My 81 westy has little black nibs with rings on the curtain.......  I'm second owner and sure it's stock.

These are nicely replaced with small metal split rings (aka keyrings) from the hardware when they eventually break.

Dan
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> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Date: 2004/12/06 Mon PM 12:58:07 PST
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: westy slider door curtain differences...can anyone help?
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> ok, hopefully someone out there can clear this up..
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> 80-81 westy had the aluminum curtain rod over upper sliding door track, bent
> to conform to the shape of the upper track and curtain slid on the rod.
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> 83-84 westy had the sliding door curtain that was loose, and just hooked over
> little black plastic nibs on the pillars, with plastic loops sewn on the
> curtain corners.
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> 85-91 westys had the sheetmetal /formica covered w/ slider door curtain
> track, with little plastic glides that the curtain slid on in the track.
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> my question is this -  what did '82 westys have for the sliding door curtain
> layout, and  when was the last year of the aluminum rod, and the first year
> for the loops and nibs on the curtain?
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> anyone know?
> and yes, i left out '84 westy wolfsburgs since they are basically a "85"
> interior.
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> chris
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