A Weekender will seat seven with the addition of one rear-facing seat from a
MultiVan and still leave the table operable.

There is a beautiful Weekender on the Westfalia.org Classified page right
now at a reasonable price.

Though a member, I never go there any more because of 'Captain Mike'.  He's
at it again on the front page about how a Subaru transplant will ruin your
Vanagon and your life, too!  It would be funny if it weren't so sad. He
really spreads a lot of misinformation and fear as moderator of the Forums
there.

But the Classifieds are often interesting.

http://www.classifiedadzs.com/showproduct.php?product=293&cat=4

Jake

On 4/9/07, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>
> While Dennis and Chris have weighed in with reasons for not getting a
> Vanagon, but if you are insistent......
>
> Your best choice would likely be the "Weekender Westfalia camper."
> This is a poptop camper, but does not have the sink and fridge. It
> has a 3 person rear seat, and then you can get the 2 person middle
> bench so that you can still carry 7 people.
>
> Note this is not as widely available as the full camper. So you might
> find yourself having to hunt for a while to acquire one.
>
> With that said, it is probably more available than that 3 person
> middle seat.
>
> A 7 pasenger Vanagon would be a lot less expensive, and, while not
> having the poptop, can still be a viable vehicle for camping. Lots of
> room for folks, and you can carry tents and coolers and such.
> Depending on model, you can get some which have the rear seat that
> folds down into a bed (not all 7 passengers models do this.)
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Jeffrey Lubin wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> > I am new to this list, and even newer to vanagons (since I don't
> > yet own
> > even one!) and so my first question is about which models to
> > include in
> > my search.
> >
> > I've got four kids, with one more on the way, and I need a vehicle
> > that
> > can fit all of them for driving, although not necessarily for camping.
> > The weekender arrangement, with two rear-facing seats in the second
> > row,
> > seems ideal, but I'd also like to consider the full camper, in case I
> > want to take subsets of them for a real camping trip.
> >
> > So, the question is, how realistic is it to try to do one or more
> > of the
> > following with the full camper?
> > 1.  Squeeze three (small) kids in the existing rear bench, and get a
> > two-seat bench (or two jump seats) for a second row.
> > 2.  Remove the sink/stove and put in a three-seat second row.
> > 3.  Transform the camper interior completely to a weekender, with
> > plans
> > to later transform it back.
> >
> > Let me also mention that people whom I trust and respect think it's
> > ridiculous for me to even consider a full camper, but I thought I'd
> > throw the question out to this list to see if anyone has experience or
> > ideas that I should consider.
> >
> > Thanks much.
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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