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Subject:Re: Does plywood fit in a Westy?
From:Stephen Steele
Date:Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:47:57 -0400

HEY! If Karl W. says it'll fit ...it'll fit : )    Non-Westy Vanagons
carry them easily, loaf Westies, too; I quit carrying stuff like that inside
my van the minute I got a Yakima 60" rack system. Much easier on the
interior. Added six inches of rooftop might require a ladder/step for the
vertically challenged though.
--
Stephen Steele
'91 Caravelle
'84 Westy...Soon ?
Chillicothe, OH

> Zoltan :
> I have the opposite to say.  My '78 takes 4 by 8 well, the newer Westies
> can't, for they have the cabinets on the left.  The only way the plywood
> fits is if you lift up one side and keep it propped up by something that has
> a bigger surface.  Just make sure you are not hurting the cabinets.

>Christopher d. :
>> Would a 4' by 8' sheet of plywood (or drywall) fit in the back of a
>> Vanagon Westfalia?  I know the pre-1980 Westfalia's are too
>> small to transport such things.