Date:         Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:07:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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I’ve seen the attachment piece. Somewhere I have the dimensions because it is truly a rainbow colored unicorn what pisses really good coffee. What the piece is, is a piece of square stock welded to a 2.5” x .75” plate that screws to the door with a couple sheet metal screws. A standard interior slider handle then screws onto the attaching piece. 

I’ve looked for one for years and years. Good luck. If you find two, I’ll buy the second one from you.

Jim

> On Mar 13, 2024, at 9:48 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks, 
> 
> If you have a early vanagon with the extra interior slider handle, I need your info.
> 
> My 84 only has the one handle.  I’d love to add the second interior handle.  But, feeling around I can’t find a place to bolt it in. 
> 
>        My 84 has a replacement slider door panel.  On the back are tactile places to drill out for the door clip.  They all match up.  And, I think there is one for the handle.  But I don’t feel anything on the 84 for a bold to go in.  Not even a hole.  What is there is a sort of plastic feeling rectangle with a screw on either side.  The screws don’t want to turn out something inside just spins.
> 
> So, what is the usual way the extra handle attaches?  I have an extra handle and just want to bolt it on if possible. 
> 
> Any tips are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 84 Westfalia