Westys are really set up for cooking and eating inside. ...often done in
European Campgrounds perhaps.

Mostly, we like to car camp.
Which means stove on the picnic table, camp chairs around the fire,
set up a tent for kids, extra gear, etc. Sleep in the van.

that's why many people don't need or want a full westy.
Weekender also has the most  interior volume of any factory normal vanagon.

It's handy to heat coffee water in the van of course. Don't need a whole
kitchen for that tho.
S.

On 9/29/2015 3:11 PM, Jack Botts wrote:
> As a "Weekender" owner 3 times over, I have to say that, if your reason for buying a VW Westy was that you camp, the Weekender (pop top, no stove, no sink) meets one's camping needs quite nicely -- one step up from a tent with room for Dad, Mom, Grandpa, and Grandma, kids, and grand kids to join in and sing along. It's not a slow car, it's a fast house.
>
> Jack Botts
> Columbia, MO
> '86 Vanagon Westfalia Weekender
> '14 Passat SE TDI
>
>> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:16:20 -0700
>> From: vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM
>> Subject: Re: camper closet removal? Weekenders cheaper?
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>>          Yeah, who wouldn't .
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:38 AM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'd love to find someone who'd like to trade straight across a full
>>> westy for our weekender. :)
>>>
>>> --t
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I remember I had this idea when I had my weekender but never did it...
>>>>
>>>> bring your van to a cabinet maker and ask him if he could shortening the
>>>> cabinet at the bottom a foot or so... you will retain some closet space
>>>> (and the look) and you will have more sleeping space...
>>>>
>>>> just an idea...
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