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Subject:Fwd: rear seat swap
From:Warren Lail
Date:Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:24:19 -0600

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From: Warren Lail <wklail@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: rear seat swap
To: JordanVw@aol.com

Thanks for the advice Chris. �I've gotten so much advice to just leave
the kitchen stuff in place that I think I'll abandon the weekender
project. �I definitely do not want to hurt the value of my Vanagon.

Thanks to all who responded to this thread!

Warren
88 Westy

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:10 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 7/6/09 11:56:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> wklail@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
> I found a rear seat from an 87 GL that I would like to install in my
> 88 Westy.� I plan to pull my kitchen stuff and essentially have a
> weekender (need more room for the wife and the two dogs, and I always
> cook outside anyway and I always take along a cooler).� However, I
> noticed that the rear heater is different; in my Westy it is under a
> wooden box - in the GL it is in the center.� Does anyone know if I
> will require any special modifications to pull this off?� Has anyone
> done this before?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Warren in Santa Fe
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>
>
> warren, just buy a passenger van and put a poptop on it.��� removing the
> westy interior from your '88 westy will make it worthless for resale..
> trust me on this.
> eventually, some day will come and you'll need to sell it.
>
> they also make westy weekenders '85-'87 and the multivan '90-'91� both are
> poptops w/ no kitchen stuff.�� buy one of those and sell your '88 westy..
>
> '88 westys are worth 10-15 grand now..�� if you remove the campers stuff it
> would kill its value.
>
>
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