My apologies, Ron - I had never paid attention to the late OE canvas - but a
friend who has two later vans validated that the factory did in fact do it
this same way. I'm not too thrilled with velcro, I prefer a full zipper.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:36:55 -0400, The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
wrote:

>It is OEM. It has the late style front window, originally found on late 1990
>thru 1991 Westies. Westfalia considered it an improvement. Both sides of the
>front window flap can be partially lowered evenly, and the flap can be
>removed and replaced (for example if you catch it in the poptop latch and
>damage it), whereas on the earlier style it is permanently sewn in. Some
>people prefer the earflier style, some prefer the later.