>nope. i have the grey interior in my '87 syncro westy and it has >the blocked closet door. i hate the idea of cutting it, but done >right that's an elegant solution... > >bill >'87 syncro westfalia >santa cruz, ca > > >On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 02:29 , Imua Camper Company wrote: > >>> > I agree the VW Westfalia engineers had their hats on a little too tight >>>when >>>> they failed to consider the door/table relationship. I could never take a >>>saw to >>>> my Westy's closet door, though! I simply lift the door off its hinges to >>>access >>>> the closet, then replace it, without having to swing out the table. >>> >>>Roy... >>> >>>Man... you lost me on this one. My closet door opens without swinging out >>>the table. Is that something that changed with the later models or >>>something? >>> >>>mick >>>89 syncro westy >>>hilo, hawaii >> >> I think it changed in 87 with the grey interior. From then >>on you can gaze at yourself in the closet mirror, without having to >>move the table and risk spilling your canine adobo... >> >> Shawn >> way too many vanagons >> Hilo, Hawaii

Bill- Interesting- so far I've seen postings of people with short closet doors (non interfering) as early as 87, and long closet doors (table interfering) as late as 89. Mick Kalber and yourself both have 89's, and he has a short door and you have a long door. That is very interesting and have no idea why that would be. They may have used left-over short doors/closets now and then to get rid of them or something...(?!) Another production mystery... I am going to post this to the list too and perhaps someone can shed a little more light on the matter... IMHO, it's not that hard to swing the table out to open the closet.

Shawn

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