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• Re: bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:32:40 EDT
  ...It seems that I > should be able to pull down the panel below the seat to expose the storage > area without pulling up the...
• 85 Camper Wolf 3 point seatbelt question
  Historical mailing list - Westy Clarke
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:31:15 -0800
  ...The rear bench and the 5th seat only have lap belts and I need to put in a car seat that requires a shoulder...
• rare westy single middle swival seat on lockbox
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:32:16 -0500
  ...uses the same armrests as any vanagon front seat...you can find a set of them on samba too.. the rails are the same...
• adding a jump seat
  Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:30:55 -0400
  I'm about to install a carat jump seat in my westy and I have a few questions. I plan on doing the large...
• extra van seat
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 22:24:09 -0400
  Frank, I'm not the original advertiser of the 2-man tan "leather-like" vinyl middle seat, but I do have one from an...
• Merker Seats
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 06:51:17 EST
  ...Before I got rid of the 89 I seriously considered swapping the seats into my 87 Westy, however, they are wider then the vans...
• Upholstery Source Needed
  Historical mailing list - DB
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:30:29 -0500
  Hello group, anyone know of a source for replacement fabric or seat covers for the built-in style jumpseat that I have in my...
• Re: Porsche seats in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:54:34 -0800
  I was able to mount Scirocco S seats (IIRC, they were Recaros) in my '67 bus, so I'd think you could do the...
• Re: New seats available for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:55:47 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, > the rails are out of stock: > https://smallcar.com/vanagon/interior-parts/seat-replacements.html > > > > Stuart >
• Rear Facing seats in EV-MV
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:54:08 -0400
  ...befuddled as to whether we can place a car seat in the Jump seats on the EV-MV. I have the cooler, so the...
• Re: Bench Seat, Reasons, Child Seats, other things.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 02:31:22 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-04-21 21:32:36 EDT, vwbus@netbiz.net writes: << Regarding the rear facing jump seats, one thing to...
• 9 Passenger Vanagon seating
  Historical mailing list - Graham Benoit
  Thu, 6 May 1999 14:54:09 -0600
  Has anyone removed the center seat on a 9 passenger, 1986 L, Vanagon? I've pulled up the carpet as per instructions for other...
• Wanted-Swivel seat latch wire
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Sun, 27 May 2001 10:40:35 -0400
  I'm looking for the wire latch piece that you press on the allow the swivel seat to rotate. I'm missing one form...
• WTB: Light Gray Vinyl Seat Upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 14:58:22 EDT
  ...I need enough to re-do the seat bottom of a front two-person bench seat. Please pmail me. Oh yeah this is also...
• Re: bolt needed for seat rails
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:19:06 -0400
  Jeff wrote, re seat pan bolts; >The size is 8mm, the pitch 1.25mm, the length is supposed to be 15mm. Hmmm... Just measured...
• FS:Used custom van seats
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:56:23 -0700
  I inherited a pair of gray "cushy" van seats w/armrests (folding) and matching door panels to fit a vanagon. The seats need to...
• Has Anyone Made the Passenger Seat Recline Further back other than removing the allen bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:30:31 -0400
  I searched through the archives and last word that I seen was that other than removing the Allen Bolts from the seats you cannot...
• Free Vanagon Seats (front only)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Moore
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:02:36 -0500
  Anyone want a pair of '82 seats? I just got a set from an '85 that have armrests. They are brown and the driver...
• westy rear seat width
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:28:06 -0400
  Anyone know the width of the rear seat on a full camper?
• Re: how to access the area under the front seats
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:37 -0700
  You can also add one of these if you want a lockable secret compartment� http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/Locking_Storage_Drawer_Front_Drivers_Seat...
• Re: Jump seat
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:18:29 -0500
  > Hi all, Bus Depot sells a small jump seat( non-vw) that bolts to > the rear of the drivers side. Has anyone had any...
• Re: Dark Grey interior panels needed (rare black and grey interior??)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:10:57 EST
  ...Jon, your '86 may have the rare "black vinyl" on the back of the seatbacks, with the grey velour on the fronts of the...
• Re: 89 vanagon swivel seats - how do you make them swivel ?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:37:29 EST
  ...As Jake said, you lift the locking lever to release the seat for rotation, not depress the lever. However, you may still find that...
• Re: Seat Tracks
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800
  ...I was talking seats with someone at the BBB event and I noticed when they slid the seat out that there was a plastic...
• Re: How the HECK do I turn the back seat into a bed?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:27:22 -0800
  ...How the HECK do I turn the back seat > into a bed? > > I just bought a '91 Weekender and can't, for the life...
• Re: 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:24:13 EST
  ...Middle seats were a hot item because everyone > had taken them out and let them rot away. Supply & demand.... > > Cheers, > > thats because you live...
• Re: WTB - 84 Westy D/S Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:15:39 EDT
  ...You may consider these of no importance > to you but there is a reason VW made the seats different. Either seat > will mount and...
• Re: AC under rear seat?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:41:52 -0700
  ...But, a doka cab is much smaller and the rear seat is right behind the front seats so it's probably not a good...
• Re: EuroVan Fornt Seats - warranty
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 12:09:24 -0700
  ...Too bad the seat backs rock, lets keep posted if we can fix this. Maby someone has this seat problem and also is under...
• RE: Weekender Seat Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David L Finet
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:02:11 -0600 (CST)
  ...I seem to recall that one of the outfits in > California used to offer a conversion kit for converting the rear seat > into a...
• Re: The little Swivels under the seats...
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:18:06 -0700
  ...To see if your van can use them slide one of the front seats forward all the way and look at the metal floor...
• Re: Weekender seating in Eurovan?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:58:20 -0800
  ...Weekender seating in Eurovan? Do Eurovans come with the "Weekender" package like my '91 Carat does? You know, fold down rear seat and two...
• Westy bed FS, full width
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 02:22:48 -0800
  ...These are the full-width rear seat > that folds out into a bed, with proper storage and a prop to hold the > seat up...
• Re: how do you get old bubblegum out of velour seats?
  Historical mailing list - Babbitt, Timothy
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:32:31 -0500
  ...how do you get old bubblegum out of velour seats? does anyone know how to get bubblegum off of velour seats? a friend of...
• Re: Recaro seats @ 2K
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:27:37 -0700
  On 16 Aug 2005 at 19:44, Chuck Reisinger <chuckphoto@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Has anyone invested in a pair of Recaro seats? Are they...
• Re: crack in between valves, junk?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:09:51 -0400
  ...Clean the inside near the crack pass the valve seat. If the crack is pass the valve seat... i would not use this one...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:27:38 -0500
  ...remember you can mount the 2 person middle bench seat backwards.. creating a booth style seating around the rear table...and also making the...
• swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Wed, 10 May 1995 18:31:10 -0400
  ...The front seats don't swivel like the westy ones do, though, and I've decided this is a feature I can't live...
• Re: EuroVan Types
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:44:35 -0500 (EST)
  ...1993 CL - Base model, 7 passenger - 3 in rear, two in middle, 2 in front GL - Mid-price model - 7 passenger, seating as above...
• Cheap seats FS from '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 19:53:07 -0800
  Hi Are there any Bay or Sacramento Area Vanagon owners looking for a couple mint condition middle and rear seats from an '82 Vanagon...
• For Sale - center seat for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 21:32:58 -0700
  I just purchased a 1985 Vanagon GL Westfalia with a double slide in seat that I will not need. This is NOT a swiveling...
• Re: Owner's Manual for '73 Westphalia?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 94 11:05:20 PDT
  ...For example, there is >a round knurled knob on the center of the front seat frame (drivers side >only) that seems to tighten a...
• Re: Westy child restraints-how to use a booster?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:50:34 -0400
  ...This of course is not an option with the Westy bench seat. We have found only one seat with a harness that is approved...
• Re: Here's one I'll bet big bucks ain't in the archives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:52:44 -0800
  A search of the archives for "replacement seats" finds 7 hits in 2006, (Suggesting Recaro and Subaru seats) no results for 2005, no results...
• need help: Wolfsburg panel w/ table into GL van
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 18:18:04 EDT
  ...The side panels stick out of the wall further than the existing seats brackets can accommodate. The seat is too w-i-d-e...
• Re: Middle Seat Seatbacks
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 May 2012 18:14:09 -0400
  ...the lever is on the side of the seatbacks, john. LOL dont think you can miss it.
• Re: 5-seater Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Sep 1994 22:24:47 +0800
  Country homes campers in San Jose will install a rear facing extra seat in the vanagon camper, right behind the front passenger seat. I...
• Re: FS: Vanagon swivel seat base
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 21:32:47 -0800
  At 09:51 AM 12/18/96 -0600, you wrote: >j g shepard wrote: >> >> I have two swivel seat bases for sale. $65 for...
• OT: Best way from Denver to Seattle in December?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:00:38 -0600
  Folks, I am soliciting comments for our trip from Denver to Seattle in December. My wife and I are cruising the country looking at...
• Vanagon Seat Covers on Sale
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:59:05 -0600
  ...http://www.canadiantire.ca/~e-flyer/html/10/609.20344514110.html Coincidentally, they are having a sale on Sagez seat covers - they fit vanagons...
• seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:07:14 -0500
  ...Are there front seat covers made for Westfalias? Rear seat covers? Expensive? Thanks for all the help. TJK -- Todd J. Kaderabek, Director of Production...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats
  Historical mailing list - M=
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:11:45 -0500
  > > Since these seats are mounted backwards, the forces of a frontal collision > push the passenger into the seatback. Thus the need for a shoulder...
• Re: FREE: seats for Fox and Scirocco
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 02:00:55 EST
  ...have a one red vinyl seat from a Scirocco S in perfect condition (looks > My old Jetta's seats were made by Recaro.... Scott...
• more stuff for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve C.
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:06:11 -0800
  Im hauling my parts car to Brys in Seattle in the next few days. Anybody in the Seattle area need a brown velour middle...
• Re: 91 Carat Drivers Seat Armrest
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:59:33 EDT
  ...Anybody have suggestions where I might find same? I am in the > Seattle > area. > > i got one..but its a lefty.. :<( chris
• 15" wheels with tires!! SNOW TIRES!! Not mine!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 07:01:24 +0000
  http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/54597476.html Found in Seattle. Just a tip, dude says Audi and Passat. Thats 5x112! I think the deal...
• FS: swival seat mechanisms
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:54:26 EDT
  i have some swival seat mechanisms for sale. OEM VW cut from donor westys. easily welded into any passenger van or multivan. complete setup...
• Re: Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:10:47 EST
  ...you can see how much dog hair, disintegrated seat foam, pennies and old crayons are under there too! :<) chris
• Re: Unusual back seat?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:39:24 -0800
  On 3/7/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > > I was just browsing the ads and had never seen a back seat like this...
• Re: "Deadly Crash"
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:19:24 -0600
  Yessir!! Fasten those seat belts. They do save lives. Accidents - which are always unintended and unexpected - DO HAPPEN! Once, quite unintentionally and totally unplanned...