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• Fwd: Just saw an 84 Wolfy for sale (WV asking 1600)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Nemo, the Bus Captain
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:59:22 -0800
  ...Dark blue over dark blue. > That year Wolfsburg had a nicer dash and > steering > wheel, power steering, and a westphalia made z > bed and...
• for sale: vanagon front table , other westy and vanagon stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:11:19 EST
  ...glass $30 ea FS: vanagon front bumpers, chrome, nice. $40 FS: z-bed rear cushion for vanagon brown $20 FS: front blower motor/heater...
• Re: was: co/propane RE: propex
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:30:07 -0800
  ...I had to remove the z-bed. I consider this the most difficult installation, but the most space saving, because you don't lose...
• Re: Getting at rear heater
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:39:08 EST
  ...HOTMAIL.COM writes: > I have a 1987 Vanagon Wolfsburg with the z-bed. and also a 1985 > Westfalia. I need to get at the...
• Re: Latest Felder Enterprises
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:10:28 -0500
  ...know. >> >> >> >> Jim 1/4" Sheet of plywood allows me to haul all kinds of firewood and keep the Z bed "habitable".....lol DM&FS
• swivel and z-bed for sale. HELP the PIFF
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:48:57 -0700
  clearing out my stash- all prices include shipping to the US. i have a zbed for sale. it is complete from a ~77 bus...
• FS:87 wolfsburg interior, jumpseats. ect...
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:01:59 -0500
  ...floor mounts, and seat belts, flip out table panel, rear z bed, interior flourescent light.  like i stated, interior in great shape...
• Re: rear seat conversion???
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 04:18:16 EDT
  ...to get a Weekender bench than to use conversion hinges like Z-bed. Besides, the regular bench like yours does not have the flatter...
• Re: Camden NJ or Burgettstown PA?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 20:54:09 +0000
  I'm not sure but I think I saw Chris Jordan walking the lot at Jones Beach hocking Westy tops and z-beds, as...
• Re: Getting at rear heater
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:30:13 -0700
  ...Getting at rear heater I have a 1987 Vanagon Wolfsburg with the z-bed. and also a 1985 Westfalia. I need to get at...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:45:48 -0700
  It was the belt on the drivers side! The belt got behind the moving parts, the plastic sleeve where it mounts at the side...
• For Sale: 1989 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Tanja Bomb
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:47:29 -0800
  ...edition complete with rear facing removable jump seats and fold down Z-bed in the rear. The perfect weekend camping vehicle. You can fit...
• Re: Westy cupholder alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 May 2015 21:19:17 +0000
  ...Here, > > it is hard to get one positioned to not interfere with the table or the > > z-bed, especially with the vertical lift feature...
• Re: Westy cupholder alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Thu, 21 May 2015 00:28:14 +0000
  ...Here, > it is hard to get one positioned to not interfere with the table or the > z-bed, especially with the vertical lift feature...
• Re: Westie Rear Seat Head Rest Installation
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:11:20 -0400
  ...Tore the seat apart (anybody want parts for a wider Z bed (non Westie)? Took out the headrest parts.... took apart the rear seat...
• Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 19:26:14 -0700
  ...get an 85 Advenurewagon, remove the broken, busted, and leaking too-cramped anyway camping interior, put in a rear Z bed, and matching rear...
• first camping trip in gl
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:40:32 -0700
  ...i couldn't beleive how comfortable the westy bed is (swapped z- bed for westy to make room for cabinets i'm building) and...
• Re: Installing weekender interior in pass. van
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:00:21 -0800
  ...I'll contact them again tomorrow. > > Has anyone here put a Westy weekender interior (pop-up table panel, one > rear-facing seat, and z...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:51:41 -0700
  NICE :-) On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 3:46 PM Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote: > It was the belt on the drivers side! > The...
• Re: GoWesty Thetford toilet - which model is it?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:56:58 -0500
  ...We typically sleep up top, but if the Z bed is deployed, we've got a cat litter box and a ton of shoes...
• Re: full width blue Zbed in Oakland PNP... Where are you located?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:55:17 -0500
  ...full width blue Zbed in Oakland PNP > > I have this exact blue velour rear seat 'z-bed' that > I need to sell > soon, > to...
• Replacing motor mounts 84 wb- Help!!!
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Sun, 27 May 2001 15:05:14 -0700
  ...Thanks, Das Kapitan 84 Vanagon--Sunroof and Weekender Z Bed __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http...
• Worst of all Vanagon Jobs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 13:40:45 -0800
  ...and the Z bed rear seat still works just fine. wow..I have not found rear seats to be dangerous in any way. R...
• Re: Rose Parade Pasadena & the Vanagon with a Z-bed
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:53:18 -0800
  Rob, I lived in Pasadena for many years and went to one Rose Parade (one is enough). The only caveat I can think of...
• Re: Z-bed, sofa bed, bench seat????
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:15:16 -0700
  ...Can this be done? >> I tried to distill this from the archives, but got really confused trying >> to differentiate a Z-bed, from a...
• FS: '87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - David Orozco
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:48:40 -0500
  ...the belly line * Super clean Brown interior (7-seater w/ E-Z bed set up) * Super clean Brown carpet floor mats o/ orig. brown...
• 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: Installing weekender interior in pass. van
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:25:45 EST
  ...I'll contact them again tomorrow. > > Has anyone here put a Westy weekender interior (pop-up table panel, one > rear-facing seat, and z...
• Re: [Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDE your van?]
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Tue, 8 May 2001 23:03:26 -0700
  ...so large in fact that I had to remove the rear cushion and unscrew and remove the Z-bed to get it in. Total...
• Re: Bed foam
  Historical mailing list - Ben Eisenbraun
  Thu, 3 Oct 2019 22:02:45 -0600
  ...I noticed that the bed cushions in the trailer seem >>> to be 4” similar to the vanagons z bed. >>> Has anyone bought bulk foam...
• Re: 1984 for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:01:22 -0400
  ...I might put a z-bed in the back and use it as my "back-up" camper, and get rid of my '87 Wolfsburg...
• Re: swivel and z-bed for sale. HELP the PIFF
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:29:12 -0500
  Not usure if anyone said so, but thank for posting.. Been out of town for a few days. C ya. Michael in San Antonio...
• Re: Bed foam
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 4 Oct 2019 10:10:57 -0400
  ...I noticed that the bed cushions in the trailer > seem > >> to be 4” similar to the vanagons z bed. > >> Has anyone bought bulk foam...
• Re: Getting at rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:18:47 -0500
  ...Ed Duntz wrote: > > I have a 1987 Vanagon Wolfsburg with the z-bed. and also a 1985 > Westfalia. I need to get at the...
• Re: Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle.
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:58:43 -0700
  I've installed one of these in my '82. It was a straightforward installation....all the mounting points were ready to go in the...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:57:59 -0700
  ...closet). - I stuff the area between the right side of the z bed and the wall full of plastic grocery bags. They always come...
• Re: Westy cupholder alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 20 May 2015 11:19:47 -0700
  ...Here, > it is hard to get one positioned to not interfere with the table or the > z-bed, especially with the vertical lift feature...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:50:39 -0800
  ...have their beds installed rather high in the body all right. Z-bed rear seat for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:00:27 +0000
  I love this List!  Crummy situation one day; excellent solution the next day! On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 3:51:57 PM PDT, Dan...
• '86 syncro 7 pax for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:40:39 -0800
  ...900 miles $1500 or best offer -Blue 7 Passenger Van with Z-bed for sleeping. -Original interior and seating (blue w/pinstripe). -No middle...
• Re: GoWesty Thetford toilet - which model is it?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:24:57 -0600
  ...We typically sleep up top, but if > the Z bed is deployed, we've got a cat litter box and a ton of shoes...
• Re: Seating Question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:55:20 -0700
  ...it is getting the interior from a '91 weekender, including the Z-bed, rear-facing seats, and the table. (It is also getting a...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:28:22 -0500
  ...84 gl wolfsburg with the rear seat/bed (is this a > "z" bed?). I got a middle seat, thanks Chad, and installed it on...
• Re: Z-bed cushions interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:59:38 -0700
  From the POV of someone who had never even thought of doing upholstery, the job wasn't too hard. There are some great YouTube...
• Re: Multivan, weekender, what?...NON-GL
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:56:31 EDT
  ...It has a full width Z-bed and 2 rear facing theater seats. I do not have a table, nor does it look as...
• Re: The cross bar under the rear bench seat GL
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 4 Jul 2005 07:05:22 -0500
  ...this bar away? > >I believe it keeps both sides of the z bed mechanism in synch as you pull >the seat out and make...
• Re: was Camp stove input requested now Weekender Ice Box
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:19:52 -0800
  ...Also, the same galvinized material is used under the z-bed. I know that is not intended to be an ice box. The area...
• Re: Seat cover recommedations.. also Z beds
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:46:06 -0700
  If those seats aren't torn. I've cleaned very scroungy seats by spraying them with E-Z Off oven cleaner and giving them...
• 1985 Vanagon GL For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:00:26 -0400
  ...She is an '85 manual with Z Bed. Runs really well, there is about 1,800 miles on that rebuild. Just took to her...
• Re: Vanagon Tech Talk--free download
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:59:44 -0600
  ...My dealer didn't know anything about Vanagons when I bought my 90 new except how to work the Z-bed and where to...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 18:26:35 -0500
  Right on, Richard. Jim On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 6:01 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I love this List! Crummy...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:08:17 -0800
  ...84 gl wolfsburg with the rear seat/bed (is this a > "z" bed?). I got a middle seat, thanks Chad, and installed it on...
• Re: Bus Boo with Youngsters...
  Historical mailing list - Brian W.
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:53:43 -0700
  ...It'll be fun! It might be a little tougher without the pop-top....although with a full z bed you should fit all...
• FS: vanagon parts...parting out a few vanagons, etc..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:55:08 EDT
  ...for vanagons (not campers) '83-'85, or '86-'91 style -rear Z bed mattress for vanagon -vanagon jacks, bus jacks -vanagon glove boxes -vanagon...
• Re: full width blue Zbed in Oakland PNP... Where are you located?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:22:19 -0800
  Hi , I lost track of the status of this Z bed, but if it's available I'd like to buy it. Thnx. Scott...
• Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:28:32 -0500
  ...also I still have the Blue interior seats for this vanagon if you pull the back bench z-bed seat it is yours. If...
• PA parting out 69 westy
  Historical mailing list - adamo robison
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 19:58:24 -0500
  ...Glass,Interior,passenger seat,cockpit items,Z bed,trim or misc pieces that are NLA, wiper arms, reflector,headlights,door step,antennae,hatches,sliding...
• Finally Got to Use it...
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:47:16 -0500
  ...I was thinking that it would be helpful in pulling my lazy hiney up from a good night's sleep on the Z bed...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:05:33 -0400
  ...closet). > - I stuff the area between the right side of the z bed and the > wall full of plastic grocery bags. They always come...
• 91 Vanagon in Fairfax, VA
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:24:28 -0400
  ...It’s the model with the rear facing theatre seats, the z bed and the rubber flooring throughout. I’m really flexible on price...