Westy...we found 8 yards of some upholestry fabric (a walmart closeout) that...
• Re: Custom Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:55:10 -0800
  GoWesty's 2014 calendar has a great January photo of a '76 Westie with backlit tie died curtains on a spectacular starry night. Makes...
• Source Requested - Curtain parts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 11:30:19 MST
  --Michael Heron said:-- > could help but agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of original old VW > curtains. Dig that checkered yellow and brown material. Right...
• Westy front curtain doesn't fit!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:44:42 -0400
  I'm installing westy curtains in my gl. I have two complete windshield curtains in good shape and cannot possibly get them to position...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 15:28:01 -0400
  ...Tuesday, June 13, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Vangon curtains/canvas? > Has anyone seen a vendor with a curtain or window canvas kit...
• FREE: westy curtains -- GONE!!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:24:33 -0700
  Thanks for everyone's interest, just to let you all know that the curtains are going to a new home and have been saved...
• Re: camper curtains
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:57:33 -0600
  ...http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/VWcurtains/> > Anyone have a source for a nice set of curtains for an 88 camper - wife not> impressed with...
• Curtains on a pre-68 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Jun 1995 09:56:38 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi, Could some one puh-lease tell me how the curtains work on a pre-68 Westy? I have 6 rods (I assume for...
• Re: Vanagon Parts Giveaway #3 Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sat, 9 Sep 2023 19:04:35 -0400
  thank you Edward! I received the curtains! I will do a pay it forward. Karl. On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 11:33 AM...
• Re: snap on curtains
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:18:20 -0800
  ...I would like to know > what kind and where to find the opposite part that screwed on the van to > attach the curtains. > > thanks...
• Re: Anyone making custom curtains?
  Historical mailing list - Sheilah Rogers
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:42:42 -0700
  ...On Aug 18, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Sheilah Rogers wrote: > Here's another option for sewing curtains that I did: > > I sewed panels...
• Re: Front curtains - round the widow or behind the seats?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 24 May 2001 17:51:09 -0700
  I have put curtains behind the front seats in my current and previous vans for the reasons you mention, as well as 'stealth camping...
• removing curtains
  Historical mailing list - Juli Tallino
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:59:05 -0700
  ...My only question is how do you get all the curtains down? I can't seem to reach the screws for the side rails...
• curtain hook help needed
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:40:54 -0700
  Hey Volks, I bought a set of curtains for my westy which came without them when I bought it. Now I can't figure...
• FS: Front Curtains &Rear Curtain
  Historical mailing list - Chris Findley
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:39:34 EDT
  I have the front curtains that cover the windshield and the d/s and p/s windows it is two pieces on a glider...
• Can Westi curtains be laundered?
  Historical mailing list - Gail Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 6 Mar 1998 09:47:40 -0800
  ...The curtains on the inside are a kind of variegated grey check with occasional thin red lines, now dingy and discolored in places. i...
• More on Westy Curtains...
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Davis
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:01:14 -0700
  Hey all, I think I figured out *SOME* of the story with the Westy curtains. 1.) There are 2 curtains that have no appendages...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:01:47 -0700
  ...I use mine > with my curtains drawn so I don't have to look at the shiny stuff all > the time and it works...
• Re: How are curtains hung?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 6 May 2012 21:43:53 -0700
  ...How are curtains hung? hooks http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1336175888798/page_1258_1339/curtain_hooks. html
• Volts Wagon on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:41:27 -0800
  There is something funny on Ebay- Volts Wagon curtains. Could it be the electric Vanagon? I've heard about heated seats, but heated curtains...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:07:27 -0700
  ...Curtains >A while back someone posted information on where to purchase a curtain kit >that comes with mounting accessories and patterns for the curtains...
• Vanagon Curtain Kits
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:00:21 EST
  I would like to announce a new curtain kit that has just been developed using my Carat Vanagon curtains as a pattern. This kit...
• Re: Homemade Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Theresa Rennert
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:12:51 -0700
  ...Homemade Curtains Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:19:33 -0500 Let me know if you go into mass production on them - I'll...
• Re: Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:39:04 EST
  ...I'm not sure even the heaviest curtains would keep the police away. Have you considered a moat? Jeff 83.5 Westy NYC, where...
• looking for 2nd hand curtains
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 22:10:31 -0400
  I have an 84 Vanagon beige interior with brown curtains I think originals but the one on the sliding door and the front is...
• Re: CURTAINS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:09:02 EST
  ...Not only privacy for camping and sleeping but security too! I have dark tint on my windows and with only half of the curtains...