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Subject:Re: Camper side windows
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:25:10 -0700

On my Westy, ('82) the sliders are ~2/3 fixed, 1/3 sliding. On my GL
(and the Adventurewagen) they're ~50:50.

Very different windows.

Examples: Westy: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=720873
Vanagon: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=510611

On Oct 13, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:

> passenger van windows have latch further forward compared to the
> westy sliders. Makes fitting westy bug screens "difficult". Westy
> windows have latch roughly about the middle of the sliding glass.
>
> Also, sliding door window size changed with the change in door latch
> mechanism in '85, becoming smaller than the driver's side sliding
> window, both passenger vans and westies.
>
> alistair
>
>
>
>
> On 2011-10-13, at 6:45 PM, Frank Lee wrote:
>
>> How is a Camper side sliding widow different from other Vanagon
>> side slider
>> window?
>>
>> Are left and right same shape, different lock location?
>>
>> Can screens be added or retrofit easily to non camper windows units?
>>
>> Novice Frank
>> 82 Yellow Sub

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