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Re: Back Seat Bed Conversion
Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:58:31 -0500
...The typical Weekender option for vans consisted of a rear cushion over the rear deck, folding bed/bench, and middle bench with seatbacks that...
RE: Cooler Seat for the Eurovan MV Weekender package
Historical mailing list - william killian
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:57:48 -0400 (EDT)
...Eurovan? > > christian The Eurovan MV has a forward facing bench seat and two rear facing single seats directly behind the front seats. There is...
Headrest guides
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:16:54 -0700
Hi All, How do you get the headrest guide out of the rear bench seat... TIA Jere 90 GL? 88 GL
Re: Child seats in VW vans?
Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
Sun, 12 Jul 1998 01:00:08 -0400
...We've put his seat on both the bench of the MV and the rear facers. The MV arrangement worked better than the two...
Re: 16" Syncro Double Cab double pass. seat
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:01:46 EST
...Locking diffs front and rear. 6-passenger with bench seats in front. The seats in mine are done in gray crossweave pattern vinyl. I...
Re: Want to trade: GL bed/bench for Weekender bench
Historical mailing list
Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:15:02 EST
...Time, puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM writes: << Contrary to popular belief, these rear seat/beds can be shipped UPS if > packed carefully so as to...
Re: Westy Camper Additional Seating Options?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:11:36 -0500
...rear. > > > > In the front I have the regular driver's bucket and on the passenger > > side front I have a two person bench. It...
Re: Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
Historical mailing list - Ben
Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:57:21 -0800
...The bench slides into the existing track. However, you will have to engineer a rear support because the seatback is normally mounted on steel...
FREE vanagon seats..bench seats
Historical mailing list
Tue, 26 May 2009 11:39:17 EDT
i have some FREE vanagon bench rear seats from 7 passenger GL without the weekender sofabed option. one is tan velour the other is...
Re: Rear seat removal
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 14 May 2010 18:41:43 -0700
...and need to get at the rear quarter panel which is blocked by the rear seat. The bench seat is a fold-out bed...
going....going....(f.s. in Cleveland)
Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:46:18 -0400
...turbo-diesel vanagon.) I'm also selling the middle bench seat and the rear bench seat out of my '82 diesel. Both seats are...
Re: '80 Westy water problems
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 06:35:30 PDT
...Mourkas wrote: >The water tank, if installed, is located under the rear bench seat, >on the driver's side. NOT on any van I...
Center bench seat for Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Gregg Scharff
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 08:38:29 -0500
...Also, the rear bench seat is not easily accessible unless the sliding door is opened (unless you have an 8" waistline). Good luck. Gregg...
Re: Coolant under rear bench carpet
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Sun, 5 Jan 1997 01:54:01 -0500 (EST)
...I pulled the never-used seat belts up from underneath the rear > bench seat of my '88 GL today, and was horrified to find...
Re: Whats this under my rear bench
Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:17:03 -0400
...It is your rear heater and blower. The valve you speak of is exactly what you assumed it was, on and off. There should...
Re: 3 point harness on rear bench
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:15:06 -0700
...3 point harness on rear bench >> >> While the Go Westy solution is a simpler install, the VW 3-point harness >> for >> the rear bench...
rear bench seat pad
Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:15:39 EST
...What are the available options to replace that stuff? I don't see a foam slug in any catalogs for the '81 bench. Hopefully...
3rd seat belt for rear
Historical mailing list
Wed, 03 Jul 1996 11:02:07 MST
...Would anybody have experience with installing a 3rd seat belt for the rear bench? Has anyone tried rigging something up behind the front passenger...
Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Mon, 8 Apr 2019 23:25:02 -0700
I installed a self-powered sub-woofer under the rear bench and was able to run a RCA cable pair along the driver's...
FS: 95 EV rear bench seat
Historical mailing list - Tommaselli, Robert
Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:59:20 -0500
Hey Now, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ,== ======= / __ | __|�:__: ] U-( )----------( )--'~~ The bus came by I got on thats when it all began.......... Robert Tommaselli [application/ms-tnef]
Re: making a 3 person middle bench...(was Re: 3rd row seat yearly differences?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 27 May 2006 15:00:28 -0700
...thing to move forward for rear seat access, which makes me think of the mechanism in pickup bench seats that move the whole thing...
rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:10:03 -0500
My brother's 78 Westy has a small window next to the rear bench seat on the driver's side that when open all...
Re: Road trip from Florida to Pennsylvania
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 Mar 2017 21:09:01 -0500
...Our hope is to eventually find a rear bed bench and build some custom cabinets or find some westfalia cabinets. If anyone has or...
Re: rear bed seat
Historical mailing list
Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:27:55 EST
...non Westy) GL has the rear bench seat that folds down to make a bed > with the padded rear cargo area. I thought this...
Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender
Historical mailing list - Dave
Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:06:12 -0600
My 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender GL has a Westfalia Werke badge on the panel under the rear bench. Dave Dfilcoff@stlnet.com
upholstering the rear bench seat, 89 Westy
Historical mailing list - Troy
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:34:26 -0900
...Just getting around to upholstering my rear bench seat. Just curious how other are handling covering the seat itself. The thinest section appears to...
Copy of: Re: Copy of: Bench seats for the front
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
29 Nov 96 14:34:25 EST
...The rear bench seat appears to be slightly elevated above the rest, and the other bench seats are positioned closer together to each other...
What is under my bench?
Historical mailing list - shawn luft
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:56:12 -0400
What is the gizmo box under my 86 Camper GL's rear bench? It appears to be 'stock' and it made by VW/Audio...
WTB: 2 headrests for Westy benchseat????
Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:27:26 +0000
...is there such a thing as  headrest for the Westy rear bench/seat??????</P> <P>Just ordered a set of three point seatbelts...
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: Flat Style Rear Bed Refoam. Now: Seat Compressor. Worked
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:54:14 -0700
...for aesthetic > reasons) I may try lightly clamping 2"x4" along rear of bench. Why: > this will compress foam slightly, create slack in fabric...
Re: Light grill is sold......Jaime Gonzales is winner
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:02:14 EDT
...Two-person middle bench and three-person rear bench must be taken together. Local pick-up in San Francisco. Also have rear half of...
Re: vanagon camper seating capacity
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Thu, 13 May 2010 10:04:46 -0700
...Add two more in the rear bench with a possible 3rd in a pinch and you've got the 7-8 person capacity that...
Re: GL to Carat Conversion?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 20:45:38 EDT
...is there an extension for the bench seat mounting post on the driver's side? >> The rear bench requires four (4) mounting blocks. Two...
Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:58:00 -0400
...I have seen several with the heater installed under the rear bench to the passenger side. None of these would have been BN4s as...
FOR SALE: Vanagon rear bench seat
Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:20:26 -0500
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P><BR>I have a second row bench seat, beige, good condition except for a little...
RE Extra Seating
Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:56:20 -0700
...It has two front seats (of course), a rear bench seat that converts to a double bed, a side table and two rear facing...
Re: Propex ramblings, was Source for 1" flexible hose and
Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:26:04 -0400
...sigh. > >Bryan I kind of like having my Propex under the rear bench. Mine is in the rear heater location and I made a...
Re: Furnace for camping in the winter?
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:33:53 -0400
...We all pretty much stuck them under the rear bench seat and ran the gas line through the back of the cabinets' then trough...
Need any Kombi parts? (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Tue, 18 Apr 1995 07:29:48 -0500 (CDT)
...email me if anything intrests ya, Complete interior, front bench, folding middle, rear bench. All exterior lights/ no cracked lenses. All glass. Washer bottle...
Re: stuck rear seat compartment
Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:50:40 -0700
...Sitting on the bench > didn't do the trick. I found that when you remove the mattress pad over > the engine and lift the...
Re: Vanagon seating arrangements (was: Carat Question)
Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
Fri, 5 Jan 1996 09:46:26 -0600 (CST)
...card games en route! Yeah, this can be done, unfortunately though the centre bench winds up too close to the rear bench and you...
Re: What is under my bench?
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:20:45 -0400
...What is under my bench? What is the gizmo box under my 86 Camper GL's rear bench? It appears to be 'stock' and...
FS: 93 Eurovan front seats, middle bench and rear seat
Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:41:31 -0500
I have a 1993 Eurovan interior for sale. This is a regular van with cloth seats. Sorin (650) 216-0000
Re: Vanagon Subwoofer option(s)
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:47:21 -0500
...I decided to route my amp output (under the passenger seat) to a custom box I made to fit under the rear bench. It...
Looking for westy interior parts
Historical mailing list
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 12:27:48 -0600
...hunt for the rear end of a westi interior, including the overhead storage shelf, side cabinet, and 2/3 width bench seat/bed. My...
"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: 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: 2 bench seats in a westy?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:15:05 -0800
...middle seat in facing > aft so she could seat on the rear bench and rest her bad leg on the > middle seat cushion. > > As...
Re: Carat table not fit w regular rear seat
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:21:08 EST
...The standard rear bench has practically ZERO clearance between it and the wall. That plus it's bolted to the wall. Panel and bed...
FW: Additional Center Seat on 93 EV?
Historical mailing list - Maynard
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:19:13 -0400
...Page 35 (after discussion of the rear seat) shows a Single Seat that mounts next to the Center Bench Seat and folds over and...
FS: Blue rear bench from 86-91 (not bed/bench) $20
Historical mailing list
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:31:13 EST
...This bench does fold down but it is not the kind that folds into a bed. Gray velour upholstery/gray carpeted back is good...
rear heater leak
Historical mailing list - Giroux, Eric
Wed, 10 May 2000 09:05:23 -0400
...I removed the cover of the heater under the rear bench (Westy) to find that it has been leaking coolant. Took the whole bench...
Propex heater and rear heater removal pros/cons in colder climates
Historical mailing list - Stuart
Sat, 7 May 2016 15:00:52 +0000
...of leaving the rear heater connected, in an installation that has a Propex heater also installed under the rear bench seat? I like the...
Re: rare 2 person bench front seat for vanagon, fits all including westys
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:03:03 EDT
...same as the benches I've seen on dokas. But the > ones I have and have seen require a rear support for the seatback...
Re: rear bench seat pad
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:05:57 EST
...What are the available options to replace that stuff? I don't see a foam slug in any catalogs for the '81 bench. Hopefully...
Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:44:13 -0400
...In looking at getting to the core and valve, It seems that I have to remove the rear bench because the bar is blocking...
Re: Westy fifth seat Headrests??
Historical mailing list - drc11
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:22:22 -0700
I put 3 headrests on my westy rear bench seat. There is a middle seat belt there now too... fits 3 kids nicely. Madeline...
Wolfsburg Interior for sale
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 3 May 2002 13:23:20 -0700
...side table side panels rear bench seat and 3 head rests both jump seats mounting brackets and seat belts rear passenger area carpet $600...
Looking for Westy rear seat latch
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sat, 9 Sep 2006 10:42:22 -0700
My '88 Westy is missing the rear seat latch (grey) - I have only the metal catch attached to the bottom of the bench, but...