Hi Courtney,

Absolutely. I fitted such a latch on my westfakia about a decade ago and
I use it often. I call it the stealth exit... it lets you slip out of
the bus in the night without waking the whole campground with the sound
of the sliding door.

My install is slightly different... I route the pull cord through a hole
in the interior panel about 4" above the bottom of the door so that it's
accessible above the mattress pad. I used a "coathook" from a vanagon
passenger van as a pull for the latch and I also added a grab handle
just below the window to make it easier to pull the door closed from
inside after entry.

I had pics of this mod online as part of the "Project Yellow Ribbon" bus
refurb I was involved with in 2006; I will try to get them re-uploaded
tonight so as to share them with the lists.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap)
1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride)
www.pottsfamily.ca

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On 12/7/2010 12:40 PM, courtney hook wrote:
> Would a similar thing be possible for a Bay? My 77 Westy is a great machine, but I've always wondered about a quick escape out the back in case of fire or ??
> Courtney

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