On my Westy, ('82) the sliders are ~2/3 fixed, 1/3 sliding. On my GL (and the Adventurewagen) they're ~50:50. Very different windows. Examples: Westy: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=720873 Vanagon: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=510611
On Oct 13, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > passenger van windows have latch further forward compared to the > westy sliders. Makes fitting westy bug screens "difficult". Westy > windows have latch roughly about the middle of the sliding glass. > > Also, sliding door window size changed with the change in door latch > mechanism in '85, becoming smaller than the driver's side sliding > window, both passenger vans and westies. > > alistair > > > > > On 2011-10-13, at 6:45 PM, Frank Lee wrote: > >> How is a Camper side sliding widow different from other Vanagon >> side slider >> window? >> >> Are left and right same shape, different lock location? >> >> Can screens be added or retrofit easily to non camper windows units? >> >> Novice Frank >> 82 Yellow Sub |
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