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• Need sliding window glass, 78-79 bus
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Tue, 05 Mar 1996 07:37:23 -0500
  Howdy volks, I'm looking for a window pane from one of the 78-79 style sliding side windows. The pane I need is...
• Re: Sliding side window removal
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 10 May 2001 20:03:01 -1000
  >My friend, who is working where the windows get tinted told me to remove this sliding side window...< gee, the shop did mine just...
• sliding window lock
  Historical mailing list - Earl J Smith
  Wed, 22 May 2002 20:30:13 -0700
  My passenger side sliding window lock is jammed open. Is it possible to remove it without taking the entire window out of the sliding...
• Re: Correct names for some items
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:21:55 -0600
  ...https://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/22666/sliding-window-guide-piece-?v= <https://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/22666/sliding-window-guide-piece-?v=>
• I need a sliding window latch
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:45:10 -0500
  I broke the latch on the sliding window in my '84 Westy. (The window located in the sliding door. Anyone have one to sell...
• Re: Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:27:10 -0700
  ...I cant see why > the LHD cars shouldn't have the right side sliding windows they you saw, Ari. > > Anyone have any ideas, like...
• Disassemble '86 Westy Sliding window
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:59:06 -0400
  Is there a way to disassemble the sliding window pane and/or screen from the sliding door and drivers side 1986 Westy windows for...
• Re: Windows are not the same long
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:25:07 -0700
  ...The 85-91 has a slightly smaller sliding door window. Only the window opening in the sliding door changed, not any other window openings...
• Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:49:42 -0700
  Dear listmembers, the sliding windows on my 83 Westy need work. The guide pieces have fallen out, the felt seals are toast,and the...
• Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:37:05 -0700
  Basically, almost everything about the sliding doors is different, 80-84 and 85-91. Windows, handle, latch mechanism, even the welded in track on...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab)
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:18:22 -0800
  ...sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab) > was there ever such thing as a sliding rear window for the vanagon > singlecab/doublecab? > anyone...
• Re: Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:17:18 +0200
  ...According to the info in the ETKA, the left sliding window was for LHD cars (253, 255) while the right sliding window was for...
• iso black framed sliding windows and power window motor
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 6 May 2001 18:00:05 -0700
  looking for black framed sliding windows and a power window motor for drivers side. Darrel
• Re: Sliding side window removal
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 10 May 2001 23:34:02 -0700
  I had my windows professionally tinted, and they did not remove the sliding window panes. Their solution was to leave the 1/4" portion...
• Re: Camper side windows
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:08:45 -0700
  ...Westy windows have latch roughly about the middle of the sliding glass. Also, sliding door window size changed with the change in door latch...
• Windows tinting => Need help for the sliding window...
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:25:11 -0800
  ...The middle window has two sections. One is a fixed window about half way through, and the other section is the sliding window. Is...
• for sale, vanagon sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:14:18 EST
  vanagon sliding side windows for sale. for middle side window. chris
• Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:16:43 -0400
  Sliding door windows are the same from '80~'84 (early) and from '85~'91 (late). The early and the late ones will NOT interchange...
• Re: left sliding window replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:22:13 -0500
  ...left sliding window replacement Someone or something smashed my left sliding window on my 87 westy. Is it possible to replace just the sliding...
• left sliding window replacement
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:55:45 -0800
  Someone or something smashed my left sliding window on my 87 westy. Is it possible to replace just the sliding segment if I have...
• sliding window screens FS...Re: source for sliding window screens/frames?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:22:24 EST
  ...My van was missing them when I bought it. > > Thanks- Ryan > i have a bunch of westy sliding window screens for sale.. chris
• Re: How original is this type II ?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Feb 95 11:06:21 gmt
  ...I understand the sliding door option is >quite rare, but I'm not sure. >The sliding door had 2 windows in them, just as...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab)
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:09:07 +0100
  No, the rear window was never slidable. The german Vanagon ambulance versions had a sliding window behind the drivers� seats, but this one doesn...
• Sliding window latch needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:05:57 -0700
  I am in need of a latch for the sliding window in my sliding door (I assume similar to the sliding window above the...
• Sliding side window removal
  Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
  Fri, 11 May 2001 01:00:45 -0400
  Hi, I'm looking forward to tint my windows. No problemo except for the sliding side window. My friend, who is working where the...
• Re: Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:54:56 EDT
  ...sliding door etc.? > > PerL > 87 Syncro 112i, with only 1 sliding window :-( Or someone having their head or arm out the rear sliding window...
• Re: ISO Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sat, 5 May 2001 20:50:27 +1000
  Stephen There was a post recently from someone wanting to know how to take the sliding window apart. Can you post the details of...
• Re: Camper side windows
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:25:10 -0700
  ...Westy > windows have latch roughly about the middle of the sliding glass. > > Also, sliding door window size changed with the change in door latch...
• Re: Camper sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:36:44 -0800
  ...Camper sliding side windows I have two sets of camper sliding side windows for sale. These are the special windows which will accept the...
• Need a screen for sliding door sliding window.
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Wilma Quan
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:15:10 -0700
  Where can I get ahold of a screen to put behind the sliding window on the sliding door. I have seen them on other...
• sliding window spacers
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:51:43 -0700
  ...the bottom of the sliding windows? I've reviewed many conversations in the archives about problems with sliding windows not locking, but they've...
• Re: Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:36:23 -0500
  ...According to >the info in the ETKA, the left sliding window was for LHD cars (253, 255) >while the right sliding window was for...
• Sliding door's slider (window)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:39:34 -0600
  How do I get the latch tighter on the sliding window on the sliding door. When I close the door it slides open a...
• FS: Camper sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:17:53 -0500
  I have two sets of camper sliding side windows for sale. These are the special windows which will accept the mosquito screens, only installed...
• RE: sliding door vent window
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 08:38:11 -0800
  ...sliding door vent window So NOBODY on the list knows anything about removing/installing the sliding door vent window? Wow. :) Sean
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:58:32 EDT
  ...and as far as slider windows, 80-91 drivers side is the same.. then for the pass side (sliding door sliding window) its 80...
• Wanted: your old busted or ripped westy sliding window screens
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:40:23 EDT
  if anyone out there has any busted or ripped Westfalia sliding window screens...im interested in them... (these are the OEM style plastic framed...
• Sliding window latch
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 20 May 2005 12:52:40 -0700
  Anybody out there have any idea how to get the latch off the sliding windows? It's too late to ask why---I already...
• WTB: side window
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:56:15 -0400
  Folks, I need a sliding door sliding window for a customers Westy, just the sliding window glass with bottom track, not the entire window...
• Replacing just the sliding glass of a 70/30 Westy driver's side sliding window (was Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a whole heck of a lot like one?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:55:52 -0600
  ...accidentally getting the wrong window entirely for my 85 westy. All I actually need to replace is the sliding glass. Is there a way...
• Re: Sliding Window Lock fix
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:35:52 -0500
  ...Huntley <matthew.huntley@STRATHBOGIE.NET> wrote: >"Does anyone have any ideas about fixing this problem with the Sliding >Window on the Sliding door? The...
• FS: Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Mon, 8 May 2006 00:36:35 +0000
  I've got the two sliding windows ready to sell out of the Syncro I'm stripping. These are the 50/50 windows. According...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 01:51:07 +0000
  Vaseline.  Dip finger into a tub of it; apply the thinnest film you can onto sliding surfaces of Vanagon window ledges.  Thinner the better...
• i s of black framed sliding window
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 19:37:29 -0400
  I am looking foe a pair of black framed sliding windows Darrel
• Need Help Replacing a Sliding Window Pane
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:03:42 +0200
  ...I need to replace a broken window on the sliding door of an '85 Vanagon. It is the sliding window that is broken, not...
• side sliding window latches...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 13:12:00 EDT
  i have a newly acquired 1986 vanagon gl, and need to replace the latches that keep the side sliding windows closed. what is recommended...
• Sliding window opener
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 16:26:29 -0400
  How do you take off the sliding window opener? The black plastic thing you slide down to move the window back. Any suggestions? Adam...
• Re: Sliding Side Window Lock Repair
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:41:31 -0700
  ...I am in the process of switching my fixed windows for sliding in my 91. The window behind the driver (right hand side of...
• sliding door vent window
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Fri, 09 Feb 1996 0:29:55 EST
  So NOBODY on the list knows anything about removing/installing the sliding door vent window? Wow. :) Sean
• Re: Sliding rear window
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:39:19 -0500
  ...FS Sliding REAR window? >To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com, syncro@yahoogroups.com > >A few weeks ago I picked up a sliding window for the...
• Re: Need Help re Sliding Window
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:36:56 EST
  The sliding window in a Westie has the catch in the center of the window while the sliding window in a non-camper usually...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:01:39 -0700
  ...Westy sliding windows. > > I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on westys? > Any truth to that? Thanks, I'm...
• Different Years - Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:32:15 +0000
  Can anyone confirm whether or not the 80-84 and 85-91 Sliding side windows are interchangeable? It is my understanding that the driver...
• for sale: sliding window w/ screen fits Westy, van or Adventurewagen
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:31:37 EST
  ...side sliding window w/ screen. fits all 80-84 vanagons and Westfalias for the sliding door..... OR .... it will fit all '80-'91 Adventurewagens...
• Fun with Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:48:15 -0700
  I want to remove the sliding windows in order to tint them. Limo black. Be pimpin' my old white man ride. With the help...
• Re: Sliding rear window
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:35:39 -0500
  Actually it is the Jalousies that wont fit, the window on the sliding door / behind the fridge is smaller than pre 85 westies. The...
• ?Removal of Fixed Glass from Sliding Window Frame?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:57:33 EDT
  How can the fixed glass be removed from the sliding side window frame without damage? George
• A real pane! or A tale of two windows
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 May 1999 23:19:04 EDT
  I have a customer's van here with a broken window in the sliding door. It is an '85 Vanagon GL. The window is...
• Sliding window glass
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:44:17 -0700
  The window behind the driver seat on my van has the sliding pane siliconed in place by PO. Is it hard to remove & replace...
• WTB side windows
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:17:23 -0400
  ...Option "A" a westfalia sliding window (the 1/3rd 2/3rds type) for the driver's side Option "B" two passenger van sliding windows...