To all who've contemplated this retrofit:

Awhile back I installed the Carat rear table (*not* a Westy table) in
place of the middle bench seat in my '89 Syncro Weekender (got the table
used from Sorin at California Campers.)  I originally tried to use the
plastic interior mounting panel that comes with it in place of the
fiberboard interior panel.  DON'T DO IT, unless you also plan to replace
your back bench seat, which is too wide by about 2 inches to get past the
panel and the table itself when the table is folded down and the seat is
pulled out as a bed.  Hooray for German Engineering.

This was a major pain in the ass for me, as I didn't want to spring for a
new Carat rear seat (and wasn't confident it would also be compatible
with the Weekender seat mounts) and I drove around for a year and a half
with the table up and no interior panel installed.

This last weekend I finally fixed the whole thing by removing the table
and its horizontal mounting frame, reattaching the table into its frame
11 inches farther forward (eliminating interference with the pulled out
bed) and reinstalling the whole assembly, then tossing out the plastic
paneling and reinstalling the fiberboard interior panel with a
table-shaped hole cut out of it.  (Actually, I saved the section of the
plastic panel with the table "well" and its latch bracket and mounted it
behind the hole in the fiberboard, so the table still seats and latches
snug.)  Voila!

Combined with my new swivel front seats (ask me about how I got 360
degree swivel on the driver's side!)  I've got the van all set up for our
Canyonlands trip this next week.  Whoo-hoo!

-Steve Hoge
'89 Syncro