Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:41:21 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
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Hi Jim and others,
OK, we need someone like Alistair or Karl to fabricate the adaptor. Having the interior handle makes shutting the slider so much nicer. I want to add this to both my 84 and 85.
I think the plastic piece I described with two sheet metal screws is where the handle holder should be. I suspect I have a late 84 and they stopped putting the handle in.
I’m glad I now understand what should be there.
I think the square stock is importan, and the attachment in two points. If just bolted right in with one bolt I expect it might easily twist and move out of alignment with use.
That bit of square stock will need a hole in the middle for the handle screw and the size will need to be the same as the piece on the inner door handle.
Does anyone out there know of a source? Or, anyone up for making some?
Is it the same on the bay windows? Maybe a source from Air cooled suppliers?
Eric Caron
> On Mar 13, 2024, at 10:07 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
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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:
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>> Hi folks,
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>> If you have a early vanagon with the extra interior slider handle, I need your info.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> So, what is the usual way the extra handle attaches? I have an extra handle and just want to bolt it on if possible.
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>> Any tips are greatly appreciated.
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>> Eric Caron
>> 84 Westfalia
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