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Mikeindevon
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:01 pm    Post subject: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

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ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THIS PART IS OFF MY 67 WESTY?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:05 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 WESTY MYSTERY PART Reply with quote

Hi mike
I think it fits on the forward cargodoor in between the ply and the door over the lock?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:32 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 WESTY MYSTERY PART Reply with quote

That's correct, it goes here:

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Mine is removable as well as this one pictured (another picture attached).
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:41 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 WESTY MYSTERY PART Reply with quote

I wonder why all Westfalia-bound buses didn’t have that piece spot welded in, like Todd’s.
Maybe if someone drove their non-Westy bus to get outfitted at the the Booyah camper upgrade Westy factory... some loose forward cargo door latch trim pieces needed to be on-hand? Hmmm

What’s your m-code plate look like?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:10 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 WESTY MYSTERY PART Reply with quote

srfndoc wrote:
That's correct, it goes here:

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Sorry I can't see where it goes, maybe another pic with it shown please. Thanks
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 WESTY MYSTERY PART Reply with quote

It goes on the thin edge of the door... right where the latch is.... and provides a place to screw the wood panels to.

Yours is removable... the green one isn’t.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

For the count: My '65 factory so-42 has the screw-mount version. In sexy pigeon blue. And for the rest of us- if you see one on a guy's $1 swap tarp- buy it!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:17 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

My 66 SO44 has this piece screwed on.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:03 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

Huh. Going to check on my '65. I don't remember ever seeing it. Interesting.
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Well, my bus is down to a shell(pulled apart many years ago). There are screw holes that appear to be for its attachment, but it's hard to tell. Great, one more bit of unattainium to acquire ;-P
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:00 am    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

My '67 Panel Bus has the screw-mount version.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:17 am    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

Here's another pic. Mine is removable as well (just like the one posted before):

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:52 am    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

Thanks guys. My bus is a Westfalia coded home market supplied but with US M430 American export equipment. As it was home market it had the unusual brown/yellow plaid upholstery that was covered very poorly when it wore out with the usual mustard vinyl.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:04 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

liking the plaid- vinyl is practical but like the look of plaid. BBT was repopping that plaid a while back not sure if they are still doing that.

Here is an ad for some of the scraps

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1647371
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:15 pm    Post subject: Re: SO42 Westy Mystery Part Reply with quote

velvetgreen wrote:
liking the plaid- vinyl is practical but like the look of plaid. BBT was repopping that plaid a while back not sure if they are still doing that.

Here is an ad for some of the scraps

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1647371


Here is the AD for the BBT fabric https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2080547

If you look carefully you will notice that it is not the same as the so34 fabric which as a blue/violet strip in it. I think yours is similar to the early bay Gold Brown fabric. There are a few versions of this fabric not all of them are reproduced. Its nice heavy duty fabric, not cheap... but you get what you pay for.
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