I've thought about it pretty hard. Due to the fact that the front is where a lot of the more tricky bits are I concluded that widening it behind the front seats would be the way to go though a slight stretch also would be best to accommodate the width transition area. Dash, windshield, heater box, radiator, grills, fuel tank area, etc. would be left stock. Widening is harder than stretching and stretching is plenty of work as I found out. Given enough time and money most things are possible. I don' think that 15-20cm would add enough for comfortable seating 4-abreast. The stock 3 wide seating area allows for more than 50cm per person. I would look at 40cm or more wider and at least 20cm in stretching as well. 3 donor bodies would make it easier with my approach though it could be done with 2. No problem finding cheap rust free junked donor Vanagons in SoCal but harder elsewhere perhaps. Mark
Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone has been known to widen a VW van. Plenty > have been stretched and no few shortened, but it seems to me a useful > and feasible custom trick would be to widen one. > ...... |
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