My donor '90 Syncro still has the taller
Door and no rear hatch release, but did have the shortened stove lid (big improvement!), and vented windows.

-craig
'87 sunroof Syncro westy with '85 interior
'87 Syncro westy conversion with '90
Interior. 
> On Jun 21, 2016, at 3:03 PM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:
> 
> And IIRC the shortened closet door started in '88.
> 
> Early '89. I had a late '88 production Westy imported/sold as an '89 model year and it had the taller door.
> 
> Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
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