The problem isn't in having switched front and rear tables (I tried that
to fix problem), believe it or not the Westy engineers simply screwed
up!  The cutting the door off shorter certainly is an intelligent fix
(lifting off the hinges certainly works if you are vastly more patient
than I am).  It is a problem with the early Vanagon Westies (air-cooled
through '86, I think).   Finally in '87 they apparently got the message
and simply made the door shorter to start with.

Dan Walker
Ann Arbor, MI