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Subject:Re: SLIDING DOOR DESIGN CHANGES (by year)
Date:Thu, 03 Jul 1997 23:28:41 EDT

Correct application for Sliding Doors and related parts are:

80-84
85-91

The seal is the same 80-91

Jim
84 Westy 2.1
62 Beetle (Father was original owner)
Sherwood Automotive * The Old Volks Home (oldvolkshome1@juno.com)
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On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 19:16:32 -0500 JordanVw@aol.com writes:
>I need another sliding door for my '84 van. (dove blue metallic, 
>anyone know
>of one in a yard that color??)
>Anyway, I know of a '86 Dove blue metallic van that had a good slider 
>door on
>it, and tried to swap it with my '84 but it won't work. (rear latching 
>mech.
>and track different)
>
>When did they change the design, in '85 or '86?????
>
>I'm guessing these are the intervals, please correct me if I'm wrong:
>
>'80-'82?
>'83-'85?
>'86-'91?
>
>Is the above correct?
>
>Thanks in advance, 
>chris
>