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• Re: wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:40:48 EDT
  ...what did these brown diagonal seats come in? >> They came in Carats and their European counterparts -- the Hannover Editions. Their version of the Wolfsburg...
• filling the seat track gap-1990 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Deanna Scoggin Torra
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:11:13 -0800
  Any tips on the best way to fill in/cover up the metal tracks that remain after removal of the center seats? I'm...
• Re: Adding New Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:12:13 -0700
  ...Phil Zimmerman <phil.zimmerman@MAIL.CRCN.NET> >I installed two 10watt Halogens for reading; one over the Passenger Seat >and one over the rear...
• Any List members at the Dead Concert in Darien Lake?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 08:31:27 -0700
  ...Great show! We had seat about 40' from the stage. The only way to go to a concert is with good seats and in...
• Re: Update on upholstery problem...
  Historical mailing list - Phil Walker
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:59:31 -0400
  I've cleaned my 89 seats a few times with no problem. I'd be willing to bet that there is a bunch of...
• FS--NOS VW Vanagon Front seat swivel--
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:52:35 -0400
  ...Some time ago I purchased a NOS, never welded/installed front seat swivel setup for my '81 air cooled Vanagon. These were once available...
• FS: '89 Carat & '89 Wolfsburg Interiors
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:31:06 -0800
  ...These are the "club seating" style interiors that have the rear facing jump seats. The Wolfsburg has the one year only striped fabric, whilst...
• FS: vanagon capt chairs w/ armrests..tan or blue
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:16:04 EST
  ...chairs/front seats w/ armrests.. fit ALL vanagons 80-91. .. nice easy comfortable upgrade for early vans and 80-84 westys that had the...
• mattress dimensions
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Tue, 31 May 2005 09:18:51 -0600
  does anyone happen to have the exact dimensions of the foam mattress behind the seat (that completes the fold down bed) of a NON...
• Re: Friday: Hybridengine VW
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 27 May 2006 16:25:34 -0400
  ...I actually got a ticket for wearing a seatbelt? The ticket was for using competition equipment on a public highway. You see, seatbelts weren...
• Vanagon Carpets
  Historical mailing list - Paul Terry
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:05:18 -0500
  ...The only problem is the carpet is torn at the top left edge behind the front passenger�s seat where the rubber section is...
• Re: [NVC] VW warranty scam
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:12:52 -0700
  ...Dealers And there is a VW dealer here in the Seattle area that at least the service and parts department have a good reputation...
• Fwd: Of Seat Recovering, and homemade bumpers
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sat, 16 May 1998 17:47:58 EDT
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• Mount rear seatbelts in Caravelle Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 5 May 2004 14:05:13 +0200
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• Re: Will these wheels fit?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 01:35:55 EST
  ...Todd Francis Todd, Not all Mercedes wheels have the same seat. Most early 450SL's had ball seats radiused for 12 mm bolts. The...
• Re: Wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 May 1998 23:08:25 CDT
  ...if you take the seat off, you can see the "walls" of the storage box under the seat (except for the campers ... you can...
• Re: Third annual request for 83 westy fabric
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:11:32 -0500
  ...Stanhope wrote: > Good luck finding this damn good lookin 83' VW fabric. > My 84'seats are fading away too. Makes me wanna cry. > That...
• '69 VW Bus for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Amit Ronen
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:35:11 -0700
  ...There is a big cabinent on the sliding door side, a cooler and water tank w/faucet behind the passenger seat, and extra seat...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:52:36 -0600
  ...The seat has storage > underneath - > think cabinet with pad on top and back rest. It has an ice box > instead > of the fridge, a...
• Re: Seat Belts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:50:28 -0800
  >I personally wouldn't be here today if not for seat belts. A drunk driver >ran a red light one night in San Antonio...
• Re: 86 interior into a 84 need some advice
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:03:59 -0400
  ...The shop sold me all the > > seats (front buckts and rear seat with arm rests too) for $100.00 (he > > even took them out...
• Amplified Subwoofer question
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:40:36 -0700
  ...Behind the drivers seat between the drivers and rear facing jump seat (the 6" or 8" Bazooka fits here nicely) 2. Under the drivers...
• Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:12:20 -0700
  ...I have a Kenwood TM-G707A with the remote head kit that I used to have mounted behind the seat in my pickup truck...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:52:06 -0500
  ...As for seat movement - again, a maintenance issue. Make it right. Lube the seat tracks with a paraffin block, and repair and make right...
• Wanted items again
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:49:49 -0500
  ...I’m looking for the Westfalia seat lock for my back seat. I think just the lower part that has the knob that I...
• Re: Steel rod sticking out of side of rear seat
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:05:13 -0400
  ...lucky- The steel rod running through the front of tour rear > seat moves horizontally, towards the left side. As soon as it begins to...
• Re: Campers: Request for General Information
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 16:35:28 MDT
  ...One swing out table to serve the rear seat customers, one for the front seat passengers. Two front captain's (rotatable) bucket seats, which...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Update Part Deux!
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 21:45:45 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I repeat, I do not see *ANY* mounts on the floor for any seats/seat belts. I wish I did... I guess once I...
• Re: front seat arm rest removal?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:30:59 -0800
  ...You have to pry between the seat and the arm rest to see this pin. Go to Ace hardware and get a roll-pin...
• FS: Neway valve seat cutters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:01:31 -0800
  I have a Neway valve seat cutter set for VW engines that I'll offer to the lists before I ebay it. It's...
• Re: 82 Diesel Heater
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:19:54 -0900
  ...The floor between the front seats of my van is the same as in any of the gas vans, as far as I can...
• Re: anyone mounted a door pocket on their pass door?? BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:18:51 -0800
  ...the seat swivels fine. if you want i can measure exactly where on the panel the pocket rests... bill '87 syncro westfalia santa cruz...
• sofabed for sale...Re: Plans for building a bed in a 1984 Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:32:45 EDT
  ...Also told that the seat actually wont fit..too wide. Hmmm! Has any one installed a later model bed seat in a 1984 and...
• 2 Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Donahe
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:38:09 -0700
  ...It has a battery behind/under the passenger seat and another under the rear seat. It also has a relay behind/under the driver...
• Re: seat back organizer NVC
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 4 Jul 2005 23:45:01 -0700
  ...seat back organizer NVC > > Duluth Trading has one, and LL Bean did have one. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Barb Cotton wrote: > > >Hope...
• Re: Fender Flares
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:56:28 -0500
  ...I just keep a paper towel in the map pocket or stuffed between the seat and the seatbelt anchor. This isn't the same...
• Re: Don't forget your seatbelt
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 27 May 2011 16:53:32 -0700
  ...Don't forget your seatbelt If, like I have, you ever experience in an airplane, an unexpected, uncontrolled outside loop down between the treetops...
• Re: seat belt replacement, tough anchor bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:30:23 -0500
  ---- John Reynolds <transporterjr@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Seat belt bolts are, for the most part, size 7/16-20 the world over - even on non...
• Re: extra seats in a full camper, or stick with a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:16:43 -0400
  ...Squeeze three (small) kids in the existing rear bench, and get a >>two-seat bench (or two jump seats) for a second row. >>2...
• Re: "Westphalian"
  Historical mailing list - B
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:52:19 -0700
  ...Those small three legged stools..mine are > Mexican with tooled leather seats. My rear seat upholstery..Never > seen that > pattern of multi-colored blocks...
• freezing
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 09:14:23 -0500
  ...My solution was to hang a curtain of thick plastic behind the front seats, in effect isolating the cab from the rest of the...
• Re: steering wheel/seats
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:28:12 EST
  ...My question is, with the Westfalia seats on the pedistals, would the driver of the bus lose sight of the upper portion of the...
• Compression possessions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:15:42 -0500
  ...Even in this configuration I found I was packing in the rear seat foot well and stuffing things under the folded rear seat. (Olds...
• Re: Adding a Real Horse to a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:41:22 -0700
  ...Yesterday we had moved our little pony 9 hands (just let him stand between the center seat and the back seat), he is not...
• Re: Slow retractable seatbelts... fix?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:03:01 -0800
  ...Jason 1987 Vanagon Weekender (with normally functioning retractable seatbelts) > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jim...
• Re: Go Westy Pet Barrier.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:26:20 -0400
  ...the rear seat of my 7 passenger, behind the rear seat of my Westy, and one for behind the front seats if I want...
• Re: Wanted - Battery Box Lid Retainers
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:09:31 -0700
  ...so I can't > slide the seat back - plus it rubs the bottom side of the seat. I installed some of those clip nut...
• Re: 1984 VW Vanagon Sale - $1899 (Seattle) 4 speed automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:04:18 -0700
  ...1984 VW Vanagon Sale - $1899 (Seattle) 4 speed automatic? This add says his van is a 4 speed automatic. I thought they were all...
• FS, Seat base--swivel Westfalia, starter, radio
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:46:44 -0800
  This stuff is in my garage and needs a new home. � Westfalia swivel seat base complete. $90 + shipping � 1990 4-speed manual core, works...
• house battery help
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:18:46 -0700
  ...Do I have to remove the driver's seat base to replace the house battery? The first place I went to said they couldn...
• Re: Battery Removal - '87 Camper
  Historical mailing list - Kathy Miller
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 16:53:13 -0000
  ...Swiveling the seat to the side and/or all the way around does not do the trick. As I mentioned, the obstacle to getting...
• Copy of: for Friday
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  05 Dec 96 16:04:27 EST
  ...for Friday >I knew about the oil filler extension tube, the stove cover/drainboard, and >the swivelling front seats. What I want to know...
• 3 person middle bench
  Historical mailing list - Sam Fuller
  12 Jun 1997 13:10:02 -0500
  ...I need to add another seat and I recall occasionally seeing Vanagon's with a three person middle bench seat. Can any of you...
• FS: Vanagon tent and seat
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Fri, 11 Jul 1997 16:59:06 +0000
  ...For 1989 Vanagon 1 - extra slide in seat (no head rest) 1 - German Tent ( 8 X 8 ) Both have been used once (like new...
• A need for Vacation...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 03:56:15 PST
  ...I know there are 3 person middle seats. I would be most appreciative if some person could give me a lead (buy or trade...
• aux battery installation
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:11:54 EST
  has anyone ever installed an aux battery in a 82 westy? it appears that under my drivers seat there is a box similar to...
• Re: Argh. It's a sign
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 22:19:18 +1200
  >The '85 should have captain's chair sytle seats (drop down arm rests) >unless it is a very early '85. MUCH better seat in...
• 82 Diesel Heater
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:38:45 -0800
  ...Those of you with diesels, have any of you removed the heater duct that runs between the front seats? I am planning to add...
• FS: rear fiberglass bumper endcaps, sliding screened windows, hubcaps, etc etc
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:57:08 EST
  ...side pieces -rear weekender sofabed -2 person westy middle seat w/ floortracks and seatbelts, mounts in all vans -frotn capt chairs with adj armrests...
• Re: Speaking of 91 Non GL with grey tweed
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:41:39 -0400
  >> I've been trying to find a source for the gray >> tweed upholstery. >replace your front seats w/ grey velour ones from a GL...