Date:         Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:26:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Ellen Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ellen Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
Comments: To: phishman068@gmail.com
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On my ASI, the sliding door curtain simply snaps on.  When not in use, it stores in the rear overhead compartment.  The rest of the curtains are on sliding tracks at the top, but when drawn, they also snap into position.  A simple and elegant design that I am quite fond of, with the exception of the rear window and front window curtains.  I find them fussy and too much trouble to use, so I use a folding sunscreen for the rear and front windows, and have a privacy curtain hung behind the front seats that can be opened and closed in an instant.  This setup has served me well since I've had the van.

Ellen
Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI
Coee, Traveling Cat Extraordinaire

Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel; stride down there.....and light the bloody thing yourself." ~Dara Henderson



> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:03:23 -0400
> From: phishman068@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Personally I think the sliding door curtain is the worst of the original
> westy curtains. The design is poor in my mind, and infact the design of all
> the curtains could be better. I have a few "improvements" i plan to make
> soon, but it's tough to say. I know they changed the curtains at least once
> (or at least the way they hang) throughout the years of the westies. Mine
> are from an '80, and i think they're crap. They leak light around the edges,
> don't meeet uniformly in the middle, etc. It shouldn't take an arsenal of
> magnets and clothes pins to have some security!
> 
> -Craig
> '85GL turned WESTY
> Getting a BOSTIG
> 
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Costello, James L <jlcostello@kpmg.ca>wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the details Craig,
> >
> > I have a 1981 which I have actually printed that same template to
> > replace what's left of my curtains.  Any advice over a conversion of
> > these templates for the sliding door on my Vanagon?
> >
> > James ('81 Van Halen)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of craig cowan
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:35 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
> >
> > The window size themselves is the same, with the exception of pre '85
> > windows on the sliding door.
> > The windows themselves differ between a Carat and a Westy, but it
> > doesn't matter for the curtains (in my mind).
> > I am currently running a full westy curtain setup on regular vanagon
> > windows.
> >
> > -Craig
> > '85GL turned WESTY
> > BOSTIG being installed.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > So I have a firend who has offered to make us some curtains and this
> > > section of the VanagonWiki
> > > http://www.vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Westfalia_Curtains_Sewing_Informa
> > > tion
> > > is wonderfully detailed.
> > >
> > > My question is this: Are there difference in window dimensions between
> >
> > > a Westy and a '90 Carat? Seems to me I've seen that there are but I
> > > cannot find that information right now.
> > >
> > > Obviouisly if the windows are different the curtain pattern would have
> >
> > > to be slightly altered.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > '90 Carat (Grover)
> > > '86 (We call this one Parts)
> > > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> > >
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