Maybe a grab handle like the ones in front for the back passenger? William
you got me. I have wondered myself what this handle is about. Finally somebody put up the question :-). If the door is only slightly open, the handle is not accessible. Karl. Derek Krueger <vanagon@DRKRU.COTSE.NET> wrote: >I have this rear, semigingly non-functional, on my 84 Wolfsburg. Aren't wolfys an end of model year "option?" If so, why would some have them and others not? I don't see how this handle would really help in opening the door... > On 5/20/02 12:27 AM, "Jeff Sibley" <Sibleyjm@AOL.COM> wrote: > >> In a message dated 5/19/02 8:50:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >> zavlomja@EC-RED.COM writes: >> >> >>> >>> Hi amigos: >>> >>> I would like to know what is the purpose of the rear handle in the >>> inside panel of the sliding door, it doesn´t move and is not to help >>> closing the door either (unless you have spare fingers). >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Javier >>> >> >> hmm interior handle, inside sliding door....i use mine to open the >> door from the inside, sometimes i hold it also to close the door. >> make sure your little locking device is working, maybe you handle >> mechanisms beneatht the panel are busted. >> jeff > > > Nope, he's talking about the extra handle at the *rear* of the door > on > early Vanagons with the heavier door. I've got one on my 82 Westy. > > I'm assuming that it is intended to help pull the rear of the door > into > its catch. It seems pretty unnecessary, and wasnst on my 84 (the last > year for the heavy door). Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE http://homepage.mac.com/karlploessl/album.html |
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