Slider Windows
- Sluggo
- Wishin' I was Fishin'
- Location: Portland, Or.
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Slider Windows
Will Vanagon slider windows fit a '73 Bus?
1977 Bus with Sunroof - "Lucky '77"
2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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- Sluggo
- Wishin' I was Fishin'
- Location: Portland, Or.
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
No one knows the answer? I feel so lonely
1977 Bus with Sunroof - "Lucky '77"
2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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- Sluggo
- Wishin' I was Fishin'
- Location: Portland, Or.
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Damn. I can get a nice set of Vanagon sliders for $40. But Bus ones seem to be much more expensive.Westy78 wrote:I don't think so. The Vanagon sliders are larger if I remember correctly. Maybe the Gypsie can measure his for you.
1977 Bus with Sunroof - "Lucky '77"
2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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- Old School!
- Location: Elburn,IL
- Status: Offline
They sure are - I have been looking for a decent pair for sometime - they all seem to be around $200 +Sluggo wrote:Damn. I can get a nice set of Vanagon sliders for $40. But Bus ones seem to be much more expensive.Westy78 wrote:I don't think so. The Vanagon sliders are larger if I remember correctly. Maybe the Gypsie can measure his for you.
I'm all out of ideas and I've tried nothing.
77 Westy 2.0 FI
77 Westy 2.0 FI
- Amskeptic
- IAC "Help Desk"
- Status: Offline
They will not fit under any circumstance. Unless you have a glass sander and can reduce the dimensions of the window framing too.Sluggo wrote:No one knows the answer? I feel so lonely
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Sluggo
- Wishin' I was Fishin'
- Location: Portland, Or.
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Damn! What other option are there for side middle windows? Jalousy, Vent Wing, Solid, Slider &?????Amskeptic wrote:They will not fit under any circumstance. Unless you have a glass sander and can reduce the dimensions of the window framing too.Sluggo wrote:No one knows the answer? I feel so lonely
Colin
1977 Bus with Sunroof - "Lucky '77"
2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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- Amskeptic
- IAC "Help Desk"
- Status: Offline
Jalousie, Vent Wing, Solid, Slider.Sluggo wrote:Damn! What other option are there for side middle windows??????
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- hambone
- Post-Industrial Non-Secular Mennonite
- Location: Portland, Ore.
- Status: Offline
Not sure why all the hooplah over those sliders, the Westy windows sure are nice and keep the rain out. I think they're a better solution, personally.
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
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- Old School!
- Location: Elburn,IL
- Status: Offline
The only reason I would consider changing is to get rid of the constant rattle the jalousies produce.hambone wrote:Not sure why all the hooplah over those sliders, the Westy windows sure are nice and keep the rain out. I think they're a better solution, personally.
I'm all out of ideas and I've tried nothing.
77 Westy 2.0 FI
77 Westy 2.0 FI
- RSorak 71Westy
- IAC Addict!
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
- hambone
- Post-Industrial Non-Secular Mennonite
- Location: Portland, Ore.
- Status: Offline
Mine rattle on F.S. roads. The whole bus does really! Sounds like an old GMC transit bus.
http://greencascadia.blogspot.com
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- bretski
- Ellipsis-Meister
- Location: out of hibernation...for now
- Status: Offline
My jalousies don't rattle, but the screens do. I got some flexible window beading (looks like a roll of clay), and put it around the perimeter of the screens. Cured the rattling noise.
1978 Deluxe Westfalia - "Klaus"
"transcripts are overrated. hardware store receipts: those are useful." --skin daddio
"transcripts are overrated. hardware store receipts: those are useful." --skin daddio
- karl
- Getting Hooked!
- Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
- Status: Offline
I posted this to the type 2 list back in Oct 2002:
http://www.type2.com/archive/type2/097536.html
I have both bay and Vanagon sliders outside, so I measured them. [Instead of
giving 'about' figures]
Measuring the outside frame where the seal rests around the edge end to end
[length]:
Vanagon = 41 3/4"
Bay = 41 1/4"
Vanagon is 1/2" longer.
Measuring top to bottom [height]:
Vanagon = 16"
Bay = 14 1/2"
Vanagon is 1 1/2" taller.
Measuring the center post where it meets the frame:
Vanagon = 15 1/4"
Bay = 13 3/4"
[same 1 1/2"]
WCM outer seal part #:
Vanagon = 253-8411
Bay = 241-321A-L/R
The only part of a Vanagon slider that may work on a Bay slider would be the
felt on the center post.......
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Westfalia jalousies rattle because people drive with them open. This tears them up. Says so right in the owners amnual, but no reads them!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/man ... page10.jpg
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If you want sliders with screens, you have two choices.
1) Find a set of ASI Riviera sliders from 68 to 77. They installed American made sliders with screens installed. Here is a picture of one:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/287917.jpg
2) Find a pair of ASI Riviera screens that were installed on 78-79 buses that Riviera put over the VW sliders. They did not replace the sliders, just put half screens on them. They have a fuzz bar where the glass slides. Used 4 long screws thru the rubber seal and body lip. They look like these:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/241556.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/241558.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/241559.jpg
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And yes, I have all three: a pair of ASI Riviera sliders, a pair of ASI Riviera screens for the 78-79, and pairs of 78-79 bus sliders in either clear or green tint.....
http://www.type2.com/archive/type2/097536.html
I have both bay and Vanagon sliders outside, so I measured them. [Instead of
giving 'about' figures]
Measuring the outside frame where the seal rests around the edge end to end
[length]:
Vanagon = 41 3/4"
Bay = 41 1/4"
Vanagon is 1/2" longer.
Measuring top to bottom [height]:
Vanagon = 16"
Bay = 14 1/2"
Vanagon is 1 1/2" taller.
Measuring the center post where it meets the frame:
Vanagon = 15 1/4"
Bay = 13 3/4"
[same 1 1/2"]
WCM outer seal part #:
Vanagon = 253-8411
Bay = 241-321A-L/R
The only part of a Vanagon slider that may work on a Bay slider would be the
felt on the center post.......
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Westfalia jalousies rattle because people drive with them open. This tears them up. Says so right in the owners amnual, but no reads them!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/man ... page10.jpg
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If you want sliders with screens, you have two choices.
1) Find a set of ASI Riviera sliders from 68 to 77. They installed American made sliders with screens installed. Here is a picture of one:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/287917.jpg
2) Find a pair of ASI Riviera screens that were installed on 78-79 buses that Riviera put over the VW sliders. They did not replace the sliders, just put half screens on them. They have a fuzz bar where the glass slides. Used 4 long screws thru the rubber seal and body lip. They look like these:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/241556.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/241558.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/241559.jpg
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And yes, I have all three: a pair of ASI Riviera sliders, a pair of ASI Riviera screens for the 78-79, and pairs of 78-79 bus sliders in either clear or green tint.....