Oh and about the stove cabinet in the Westy. The early Vanagon 80 and up to
early 84 I think, I had a different seat belt than the later Vanagon. The
buckle was different and the upper bracket over your shoulder was
different--slightly thicker. As a result the Westy the lid on the kitchen  is different in
earlier and later models AND the later model upper bracket  interferes slightly
with opening the lid on the earlier model Westy.

Since the early seat belts were no longer available from the VW dealer one
has to install the later model Vanagon seat belt with the later model
reciever/buckle. The kitchen lid can still be opened with the newer seatbelt but  the
bracket needs to be swiveled out of the way of the open lid completely and
secure the lid in the open and "locked" position. This is really no big deal.
Just swivel the bracket out of the way on it's "axle" each time you open the
kitchen for business.

On fitting the belts behind the kitchen in the Westy, I do remember that
being a pretty tight fit even for the stock VW belts. In fact the cut outs in
the cabinet--if I recall correctly--are tapered to the exact shape of the
recoiling mechanism and likely wouldn't accommodate another manufacturer's belt
without cutting away more of the cabinet.

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA

In a message dated 6/16/2006 9:04:12 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jpbeauch@GMAIL.COM writes:

My  question his, Do any of you ever trid that? Would also fit a westy not
only  a vanagon. I'm wondering if it would fit along the stove  cabinet?