Love my '84 sunroof. I decided 1/4" closed cell foam ($2.25) works better
than the original factory seal ($125).

As for the AC we were discussing earlier, I'll be installing an aftermarket
unit from ICE (San Diego, CA 619-477-1155) that has two units; one under
rear seat and one under dash; no overhead hardware but I think they;ll use
the 4 stock vents above. Since they said they'd need to relocate my dash
stereo for a vent, I went with the Sony "stereo-on-a-stick" approach, with
the control head comfortably next to my right leg and all other components
under driver seat.
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From: Chris Higgins
To: Vanagon
Subject: Re: sunroof?
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 8:47AM

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> Date:    Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:49:39 -0500
> From:    Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>
> Subject: sunroof?
>
> are there any vanagon's with factory sunroofs?
> where are they located on the roof, how do they work(slides, tilts,
> fixed)?

Yesterday a colleague showed me his 1980 Vanagon.  It had a factory sunroof
installed -- Biggest sunroof I ever saw!  Located in the middle of the roof
 --
from about the front of the middle seats to about the back of the back
seats.
Reminded me of the cover on a dome staium.  A handle on the inside roof of
the
Van is turned (kinda like on a Bug, I believe) and the sunroof slides
straight
back into the rear of the roof.  Availability?  Anybody's guess...  This Van
is
for sale, I think for $650.

Chris Higgins
chiggins@bellatlantic.net
1981 Vanagon L
1988 Jetta GL

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<DIV>&gt; Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:49:39 -0500<BR>&gt;
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Subject: sunroof?<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; are there any vanagon's with factory
sunroofs?<BR>&gt; where are they located on the roof, how do they
work(slides,
tilts,<BR>&gt; fixed)?&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Yesterday a colleague showed me his 1980
Vanagon.&nbsp; It had a factory sunroof installed -- Biggest sunroof I ever
saw!&nbsp; Located in the middle of the roof -- from about the front of the
middle seats to about the back of the back seats.&nbsp; Reminded me of the
cover
on a dome staium.&nbsp; A handle on the inside roof of the Van is turned
(kinda

like on a Bug, I believe) and the sunroof slides straight back into the rear
of

the roof.&nbsp; Availability?&nbsp; Anybody's guess...&nbsp; This Van is for

sale, I think for $650.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Chris Higgins</FONT></DIV>
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href="mailto:chiggins@bellatlantic.net">chiggins@bellatlantic.net</A></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>1981 Vanagon L</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>1988 Jetta GL</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>