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Date:         Thu, 1 Jan 2015 12:04:47 -0700
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks
              a whole heck of a lot like one?
Comments: To: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAN483vdLEikBDsA1LBEuiGxSGexVe4ux_5ZcU-EFZoTAzpo+=A@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks for that Mike ~ Oddly, I never got the response from JordanVW ~

On 1 Jan , 2015, at 11:50 AM, Mike South wrote:

> 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 NoteŽ 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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