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  • Re: Wall mount table
    Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
    Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:09:38 -0400
    ...of my van had a custom folding table made out of teak wood or oak. It's also removable if needed. He used these...
  • Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:11:30 -0500
    I just got off the road from seven days of camping and I can say that the "raisable" table is the best mod I...
  • Re: westy table
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:47:31 -0500
    The later model tables (85 and up) are lower profile and easier to store....especially upstairs...with the bedding. If you have an older...
  • westy table fix
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:18:23 -0700
    Maybe others out there had same problem and a better fix for loose mounting bolts on the old style westy table, but here is...
  • Silver socket thanks and one more question.
    Historical mailing list - David Cooper
    Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:24:03 EST
    ...One more question...I have two table supports but only one table top. Is there supposed to be a front and rear table top...
  • Westy table arm needed
    Historical mailing list - Westyman
    Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:31:22 -0700
    I'm looking for a gray [or brown] front Westy table arm, this is the type that flat-mounts to the table top, not...
  • Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle-NOW using tables
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:53:52 -0600
    ...Yeah, that door and table design was a glitch. I cut the door on my '84 at table height, moved the hinge up on...
  • Re: Outside Table for Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
    Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:45:26 -0700
    Yup, I got a coleman table. Fits nicely behind the folded beds. http://www.coleman.com/product/pack-awaytrade-outdoor-4-in-1-table...
  • Re: Rattling Westy Table
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:46:15 -0800
    ...Rattling Westy Table > Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 8:11 PM > > The rear table in my Westy makes an awful crashing and banging noise...
  • Re: Front table in rear
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:28:37 -0500
    Comments on swinging the table around: be careful! the rear table arrangement was cleverly designed to multiply a seemingly insignificant movement into tremendous mechanical...
  • Re: Securing table
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:03:37 -0600
    Using that magnet (or something) between the table edge and the wall is the right place to solve the problem. If you solve it...
  • Re: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:25:25 -0700
    ...My immediate > thought was to grab a couple bungee cords out of the > van and wrap those around the tablecloth and the table > to...
  • Re: "Kitchen" table in Westies?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:15:00 -0600
    Don, since you live in Portland, you ought to be able to find someone who has a camper with functioning table who'd let...
  • WTB: Rear table post, Socket;
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:00:44 +0000
    Got a Wobbley table. Missing the Socket part that connets the table post to the metal angle piece attached to the floor in the...
  • table tops
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:43:59 -0500
    ...One more question...I have two table supports but only one table top. Is there supposed to be a front and rear table top...
  • Re: Securing table
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
    Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:39:31 -0500
    ...And it still doesn't guarantee that > the table isn't going to rattle against the wall. > > Besides, being able to pull the table...
  • Re: hold in place bracket for storing the front table
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Thu, 2 May 2019 12:12:39 -0700
    The table could indeed be lighter. It is made of masonite, or similar material, so lots of glue in that sawdust. Plywood would be...
  • Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle-NOW using tables
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:13:29 -0500
    ...Jim On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing that works for the rear table...
  • Re: Rear table leg holding bracket
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Thu, 17 May 2007 19:33:41 -0400
    ...Don't think the table adjusts for height --- as for the 'protrusion' mine has it --- and don't think there is a 'midway' bracket...
  • "Fold-Up" Table
    Historical mailing list - John Ryan
    Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:46:23 -0800
    Hello! I'm trying to figure out how to unfold the table (or what appears to be a table) positioned at the middle of...
  • Re: Looking for Westie Front Table Pole
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 2 Apr 2000 01:24:48 EST
    ...I am looking for the pole for the front table (I have the table and the mounting bracket, just missing the pole and the...
  • Re: Table mod pic
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:25:36 -0700
    Mike, If you are speaking of the knob in the rear cabinet that tightens against the table leg to prevent motion, there's no...
  • Re: Rear table leg holding bracket
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Thu, 17 May 2007 20:36:36 -0400
    ...Rear Table > The table can be locked in middle positions (partly raised), I do it all > the > time to keep access to the storage...
  • Re: Securing table
    Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
    Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:38:57 -0800
    ...Securing table Wasn't referring to the table post. Was referring to the body part ("pillar") between windows near table. This image: http://tinyurl...
  • Re: Table leg modification (Loren Bush)
    Historical mailing list - Troy
    Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:43:17 -0800
    ...Pretty simple idea, but it works extremely >> well! No more lopsided tables, and it makes getting to the storage >> "cubicles" below the table a...
  • Re: Wondering about Westfalia table heights.
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
    Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:11:41 -0800
    ...I had food stuffs in the top-loaders, so the table was outa the way anyway as I was using it as a food...
  • Re: Front table and leg in grey
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:53:25 -0700
    As far as tables go, mine were beat up badly, so I just glued up (with biscuits of course) a few hardwood boards and...
  • Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:07:56 -0230
    ...They are called card > table hinges, and they go on the edges of the table (unlike "normal > hinges that mount underneath) and allow the...
  • Re: Post on rear table knob
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:52:13 +0000
    ...https://gowesty.com/products/mounting-plate-for-table-top?variant=41426711543973 There are other table parts listed as well.  This is the one I...
  • Table mod pic
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:27:30 -0700
    This is what I came up with to prevent the rear table from flopping around when in any position but fully lowered. Not as...
  • Re: Table for table (85 Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:41:14 -0400
    ...Table for table (85 Vanagon) > hey ron.. > the base part for the front table on the 82 westy. the section that > bolts to the...
  • Table getting in the way
    Historical mailing list - Gordy Jones
    Wed, 7 May 2003 09:50:41 -0700
    Does anyone else find themselves sitting on the back bench of their westy with the table pulled out in front of them and then...
  • Rear Table Mod
    Historical mailing list - Susmay
    Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:01:33 -0700
    I just did this rear table mod with a wooden dowel I had. Filed the dowel so it fit all the way into the...
  • Re: westy table wiggle
    Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:07:37 -0400
    ...Also, my table has a tendency to fly outward when I really get the g-forces going around turns. For this I have a...
  • Re: Yet another westy table hack
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:14:12 -0300
    ...Maybe that is helped by this as well? >>>> >>>> I have two good condition tables. >>>> >>>> Currently I just use the rear table and have removed...
  • Re: Front Westy table (Vanagon) to sell
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Tue, 5 May 1998 21:26:02 -0500
    > My front neigbhour have a complete front table assembly (table, pipe > and bracket) to sell. Sounds like a decent thing to get. That reminds...
  • Re: Post on rear table knob
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:35:24 -0700
    https://gowesty.com/products/mounting-plate-for-table-top?variant=41426711543973 There are other table parts listed as well. This is the one I...
  • Re: Will a front table go into my 85 Westy Weeekender
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:10:25 EDT
    ...I understand how the table works and looks. But my questions is will the front table work with the jump seat behind the driver...
  • Re: Rear Table
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:38:02 -0700
    My quick fix was long ago to swap the front table to the back. Since it's just me and a big black lab...
  • Re: Table leg hole?
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Tue, 4 May 2021 19:55:59 -0700
    So,are you saying that the pin obviates the under table screw for fastening the table in place? With the pin, does the table...
  • Re: Wanted: rear table + misc. for '84 Westy
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 12 Apr 2000 21:40:07 EDT
    ...new parts, just trying one more time to recycle) Thanks! >> i have a rear table arm, if you need one- no tabletop tho. chris
  • Looking for Bracket for Westie Table
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:39:49 EDT
    I am looking to purchase the bracket for the front table in a 80-91 Westie. I need the bracket that mounts to the...
  • 85 westy front table
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 5 May 2002 20:23:19 -0400
    ...I know the front table is missing but the mounting stanchion is there. Anyone have a table top they don't need? What are...
  • Re: Rear Table storage
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:42:05 -0800
    ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/westy-table-mod/ I polished the westy old style zinc plated arm, but of course it soon...
  • Re: WANTED: front westy table
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:06:03 EDT
    ...Wanted front Westy table with arm - > brown or beige. > > i have both front and rear tables, with arms.. let me know chris
  • Re: Westy table ideas
    Historical mailing list - Slloth
    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:59:15 -0700
    Troy wrote: > Speaking of alternative table ideas, I recently mounted a 12 x 18 cutting > board with the bracket/flange all the way to...
  • Re: Westy Front table survey
    Historical mailing list - W. Silva
    Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:02:30 -0400
    We moved our Westy front table to the back-it's easier to move in and out than the big one. We removed the...
  • Re: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:00:13 -0700
    ...The ones >> here (Coglans, etc.) won't handle a table more than 1 inch thich. Our >> Forestry Service and National Park tables are more...
  • I look for table & swing arm !!
    Historical mailing list - Noriyoshi Yuzurihara
    Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:09:47 +0900
    ...I can't have a meal with Westy. ;-) Don't you have left table & arm ? I looked for table and arm in Japan. But...
  • LOOKING FOR SWINGOUT TABLE
    Historical mailing list - SKP
    Fri, 9 Jun 2000 17:24:44 -0700
    Hello, I'm looking for the swingout table that is part of the Westy package. I need the table, pole and mounting hardware. If...
  • LOOKING FOR SWINGOUT TABLE
    Historical mailing list - SKP
    Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:56:14 -0700
    Hello, I'm looking for the swingout table that is part of the Westy package. I need the table, pole and mounting hardware. If...
  • Re: Bargains !
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:50:21 EDT
    You'd have to take the whole side panel for the folding table. The table folds into the side panel. The front table with...
  • Front table mounting bracket needed
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Sat, 4 Nov 2000 09:16:09 -0500
    Hi All, Any one have a used front table mounting bracket they want to sell? I'd like to put one on the passenger...
  • Re: Need giant set-screw knob for Westy tables
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:15:18 -0500
    ...The unsecured table will eventually swing the edge of the table underside the rear stove knob, turning on the gas unannounced. Ask me how...
  • wolfy/carat side table wont fit w/ regular GL rear seat
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:05:20 EST
    ...the carat/wolfy rear sofabed is narrower than regular GL weekender bed to accomodate plastic sidepanels (w/table) on the carat/wolfy. if you...
  • Re: Storing Rear table - Westy
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:52:48 -0700
    ...Storing Rear table - Westy > My rear table does not stay in place when the van is mobile. Yes, I > tighten the screws on the...
  • Re: Front table question
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:21:38 -0400
    ...So I tried sliding my table and leg into it. While the receptacle was just slightly too large in diameter, it was still perfectly...
  • Re: Can't get table to come out
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:29:23 -0800
    Wrong table. His is the one that swings up from the bottom of the floor. Chainsaw I think. Or Big Hammer. Do a search...
  • Re: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:12:37 -0700
    ...Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:25:05 -0700 > From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic...
  • Re: WTB Westy Table
    Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
    Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:11:58 -0800
    Similarly, I am looking for the other table, the small one (and arm) in grey, used. Any info/forwards welcome! Chris Radcliffe chris_radcliffe...