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• FS: 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:48:41 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• Re: rear bed seat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:52:14 EST
  In a message dated 2/21/02 1:19:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, jstric01@CS.FIU.EDU writes: > I have a bed seat...
• back seat
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 17:14:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...a rear bench available in excellent shape: blue velour, folding, but not weekender-bed type also: a custom gizmo to cover the rear storage...
• FS: 1990 Volkswagen GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:56:47 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• FS: 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:00:11 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• FS: 1990 Volkswagen GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:16:56 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• Re: Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:05:27 -0700
  ...like I suspect an 85 non-GL may not have a Z-bed rear seat. the 'model guru's' will know more accurately. most...
• FS: Full-width Z-Bed , 2.1 coolant parts in W. Michigan
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:43:33 -0700
  Blue Corduroy rear seat-bed with cushions, bench cabinetry. Queen size- wider than std. Westy- fits all Vanagons. $125 Water rings in engine compartment...
• Re: Wall mount table
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:08:29 EDT
  ...You can only open the bench into a bed if have the table deployed. I'd hate to be sleeping on the bed and...
• Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:39 -0400
  ...Raising the bench in sitting position is compounding the problem. There are hinges available which raise the bed in sleeping position only. I have...
• Re: yards of fabric to reupholster westy bed?
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:57:39 -0700
  ...COM> wrote: > > Suppose one wants to reupholster the westy bed (folding section and rear > cushion; 3 upholstered pieces). > > The Bus Depot sells fabric by...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 08:55:20 -0800
  Peter, I'd drill two bolt holes through each of them, mark where I want them on the floor, and drill the matching holes...
• Re: Entertaining eBay listing - 1990 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:46:36 -0700
  ...tell them how > the > > rear bed is supposed to fold out?! They're missing out on highlighting > the > > rear bench's true capabilities in...
• Re: Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:21:27 -0700
  ...Pics and notes here. > I may add more. > https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/RearSeatBedReFoamEtc# > > Anyhow..... > > When folded out, the rear bed has always had...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:38:53 EST
  In a message dated 3/21/00 1:42:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, bpchristensen1@HOME.COM writes: << Will those work in a Westy...
• more vanagon parts For sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:19:04 EST
  ...middle seat -3 person passenger middle seat -2 person bench front seat -rear weekender bed (regular or carat style) -vanagon front carpets -'85-'91...
• ANOTHER FREEBIE Weekender MIDDLE bench
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:49:10 EDT
  ...I also still have a gray 3-person (not Weekender) rear bench which also needs to go. I'm in San Francisco, CALIFORNIA home...
• rear seat conversion???
  Historical mailing list - systemsfarm
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:49:23 -0700
  Hi listee's My 85 Vanagon has the forward folding rear seat, but I would like to convert to the weekender bed package. Can...
• Re: Looking For A Westy Interior
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:49:13 EST
  ...gray).....cabinets, kitchen cabinet, flooring, bench/bed. I would > be ok without the Westy sized bed and rear cabinet, only needing > kitchen cabinet, if...
• Re: doka rear seat ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:10:33 -0800
  ...The matching rear bench would have been nice. I can't recall exactly but the GL bench needed to be trimmed somewhere in the...
• Re: FS: '87 Westy w/ 2.0L golf inline motor conversion from Fast Forward on e...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:51:51 EDT
  ...that > rear sofabed you win the prize.. > >> > > what's the price? it's just a revised hinge for the westy bed/bench. sold by...
• Re: rear bed seat
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:40:49 -0800
  ...non Westy) GL has the rear bench seat that folds down > to make a > bed > > with the padded rear cargo area. I thought this...
• Side table and jumpseat interior parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 17 May 2006 17:36:31 -0700
  ...and mounting for table 3.Bed/bench and rear cushion for bed with molded plastic side panels for bed assembly These items are complete...
• Re: Z-bed, sofa bed, bench seat????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:39:39 EDT
  ...This is a passenger van with a rear seat that folds > into a bed. I have noticed that the height of the storage compartment...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:19:32 -0700
  ...It has a bench > that makes into a true bed, has massive storage under it, came with > screened sliding windows, rear hatch jail bars...
• FREE: 3-person rear bench
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 30 May 2001 21:15:07 EDT
  ...This is not the one that folds into a bed. Comes with armrests for every passenger. Color -- gray on gray. BenT
• On the subject of seats...
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:40:54 EST
  ...Basically I wanted a weekender or a wolfsburg or whatever it is with the bed, table, rear seat, curtains and what I got was...
• Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:06:21 -0700
  ...rear bench seat folds into a bed - cabinets & under seat storage - Automatic transmission - oil changed every 3k miles - only 125k miles (driven very little...
• Re: Rear Heater leak, removing the plastic shroud.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:36:39 -0500
  ...Eastern Standard Time, kkalnsf@GMAIL.COM writes: > It appears we have a small leak from the rear heater area under the rear bench seat...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:45:36 -0400
  ...Rear cabinet, lower Z bed (wider front than rear), poptop and upper bed, three person rear bench and two rear-facing jumpseats. A 12V...
• Re: Adventurewagen question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:58:10 -0700
  ...Most of the time, they have non-Weekender rear benches. That's because AW's have their own bed system. BenT On Thu, Aug...
• Re: FS: '87 Westy w/ 2.0L golf inline motor conversion from Fast Forward on e...
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 06:25:47 EDT
  ...that rear sofabed you win the prize.. >> what's the price? it's just a revised hinge for the westy bed/bench. sold by...
• Re: Air matress in a 7-pass.?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:45:26 EST
  ...wish my Vanagon had a Z-bed but it doesn't. Has anyone removed the rear > bench back and stuffed a queen sized air...
• Re: Trim Levels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:58:18 EST
  ...The rear seat folds into a bed but is narrower than the GL folding bench. There is a narrow closet to the rear similar...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:22:56 -0700
  ...Rear cabinet, lower Z bed (wider front than rear), poptop and upper bed, three person rear bench and two rear-facing jumpseats. >> >>> Date: Thu...
• Re: Questions?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:15:08 -0800
  ...The "weekender" option in 1985 consisted of the bench- converts to bed, a pad covering the cargo area, and a bench middle seat whose...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:11:24 -0700
  ...I think I'll leave the 84 complete like it is, then find a jump seat and rear bed for the syncro in grey...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:24:11 -0800
  ...2 person middle bench seat backwards.. >creating a booth style seating around the rear table...and also >making the rear >bed longer.. > >open the...
• Re: 3 seat bench renov. '85 westy
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:05:50 -0700
  ...multi van - with a fold out queen bed in back that seats 3 and the 2 rear facing seats? Sounds like more what you...
• Jump seat single bed project.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:45:18 -0800
  ...In fact the bed is extremely comfortable. I'm 6' 2" and cannot touch the rear bench seat back or the back of the...
• wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:05:42 -0700
  ...This was done because this type of plastic side panel needs a special narrower rear bench/bed and they did not have one and...
• Re: Passenger Vanagon wanted
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Sun, 27 May 2018 09:59:10 -0700
  ...Inside it looks like Weekender (rear facing jump seats, rear bench that folds into a (full width) bed), table. Perhaps this is what Canadian...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale/Phone Number Correction
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:53:33 -0700
  ...The passenger Wolfys and Carats with side tables use a rear bench mechanism like that of the passenger GL beds. These have a center...
• Westy Rear Seat / Bed in '87 Syncro Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:30:53 -0500
  ...I have an '87 Syncro Vanagon GL and am in the process of installing a Westfalia rear bench seat/bed. So far I have...
• captains seats FS, more
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:53:19 -0700
  ...Pair- Grey Captains, adjustable armrests, $50 for one, $90 for two Bed/bench- Blue, GL, with large rear cushion, $80 Jump seat- grey, with...
• FS 1989 Vanagon Carat
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:43:10 EST
  ...standard features of two rear-facing seats in the back, a fold-down table, and convertible bed/rear bench.� 2.1 L Engine, Auto...
• Re: back seat, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:29:40 -0400
  ...Besides that, the GL campers have that side > cabinet and galley which will only permit a narrower bed. In a > nutshell, the bench will...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:58:08 -0300
  ...Rear cabinet, lower Z bed (wider front than rear), poptop and upper bed, three person rear bench and two rear-facing jumpseats. A 12V...
• Air matress in a 7-pass.?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:09:38 -0800
  I wish my Vanagon had a Z-bed but it doesn't. Has anyone removed the rear bench back and stuffed a queen sized...
• Re: Carat Question
  Historical mailing list
  05 Jan 1996 05:24:31 GMT
  ...can pull the rear bench flat and sleep two on it. Now, it ain't gonna be no king size bed, but hey, your...
• Road trip from Florida to Pennsylvania
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Mon, 6 Mar 2017 14:38:33 -0500
  ...If anyone has or knows of a place to find a rear bed/bench, rock and roll bed, z bed or whatever, please do...
• FS 1989 Vanagon Carat - Philly Area
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:45:32 EST
  ...standard features of two rear-facing seats in the back, a fold-down table, and convertible bed/rear bench.� 2.1 L Engine, Auto...
• Re: wanted: charcoal velour and BLACK vinyl rear GL bench seat from '85-'86 GL
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:39:10 -0800
  ...these vans had black carpet too. > > anyway i am looking for the rear bench from one of these for a > project. > the GL one...
• Re: bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 04:59:17 EDT
  ...I have a rear bed seat with a broken hinge on > the tube frame. Since my bed/seat is in great condition is it...
• Re: Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:34:58 -0800
  ...rear bed. One loses the walk-through, of course. Speaking of the walk through - is there a center seat insert or front bench available...
• Re: 2nd request: photo of Z bed hardware installed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:23:00 EST
  ...Z-beds are aftermarket conversions. I can't help you with that. If you are looking for pics of a stock VW Weekender bench...
• Re: How close is a 86 wolfsburg westy (weekender) interior to a carat interior..
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:10:00 -0800
  The rear bed/seat is plywood. On Nov 28, 2007 9:20 PM, Kai Mei <kai@newclear.us> wrote: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:44:21 -0700
  ...This makes it far easier and quieter to close the door while sitting on the bed/bench. Here is a photo with ruler included...
• FS: 84 GL w/ sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 01:21:54 EDT
  ...Has that really cool huge sunroof and I've installed the rear bench/bed and mattress out of an wolfsburg edition. This is the...
• Re: '84 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:04:47 -0800 (PST)
  Jerry Huff writes: > > The weekender has the pop top with bed, rear bench bed and fold out table. > No fridge/stove/sink. > > The Eurovan...