Tom
As a Brit I have no port or starboard lights on my transporter either, is
this another difference in American spec?
Teh He!
David

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom L. Neal <jneal@netcom.com>
To: David Clark <DavidClark@HUMBERONIA.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Sent: 23 November 1999 06:11
Subject: Re: Installation of Drivers side Handle From Passenger side?

> Another good reason port and starboard works well, especially for a Brit.
>
> Cheers, Tom Neal
>
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, David Clark wrote:
>
> > Hi from Reading,England
> >
> > Yes I think we are talking about the same thing.  In the UK we call it a
> > screen piller, but I guess you call it the door frame.  It's certainly
the
> > grab handle which is at eye level when you look at it from the front
seat.
> > on my RHD Transporter it was fitted to the drivers side but I fitted
another
> > on the passenger side - which would be your drivers side - very
confusing.
> >
> > I was confused for a second on a previous post which stated the water
bottle
> > for the washers is under the drivers feet................I thought no
it's
> > not.............then thought again, for you it is, in a LHD vehicle.
> >
> > David Clark
> > 1985 VW Autosleeper VHT 1.9 2WD
> > www.soft.net.uk/vwt2oc
> > (see members rides)
> > 1960 Humber Super Snipe Estate 3L
> > www.humberonia.freeserve.co.uk
> > 1985 Fiat Uno 1.1L automatic (wife'sDavid
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Michael S. Nichols <msnichols@mindspring.com>
> > To: David Clark <DavidClark@HUMBERONIA.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
> > Sent: 22 November 1999 12:28
> > Subject: Re: Installation of Drivers side Handle From Passenger side?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hello from Atlanta, Ga.  I have been following the thread of this
> > > conversation, but cannot figure out what a "screen piller" is--I have
an
> > > '81 Weekender, not Westy.  Is this the grab handle on the front door
frame
> > > near where the vent window in the door is located?  MY wife has wanted
> > some
> > > type of handle at that location on the drivers side to help HER get
> > > in--there is a factory-installed one on the passenger door frame.  Can
I
> > > add one on the drivers side frame?  Thanks!
> > >
> > > Regards, Christina and Mike Nichols, Atlanta Ga. '81 Weekender
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 06:06 PM 11/21/99 -0000, you wrote:
> > > >Last year I purchased a second hand drivers side handle and screwed
it
> > > >straight into the captive bolts in the screen piller of my 1985
> > Transporter.
> > > >I assume the 1991 would have the same captive bolts for L/h and R/h
drive
> > > >models through to 1991
> > > >They were covered with plastic covers which I had to remove no holes
to
> > > >drill.
> > > >
> > > >David Clark
> > > >1985 VW Autosleeper VHT 1.9 2WD
> > > >www.soft.net.uk/vwt2oc
> > > >(see members rides)
> > > >1960 Humber Super Snipe Estate 3L
> > > >www.humberonia.freeserve.co.uk
> > > >1985 Fiat Uno 1.1L automatic (wife's)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: Michael & Carol Ostrouch <ostrouch@A-ZNET.COM>
> > > >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > > >Sent: 21 November 1999 01:54
> > > >Subject: Installation of Drivers side Handle From Passenger side?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Hello fellow Vanagon, & VW Friends.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have a 91 Vanagon Westfalia, and my wife is always saying
> > > >> "why can't I have a handle to help me get in and out like the
drivers
> > > >> side?"
> > > >>
> > > >> So today, I stopped by my local Central New York local VW shop
called
> > > >> Pierce Auto Parts on Rte. 20, in Bouckville, NY 13402 who has quite
a
> > > >> collection of dead Vanagon's and other VW's in his bone yard and
picked
> > > >> up a second handle.  Before I go out there with the drill has
anyone
> > > >> else
> > > >> done this?  Any surprises?
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks in advance
> > > >>
> > > >> Mike O of Central New York
> > > >>
> > > >> 91 Westy
> > > >> 71 Bug
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
>