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Bill  VWWESTY           "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
'85 GL [*Magic*Bus*]           Greater Yellowstone"
'82 Westy [FreeBird]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of KENWILFY@AOL.COM
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 9:19 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: A real pane! or A tale of two windows
>
>
> I have a customer's van here with a broken window in the sliding
> door.  It is
> an '85 Vanagon GL.  The window is a sliding one and a have a
> couple used ones
> from some Vanagons I parted out so I thought no biggie I can
> replace his in
> no time flat.
> Nope!  Here is what I ran into.  The '85 sliding window is one
> inch shorter
> (in width) than either of the other windows that I have (one from
> an '84 GL
> and the other is from an '82 diesel).  So the question is why?
> Why would VW
> make two different sliding windows only one inch different from
> each other?
> All the other Vanagons I have here ('84 GL and 85) have the smaller window
> (same as my customer's van).
> Now I have to find a window that actually fits.  I'll email with
> the actual
> dimensions tomorrow as I don't have them right now and I am sleepy.
> Ken Wilford
> Van-Again
> John 3:16
>