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• Re: popup camper furnace (12v) in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:49:30 -0800
  ...The stock rear bench heater was removed, so there is more room now than before. The Suburban heater is too big to fit in...
• Re: Rear facing seats, & large sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:33:06 -1000
  ...the people on the rear bench catch a lot of wind when driving at highway speeds. The sunroof seals always need replacing (over time...
• Installing 3rd seatbelt/lapbelt in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:42:04 -0600
  ...My Vanagon Westy has at least as wide rear bench, but only has two rear lapbelts. Has anyone installed a third lapbelt in their...
• Handle Straps
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 10:44:57 -0500
  Anyone have the handle straps for the rear bench area of a 84 or so Westy??? It seems I get no response from the...
• Re: Vanagon Dual Front Passenger Bench Seat on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:51:08 -0400
  how much did you bid? :P On 8/5/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 8/4/06, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai...
• Re: SubWoofer Installation & Cuttin'up Your Westy
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:27:55 -0600
  John, you mean just mount the sub under the rear bench and point it at the floor? As far as having another little box...
• Re: Hitch step new van improvement
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 17 Apr 2021 02:11:56 -0700
  ...have a breaker bar and a 6 point socket under the bench. I put that on > the lug nut, put it out to the...
• Re: Need a 5th seat for my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:50:15 -0400
  ...I'm open to either a single middle swivel seat or >> the double bench on the rails (would also need the rails and hardware...
• 91 vanagon carat for sale!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:58:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It is dark blue, grey interior with the two rear facing seats and bench in back. It has the other cool carat features like...
• FS: captain chairs, set for $90, various stuff
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:33:52 -0800
  ...2 seater middle bench, which you can use in a westy to get 2 addtl seats. also available, three seater rear bench, this is...
• Re: LF: Transporter front bench seat (want to make 8 passenger van!)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:42:19 EDT
  ...I have a 91 cargo van that has a passenger side bench seat designed for 2. That means that this bus?seats 3 in...
• Re: Vanagon GL interior upgrades.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:00:29 -0700
  Mark, in the Poptop Weekender the folding bench is full width, but the mattress is narrow to fit between the closet and the passenger...
• Eurovan GL Middle Seats in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:04:58 -0500
  ...Does anyone know whether it's possible to replace the Vanagon's middle two-person bench seat with a similar arrangement? Thanks, Dave Maguiness...
• Re: Westy Middle Bench Seat (Seats Two)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:53:07 EDT
  In a message dated 8/3/00 9:14:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kayakjr@juno.com writes: << Do these all come with the...
• VANAGON SEAT
  Historical mailing list - Eddie Staub
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:52:26 -0400
  Does anyone know where I can locate a sliding/folding seat to go alongside the two passenger bench seat in a vanagon GL? I...
• Re: 1986 Vanagon GL Auto - Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 5 May 2005 11:30:22 -0400
  Just to add yet another auto benchmark. My 90 auto Westfalia with AC and PS returned a max of 21.5 mpg highway (that...
• Re: 81/82 Westy differences
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 95 7:18:47 EDT
  Don Geiger writes: > > > c) the rear > >bench seat ran the width of the van and instead of there being the stash > >boxes to the...
• Re: Vanagon Rear Seatbelts for a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 2 May 2001 17:49:13 -0700
  I forget, can this be done for the westy bench? For two or just one due to the closet? I always worry that my...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale/Phone Number Correction
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:53:33 -0700
  ...The camper molded side panel has different provisions for the backrest locking pins, since the bench in those models does not lock to them...
• Re: order of cabinet removal
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:42:59 -0500
  ...Taking the back bench out would have meant removing the Propex and that would have been a PITA. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Eurovan-Adding Weekender Bed?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:01:56 -0800
  ...They prefer not to get a MV because they want to have a middle bench seat and not the two rear facing seats. So...
• Re: Reimo bed hinges
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:08:40 EST
  ...However, the regular 'non-Westy' Weekender bench is a totally different system of hinges. I can take pictures of the hinges but I do...
• Re: SVC: Which Takes More Patience?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:08:56 -0400
  ...at 9:36 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Surfacing the head on an inline four at home on your bench by hand. > > >
• Silver Vanagon Stolen in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:01:40 -0800
  ...Roof rack, rear bench seat, 86 model. �571 ZLU Washington Stolen Sunday Nov. 8 in Seattle (Madrona /Central District) � Not mine. Call police if...
• Re: '87 Syncro GL Vanagon For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Fri, 1 May 1998 09:22:02 -0400
  ...Does have fold-down-flat rear bench seat and tilt-forward center seats. Mike vickrail@velocity.net [text/html]
• FS/Trade Gray GL Interior
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 20:43:21 -0700
  Hi All, I am finishing my Carat Conversion and I have 90 Grey interior parts left over, Bench seat, center seats, rails, panels.... And...
• Dometic fridge for sale....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:39:02 -0600
  ...Its out of the van and it work fine and gets cold on the bench. Its from an 87 Westy. I took some not...
• Re: A new thread . . .
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:03:27 -0800
  ...Beneath the rear bench and in >>the small spaces on either side of the bench were quite a few CONDOMS and >>empty condom wrappers...
• Re: 2 seat bench install/removal
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:03:47 -0700
  ...Would any of you who've installed and removed the middle bench (2 > seater?) > > repeatedly, tell me the average time it requires. This is...
• Re: Securing a bench seat
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:54:48 -0500
  ...How should I secure the bench seat from sliding (not that it > ever would). There are brackets held in place with bolts. Do the...
• Bench testing injectors
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:37:43 -0400
  ...I have 8 injectors and will probably only use 4 so I'd like to bench test them if that is at all possible...
• Re: Westy Middle Bench Seat (Seats Two)
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:43:33 -0400
  Do these all come with the slide out rails on the floors? ---SNIp---its the same middle seat as used in all 7 passenger...
• Re: Middle front seat
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:00:04 EST
  ...i have a two-person front bench next to my driver's seat. comes with two headrests too. BenT
• Re: Rear seat removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 May 2010 18:41:43 -0700
  ...The bench seat is a fold-out bed. Is this an easy job, or a spring loaded nightmare to put back in place? It...
• Re: Vanagon Seats, Again
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 9 May 2001 19:49:23 -0700
  ...Zack Lodato shippeed me a folding rear bench seat from California-musta used a whole roll of strapping tape-hey pad those corners like...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:38:01 -0500
  ...I have them all on my bench and some are dirtier than > others. I have taken two apart and one was definitely dirtier than...
• Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:29:47 -0700
  ...3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy I have a line on the passenger bench from a '86 or '87 pannel van that uses...
• Re: Anyone install 3 point rear seat belts in camper??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:02:11 -0800
  Any breakage of the rear bench seat belt was most likely due to damage that occurred to it before the accident. I have seen...
• Re: stereo amp placement
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:16:25 -0400
  ...Fpr those of you that have done > something like this, where > did you put the amp? I suppose It could go in the > bench...
• Workshop Bus/Vanagon manuals available (YOF/TII)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Murray
  Sun, 03 Mar 1996 19:18:42 +2910
  ...67 -Westie walkthrough 59,67 Single Cabs | | 67 -Panel/bench divider | | 58 -Panel/bench divider Bus Bones, | | 58 -15 Window Deluxe Dedicated to preserving...
• Dometic problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:20:18 -0700
  Vanners, My dometic has been cleaned, orifice cleaned, chimney blown out, works great on the bench. But at sea level the flame is weak...
• Re: 2nd Battery - Isolator Question
  Historical mailing list
  11 Jul 96 14:57:52 PDT
  ...Get a plastic battery box. > I want the closet back and can put Battery 2 under bench seat Jeff - tried that location and ate...
• Shiiping costs for a seat
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:17:17 MST
  Any one ever shipped a Bench seat before, I want to ship from Cleveland Ohio to Phoenix AZ. If anyone has any past experience...
• Re: Bench Seat Storage
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:14:45 -0400
  Chris Worte: **also there is some sort of small leverage bar, lock bar or whatever connected to the frame within the storage area.** ...I...
• Re: What is under my bench?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:16:49 -0400
  > Thank you. Does this heater work while camping? The factory rear heater is the same as the ones on the Non-Camper models. It...
• Missing back bench seat cover --- idea
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:53:05 -0500
  You know the cover that snaps on the two bars under the back seat. I'm missing the particale board cover. I think I...
• Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 11 May 2002 10:46:43 -0700
  ...1) The bench seat is hinged and won't stay upright on its own. I am not sure how to secure it. Ideally, I...
• Re: None (adding seats)
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  5 Feb 1996 09:28:35 -0800
  ...Is there a way to install temporary seats in the open space between the = driver's/passenger's front seats and the bench seats...
• Re: EuroVans have more passenger room
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 23:41:33 EST
  ...Behind the rear bench is tons of storage space. The MV models have lots of storage under the rear cushion and the rear bench...
• The seven passenger Westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:22:29 -0500
  ...IN front I have the regular westy captains chair for the driver and beside me is a front two person bench from an old...
• Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:34:21 -0400
  > > I'd bench tested the bulb with various resistors > before install, to no avail apparently. Get a 10k or larger pot and dial in...
• "Z-Bed" Ad Corrected (Seattle)
  Historical mailing list - Camins Bretts
  Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:25:59 -0800
  ...that's a standard passenger van GL rear bench seat. does not make a bed. just a fyi.
• re:Neat Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 10:09:48 -0400
  ...the bare essential adventurewagen - only the high roof and back foldout bench. you have seen perhaps the most desirable vanagon i have ever heard...
• Re: Weakly Stats ...
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 23:05:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Has a table between the forward facing rear bench and the rear facing single middle seats. Doesn't have the cooler seat. Love to...
• Re: Bench Seat, Reasons, Child Seats, other things.
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:20:17
  >Now that I know that it will (almost) match my upholstery: >Any suggestions on where to get one of these for my '91 Westie...
• Re: using vanagon bench seat in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - J
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 12:14:35 -0400
  > On our way home we had to access the fridge several > times. No problem, we just opened the sliding door and slid the seat...
• Re: Bench seat removing
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:25:31 -0400
  easiest way... sorry only way is to remove the carpet then remove the 4 bolts then slide the seat out. Sudhir H. Desai 1984...
• For Sale: Weekender bench seat/bed in exc. condition!
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:06:08 -0400
  Hello list. The seat is out of an '89 Carat, grey dot pattern fabric and is in excellent condition. Comes with the large cushion...
• Shoulder Belt Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Kathy and Jamie
  Fri, 26 May 2000 11:22:15 -0700
  We're looking to retrofit our 1985 VW Van with shoulder belts in the middle (if possible) and rear benches. Can someone point us...
• forwarded message from Ron Salmon
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:59:50 -0500 (EST)
  ...But I'm not sure if the bench seat is too > long to fit between the sink/stove cabinet and the sliding door. If...