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Can you believe they actually made these just like this? Or maybe: Can you believe they don’t still make them?
The popularity of the Westfalia. The demand to keep owning them and buy new ones.
Actually the unit you see here, with the tent. You can actually get the tent alone. Then you can attach it to your Westfalia of Vanagon.
It has detachable curtains and a nice little vent at the top of the tent area. The frame is inside and there are springs on the connections (which make it a little harder to put together maybe, but what if it makes it a little more durable?).
The canvas on these can become brittle with age and weather (and it might not be kept by the owner, or treated to last). In that case, some people re-canvas the tents.
The tent when its up looks like a little cave entrance. It’s not overly wide, but you could probably sleep a person or two on the ground outside the side door of your Westfalia or Vanagon RV.
Some Westfalia specs:
Class Van
Body style 3-door van
3-door pickup
Layout Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive
Engine 1.6 L H4 (petrol, aircooled)
1.9 L H4 (petrol, watercooled)
2.0 L H4 (petrol, aircooled)
2.1 L H4 (petrol, watercooled)
2.3 L I5 (petrol, watercooled)
2.5 L I5 (petrol, watercooled)
2.6 L I5 (petrol, watercooled)
1.6 L I4 (diesel)
1.7 L I4 (diesel)
Transmission 4-speed manual
5-speed manual
3-speed automatic
Wheelbase 2,461 mm (96.9 in)
2,456 mm (96.7 in) (GL syncro Camper)
Length 4,569 mm (179.9 in)
Width 1,844 mm (72.6 in)
Height 1,928 mm (75.9 in)
1,735 mm (68.3 in) (Carat)
2,055 mm (80.9 in) (Camper)
2,085 mm (82.1 in) (GL syncro)
The advertisements for these things in 1977 said, “It works as well as it can play.” Anyone had any experience with these? How do they hold up to camping?
