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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:49 pm    Post subject: 1964 - ? Westy rear hatch panel with V cut out Q..? Reply with quote

The same rear hatch panel fits 1964 - 1975 Buses and on '68 - '70 westy seems to have a V notch in them for a knob to open the hatch from the inside.

But what about '64 - '67 Westy Buses...did they all have the same V notch or not?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

67 also has the notch.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep. My 65 has it.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys, it helps in nailing down the year range for my new products!

Hey Major and crofty....does that knob pull out or slides up or what to open the hatch?

I think it is a 5mm threaded knob on a shaft?

I think my billet alum dash knob with a long set screw might work for it. Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never seen that knob. To me it looks like it is a lock from the inside. The cam rotates down to block the u-lever from intruding? When the outside is locked you can still open the u-lever from inside. The ones with a hole in them are '66 and newer, I think. VW suggested putting a wire loop and stem into that hole on a regular hatch to open it from the inside.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

werksberg wrote:
.does that knob pull out or slides up or what to open the hatch?


slides.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes it is meant to be an inside lock.

that way when you are camping you do not have to lock the hatch with the key from the outside. you just close the hatch and slide that lever to block the opening mechanism, in the morning you can just slide the lever the other way and pull the latch assembly from the inside and open the hatch.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those are baywindow locks. I don't remember seeing a split with the knob.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt, does that knob unscrew at all? Or is it a fixed? I think the '70 Westy I looked at the owner said it screws in but what about the early ones?

Crofty, the early ones...what did they use to open the latch then?

Thank you to everyone that has posted. It helps to understand these old vehicles by sharing information! Cool

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mine does not have a knob, it is just a straight pin and no it does not unscrew.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You pull the catch with your finger. They lock, at least on a Westy, with a brass slider.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

my65vert wrote:
mine does not have a knob, it is just a straight pin and no it does not unscrew.


What size shaft as I make the billet knobs for the radio (non threaded) and like my seat knobs...I could drill and tap for a set screw on the side.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im not wanting a knob for it, I like it without it and Im nut sure it ever had one on it?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was just wonder what the shaft size was so if someone else wanted them....I could make a small run of them.
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