I have an '88 with grey interior with a long door.
I think this was an '89 or '90 change

Todd
'88 Westy

Imua Camper Company wrote:

>> nope.  i have the grey interior in my '87 syncro westy and it has
>> the blocked closet door.  i hate the idea of cutting it, but done
>> right that's an elegant solution...
>>
>> bill
>> '87 syncro westfalia
>> santa cruz, ca
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 02:29 , Imua Camper Company wrote:
>>
>>>>  > I agree the VW Westfalia engineers had their hats on a little
>>>> too tight
>>>> when
>>>>
>>>>>  they failed to consider the door/table relationship. I could
>>>>> never take a
>>>>
>>>> saw to
>>>>
>>>>>  my Westy's closet door, though! I simply lift the door off its
>>>>> hinges to
>>>>
>>>> access
>>>>
>>>>>  the closet, then replace it, without having to swing out the table.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Roy...
>>>>
>>>> Man... you lost me on this one.  My closet door opens without
>>>> swinging out
>>>> the table.  Is that something that changed with the later models or
>>>> something?
>>>>
>>>> mick
>>>> 89 syncro westy
>>>> hilo, hawaii
>>>
>>>
>>>        I think it changed in 87 with the grey interior.  From then
>>> on you can gaze at yourself in the closet mirror, without having to
>>> move the table and risk spilling your canine adobo...
>>>
>>>        Shawn
>>>        way too many vanagons
>>>        Hilo, Hawaii
>>
>
>        Bill-  Interesting- so far I've seen postings of people with
> short closet doors (non interfering) as early as 87, and long closet
> doors (table interfering) as late as 89.  Mick Kalber and yourself
> both have 89's, and he has a short door and you have a long door.
> That is very interesting and have no idea why that would be.  They
> may have used left-over short doors/closets now and then to get rid
> of them or something...(?!)  Another production mystery...
>        I am going to post this to the list too and perhaps someone
> can shed a little more light on the matter...
>        IMHO, it's not that hard to swing the table out to open the
> closet.
>
>        Shawn
>
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