I recovered the interior of an 83 Westy with fabric wall covering materials.
The material came in 60" width so it was wide or long enough to cover the
headliner, sliding door panel.
I just used spray 3M contact adhesive to get a good bond.
The material lasted over nine years without any fading and the adhesive
never let go.
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Try to find a Vanagon L and get the better front door panels and other
panels.
The L series had fabric inlays and 80-84 panels will all fit on the sliding
door.
The 80-91 L panels from doors, read hatch, will fit everywhere else, it's
just the sliding door grew about 4" in 1985.
You might also find some armchair seats in your search and those are nice.

Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "alan sinclair" <anadem@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:01 PM
Subject: vanagon interior sidepanel plastic

> we're restoring an '81 vanagon that's been sitting for years.
>
> The plastic sheeting that's glued onto the interior side panels (and
> the 'ceiling' and inside the cupboards) has perished and so we're
> pulling and scraping it all off, which leaves the side panels etc.
> slightly  sticky and gluey.
>
> What's the nicest / easiest / best way to deal with this?
> Just paint over the glue?  Wash the glue off with some
> kind of solvent?  Glue some more plastic on top of the
> glue?  (What kind of plastic & what kind of glue?)
>
> thanks for any ideas!
> Alan