The window I bought is for the drivers side, the british ones
are listed as both driver and passenger side. There are
photos on the auction which still appears on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1780035039

Be sure to cut and paste the ENTIRE link. It comes out of the
box for the first time very soon. I will let everyone know if
it fits or not.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:07:30 EST
>From: Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Sliding rear window
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>The South African Vanagon (Microbus) in production until
2002 had one side
>rear sliding window on the driver's side. The rear side
window on the
>passenger side was fixed. (the windows in the slider and
right behind the
>driver were also slider like on the 80-91 Vanagons.)
>
>Earlier list discussion hypothesised the fixed rear window
on the passenger
>side was to avoid someone losing and arm or worse while
hanging it out the
>window as the sliding door is opened.  "MOM! Now Junior lost
HIS head, too!"
>
>Catch with the South African Vanagon (Microbus) is of course
they are right
>hand drive. So the driver's side window that opens could
only be mounted on
>the passenger side in the States--and then there is the
guillatine problem
>again.
>
>Also the late model, that is say 1999 or so model, South
African Vanagon
>(microbus) has larger side windows than the American-offered
Vanagons So the
>fit, I'm guessing, would be near impossible. BUT, I wonder
if some of the
>earlier year Vanagons in South Africa (say the 1995) had the
same size side
>windows as the American Vanagons, and were available as a
slider. And then if
>VWSA sells the sliding windows that would fit in the
Vanagons fo 80-91.
>
>Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Are pics on the net of the slider
that was
>purchased through e-bay and or the one's for sale in Britain?
>
>TIA
>Jeff
>83.5 Westy
>LA,CA
>
>In a message dated 1/10/2003 6:49:32 PM Pacific Standard
Time,
>pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes:
>
><< For those who missed the original post this is not
actually
> the rear hatch window but the rear side window (the one that
> gets half hidden by the westy closet.
>  >>