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• Re: Rear bench seat folding
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:46:16 -0700
  Most passenger Vanagons from 85 on have the rear bench seat that folds flat into a comfortable bed. The back rest does not fold...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  7/13/95 7:10 PM
  ...a single-seat additional middle seat was available as an option. however, >they are extremely rare. :( and to purchase one from the dealer is...
• Re: jumpseat for sale - fit van or westy behind front pass seat
  Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 08:57:12 -0700
  Interested in the seat. what color is the fabric, how much? On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > for sale: rear facing...
• Re: rear facing seats for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:07:05 -0500
  I always thought the large space from the front seats , to the third row on a westy was odd.Like that third row isnt...
• Re: Westy Captain Chairs
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:39:18 -0700
  ...really difficult to swivel the seats and pretty > stiff to slide fore and aft too. Also had a very squeaky passenger seat (and > I...
• Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:16:01 -0800
  I've got two 'recarro like' front seats..........that are thin enough of the bottom to fit into a vanagon ....... need some adaptation though...
• Re: FS: Vanagon swivel seat base
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:07:42 GMT
  Beware! You also have to change the seat belt attachment. The ones with the swivel seat are short so as not to interfere. The...
• Re: Rear Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:40:18 +0200
  Budd Premack wrote: > You could install almost any reasonable size speaker, including subwoofers, > if you put them under the rear seat. I know. I...
• Re: westy middle seats for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 11:28:56 -0400
  ...they have seatbelts attached to >them. they come with floor tracks, and can be installed in ANY vw van or >camper. they have armrests...
• Re: Weekender seat/bed into my '81--How do you install it?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:15:50 EDT
  In a message dated 9/13/99 7:31:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes: << The seat is a bolt in...
• Re: Terry's Anti Semitic Insults -- moving on now...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:12:12 -0500
  Anyways - I started modifying my GTI seats to fit my old baywindow. Looks like it's going to work.... The biggest problem is the...
• Gold Captains seats wanted:
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 18:18:09 -0700
  Hi Folks, I am looking for a pair of gold captains seats, from a 1987 Vanagon (the first and last year they made gold...
• LVC tip for Luggage bag and seat organizers
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 11 May 2015 18:44:03 -0400
  ...Price of the cargo roof bag is $19.00 and the Seat back organizer’s are just under $5.00 each. the seat back...
• Re: Drive side swivel seat
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:04:13 -0800
  The bottom plate for your seat swivel is welded to the stock tracks. If you're careful, you can cut out the swivel bottom...
• Re: Middle front seat
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:57:11 -0800
  ...Has anyone devised a solution for a middle seat up front between the driver and passenger seat? is something quality made commercially? get a...
• Re: Weekender Seat
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 07:09:48 -0400
  Four bolts hold the metal part of the seat base to the steel floor, two screws hold the rear plastic panel to the wood...
• Re: Seats - 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:28:34 -0700
  ...No need for swivel seats! > Just turn 180 and slide back in on Passenger side. Again...got this tip > from this List. Properly lubricated...
• Re: Westy foam replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 8 May 2016 14:36:06 -0700
  ...This is your opportunity to optimize for a softer bed rather than a hard seat. In my '85 the seat foam (thick sections) are...
• Re: Need a 5th seat for my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:11:45 +0000
  ...Hence the > need for a 5th seat option. I'm open to either a single middle swivel > seat or the double bench on the...
• Re: Vanagon Seats and Sciatica
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:54:38 -0500
  Yes they are great seats. Mine are styarting to wear bad enough that I will need seat cover or the like soon. Does anyone...
• FS: single westy swival middle seat on lockbox, also 2 person middle seats
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:21:09 EDT
  i have a "rare" single swival westy middle seat on lockbox for sale.. comes with the key too! these were an option on the...
• Re: Westy Captain Chairs
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:25:04 -0700
  ...really difficult to swivel the seats and pretty stiff to slide fore and aft too. Also had a very squeaky passenger seat (and I...
• Re: Will this fit in my van
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:27:07 -0500
  John you are right if we were talking about a GL or Carat/Wolfsburg rear seat. However the Westy rear seat does not have...
• Jump seats on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Rob Ossell
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:58:40 -0600
  Hi all I listed a pair of the Jump seats on ebay. They are blue/grey in color and I have included all the...
• Re: Swivel Seat Satisfaction?? & swival base for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 03:26:02 EST
  ...Also, it looks like the swivel tracks put the seat about 1.25" > closer to the windsheild. In the archieves somebody mentioned the battery...
• Re: [WetWesties] 2nd try - stuck back seat so cannot lift & convert to bed
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:00:54 -0500
  Lift the seat as far as you can, push the latch back with a hefty screwdriver inserted between the seat and kick panel. Alternatively...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#547357021: vw vanagon removable jump seat westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:57:49 PST
  ...fit all vanagon models,have seat belt,replace a missing seat or add a seat,many vanagon campers have used these to increase seating...
• Re: Key questions answered
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:24:39 -0700
  The under seat lock box for the Westy single middle seat uses the exact same lock as the glovebox. On some Westy vans that...
• hammock/bed for front seats of camper
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:23:34 -0500
  you know, that business of turning the front seats toward each other, and making a bed across the bottoms could also be used for...
• Re: can seat be made to recline further back?- yes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:39:47 EDT
  ...To do this would require fabrication of parts and welding, which would further necessitate complete disassembly of the seat, more trouble than I wanted...
• There once was a dog...
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:35:25 -0700
  There once was a dog that decided that part of the bed and a piece of my jump seat seat belt assembly was mighty...
• Re-padding seats - anyone done this?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 16:02:04 -0400
  I'd like to repad the seats in the westy. They have good fabric, but the padding is shot. Hard on the fanny on...
• Re: adding extra seating
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:04:28 EST
  ...Anyone know if this is possible? >> yep...i got a few middle seats for sale, if anyones interested. fits all westys. chris
• vanagon seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Bravo Sierra
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:38:29 -0700
  ...does anyone have a reccomendation for a good seat cover that is really cheap? i want to get the seats re upholstered eventually, so...
• Re: what other seats & airbags
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:38:04 -0700
  Is it possible to use seats with side airbags? I have know idea how the sensors work. And if this would be help. chris...
• Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:30:30 -0400
  ...I only turn the passenger seat, and position the table so it's between the seats. That way it doesn't really take up...
• Re: bolts for Vanagon centre seats
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:25:06 -0400 (EDT)
  89 >syncro< GL - "red brick" The van is new to me and i took delivery of the van without centre seat, subsequently got the...
• Re: Saw the weirdest Vanagon for sale today...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 09:34:11 EDT
  In a message dated 10/3/99 2:42:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes: << Two seater as in only a...
• seats in westy
  Historical mailing list - John Silverman
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:26:47 -0600
  ...She would like to replace the seat w/ something w/ a longer bottom. Any ideas on which seats will easily fit (other VW, audi...
• Safe Harbor - Seattle
  Historical mailing list - sheng
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:40:48 -0700
  I have a spare bedroom I can offer to Westy folks stranded here at SeaTac airport. The latest news I have is that the...
• FS: rare 3 person middle seat from 9 pass vanagon - mounts in any pass van
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:42:08 EDT
  ...rare 3 person middle seat from 9 passenger vanagon..w/ fold down seatback on sliding door end. fits all passenger vanagons. has seatbelts. instantly...
• Jump Seat in an'85
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:48:45 -0500
  ...Is a 5 seater rare? I've seen the rearward facing jumpseat behind the passenger seat, but not one mounted on tracks like this...
• Re: Middle seat again
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:55:37 -0800
  ...is it normal that the rear bed will not fold out completely flat with the middle seat in. " My '84 GL came with the...
• Re: FS: Vanagon swivel seat base
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:54:40 +0000
  j g shepard wrote: > > I have two swivel seat bases for sale. $65 for the pair includes > shipping. > Justin Will swivel seat bases work...
• fifth seat for 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:53:28 -0400
  ...fifth seat for 85 vanagon i've sold the seat, thanks for all the interest.... john 85 westy
• Re: Amp Under Front Seat OK?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir H. Desai
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 03:52:01 -0500
  i've had a 450w subwoofer amp under the drivers seat and it works fine... no fan on it or anything... just remember, don...
• How to clean dirty seats ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:04:57 -0700
  Hi guys, The seats are really dirty. I would like to clean them without hosing them off and getting them soaking wet. Is there...
• Re: removing front seats
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 19:43:17 -0700
  On 4/6/08, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: << Press it in and the seat will slide off. Loren, IIRC it's "lift...
• FS 3 person blue rear seat upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:17:49 -0700
  I have the back and the seat for the sculptured 3 person rear seat. I want to get rid of it, so make an...
• Re: Child seat anchor question
  Historical mailing list - Han-Sang Lee
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:49:53 NST
  Here in the States, tethers have not become compulsory yet, but as far as I can see, the centre row seat is well anchored...
• Re: Response from Graco re: car seat in rear facing jump seat
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:28:50 -0500
  ...It cannot be installed in a rear facing vehicle seat. The vehicle seat must face forward. > > Thank you for checking. > > Customer By Email (Ryan...
• Re: Pass front seat bed or other 3rd bed ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Adam Butler
  Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:34:46 -0500
  ...However, taking out the seat is tedious and creates a storage problem for it. >> >> If the back of the passenger seat could be made...
• Re: Rear Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:26:03 -0800
  ...Rear Seat Removal > I am looking at the rear seat in my 81 vanagon. Not a westie or anything, > just a plain old vanagon...
• Re: BMW seats in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:24:01 -0800
  Nice van! Those seats appear to be much thicker in the bottom cushion than Vanagon seats. The spacer looks like it lets you see...
• Re: Fw: Intermittent Wipers? and jumpseat install
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:30:22 -0700
  ...From the look of how the seats are affixed in general, the cups are intended to do little more than keep the seat aligned...
• Re: middle seat removal
  Historical mailing list - Don Lanteigne
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:00:17 -0400
  ...Then I realized there was some kinda track underneath the seat itself & I have no clue how to get the middle seat out. I...
• Re: Removing arm rests for repair of arm rest posts and to install perfect fit seat covers
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:47:17 -0800
  ...Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:55:55 -0800 > >I took my seats out to remove the arm rests and install sheepskin seat cover >for...
• Re: back seat, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:53:47 -0400
  ...Also >> does >> not have 3-point seat belts on the rear seat. It does have head >> rests and >> 3-point seat belts for the...
• Re: For Sale - Captain Seats
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:41:43 -0500
  ...For Sale - Captain Seats > >> Chelsea, AL - near Birmingham, AL >> >> I've got a pair of Captains Seats w/ armrests and head rests. Good >> condition...
• Vanagon Answers???
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 11:29:39 -0700
  ...Westfalia Seats Stick when Rotating: The stiffness of the rotation of the seats is governed by how tight the platform which carries the seat...