Date:         Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:28:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
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From:         Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Child Cot Fabrication
Comments: cc: Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
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> From:    Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
> Date:    Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:25:35 EDT
>
> Ok I found the old Westfalia accessories catalogue titled: ZUBEHOR

"Accessories".  That's easy.  :)

> (It looks like it's from about 1987. It's all written in German)

If you can't find an obvious date, look near the seam/binding on the
first few and last few pages.  Sometimes the printer will put his name
and maybe the date there, like 87.6 or 6.87 (June 1987).

Between Google and the dictionary I have (Harper Collins German Concise
Dictionary, 0-06-057577-8 ), I come up with...

> the Vanagon Childs Cot (1) that attaches like the child's cot we're
> all familiar with in the cockpit of the old loaf busses
>
> 1. Kinderbetten/ Ablagen im Fahrerhaus
> Zum Einhangen quer im fahrerhaus;

"Children's bed/storage shelf in cab.  Hangs crosswise in the cab."

> a playpen type screen (2) that attached to the Westfalia upper bunk
> to keep kids from falling over the end and down out of that bunk
>
> 2.  Teleskopstangen mit hochwerrigem Segeltuch; bis 40 kg belastbar

"Telescoping poles with ??? canvas; load up to 40 kg."

About 85 pounds.  "hochwerrigem" doesn't immediately seem to be a word;
"hochwertigem" means something like "high-quality", "first-rate", etc.

Some general notes on German: The umlauts (dots) over some of the vowels
are not optional!  If you are typing German words on a typewriter or
computer that isn't set up with those characters, you can replace them
with the regular vowel followed by an e.  For instance, the name of the
company that made gasoline heaters for early Buses could be written out
as "Eberspaecher".  Almost all native speakers and many computer
translation programs will understand this usage.

Matt Roberds