I say don't waste your time with that. It requires quite a bit of planning and modification to get in, and just won't be quite "right", since it is meant to fit the flat surface of the roof on a westfalia. That's one piece i've left out in my conversion, as well as will leave out in my next one (Coming soon!). I also leave out the "spice rack" over the kitchen. I just don't need it, and it's not worth my time to get it right. I love the visibility of having no rear cabinet! It's not uncommon for me to hear that the big disadvantage of a westfalia is that "it has less visibility", as far as i'm concerned I have lost NONE (The rear cabinet doesn't effectively block anything in my mind. Now if it were on the other side..... we'd have a problem!). My vote, leave it out. -Craig '85GL turned WESTY BOSTIG in the back '87 SUNROOF Syncro (Westy, zetec, soon)
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > The PO of my van had installed a second, low-mount mirror that worked > nicely but a state inspector made me remove it a couple of years ago. I > wound up cutting and extending the stalk of the existing Westy mirror using > about 6" of 1/2" copper tubing and that works very well. > > To those who would say, "Just learn to use the outside mirrors," I reply > that I know how to do that and still like to have a useful inside rearview > mirror, and the extended stalk provides that. > > Stephen > > --- On Thu, 8/12/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > wrote: > > > From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > Subject: Re: westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 3:15 AM > > > I'd be tempted to not have the overhead cabinet, > as with that in place, if it's like a westy, you can't see the horizon out > the back window using the inside rear view mirror. > mounting the inside rear view mirror lower will fix that though. > > or maybe you won't have that problem , > but personally I don't like the restricted view when it's like that. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@SHAW.CA> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:09 PM > Subject: westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro > > > > had some time to do more fitting of cabinets in my syncro tin top. > > > > lots of little fitting issues, nothing serious. But outstanding > > problem to be solved is attaching overhead cabinet to curved tin top > > roof. I have some ideas to try, and I am trying to do this without > > cutting headliner back there. > > > > pics text etc > > > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/camperisation-part-2/ > > > > alistair > > > > > |
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