Date:         Wed, 4 Nov 1998 02:17:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Side Vent window retrofit?
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Sam Gordon wrote:

> >> Would be interested to know if there is a retrofit avail. to allow the
> >> front triangular vent windows to open approx. 45 degrees further forward
> in
> >> order to get air flow?
>
> I am not sure that I understand the problem.   My 84 wolfsburg has vent
> windows and they rotate almost 180 degrees.  That is, from latched and
> closed to almost completly closed again but backwards.
> I have also been told that they are the same as the rabit vent windows, and
> thus interchangeable.
>
> -Are the vent windows different on newer models?
> -can the older windows be installed in their place?
> -If so there won't be trouble finding the pieces.
>
> just wondering
> seth gordon
> 84WLE

I would really like to retrofit the vent wings to my 88 Caravelle, as it has
only stationary windows. I cant see that the Golf 1 or Rabbit windows would
fit, as they have a more slanted look. Can anybody tell me if the procedure of
fitting these windows is easy, maybe a bolt-on? I have looked i my doors, it
seems as if all the mounts are there. I really love these windows, I think they
were great beck when I drove my Sqback, and I really miss them on my Syncro.
They are the cheapest air conditioning money can buy, and there are less
problems with them, too.

PerL
88 Syncro