Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:13:06 +0000
Reply-To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Full Westy vs Weekender
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I have coffee in the morning too! Electric coffee maker on the front table (which I also added from a full Westy) with a timer-I do not like to wait when I wake up-eyes open, 30 seconds to coffee! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> the only times I've ever had any misgivings about having a Campmobile
> and using all its features have been when I have briefly questioned
> whether it is safe in bear country. but, it is, as the park service
> and wildlife people say, "hard sided." The partial camper versions
> (should they be called "sleepers"?) do seat more people. I like the
> convenience of a refrigerator and stove. Ah, that coffee in the
> morning!!
> mcneely
> ---- Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > We bought our '87 Westy especially for camping and seldom drive it
> > for any other reason, but even I can see the attraction of the
> > Weekender setup. We use the stove and sink every trip but the fridge
> > never fired on propane and I plan to yank the Dometic and install
> > shelves, which for us would be of greater utility. We always bring a
> > big cooler anyway.
> >
> > If I were to have a Vanagon as a daily driver I'd probably prefer a
> > Weekender and build a removable kitchen unit for camping, but this
> > van is paid for and works just fine for us and the other would be
> > many, many projects down the road from today.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> > --- On Sat, 3/17/12, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >
> > From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
> > Subject: Full Westy vs Weekender
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 1:11 PM
> >
> > Never knew until recently this was a hotly contested debate here. As
> > the owner of several full Westys and now a Weekender,(pop top) I've
> > gotta say I aint missing the fridge/stove at all, and I like the
> > extra wide back seat and the huge bed it makes. I was kinda missing
> > the sink though. Sooooo, last trip to the junk yard I picked up an
> > ice box/sink cabinet from an early bay. It wasn't in very great
> > shape, and i had to use some of the panels as templates to cut new
> > ones, but it is done and installed. The ice box stuff was pretty
> > trashed, so it is now a storage cabinet/sink. I removed the seat
> > behind the drivers seat and mounted my new cabinet/sink there. I
> > mounted it back far enough that I can still recline the drivers side
> > seat back (important to me at 6'4") I missed the sink because I wear
> > contact lenses, and well, some camp ground bathrooms can be a bit on
> > the skanky side, and I'd rather deal with the lenses and teeth
> > brushing in the van. Oh, one more
> > thing. All my life I've never been able to cut a piece of wood
> > straight-until now. I bought a used table saw at a flea market (from
> > a German guy who loved my Vanagon!) and I don't know why I didn't
> > buy one 30 years ago! Made every panel on my new cabinet straight as
> > an arrow, and even allowed me to duplicate the recessed cuts for the
> > interior panels. So now, as far as I'm concerned, I have the best of
> > both worlds!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff Stewart
> --
> David McNeely
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