My first VW van was a '71 sportsmobile conversion.  I think it was as
good or better than the Westy version of that
era.  Fit/finish/materials were not as nice as Westy products.  It
had a sink, counter, ice box unit right by the sliding door like the
Westy.  Hand pumped faucet, with a tank you could take out to
fill.  The whole unit came out pretty easily after you undid a couple
latches.  Not so for the Westy.  The rear seat/folding bed was plain
old vinyl covered foam as mentioned.  Not so pretty, but functional
and comfortably flat.  The spare tire was moved to the front of the
van so gave more room inside the back.  There was a simple fold out
table and a simple rear facing seat with storage inside it right
behind the driver's seat.  The pop top was much better imo.  It went
straight up and had a big flat padded surface to sleep on.  The
westies of that era had the sling hammock upstairs, which was so
uncomfortable I never slept in.  The poptop canvas opened to screen
entirely on both sides and the front.  I mean a *lot* of air up
there.  Getting the top to come down evenly was a little tricky, as
it tended to come down angled and that wouldn't work.  I seem to
remember the poptop sealing pretty well too, compared to the '69
Westy I had, which would sometimes catch the wind on the leading edge
and creep up a little.

Edward

At 10:30 AM 4/2/2008, you wrote:
>They've been around awhile; they even have a splitty camper on their
>homepage at http://www.sportsmobile.com/ . I have a picture of one of their
>'70's bay window conversions and it is the tackiest thing you ever saw. Big
>vinyl seat cushions, shag carpet, looks like from an Austin Powers movie. I
>wonder if any are still around... Did they ever do Vanagons?
>
>Bryan