I did it on my '86 syncro tin top, wade through my blog to see the pics.

http://shufti.wordpress.com/

alistair

On 2011-09-25, at 1:37 PM, craig cowan wrote:

> Hello gang!
> I have a 1980 westfalia interior in my 1985 sunroof bus that I am planning
> to soon move to my 1987 sunroof syncro. In the sunroof bus, I had all the
> little riser nuts meticulously cut out and welded into the floor. I hope to
> not do that on the syncro though (I don't really want to weld on this
> bus....).
> What's the trick? I remember hearing of someone using long bolts with a nut
> on the other side. What about for the rear of the rear seat? These bolts are
> precariously positioned for installation in a syncro. One bolt comes out in
> the wheel well, but the other would be inaccessibly over the gas tank.
> 
> I'm just trying to plan ahead and  think this out to make everything go
> simply. What have people done?
> 
> -Craig
> '85 GL turned Westy
> Bostig in Back
> '87 SUNROOF Syncro
> '90 Carat (still in someone elses driveway)