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• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:21:37 -0400
  ...they offered their Z bed conversion kits for ''68-'79 baywindow buses too... and splitties.. i used to have a '72 baywindow with the...
• Re: Link to Rust Prevention Using BedLiner?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:54:11 -0500
  ...i've > googled it w/ no success. > > was basically pics and an explanation of repairing seam rust then > spraying bedliner over the seams and...
• Raised Z Bed Hinges Info Needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 30 May 2006 08:23:18 -0700
  I've acquired a set of the replacement z bed hinges that raises the Westfalia lower bed about four inches. I'm installing them...
• Re: Top Bunk Safety
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 27 May 1999 12:17:28 -0400
  ...Make a board of the same thickness as that which the bed is made of. Cut it to the full width of the bed...
• 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: Link to Rust Prevention Using BedLiner?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:45:50 -0500
  That bed liner stuff cracks and chips.Looks good(out of site /out of mind) when new,but if you look close at a...
• Re: Location of online Westfalia pop top conversiondirections......????? FISH
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:43:05 -0700
  ...The Westy sacrifices this to make room for the upper bed. The upper bed is not part of the poptop but is a seperate...
• Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:19:40 -0500
  ...I recently discovered that the table can stay up with the > bed down if you are careful when you pull out the bed. This...
• Re: camper closet removal? Weekenders cheaper?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:47:20 -0400
  ...Its wider bed gets admired from time to time (though we bought it for the extra passenger capacity, rather than the wider bed). James...
• Re: Carat table not fit w regular rear seat
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:21:08 EST
  ...Panel and bed contact----that's the problem. The Wolfy/Carat rear bench/beds bolt to the floor and are slightly narrower. It is...
• Re: rear seat hinges
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:32:36 -0700
  ...Reimo Raised Bed Kit That looks exactly like the kit that I have seen except for the color. One of the problems with it...
• Z-Bed
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 20:52:44 -0700
  ...I have a perfectly fine Z-bed from a 1986 Vanagon. Includes the rear cushion. Blue. My understanding is this was an option on...
• Re: Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:21:27 -0700
  ...My rear bed needs the same treatment, your work certainly will help me figure out what to do. I've examined the folding mechanism...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:01:26 -0800
  ...I have a wonderful 84 gl wolfsburg with the rear seat/bed (is this a "z" bed?). I got a middle seat, thanks Chad...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:08:22 -0800
  ...Vanagons are great for camping, even ones with only a weekender bed in the back. Adding a poptop allows you to stand up while...
• Re: Rear Brake Question: uneven wear on new shoes or just bedding down?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:04:16 -0700
  ...Rear Shoes Bedding/wearing in > What do you folks think? Something amiss or just shoes just bedding > themsleves down? Shoes, drums, wheel cylinders were...
• Re: grey water tank ideas
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 23 May 2006 16:08:01 -0700
  ...It fits just perfect under the end of the bed when the bed is down, the 5 gal version won't. But then I...
• Re: Weekender vs. Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:58:21 EDT
  ...The van already had a rear seat that became a bed, just no rear cushion. So I converted the seat into a bed for...
• Re: Loft Bed Unusual Occurence
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:23:10 -0400
  Just to be more clear- no creaks, squeaks or groans now that our bed platform is supported on all three surfaces. I just washed...
• weekender fold down rear seatbed for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Nov 1997 19:08:56 -0500
  i have a grey weekender fold down rear seat bed for sale. it folds down into a bed w/ a cushion over the engine...
• Re: Want to trade: GL bed/bench for Weekender bench
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:31:44 -0500
  ...GL bed/bench for Weekender bench > Contrary to popular belief, these rear seat/beds can be shipped UPS if > packed carefully so as to...
• Modified Covers
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:53:32 -0700
  How do you folks with the modified (raised) engine covers deal with that as far as beds and such, the ones I see on...
• Re: spray bed liner on truck bed?? was Re: spray bed liner on propane tank?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 May 2007 20:48:26 EDT
  ...my aunt did this to her ford pickup truck bed and it matches the exterior color as well... ps: there was a rear tailgate...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 03:27:21 +0000
  ...3rd bed up front? > > I saw a family who each night took out the passenger front seat and put in > a plywood bed extending...
• Re: WTB: 83.5 Westy owners manual: ONLINE
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:39:29 -0700
  ...Does anyone have one they will part with? > > TIA, > Drew Bedford> begin:vcard > n:Bedford;Drew > tel;work:(435) 513-1300 > x-mozilla-html...
• Re: Back Seat Bed Conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:58:53 EST
  ...re-upholster the westy z-bed (simple, its just like wrapping a gift) and be done with it. chris
• Re: Reimo bed hinges
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:48:10 -0600
  ...EDU wrote: > Does anyone have pictures of the Reimo 4" lift bed hinges installed? My > set came with german instructions with illustrations that seem...
• Re: So many campers, so few poptop weekenders
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 May 2007 14:36:20 EDT
  ...the cabinet to the side of the bed so it is the height of > the bed with about a 1 inch cushion on top...
• 3rd party z-bed
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:24:36 -0700
  In addendum to my earlier post, was there not a 3rd party product to turn your standard bench seat into a bed Sean Garrett...
• Z-bed ???
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:06:41 -0700
  I was wondering if anyone knows the link for the infamous (3rd party add-on) Z-bed ? Anyone have one and like to comment...
• Re: Assist bar for getting into bed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:56:45 -0700
  ...But I never thought of it as a solution to no knee bed leg syndrome. Cool. Mike On 10/5/04 8:37 PM...
• Re: Can anyone confirm that 90 and above vanagons all have a weekender style ...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:47:13 -0500
  My 85' GL has no bed either. On 8/25/07, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 8/24...
• Re: Bettk'a'fer????????
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:59:59 -0700
  I referred to my first VW camper as "The Bed Bug." Chris Radcliffe chris_radcliffe@mindspring.com '90 Westy Auto "Blue Whale" -----Original Message...
• Re: Wot's a Z-bed was Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:39:36 -0500
  ...The 2 hinge straps need holes >> > > I've seen (owned) two different beds: a Westy one where you lift the > seat front and pull...
• Re: WTB: crew cab...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 05:09:16 EDT
  ...the bed of the EV pickups looks like it was just stuck on there...like a flatbed...no body panels underneath the bed level...
• Re: want a carat table in your van? then you have to use the carat rear sofab...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:31:03 EDT
  ...a 2 foot wide by 3 + foot long table sticking out into the bed kinda limits what you can do in the bed tho...
• Re: the next wave:westy to syncro
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 May 1998 14:39:32 -0700
  ...This I have done on 2 of the projects, once without the factory upper bed and once with. I do not recommend trying to...
• Re: Modified Covers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:35:02 -0400
  i believe fastfoward and some other places sell special hinges from europe that raise the factory westy bed enough to clear the raised cover...
• Re: Will a Queen size bed fit in my Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:20:46 EDT
  ...The check has arrived and I plan on purchasing a new bed for my real house. My question is will a queen size bed...
• Re: How to remove rear heater cowling?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:54:15 -0400
  ...Brian 87 GL Also, how does the >box get by the bed frame cross bar. Can't be, the bed frame must come >out...
• Re: WTB: 15" Vanagon steel wheel
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 16:11:21 -0500
  Drew, You've got 15" steel wheels on your Vanagon? Where did you get them? TIA Bob Drew Bedford wrote: > Need one for a...
• Re: new vanagon ownership question
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 2 May 2002 11:31:17 -0500
  ...screwed as it is--and here you go rubbing it in---- Beddy, beddy, bad boy---- ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://community.webtv.net/CTONLINE...
• Re: Vanagon GL interior upgrades.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:18:45 -0700
  ...The Poptop > bed is full width, the closet is behind and has only sideways facing > doors. The Carat and Wolfy passenger bed/bench seats...
• parting out 2 vanagon westys, complete camper interiors available-bus or vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:10:43 EST
  parting out 2 vanagon westys complete camper interiors available, all sink/stove/fridge/beds/table/screens/cabinets/swival seat mech/propane tanks/accy ext...
• Re: Vanagon GL interior upgrades.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:00:29 -0700
  ...The Poptop > bed is full width, the closet is behind and has only sideways facing > doors. The Carat and Wolfy passenger bed/bench seats...
• Re: general ideas and folding rear seat bed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:24:19 EST
  ...NET writes: > also - anyone have a line on a folding to bed rear seat for a gl - > i have some..but im in PA...
• Re: Moving our aging bodies on from Vanagon (sniff!)
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Mon, 5 Aug 2019 20:05:53 +0000
  You might want to check the 2001-2003 Eurovan based Winnebago Vista/Itasca Sunstar it has a full sized bed downstairs and if you...
• Bed Extension Tool Cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:36:27 -0700
  ...with a flip-over-top that would serve as an extension of the rear bed... where the width of the cabinet would be from...
• Re: Z-bed
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 06:38:35 -0400
  On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 19:53:30 -0500, Chuck Hill <hilltech@NETINS.NET> wrote: >Regarding the so-called Z-bed, I put one...
• Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:44:54 -0700
  ...When folded out, the rear bed has always had a 3/4" - 1" gap on the driver side between bed bottom and storage frame...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 15 Aug 2008 - Special issue (#2008-879)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:12 -0230
  ...I put them over the lower bed bumpy > bed and they work really well that way. Not sure about anyone else, > but it was...
• Re: '56 progress - 'fridge
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 09:23:50 -0500
  ...The pullout bed was situated more to the driver's side o' the van, with the long linen closet running the length of the...
• Re: westie rear seat transplant?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 14:22:58 -0400
  if memory serves (and memory may be fuzzy) i remember chatting with a fellow that had put a 70's era camper pullout bed...
• Re: Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:12:34 -0700
  ...triangular bits, I may have been conflating the Reimo bed with the westy bed > > see here > > http://www.t3-infos.de/images/Reimo-Klappsitzbank...
• Question about post that bed locks on to.
  Historical mailing list - steven kim
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:20:49 +0000
  Can anyone do me a favor and measure the length of the bolt that the seat back locks to on a rear bed seat...
• Re: A little help with measurements on a westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:54:06 -0400
  Upper or lower bed? On 6/13/06, SKP <skp@onshakyground.com> wrote: > I have a simple request for someone with an 87-91...
• Re: Single/Double cab bed repair advice needed...
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:29:30 -0400
  ...Here too I minutely adjusted the truck bed. Finally, I got into the area behind the tail lights and did as best I could...
• Re: Center bench seat for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 08:53:35 -0800
  At 21:16 04-03-98 EST, JordanVw wrote: >but can you fold down the back seat into a bed with the non-weekender...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:00:27 +0000
  ...mine got stuck like that because the seat > belts were in the way for the bed mechanism to me freely... > > > > On Wed, Jul 21...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:19:30 -0700
  ...3rd bed up front? > > I saw a family who each night took out the passenger front seat and put in a plywood bed extending...