Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:31:30 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Adding a westy interior to a passanger van
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I'd leave the headliner alone, but this is a perment installation, and the
sunroof will never see light again (as there's a poptop ontop of it). So if
anyone needs a sunroof headliner in only "Good" shape, it can be theirs if
they'd like to replace my roof completely with a real westy roof and
headliner : )
In the meantime, it might need a hole or two..... : (
I don't think the overhead cabinet is going to be an easy thing to do....
-Craig
-85GL
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:25 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> The closet is way too tall because you have the MUCH thicker rear roof
> assembly of the sliding roof (sunroof). Ordinary passenger vans don't have
> that problem and the closet can be used with no trimming in those. There are
> 2 small nubs that can be rounded off so it won't press into the headliner as
> much but no real trimming for height for standard passenger van use. Your
> sunroof situation is another matter. You have a double wall roof with a big
> space between for the roof to slide back into.
>
> Leave the headliner alone!
>
> Mark
>
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> craig cowan wrote:
>
>> So as some of you may know, i just picked up my first westy! It's a 1980,
>> and it's in contention for "Rustiest Vanagon" in the world, but i'm only
>> interested in the interior. If i can't afford a real working westy, but
>> have
>> a working vanagon, it's time to make my own dreams come true. So....i have
>> some questions.
>>
>> I'm adding a westy interior into an '85 sunroof van that already has a
>> poptop, but i guess most of the following would apply to any passanger van
>> that you're adding an interior too. First and foremost, what to do about
>> the
>> headliner? Leave it in, take it out?
>> Secondly, the rear cabinet will need to be trimmed in order to fit, as
>> it's
>> roughly 3 inches too tall to fit in a passanger van (with a curved roof).
>> So, do yo guys trim off the top? If so, how does that effect the
>> attachment
>> of the overhead cabinet (Which i might not be able to use as well as a
>> result in the curved roof, and the inability to send bolts THROUGH the
>> sunroof).
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> -Craig
>> '85GL (Half westy at this point)
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