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Subject:Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
From:Shawn Wright
Date:Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:24:56 -0800

On 30 Dec 2004 at 21:55, jimt <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote:

> On 12/30/04 9:06 PM, "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> wrote:
>
> > On 30 Dec 2004 at 16:23, Mark Edwards <bhs73@SPYMAC.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone have pictures, or a link to a handle installed in that
> >> secondary position?
> >
> > I just posted some pics of my '82 with what appears to be an original handle,
> > mounted to a
> > fixed square "post". The handle is identical to the front one:
> >
> > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesel
> >
> > (see '82 Diesel Westy, page 2)
> >
> That is the exact position the plastic plug was on my 82 westy that I found
> an extra handle under the back seat.  Now to start looking for that base
> piece or fabricate one.

I'm pulling the door apart soon, maybe tomorrow, so I'll post a pic of what the post
looks like when I get there. I didn't notice any on the vans I saw today at the wrecker,
but most of the doors were already stripped of hardware.
--
Shawn Wright
I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School