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Subject:Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:23:28 -0700

the press board type board under the rear westy seat? It was not in the best shape but I did put it down. 
I took all of the GL stuff out and installed the main floor, the 3 section type I made years ago. I did not use the GL floor tracks, I used westy floor tracks. They have different lengths, and you could cut the GL ones to suit if you don't have westy ones.

I did that part over a year ago, so my memory is not that sharp. I'll look at my pictures again to refresh it.

alistair

On 2011-09-25, at 6:51 PM, craig cowan wrote:

> Alistar I see you put the interior in without putting down the wooden floor
> piece? Does everythign still line up properly? Did you leave the GL foam
> bits in place? (Unclear from your photos).
> 
> -Craig
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> 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)
>> 
>>