> In looking around for a sliding door screen, I notice that
> you can buy them from gowesty for any year before 1980 and
> after 1`983 (which is what I'm looking for).
>
> You can buy them from van-cafe but they don't even have a category for
> 82-83 to select from.
>
> Bus Depot doesn't list any at all at present that I could find.
>
> What insurmountable problem could the 82-83 vanagon present
> that the later models do not that would prohibit the mounting
> of a simple bug screen?

We do sell them:

http://busdepot.com/view.jsp?model=58&category=42&group=101&prodgroup=934

We list them as '85-up, with a note that the different vent arrangement
above the sliding door makes them a less then perfect fit if used on earlier
years.  These are a duplicate of the original Westfalia option available in
Germany, which was originally intended for later model Vanagon Westies.
Even on those the fit is not as exacting as I would have expected from
Westfalia (although the fit of the repro is true to the original; this I can
vouch for as I have an original one).  On earlier models you may need to
mess with the snap location a bit to figure out what works for you. The
snaps are included but not pre-installed on the screen, so you can place
them wherever you like.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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