Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:13:15 -0800
Reply-To: Richard Koerner <RKoerner@AVANTMEDICAL.COM>
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From: Richard Koerner <RKoerner@AVANTMEDICAL.COM>
Subject: Re: Westy Window Query
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I think the normal Vanagon windows are BETTER than the Westy ones--they
open WIDER, thus better ventilation. As for screens, you can make your
own; I did, attached with four screws in the four corners into the
rubber molding; a little self-stick neoprene foam along one edge can
eliminate any mosquito-gaps. Did this about 15 years ago, and they work
superbly--opening both windows for cross-ventilation is the first thing
I do after arriving at the campsite.
Always wondered why they made the Westy windows smaller...security?
Rich
San Diego
'85 GL
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Drillock [mailto:drillock@EARTHLINK.NET]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Westy Window Query
You can't use the Westy screens on passenger windows. The Westy window
has the handle in a different spot to make room for the screen. This
also means the window won't open as wide since it hits the relocated
handle sooner. If you don't care about the Westy screens you can use
passenger sliding windows easily enough.
Left side, same 80-91
Right side 80-84 same, 85-91 different
Mark
Doug Fitz-Randolph wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After almost 10 years of Vanagon ownership, my wife and I have added a
> Westfalia to the family - an '82 diesel. It is strangely exhilirating
> to drive that slowly on the interstate.
>
> Of course, the first thing I did when I got the Westy home was to go
back
> through the archives and read the 238,655 messages about refrigerators
> and poptop canvas I ignored over the years. A few questions still
> remain. Here's one...
>
> A week or so ago, there was a post regarding how to refurbish the
sliding
> windows. My little fuzzy scrapers are shot too, and the window rattles
> in a highly disturbing fashion when closing the sliding door. My
> personal thought, completely unsubstantiated, is that if I went to an
> auto glass place, they might be able to replace the fuzzy strip with
> something that would do the job. But that's not my question...
>
> What is the deal with those Westy sliding windows? Why are they
different
> than the regular Vanagon windows? Sure they have screens, but they
could
> have put screens on the passenger van style windows too. They don't
> open as far as the passenger windows. Are they superior in some way I
> have not yet discovered? If I have a good, non-rattling set of '82
> passenger van windows, why wouldn't I just put them in rather than
mess
> around trying to fix the Westy windows?
>
> Thanks,
> Doug Fitz-Randolph
> Freeport, ME
>
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