I had a injured poptop from a 71 Riviera come off on me on I-77 outside of Charlotte once, same reaction, where the hell is that breeze coming from?  In this case it was like a tornado lifting all the trash off the floor and swirling it around!  Landed in the median lucky for me and the other drivers.
 
> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:23:08 -0500
> From: doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Sliding door comes open...
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Ok -- no Vanagon content --- on my departed 78 Westy -- the door track
> had rusted out --- I made a left turn in rush hour trafrfic in
> Victoria BC (possibly an oxymoron) and the slider opened, flew off the
> track and ended up in the intersection as I wondered where all the
> breeze was suddenly coming from. "Wait where the heck is my door?".
> Luckily no one ran over it. I was able to grab it and sort off
> reinstall it with the aid of a couple of bungies so it wouldn't fall
> off again. Had to get a new track welded in. But I'll never forget
> that moment. :-)
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Any of y'all had your sliding door not want to stay shut?  The one on
> > my '87 Westy is doing just that, even when locked...  Not a fun thing,
> > driving down the road and have the side door pop open . . .  What
> > broken mechanical thing should I be looking for and where?  I was
> > going to start with the latch on the rear edge of the door, but it's
> > too cold to be working outside just now, so I'm emailing you all
> > instead.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marc
> >
> 
> 
> 
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