Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
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Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Could a late bay Westy owner get me the measurement of the hinge mount board that flips over to make up the top berth? I have a '78. Need length, width and thickness.
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Great, thank you.
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Here ya go Ian...
45 1/2" x 24 1/2" x 3/4" thick
45 1/2" x 24 1/2" x 3/4" thick
'78 Westy 2.0 FI
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Good man, THall. What are you doing, Ian?THall wrote:Here ya go Ian...
45 1/2" x 24 1/2" x 3/4" thick
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Thank you, THall! I appreciate your effort to help. I'm making a new board to finish up the top berth. I completed the main section of the bed, replacing the cheesy particle board that was up there, with new, cabinet finish plywood. Big improvement in appearance, and probably 25 pounds lighter. Driving the bus, and working on the interior. I had a minor brake fluid leak from where we put the new master cylinder in. The plastic clamp on the fill hose was stripped out, so I replaced that. Otherwise, it's running, and stopping.
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I've still got the one from my '75 complete with the orange plaid cushion in excellent shape, leftover from when I installed a high-top and couldn't use it anymore. Yours if you want it...Jivermo wrote:Thank you, THall! I appreciate your effort to help. I'm making a new board to finish up the top berth. I completed the main section of the bed, replacing the cheesy particle board that was up there, with new, cabinet finish plywood. Big improvement in appearance, and probably 25 pounds lighter. Driving the bus, and working on the interior. I had a minor brake fluid leak from where we put the new master cylinder in. The plastic clamp on the fill hose was stripped out, so I replaced that. Otherwise, it's running, and stopping.
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Thank you, Tristessa, that is quite generous of you. I'm in Miami, but I really don't need it, as I'm doing the third coat of varnish today, and have the cushions, hinges, etc. I appreciate the offer.
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
No worries. I'd honestly almost forgot I had it, but found it (wrapped in contractor trashbags) in the attic yesterday when I was up there for some other stuff...
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a) Seriously? Why would VW not have gone the lighter and I thought stronger route? Unless your particle board was a home-brewed replacement . . . ?Jivermo wrote: A) cheesy particle board that was up there
new, cabinet finish plywood probably 25 pounds lighter.
B) Otherwise, it's running, and stopping.
b) Our expectations here are overweeningly grandiose . . .
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Hey, you take what you can get.
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Was the particle board a factory-looking thing or did it look like a home-brewed solution?Jivermo wrote:Hey, you take what you can get.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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I don't know. It was straight cut, but very dense, and weighed a lot. It was very crummy pressed wood, close to an inch thick. Who has a Westy they know to be stock? What was used up there?
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
I do, I'll check. Which I could have done a long time ago.Jivermo wrote:I don't know. It was straight cut, but very dense, and weighed a lot. It was very crummy pressed wood, close to an inch thick. Who has a Westy they know to be stock? What was used up there?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
Hi Ian.
If it helps at all, the flip-board in my '81 has a 5-ply plywood core measuring 12 mm thick, with an additional layer of smooth particle board-like cladding on both sides. The total thickness of the ply-with-cladding is 15 mm.
The plywood is oriented so that the outer structural layers (ie. not the particle-board-like stuff) have their grain running across the van ( ie. perpendicular to the normal travelling vector of the vehicle, if you get my drift. Well, not drift, 'cause I don't think I could drift this car)
I have a couple of lousy pictures taken with my phone camera of the edge of the plywood. Now just to figure out how to post them. I'm a bit of a social-networking Luddite, y'see.
If it helps at all, the flip-board in my '81 has a 5-ply plywood core measuring 12 mm thick, with an additional layer of smooth particle board-like cladding on both sides. The total thickness of the ply-with-cladding is 15 mm.
The plywood is oriented so that the outer structural layers (ie. not the particle-board-like stuff) have their grain running across the van ( ie. perpendicular to the normal travelling vector of the vehicle, if you get my drift. Well, not drift, 'cause I don't think I could drift this car)
I have a couple of lousy pictures taken with my phone camera of the edge of the plywood. Now just to figure out how to post them. I'm a bit of a social-networking Luddite, y'see.
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Re: Westy upper berth flip bed board size.
I have the plywood only, at least where I can see it . . .SlowLane wrote:Hi Ian. If it helps, the flip-board in my '81 has a 5-ply plywood core measuring 12 mm thick, with an additional layer of smooth particle board-like cladding on both sides. The total thickness of the ply-with-cladding is 15 mm.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles