Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:25:58 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
In-Reply-To: <924A934C-D2D2-4A81-8BC5-D580E5416425@shaw.ca>
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Hm...
Mine had a single huge piece of plywood.
It was such a pain in the ass because you have to take the interiors out
completely of both vans before you can start moving them over.
-Craig
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> the press board type board under the rear westy seat? It was not in the
> best shape but I did put it down.
> I took all of the GL stuff out and installed the main floor, the 3 section
> type I made years ago. I did not use the GL floor tracks, I used westy floor
> tracks. They have different lengths, and you could cut the GL ones to suit
> if you don't have westy ones.
>
> I did that part over a year ago, so my memory is not that sharp. I'll look
> at my pictures again to refresh it.
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2011-09-25, at 6:51 PM, craig cowan wrote:
>
> > Alistar I see you put the interior in without putting down the wooden
> floor
> > piece? Does everythign still line up properly? Did you leave the GL foam
> > bits in place? (Unclear from your photos).
> >
> > -Craig
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> I did it on my '86 syncro tin top, wade through my blog to see the pics.
> >>
> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/
> >>
> >>
> >> alistair
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2011-09-25, at 1:37 PM, craig cowan wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello gang!
> >>> I have a 1980 westfalia interior in my 1985 sunroof bus that I am
> >> planning
> >>> to soon move to my 1987 sunroof syncro. In the sunroof bus, I had all
> the
> >>> little riser nuts meticulously cut out and welded into the floor. I
> hope
> >> to
> >>> not do that on the syncro though (I don't really want to weld on this
> >>> bus....).
> >>> What's the trick? I remember hearing of someone using long bolts with a
> >> nut
> >>> on the other side. What about for the rear of the rear seat? These
> bolts
> >> are
> >>> precariously positioned for installation in a syncro. One bolt comes
> out
> >> in
> >>> the wheel well, but the other would be inaccessibly over the gas tank.
> >>>
> >>> I'm just trying to plan ahead and think this out to make everything go
> >>> simply. What have people done?
> >>>
> >>> -Craig
> >>> '85 GL turned Westy
> >>> Bostig in Back
> >>> '87 SUNROOF Syncro
> >>> '90 Carat (still in someone elses driveway)
> >>
> >>
>
>
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