>Downside: It would really cramp the interior when it was retracted...

It would perhaps be useful to have just the fridge/stove/sink cabinet of a
westy that cranks out. Leave it uncranked, you've got a standard Westy's
floor space. Crank it out, you get the full floor space of a non-westy.
Probably be hard to use the sink or cooktop, though, with one's head up in
the pop-top and the sink/stove recessed into the "hole" that is the
crank-out... Probably not worth the trouble.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"