Date:         Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:31:05 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: westy slider door curtain differences... results!!
Comments: To: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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Damn poor parts books aren't they? Think of all the man hours they could
save if they would just make the parts books a little better. I wonder
how often dealers order the wrong parts for customers? Hell, you'd think
maybe VWofA might rewrite the books to fix the mistakes for part of
their 125% markup or whatever it is. After all, I'm sure they pick up
the restocking costs anyway in the long run.
But what do you expect, these are the guys that had the goose that laid
the golden eggs and they starved it to death.
Some other auto companies have fabulous parts books. Mercedes comes to
mind. I'm sure there are others. NOT Chevrolet as of the 1990's. It
seems like Ford is quite good.
If the manufacturer can't take the trouble to record which parts went on
which car, then who the hell else will know? Not rocket science, exactly.
Al Brase

jimt wrote:

>Was just digging through the US and Euro ETKA.  It appears that up to the
>color change of the curtains from brown to blue/grey there were three
>curtain types with no specific years of assignment.  There were different
>designs as well as methods of hanging.  There were even behind cab curtains
>as well in some styles.  It appears that some of it may be linked to the P
>number.
>
>
>When the colors changed, it appears the knobs disappeared and then you
>picked up three different types of sliders/rails again with different styles
>of curtains as well.
>
>Very strange.  I can find no references to any years other than the division
>with the color changes.  Some of the stuff is ref to models with a split at
>year E (84) with mid year model numbers. But again has several styles shown
>even for that.
>
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>jimt
>Planned insanity is best.
>Remember that sanity is optional.
>http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
>http://www.westydriver.com
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