Date:         Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:49:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Montana <onefieldspaniel@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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From:         Montana <onefieldspaniel@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Q: Tall and "Girth Challenged" & a Tip
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Hi all,
I'm 6'2" and weigh 250 pounds.  Test drove a '89 Vanagon Westie today and
didn't quite have enough leg room.  In my old buses ('71 and '79) I popped
the driver's seat off the rails. moved it back an inch, and also added some
spacers to raise it 3/4 " in height.  I could do this on a Vanagon, but am
limited in rear movement by the sink unit.

Q: Any other creative ways to get more driver's leg room for a Big and Tall
guy or gal?

Now the Vanagon TIP:
The owner of the '89 I test drove had installed a carpet shield in the main
passenger compartment to protect the original carpet.  You've seen them at
office supply stores, they are clear, hard, 1/8 inch thick or so, plastic
mats that measure about 4'x4' with a tongue that extends another foot or
so.  The tongue is made to protrude into the foot well of a desk.  On a
Vanagon, this tongue protrudes between the two front seats.  It looked like
it took only minimal cutting to fit the interior of a Vanagon Westie.  Good
idea if you're sliding boxes and luggage in and out through the sliding door.

Dave
Still looking for a 82-91 Vanagon Westie in So. California.