In my 83, the cabinet covers 2/3 of the seatbelt roller.

Jim

On May 8, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Martin Jagersand wrote:

> 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/
>