Thanks for that Mike ~ Oddly, I never got the response from JordanVW ~

On 1 Jan , 2015, at 11:50 AM, Mike South wrote:

> In case anyone else was confused, or is reading this thread later and
> didn't see it, we had a thread split and I missed this reply from JordanVW,
> which is apparently the solution to our mystery:
> 
> anyway the '77-'79 bus also came with sliding windows similar to the
>> vanagon. theyre obviously smaller than the vanagon ones.
>> heres a pic:
>> http://www.rossvw.com/vw/bus14.jpg
> 
> 
> 
> Just repeating this here (hopefully with thread headers intact) in case
> someone is reading by thread in the archives.
> 
> Thanks everyone for your help!
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Mike South <msouth@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I got curious about this after someone mailed me off list suggesting it.
>> You are right about there being a difference in sizes that breaks at the 85
>> year, but from my reading of this that is for the passenger side.  The
>> driver's side has the same seal size all years, if I read this busdepot
>> listing correctly:
>> 
>> http://www.busdepot.com/253845321
>> 
>> The text on the listing says:
>> 
>> Window Seal
>> Center Sliding Window; 80-84 left or right, 85-91 left only. Finest
>> quality German/European made. (Euro look; no 'chrome' trim strip.)
>> 
>> Which, I think, implies that the left side sliding window is the same size
>> for all years.  This window has the latch oriented for the left side of the
>> vehicle.
>> 
>> Based on that, I'm thinking it's not for any year Vanagon, but something
>> (possibly that the same manufacturer makes, given the many similarities)
>> for a different vehicle.
>> 
>> mike
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:33 AM, N T-P Vanaru <nij.tp.vanaru@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I "think" you might be the rarget of the vanagon year gods. If I remember
>>> correctly there is a difference in size between upto 84 and 85 on. The onky
>>> reason I know this is I had to order new seals and it mention different
>>> sizes
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note� 8.0, an AT&T 4G LTE tablet
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
>>> Date: 01/01/2015 01:01 (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a
>>> whole heck of a lot like one?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here's a picture to give you an idea of relative size:
>>> 
>>> http://imgur.com/cisocY1
>>> 
>>> I bought the smaller one through the samba classifieds.
>>> 
>>> I'm going on the assumption that the seller also had no idea this wasn't
>>> for a vanagon.  The drain slots are in the same place.  The notches are
>>> the
>>> same.  It's like a slightly shrunken down version of the vanagon driver's
>>> side slider.  About 1.5 inches short top to bottom and 1 inch short down
>>> the length of the van.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any idea what kind of vehicle this window would fit?
>>> Hoping we can get a moderately happy ending out of this by finding someone
>>> who needs one of these.  Whatever it is.
>>> 
>>> The vanagon window is about 47x17 inches, and this is about 46x15.5
>>> inches.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps this is the conservation gods' revenge on me for not looking into
>>> just getting the glass replaced in my otherwise functional window.
>>> 
>>> Anyone have any idea what that entails?
>>> 
>>> mike
>>> 
>> 
>>