A friend of mine with a EuroVan has a sun shield that folds out in from
the sides.  It resembles vertical venetian blinds (with roughly 1 inch
between folds) more than a regular silver puffy sun shield (with 6 inch+
folds).  It is attached with suction cups on either end of the windshield
(the 2 sides pull out and meet in the middle).  It's a lightweight fabric
type of thing.  Does anyone know where to find these?  I like it as you
can leave it on all the time and totally unobtrusive.

   -Tolga-

>Date:    Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:06:05 -0500
>From:    Jonce Fancher <strtbug@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
>Subject: Re: vanagon sunshield
>
>Hi John and others
>I own a shop that makes custom sunshades and bras/masks for Class "A"
>motorcoaches. im in the process of making a prototype sunscreen for the
>68 -79 bus and 80-91 vanagon. i will offer it for inside snap on
>installation to match interior snaps for the westi and weekender
>interiors. im also doing a no drill opption for the persons that dont
>want to drill or install a snap stud into there baby. we even have a
>system to snap it directly to the glass (way cool). the Sunsceen is a
>90-95% sunblock woven screen for UV protection and will reduce the
>interior temps 20 to 35 deg. also the cool part is that in the day time
>you can see out but no one can see in. but at night when you turn on
>the light in the vehicle you have two options and that is to pull the
>curtains or charge admission since they will be able to see in and you
>wont be able to see out. Ive been making these for over 5 years and as
>soon as i get the proto type up i will post it for a vanagon list
>special. the material comes in 14 solid colors and all sorts of floral
>and leaf patterns, even palm trees and stripes. if you want to see a
>small sampling of the screens we presently make check out our website
>at <www.fanchers.com>. The web site is still in work so please dont
>harrass me about it. Thanks Jonce
>btw ive not had time to come up with prices yet either, but as soon as
>i do i will post info and pics for all to view.
>
>>I noticed looking over autoanything.com that they offer custom sunshields
>>for the vanagon.
>>
>>Has anyone had experience with these? I've often had trouble finding a front
>>sunshield which actually fits correctly but these are not inexpensive.
>>
>>http://www.autoanything.com/sunshades/product.asp?make=Volkswagen&year=1989&mo
d
>e
>>l=Vanagon&prID=116&submit=yes&cat=sunshades
>>
>>John
>>'89 Westy
>>
>>
>>                                        John P. Stoneback
>>                                        Computer Science Program
>>                                        Moravian College
>>                                        Bethlehem, PA  USA  18018
>>
>>                                        610-861-1341 (fax 610-625-7918)
>>                                        jps@cs.moravian.edu