If you're looking to get more ventilation (when parked), even (dare I say) a breeze going through your van from fore to aft, consider what I did...have a machine shop make a "door prop" for the hatch. It's a gizmo about three or four inches long, one end fits on the hatch striker plate assembly on the body of the van, the other end fits into the hatch locking mechanism when the hatch is closed. This enables you to lock the hatch and still have the hatch door open about an inch or two, depending upon the length of the door prop. With the pop top up and the hatch propped open, it's cool and breezy inside the van. My local machine shop charged $50 to custom make the prop. IMHO, this is a much simpler solution to maintain security and get fresh air into the van. For more info check the archives for my post of about eighteen months ago. Roy O. '87 Westfalia ('till death us do part) To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Safari type window?
|Mark & Kate Sheflo wrote: | |> Has anyone attempted to make a safari type window for the rear window |> of a Westy. Hinged at the top, latches at the bottom so it can be |> cracked open while camping, never for driving (recipe for sleepy |> time). This might tend to hinder the occasional over-active wild |> creature who might like to visit while we are asleep. | | |
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