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• Re: Repost - 1980 Vanagon seats
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 19:25:13 -0500
  ...On my van, all the seat belts mount to the seat assembly, so you might not have any seatbelt work to do depending on...
• Re: Passenger seat stuck
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Aug 2015 19:56:42 -0500
  Try sitting in the seat while trying to ove it back! Works for me ! J ohn On Aug 1, 2015 10:21 PM, "Erin...
• Re: 89 vanagon swivel seats - how do you make them swivel ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:15:39 -0800
  ...I have screwed around now for about an hour total and still have not > figured out how to swivel the seats ! > I know that...
• Re: Tire Rack Steel Mercedes wheel for Syncro & Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:05:12 -0400
  My apologies for any misinformation I may have sent, I was unaware that Mercedes uses 14mm ball seats. My information about lug and seat...
• Re: Westy Camper Additional Seating Options?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:54:49 -0600
  ...You can add a single seat for $$$. This raises the seating capacity to five, offers storage under the seat (at least in come cases...
• 87 Wolfsburg Seating Conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:12:24 -0400
  Vanagonuts, I've had a couple of inquiries about what it took to accomplish a seating conversion I recently completed in my 1987 Vanagon...
• Re: SUPER RARE 2 seater front bench seat MADE FOR A WALK-THRU VAN on ebay.de
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:52:25 -0500
  I see your point about the rear covering, but I think it is more likely that someone just recovered a bench seat and made...
• painful front seats
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Sat, 29 May 1999 08:47:11 -0700
  Hi The front seats of my '82 Vanagon have an area where the springs or other structure seem to be protruding through the original...
• more Vanagon stuff FS: addendum
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:08:30 EDT
  ...still FS: -middle seat armrests, front armrests (specify color) - turn sig/wiper stalk assy's - rear vanagon seat, blue nice shape w/ armrests - vanagon...
• bench front seat for sale (sit 3 up front) Re: VANAGON SEAT
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 02:16:44 EDT
  ...Thank you i have a 2 person front bench seat for sale. allows you to sit 3 up front. fits all vanagons. has mod...
• Cooler Seat for the Eurovan MV Weekender package
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Apr 95 11:52:29 EDT
  I've seen several mention s about this seat lately. I removed that seat from my Eurovan and have it in storage. If anyone...
• salesco seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:33:06 -0400
  Volks, Does anyone have ane experience with Salesco seatbelts in the rear seats of their Vanagons? I founds them on the web at http...
• Re: center seat
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:05:34 -0600
  > To the list, what's the going rate for the center seat with storage box, seat swivel, seatbelt? I sold one several years ago...
• Making a 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:41:46 -0700
  For those inclined to some minor fabrication, you can make your own version of the very rare single middle seat. You need the lower...
• Re: Survey--Merkur seats
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:13:13 -0500
  Don't put SHO seats (Ford USA) in the same class as Merkur (German Ford XR4) seats. My '90 SHO lasted only 9 months...
• Re: Front seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:31:16 -0800
  There is a small triangular shaped lever located just to the rear of the lever that you pulled up on to move the seat...
• Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:42:01 -0800
  Hello, I was wondering does or can a middle seat "2 seater" fit with the refrigerator, stove, sink setup? The reason is my wife...
• westy seating arrangements (Re: newbie questions: offroad, addnl. seating, cover
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Tue, 26 May 1998 23:44:09 EDT
  In a message dated 98-05-24 19:25:23 EDT, sandyklaus@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes: << -Is there any way to add additional seating...
• Non-original seats in our VW Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:31:34 +0000
  Here is a post about the VW Routan, leather seats we swapped into our 1985 VW Vanagon. You can also find it at www...
• Re: vanagon camper seating capacity
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Thu, 13 May 2010 10:51:53 -0700
  I know a few people who have added a seat belt in the rear seat for kids.... wow how do you people even get...
• FS: RARE middle/center (swiveling) seat for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - J J
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:55:07 -0700
  Hello! I am selling a rare center (middle) swiveling seat for a Vanagon Westfalia. It comes from an '85 Westy but can be used...
• Re: Let's Talk About Seats
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:26:19 -0600
  ...Let's Talk About Seats > > RE: Substitute seats for a Westy > Okay, I'm familiar with the Recaro seats offered by GoWesty. Big > ticket...
• Re: Seats
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:31:25 -0400
  ...Also deal with customers with bad backs and seats. Pending the back issue many times the westy stock seats are comfy enough BUT I...
• AW: wierd vanagon seat... anyone seen one of these??
  Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:12:01 +0100
  Hey, in Germany some special ordered buses had such seats. They are in Germany rare too. We have back-to-back seats in this...
• Re: wanted: Westy single middle seat in brown
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:35:19 -0800
  On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:48 PM, dylan <insyncro@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I am looking for this middle seat with head rest...
• Re: swivel seats.. for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 20:09:52 -0600
  There is an alternative to swivel seats. For many years of camping in my '81, I would just pull the passenger seat forward, reverse...
• Re: How the HECK do I turn the back seat into a bed?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:13:57 -0500
  ...3) Make sure the bench seat is cleared of clutter, car seats, debris, children, and small pets. 4) Lift the rear bench seat up...
• Re: 85 Vanagon extra swivel seat-removable?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:10:21 -0700
  Yeah, you need to take out the big headed screws in the floor channel and then the seat just slides out the door, assuming...
• Re: FS: vanagon heated seat setup
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:35:09 -0900
  ...vanagon heated seat setup To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > i have a vanagon heated seat setup.. it includes, heated seat > switch,factory vanagon upper...
• Re: Swivel seats with adjustable arm rests
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:43:48 EST
  ...Your subject says "Swivel seats...". Are you including seats swivels with these? Those are the three steel components that go under the seat. The...
• Refurbishing those worn out seats ..
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:00:54 -0500
  The uprights of my two front seats in my 82 van were past their prime. The base cushions were still okay but the support...
• Installation of Jump seat
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:12:19 -0500
  I have been fortunate in finding ONE jump seat and now need to know if I can figure how to install it. The Vanagon...
• Re: Let's Talk About Seats
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:08:12 -0700
  Example of the vintage seats is EbaY 120587173984. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > RE...
• Additional Seating for Westfalias
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:44:00 -0500 (EST)
  I am looking for an occasional spare seat (in other words removeable). I am hoping to get a rear facing seat(s) that would...
• needed: seat cover
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 17 Sep 96 17:57:20 EDT
  Hello all, I ordered my new front bottom seat cushions from WCM the other day, so I will ask about this one time: does...
• seats
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Fri, 12 May 2006 08:31:26 -0700
  ...And I thought about my tired old van seats. Has anyone tried the seat foam from a golf jetta etc in a van front...
• Re: are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:06:22 -0500
  ...All the Vanagon seats are swappable left to right. As Chris said, it's the bases that make them swivel.The seat tracks are...
• Re: Rear seat lower bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:18:42 -0400
  ...release latch in center of seatback, pull forward, while pulling seatbottom UP and towards FRONT at the same time your pulling the seatback towards...
• Arm rests with swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 20:25:33 -0500
  ...I was planning to change my Gertrudis seats in order to have comfortable arm rests. That task is very difficult for me as I...
• Re: westy rear facing second row?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:44:56 -0400
  You can slide the 2 person or one person middle seats in facing forward or rearward. Those rails are in the middle, though, which...
• Re: 1990 Westfalia For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:47:06 -0700
  The original early 80's Westy Seats were different than passenger vans. They were much thinner, and sort of scooped. I always figured it...
• Middle Seat Graveyard
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:18:25 -0500
  I'm wondering where the middle seats go to die. What becomes of them. When I bought my '85 GL in Alaska in 1990...
• Re: Captain chair lay-back adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 07:45:46 -0500
  ...My next big project is going to make my own seat swival. The way I see it the problem is adapting the sliding seat...
• Re: WTB: green tweed front seat
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 7 Aug 2011 12:31:30 -0400
  My seats of this type are in great condition and we find them quite comfortable. I'm only looking for an extra seat to...
• Re: Seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Kevin J Turinsky
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 08:46:27 -0900
  ...What company and/or model of >seat covers would best fit the Vanagon seat (swivel seat and the back >seat). >Thanks >Alain Thibault >Westfalia...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:42:26 -0700
  Don't mess with the seat back tilt, that mechanism is structural for safety in a rear end collision. You don't want that...
• Re: Middle seats FREE
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:05:19 -0800
  ...3) remove four 13mm bolts that >> hold seat to tracks. 4) remove corkboard to right of seat. 5) slide seat out >> of van. 6...
• Re: seat don't fold flat --- need an owners' manual ???
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 21 May 2001 01:30:06 -0500
  In order to get the rear seat/bed to be flat, first pull the release handle in the back of the seatback to unlock...
• Re: front seats for 90 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 22 May 2016 08:48:46 -0700
  A few weeks ago I put in a pair of sto and go seats from 2015 town and country. Installed in my friends syncro...
• Re: Front seat swapping
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Mon, 03 Feb 1997 16:03:43 -0500
  ...I simply swaped the seats. Since the seat belts are mounted to the floor the only thing that changed was the location of the...
• Re: middle seat removal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:35:15 +0000
  BillM wrote: > I need to take out the middle seat in the 91GL. I need to go pick up a > toy kitchen set and...
• Re: Are jump seats the same as regular front seats?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 12 May 2006 09:45:15 -0700
  On 5/12/06, Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@gmx.de> wrote: > > Yes, the foam and the upholstery can be exchanged from front to jump > seats...
• Re: Middle Seat Seatbacks
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 27 May 2012 17:03:31 -0600
  As punishment, I think you should have to remove the seats! Miguel
• Re: the 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:32:11 -0400
  ...If you have a spare seat with matching > fabric to your other seats, you can disassemble the jumpseat and put the > upholstered sections of...
• Seat covers for 86 Bus Plus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:53:37 -0800
  I'm looking for replacement seat covers for rear three-across seat (that pulls out to form a bed with the foam cushion over...
• Re: Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:43:30 -0800
  Jim's description here on my blog http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/adding-middle-seat-rails-to-a-westy/ I added seat...
• Seatbelts and Seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Feb 95 07:53 CST
  Has anybody out there ever put retractable seatbelts into a bus (I've got a '77)? I am incredibly sick of the non-retractable...
• re. rear facing jump seat pictures
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:36:33 -0700
  There has been some discussion of the rear facing seat so I thought I would post some pictures of what it looks like in...
• Re: Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:27:59 -0600
  ...Some 84/85/86 Westfalia came with the seat tracks > > factory installed and came with a single or double middle seat. The > > single seat...
• Re: Middle seat?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:38:42 -0700
  ...some two person middle seats have seat backs that fold forward .. a nice thing to have for access to the rear seat area . Also...