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Re: Bench Seat, Reasons, Child Seats, other things.
Historical mailing list
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 18:41:55 -0500 (CDT)
The biggest problem I have with the rear facing seats in not the seats themselves but the seatbelts. They tighten up while you're...
Seat Input requested
Historical mailing list - lchase
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:11:00 -0800
Folks, Before the "Long Trip" I'm considering upgrading the stock seats in my 85 Westy. The three diverse options on my short list...
FS: Wolfsburg Seating setup
Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:20:51 -0700
...Brand new complete grey velour theater seats for Wolfsburg seating. Brackets, trays and seat belts. $300.00 + shipping. Seats were never used, never sat...
Re: Replacing seats
Historical mailing list
Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:19:53
>I have two front seats from I think a 78 Westy. Is there any easy way to >install them in a 74 Westy or...
Transporting baby solution
Historical mailing list - Alexis Neely
Mon, 13 Mar 2000 06:14:51 -0800
...We agree that putting her seat in the front seat is not the best option. For the record, we would not have even considered...
Re: Let's Talk About Seats
Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:33:40 -0600
...Just a small change of the bottom seat adjusting linkage is required. This gives me a newer, less used seat with a cushion side...
Re: Jump Seats & Seat Belts
Historical mailing list - David-M
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:04:40 -0500
Alan Bosch wrote: > > Does anyone know if you can get seatbelts for the rear-facing jump seats in > a Vanagon? Too, has anyone strapped...
Re: Westphalia Jump Seat
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 07:40:53 -0400
> I am looking for a jump seat that fits in the middle of an 85 Westy. > Can anyone help me out? Does any model...
Transport to vanagon seats
Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:25:22 -0700
Hi everyone! I have two newer model vanagon front seats (with arm rests and head rests) that I need transported back to Seattle WA...
Re: rear seat conversion???
Historical mailing list - Norm - RoweBoat
Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:04:57 -0700
FWIW, shortly after we picked up our '85 Vanagon (two weeks ago today) we noticed that our rear seat pulled out from the front...
Seats - 1991 Carat
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 05:54:56 -0500
Can the passenger seat and driver seat be swapped? My driver seat is showing some wear, but the passenger seat is never used and...
GL seat bed vs. L bed in Westy
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:53:33 -0500
I picked up a nice set of front Westy seats from Chris at JordanVW over the weekend to replace my tan stripped non-armrest...
Re: Looking for 8 passenger options
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:50:58 -0700
The best idea I have seen was to add a 3rd position to the 2 person middle seating area. Take an extra 2 person...
Re: Seat Options
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 19:58:12 -0800
Eurovan seats can be adapted without too much trouble and are pretty nice. Easy to fine the details online. you could also get seats...
Re: Infant seats and Vanagons...
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:43:00 -0400
Your 88 Wolfsburg is fine! I bought a 90 Carat (same seatbelt configuration as yours) precisely because it had headrests for all rear passengers...
Re: Are jump seats the same as regular front seats?
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Fri, 12 May 2006 19:36:11 +0200
I know there are two types of foam that were used for the seats. The standard seat foam in european Vanagons is thinner and...
Re: 2 bench seats in a westy?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:57:35 -0500
If you use the Westy type middle seat, the backs flip forward allowing easy access to the rear seat. You can also slide a...
Jump Seat
Historical mailing list - David C. Fiore
Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:18:48 -0800
...I'd like to put a "jump seat" behind the passenger seat in my 87 Westy. These seats are like theater seats in that...
FS: 2 person middle seat, and 3 person middle seat
Historical mailing list
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:00:09 EDT
for sale; 2 person middle seat, grey velour w/ seatbelts. can be mounted in westy, includes floor tracks, everything to install. also, 3 person...
Re: how to make your vanagon seats recline..(was:Re: Passenger Seat Recline Mod
Historical mailing list
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:33:30 EST
...of course, you would have to have something > supporting the seatback once you remove this bolt on either side.. i just > spin the seat...
Re: what other marque's seats will fit the vanagon seat tracks?
Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:11:01 -0800
I have a Recaro seat model N - it has a long thigh cushion that sticks out toward the front. The stock seat cushion is...
Vanagon driver and passenger seats
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:39:50 -0700
Are the seat tracks for the GL Camper the same as the standard Vanagon? (I know the bases of the Camper seat tracks swivel...
Re: Seatbelts and Seats
Historical mailing list
Sat, 11 Feb 1995 11:16:13 -0500
>Also, does anybody know about how much a pair of good front seats for a '77 >bus would cost. I don't have a...
Swivel seat question
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:42:36 -0400
I have a couple of seat questions for you more experienced folks. First is that my seats are very difficult to turn. I tried...
Re: other seats for a jump seat swivel base?
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:49:57 -0700
...You might want to take out the "jump seat" reference as those are the rear facing seats that fold upwards -- just like the original...
Re: 5th seat for Westy
Historical mailing list - Jon Seymour & Barbara Dykes
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:26:24 -0800
The rear facing jump seat would be the safest seat in the van by far!! Jon Scott Werner wrote: > Hi all, > > We are (unexpectedly...
Re: front swivel seats
Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:44:05 -0700
They fit if you have a single-seat-middle-of-the-van pedestal. There may be another way but I know that VW sold...
fitting other seats from different makes into the vanagon
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:12:16 EST
> What cars have front seats that will directly go into a Westy or > > >regular vanagon? > none that are "bolt in".. oh..wait.. you can...
Re: Adding another seat to a westy thread
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:57 -0600
That's what I added a few weeks ago--the tracks and the 2-across seat. Fits great, seats 6. Jim On Wed, Nov...
buy a pair a vanagon capt. chairs and get a middle seat FREE!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:49:35 EST
...chairs/front seats with armrests FS.. as everyone knows these are a slide in upgrade for earlier westys without the armrests.. the seatbottom foam...
Re: Looking for 8 passenger options
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:56:19 -0400
...Look at > how the seat belts attach before any cutting is done, so you can have a > stock seatbelt for the 1 person seat...
Re: Middle seat again
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:08:17 -0800
There is a different middle seat setup for models with a rear bed. Does your middle seat have levers on the side of seat...
Re: Seat Input requested
Historical mailing list - Joe
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:28:19 -0500
I have 287,000 miles on my 85 westy, would not trade the original seats for any others. The drivers seat is just now...
Re: Eurovan seats into Vanagon Westy?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:37:44 -0800
...If you've done this swap or if you can compare your Westy seat rails to your non-Westy seat rails I'd appreciate...
Re: Vanagon Seat question
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:21:42 -0800
...Thursday, December 15, 2011, 3:43 PM > > > If you have a Camper with the rotating seats, will any > Vanagon front > seats fit on the...
second '86 rear-facing seat in my '86 weekender
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:24:52 -0400
Against all good judgment, I've purchased a second copy of the same stock rear-facing seat currently in my '86 weekender, to mount...
Re: Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:57:00 -0800
I put in a jump seat behind the passenger front seat! I know you are having twins, but you can put the latch system...
Re: seatbelts?? was Re: Child safety seats
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:30:31 -0800
...what exactly are u asking? what is a "generic tether"??? > do you need seatbelts? i have tons of vanagon seatbelts...lap > belts...shouldbelt, front...
ERRATUM: Re-padding seats: HOW TO
Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:14:10 -0700 (PDT)
...On our '76, this is true for the seat back, but NOT the seat bottom. On our '76 westy, the seat bottom is held...
Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:31:02 -0400
The seat tracks are the same, but the seats are not. The camper seat bases are shorter in height to compensate for the height...
Re: Center bench seat for Westfalia
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 09:49:23 EST
...imo the 7 pass non-weekender fixed middle seats dont cut it. with the weekender seat, you can fold the seatbacks forward, to acess...
Re: 85 rear seat fold down
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:37:33 -0700
Flip the backs of the middle seat forward, then fold down the rear seat, then flip the backs of the middle seats back upright...
Re: [vanagon] Replacing Seats With Non-Vanagon Seats
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:59:08 EST
...the photos on your website of the seat mod: What's going on with the silver colored brackets that run from the jump seat...
Bench front seats (from a 9 pass.) in a 7 pass.
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
20 Jan 97 15:23:07 EST
...van, the seatback has no support, and flops all the way back. Was there a bench front seat made by VW with a seat...
Re: Question about Weekend Rear Seat
Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
Tue, 1 May 2001 10:20:29 -0500
...When the seat is folded down, for seating, the cushion is approx. level with the bench seat. I think this answers your question... Alan...
Re: Rear bench seat: Weekender?
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 10:23:40 EST
...fold down both backs of the middle seat forward via the seatback releases at the sides of the seat. finish putting the sofabed flat...
how many different style seatbottom foams were used for the capt.chairs?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:39:48 EST
...im talking about the seatbottom foam for the '82 up capt. chairs w/ armrests.. AFAIK, there was only 2 styles of seatbottom foams.. for...
Will 2, 1-person middle seats fit?
Historical mailing list - Ed
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:02:55 -0500
I'd like to know if two single-person middle seats will fit in a Vanagon Westy with the factory installed middle seat tracks...
carat interior for sale..seattle
Historical mailing list - Road Camper
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:40:27 -0800
...I dont have the jump seats anymore, but still have two front seats, panels, rear seat etc.. -Steve Seattle, WA The Great PNW _________________________________________________________________ Join...
Re: Removing front passenger seat
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:46:22 -0700
My camper doesn't have the rotating seats, so I take the passenger seat off the track & turn it around all the time when...
F.S. tan velour vanagon front seats w/ armrests, also middle seat
Historical mailing list
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:55:48 EST
...also 2 person middle seats for sale, fit westy, or van. have floortracks, and seatbelts attached to seat. upgrade your westy to 6 passenger...
Captain's Chairs
Historical mailing list - The Henrys
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:18:54 +0000
Can anyone provide a comparison of seating comfort between the standard seats and the seats that come in the Wolfsburg. My wife loves the...
Re: 1984-86 Brown Seats Wanted
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:08:19 -0800
...A single seat or pair of front seats (brown captain's chairs) > 2. One seat bottom (cushion and fabric) > 3. Seat bottom cover (fabric...
RE: Cooler Seat for the Eurovan MV Weekender package
Historical mailing list - william killian
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:57:48 -0400 (EDT)
...The cooler seat replaces one of the rear facing seats. I'm sure it might be possible to put such a seat in the...
Re: Are jump seats the same as regular front seats?
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Fri, 12 May 2006 10:47:18 -0700
how does the vanagon seat foam compare to that for a golf or jetta? probably way different, but.....anyone have any ideas? Bill M...
center seat
Historical mailing list - chris jackson
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:21:21 -0800
To the list, what's the going rate for the center seat with storage box, seat swivel, seatbelt? Thank you, Chris
Re: Vanagon Swivel Seats
Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
Fri, 9 Jul 1999 23:19:08 -0500
THERE IS A SMALL STORAGE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT WERE THE AUXILLARY BATERY COULD BE INSTALLED JUST SLIDE THE SEAT FORWARD AND LIFT...
Re: baby seat tether in vanagon
Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 23:46:23 -0400
...The real problem is with the bosster seat for children of 4 years old, these seat are high and the back seat of a...
for sale: single westy middle swival seat on lockbox, and 2 person middle seats
Historical mailing list
Sat, 27 May 2006 12:42:36 EDT
i have a single westy middle swival seat on lockbox, swivals 360�, has locking compartment underneath, slides in on floor rails..available if you...
Re: Seat Question
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:04:55 -0400
...After the 600 mile round trip this weekend to Everybus, I'm looking for seat upgrades/alternatives. My 30 year old stock seats just...