Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 01:57:21 -0800
Reply-To: Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
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From: Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Subject: Re: Which interior should I install ????
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OK, because I am just that weird....
The upper westy bed measures 47" wide x 72" long. Clearance at your feet is
10", and at your head is 40".
The lower westy bed measures 42.5" wide x 74" long. Clearance at your feet
is 29", and at your head is 37".
The bed in a 7 passenger or weekender vanagon is 60" wide x 74" long. Don't
know clearance, but it's plenty.
Getting in the upper bed can be tricky. I usually step on the passenger
captain's chair base, and push myself up. I also have a large dog food bin
that works great as a stepstool (but is in the way the rest of the time). I
am 6', and I do occasionally drop a pillow off the end of the upper bed (you
can tell I rough it...). Together, my wife and I probably weigh 350# (she's
pregnant, you know...<g>), and I have never once worried about the bed being
strong enough, even when we were practicing for pregnancy, IYKWIM.....
As to pictures, well, I'll stay clear of that for now, but maybe pmail. :)
Anyway, HTH.
bmc :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> From: John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET>
> Reply-To: jbrush@AROS.NET
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:33:52 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Which interior should I install ????
>
>> getting the westy, and it was nice to have a slightly wider bed. We have
>> never missed the space, though, and sleep in the poptop with no problem.
>
> Okay, I have been on and off this list, and loving my vanagon for years
> now, but I have never seen the inside of a Westy, other than pictures. My
> mind cannot conjure up the 'how' for getting two people of ANY size, let
> alone adults, into the pop-top area, and I would love to know how that
> works.
>
> Lacking a westy in the neighborhood, are there pictures anywhere of the
> space in the pop top? Must be hard to photograph, but I am just wondering.
> How many square feet of space is there to lie on? How much room between
> your nose and the top? How do you climb up there? Is there an official
> weight limit by VW for that area up there? Lots of questions, I know.
>
> Sorry, I just have a plain old Vanagon, not even a GL, just a
> vanagon..........
>
> Anyway, curiosity is getting the best of me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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