nah, i have an '87 syncro westy, not an '89...grey interior...long door.

b

On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 12:40 , 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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