Westfalia Werks made many changes over the years, some small, others more noticeable.
One of the latter, made around '89, was shortening the length of the closet door so it
could be opened over the rear table top.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Jagersand" <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:56 AM
Subject: Early-Late Vanagon Westy interior dimension difference?

> On washing Popul, the '85 Westy (amazing how much dust/mud can be
> hidden in those brown carpets...), I noticed that it appears that the
> westy stove/sink cabinet appears to cover a bit more of the seatbelt
> pillar than in my '82 westy.
>
> I was curious if there are small dimension differences between the
> cabinets of different years?
>
> On the '85 westy the stove/sink cabinet overlaps and covers 2/3rd
> of the seatbelt roller.
>
> On the '82 Westy the roller sits completely free, in front of the cabinet
> end.
>
> In each case the cabinet abuts the metal box on which the seat is mounted.
> Those boxes are slingtly different, since there is no battery on either side
> in the
> 82 Diesel. (the lid is much smaller and wouldn't fit a battery.
>
> So could it be that the length of a '85 interior is just a few centimeters
> different from an '82? This I was thinking would be annoying for those who
> swap an interior from van X to van Y.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
> --
> Martin Jagersand
> University of Alberta
> http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jag/
>