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• Eurovan Curtain Question
  Historical mailing list - Keith M. Elgart
  Sun, 04 May 97 19:21:14 EDT
  Hey y'all, I have a 93 Eurovan mv, and want to put up some curtains that I can draw close (ie- on a...
• Re: westy slider door curtain differences... results!!
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 17:48:21 -0500
  ...why? so people with > 81.5 - 84 westys could lose/misplace their curtains perhaps? dunno. > > anyway, so... > '80-early 81 westy = curtains slide on...
• Re: 7-passenger curtain rods?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:02:24 -0500
  > Hi - I have an 87 GL that I'd like to install curtains in. The only > place > I've found the kits is at...
• Converting GL to Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - tornado the red
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:32:52 -0800
  ...How difficult would it be to add some of the Wolfy items, particularly the table (I'd remove center seats) and curtains to a...
• Re: Weekend Westy Recap
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:51:46 -0700
  ...It doesn't look the same as the original, but *shrug*. >3.) Many of the curtains have button-snaps, or holes >where button-snaps...
• Interior panel painting, curtains
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 07:32:20 -0400
  ...BTW I just made new curtains for my westy for a total cost of about $20.00 (didn't include windshield curtain as it...
• Re: Curtain Patterns
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 3 May 2010 16:52:13 -0600
  How I made curtains for a passenger Vanagon: http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/VWcurtains Richard
• Re: Friday Trvia Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:32:27 -0800
  ...The 84 has one tiedown for those > curtains. > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical...
• Front curtains - round the widow or behind the seats?
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Wed, 23 May 2001 22:14:29 -0400
  ...My $0.02 John Reynolds 81 Westy Is it better to have curtains that include the setas in the sleeping compartment or not? Anyone...
• FS: tan westy windshield curtain & side curtains, hatch screen, skylite hinges
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:28:52 EDT
  ...80-84 but fit 80-91) $35 tan/brown westy side curtains $30 for all 4 (from a 82-84 but fit all 80...
• Re: Friday Trvia Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:14:24 -0800
  No, my '90 has two curtains over the right rear window, one pulls forward and has a single strap, the rear curtain pulls to...
• 83-85 might be interested: curtains
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sat, 24 Sep 94 16:23:43 CDT
  ...inside the 84 bus, i found a set of what looks like factory curtains ... in that same dark blue as the bus color. two...
• Re: Westy curtains on the Vanagon wiki
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:12:09 -0800
  ...It looks like a really complete set of instructions for making Westy Curtains. Now we have to find the right fabric! :) On Nov 12...
• Re: Curtain support
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:23:56 -0700
  ...I have a whole reel of the real thin stuff(prolly wouldn't support anything but the lightest of fluffy curtains, but also have...
• Re: Westy Curtain Set, tan $75+shipping /OBO
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:39:38 -0400
  ...I had two westy tables and curtains in my wheelbarrow next to me at the counter. The guy just waved me through. Point is...
• Re: What do YOU have in your fridge?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:35:21 -0400
  ...inflatable spare on 70's Westies - Front privacy curtains - Rear hatch bug screens - Sliding door curtains _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org...
• lost curtains
  Historical mailing list - Lee Tucker
  Mon, 24 Mar 97 14:56:24 -0400
  ...Everything seems to work! The only thing is the missing front curtains. The PO said they were in there when he traded it in...
• Re: How are curtains hung?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 6 May 2012 23:34:03 -0400
  hooks http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1336175888798/page_1258_1339/curtain_hooks.html
• Re: Favourite Modifications
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:44:11 -0500
  I liked my El Cheapo instant privacy curtains I installed for my trip down the Alaska Highway once. I picked up some cheap (like...
• carat curtains PPPPS
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:24:18 -0800
  regarding carat curtains snap on type, from bus depot, and from gowesty... one has a part number of 232-718, the other a part...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:32:51 -0700
  ...All new curtains and upholstery for the bus (except >> the >> front seats, but those will come later). I used the 1933 Singer 15-91...
• Curtain hooks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:25:22 -0700
  Van folks, Anyone know of a source for the plastic hooks that hold up the curtains in westys? Mike
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:50:40 -0700
  ...Vangon curtains/canvas? > > > > being tightened never but takes any stretching as bike cables are installed > > with a lot of slack to follow along frames...
• Window curtains
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:51:03 -0400
  ...I am looking for a way to place window curtains, similar to those offered as OEM for my year. VAG's price is outrageous...
• Re: Looking for Curtains - 1982 to 1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:17:35 EDT
  ...Time, christianpelletier@YAHOO.COM writes: > I am looking to find some curtains for a 84 Westy (non-Wolfsburg/GL). > That's the model with...
• Re: More on Westy Interior changes, '68-'72
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Jan 95 16:56:35 -0500
  ...IMVHO the earlier curtains >are the most _intense_ automotive curtains ever produced. I am very >serious and will engage you in a distastrous (and...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:50:11 +0000
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• Vanagon Wiki Haaaalp????? (was Re: VanagonWiki.net up, and running(NEEDS CONTENT))
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:56:01 -0700
  ...I want to insert a page which will ultimately provide sewing patterns for '87 Vanagaon Westfalia curtains. Right now they provide maybe enough information...
• Re: Front curtain
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:58:28 -0400
  I just ordered the generic curtains from JC Whitney (in the camping/RV section). The snaps are sewn into the fabric and the other...
• Re: Westphalia Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 25 Mar 97 21:20:45 CST
  ...Z-Products camper curtains, DIY camper interiors, 30625 S. W. Boones Ferry Road camper pop-top replacement fabric & Wilsonville, OR 97070 weather seals (800...
• Improving stock curtains/matress toppers
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:06:28 -0800
  ...I would love to improve the stock curtains to make the interior darker, but wondering if that attempt would be in vain as the...
• private property + vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:20:47 -0700
  ...brian Honan <cartruckbus@HOTMAIL.COM> > >I always wondered if you were parked say on a public street with your >curtains drawn doing whatever you...
• Re: curtain kits
  Historical mailing list - Adam Buckner
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 23:05:20 -0800
  Are there kits for replacing the front snap in curtains - these are teh only ones missing from my '82 westy
• Re: '79 westy OR 83.5 westy fs
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 12:29:10 -0800
  ...sleeps 4 w/ bed in poptop, childs cot, mosquito screen, all > curtains, including windshield, > complete. > 3000 > located in allentown, pa > chris > (610) 395-2485...
• Re: lost curtains
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:34:22 -0500 (EST)
  ...This guy has almost everything you'll need to restore a Westy including the pieces you require (no curtains). He was the original supplier...
• Fwd: New carpets and curtains anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:58 -0700
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• Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:23:59 -0700
  Has anyone seen a vendor with a curtain or window canvas kit for a Vanagon passenger model? Richard Lynch 85 Vanagon
• Re: Need info on making curtains, rods, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:34:27 EDT
  i have a set of curtain rods from a vanagon westy if anyone is interested chris
• instructions for making Vanagon curtains--long
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:28:31 -0700
  Here are instructions for making curtains for a Vanagon. This text and the photos mentioned are at http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/VWcurtains ------------------------------------------------------------------ Vanagon...
• Re: Custom Curtians
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:44:22 -0500
  ...We made curtains for my '79 Westy. Got upholstery fabric from Jo-Ann fabric - a cool beige color with green palm trees on it...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:23:57 -0700
  ...The only other tip I'd add is even if you don't have the special insulated curtains some have made, close the curtains...
• Re: More on Westy Curtains...
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:45:47 -0800
  ...The URL is >> >> http://www.oddstray.com/Vanagon/curtains/default.html >> >> >> It's still not finished. I'll add to it as I have...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:33:44 PDT
  ...Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET> > >Mark, >Now I have heard it all! >Yea, I had snap in curtains, and I ripped them out, to...
• Re: CAN YOU MACHINE WASH WESTY UPHOLSTERY?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:17:44 -0500
  ...ALso, curtains. Mine I don't thing > have EVER been washed, and are to the point of getting stiff. The > curtains, that is. The...
• Curtain supplier????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 12:21:11 -0800
  Does anyone know a good source for new curtains for my 71 bus? I seem to recall a place out in Arizona..... Martin
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:56:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Since > > > I have aluminum bars for the curtains to slide on, which I doubt is an > > > origional westy design. > > > > > > Anyway, if you have access...
• Re: Narrowing it down: Westy _curtain changes_, 7/70-8/71 (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 12:57:30 -0500
  ...could help but agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of original old VW curtains. Dig that checkered yellow and brown material. Right On!!!!!! That stuff...
• Re: Tinted Windows - Backing up in the Dark?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:41:45 -0500
  ...Can't stand fiddlin' with the curtains and I'm > planning to NOT install the curtains/rods but instead use dark tint and > additionally...
• Re: Curtain Kits
  Historical mailing list - BNGR8FUL
  Wed, 13 May 1998 18:31:52 EDT
  ...you should ask your girlfriend how she feels about making custom curtains before offering the product to the (albeit small) world. Between materials, her...
• Re: Vanagon in Rough Neighborhood -precautions?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:44:25 -0500
  Tell us more about your Van, camper, plain, stereo, curtains, etc. Best bet is to clearly display that you have nothing of value in...
• Re: Vanagon curtain 'snaps' plus sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:25:37 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- David M <covrambles@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > I have a 1987 Wolfsburg with the grey fabric curtains that snap to the inside with round...
• Re: Converting GL to Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:46:48 EST
  ...The curtains are pretty simplistic -- most of them are suspended on wires that are screwed into the bulkhead on either side of the windows...
• Re: Westy front curtain doesn't fit!
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 13:09:22 -0400
  ...I have two complete windshield curtains in good shape and cannot possibly get them to position to where I should put snaps. The front...
• Does anyone know the standard westy snap size?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:04:21 -0500
  Looking for the size/spec for the button snap found on the rear mosquito screen, privacy curtains, etc. Jim
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:10:02 -0800
  ...Curtains > > Has anybody made replacement curtains for their Westy? I'm planning on > doing so, but need an estimate on how much material to...
• Re: curtains for 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 12:39:40 -0400
  ...darker fabric would make it darker and easier >to sleep in wal-mart parking lots. ;) > I recently bought some fabric for making curtains and...
• Westy curtains on the Vanagon wiki
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:03:39 -0800
  ...B&S '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:56:28 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, all, > >My Westy curtains page...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:34:03 -0700
  ...Vangon curtains/canvas? > Adding to the chatter: > The idea sounds good but (there is always a "but") it seems to me that > bike break...
• Re: Weekend Westy Recap
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:10:36 +0000
  ...It doesn't look > the same as the original, but *shrug*. > > >3.) Many of the curtains have button-snaps, or holes > >where button-snaps...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:05:53 -0600
  ...Bike cable will hold up fine to the about of tension it will take with the curtains. There are essentially two types of cable...