Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 12:50:19 -0600
Reply-To: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks
a whole heck of a lot like one?
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In case anyone else was confused, or is reading this thread later and
didn't see it, we had a thread split and I missed this reply from JordanVW,
which is apparently the solution to our mystery:
anyway the '77-'79 bus also came with sliding windows similar to the
> vanagon. theyre obviously smaller than the vanagon ones.
> heres a pic:
> http://www.rossvw.com/vw/bus14.jpg
Just repeating this here (hopefully with thread headers intact) in case
someone is reading by thread in the archives.
Thanks everyone for your help!
mike
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Mike South <msouth@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got curious about this after someone mailed me off list suggesting it.
> You are right about there being a difference in sizes that breaks at the 85
> year, but from my reading of this that is for the passenger side. The
> driver's side has the same seal size all years, if I read this busdepot
> listing correctly:
>
> http://www.busdepot.com/253845321
>
> The text on the listing says:
>
> Window Seal
> Center Sliding Window; 80-84 left or right, 85-91 left only. Finest
> quality German/European made. (Euro look; no 'chrome' trim strip.)
>
> Which, I think, implies that the left side sliding window is the same size
> for all years. This window has the latch oriented for the left side of the
> vehicle.
>
> Based on that, I'm thinking it's not for any year Vanagon, but something
> (possibly that the same manufacturer makes, given the many similarities)
> for a different vehicle.
>
> mike
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:33 AM, N T-P Vanaru <nij.tp.vanaru@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I "think" you might be the rarget of the vanagon year gods. If I remember
>> correctly there is a difference in size between upto 84 and 85 on. The onky
>> reason I know this is I had to order new seals and it mention different
>> sizes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy NoteĀ® 8.0, an AT&T 4G LTE tablet
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
>> Date: 01/01/2015 01:01 (GMT-05:00)
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a
>> whole heck of a lot like one?
>>
>>
>> Here's a picture to give you an idea of relative size:
>>
>> http://imgur.com/cisocY1
>>
>> I bought the smaller one through the samba classifieds.
>>
>> I'm going on the assumption that the seller also had no idea this wasn't
>> for a vanagon. The drain slots are in the same place. The notches are
>> the
>> same. It's like a slightly shrunken down version of the vanagon driver's
>> side slider. About 1.5 inches short top to bottom and 1 inch short down
>> the length of the van.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea what kind of vehicle this window would fit?
>> Hoping we can get a moderately happy ending out of this by finding someone
>> who needs one of these. Whatever it is.
>>
>> The vanagon window is about 47x17 inches, and this is about 46x15.5
>> inches.
>>
>> Perhaps this is the conservation gods' revenge on me for not looking into
>> just getting the glass replaced in my otherwise functional window.
>>
>> Anyone have any idea what that entails?
>>
>> mike
>>
>
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