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Floor mountings for seats
Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 08:40:05 EST
I've finally got rear and middles seats (caravelle type) for my bus. However it really was a bus, an 11 seater, and the...
Wanted: Vanagon Rear Seat
Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:28:48 8
Wanted: Rear seat for '89 Vanagon GL. Gray. Preferably in the greater Seattle-Tacoma-etc. area. -Wes Wes Neuenschwander Seattle, WA wesn@eskimo.com
FS: middle seat shoulderbelt
Historical mailing list
Thu, 23 May 2002 12:44:20 EDT
also have a OEM VW middle seat shoulderbelt...retracting inertia type.. perfect for childs seats on the middle seat.. pmail me if interested.. chris
Re: Removing front passenger seat
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:47:50 -0400
...Didn’t I read on the list here that the Westfalia seats are a bit shorter then the passenger van seats? if so that...
Re: Seat Question
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:22:25 -0700
Rotating the seats! I never thought of doing that since most vehicles you can't. I am assuming the seats on an '87 are...
Re: WTB EV jump seats
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:44:28 -0400
At 09:29 AM 9/18/97 -0700, james catterson wrote: >looking for jump seats for a 93 EV with the blue/grey interior...
Seat loose - 87 Westy
Historical mailing list - Lindenauer, Peter MD
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:32:00 -0400
The drivers seat on my 87 westy has the disturbing habit of rotating slightly on turns or when lateral pressure is applied to the...
Re: Seat Question
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:03:40 -0400
I have an 84 Westy w/ original seats that are comfy for long drives of over 600 miles one way- I am only 5...
Re: Fwd: Installing Volvo Front Seats
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:11:51 -0800
I installed seats from a '93 Eurovan in my '87 Westy.� Seat height increased by about 1" and I found that acceptable.� Don't...
jump seat
Historical mailing list - Nock
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:25:47 -0800
I ended up buy a junkyard support of the normal "third" bench seat, cutting in half, a front seat with swivel, welding the swivel...
Re: Convertible car seat for Vanagon - Canadian Safety Standards
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:16:09 -0400
Bruce, The top tether strap is only for use in a rear-facing infant seat application, to limit the seat's forward motion in...
Re: Middle seat for westy? Is there room?
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:10:44 -0500
...Some 84/85/86 Westfalia came with the seat tracks > factory installed and came with a single or double middle seat. The > single seat...
Re: re. BMW seats in Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Kevin
Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:11:03 -0800
Gary, What do you think of Saab seats? I have always found them very comfortable and there are tons of junked saabs. I have...
Re: Middle Swivel seat install
Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 02:01:03 -0700
Hi Roy, Congratulations on finding middle seats! If you are mechanically inclined you can install them yourself. All you need to install them is...
Re: Front swivel seats.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:07:36 EDT
...its not part of the seat. you can use any vanagon seats on a swival mechanism. the mechanism is a seat track, on a...
WTB - Front seat tracks or front seat pans
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:19:05 -0800
Hello, I am trying to fit some different seats, Golf MK2 Recaro, in my Westy and need to locate some stock vanagon seat tracks...
Re: doka rear seat ideas?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:47 -0800
I have a rear seat setup from a Tristar. Much nicer than the standard Doka seat. Kind of a pain to ship though. Cheers...
Re: Captains Swivel Seats or No???
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:59:02 EST
...has nothing to do w/ the seats, you can use your stock seats. and the only place you will find these swivel seat mechanisms...
FREE jazzy seats, FREE GL rearmost bench seat
Historical mailing list
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:54:37 EST
i have a pair of '80-83 westy front seats with the fugly pattern vw called "jazzy" this is the brown background w/ those...
Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list
Sat, 11 May 2002 12:09:41 EDT
In a message dated 5/11/02 11:31:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes: > 1) The bench seat is hinged...
Re: Seat Question
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:54:12 +0000
Jeff, a thicker replacement seat cushion in a Westy can be handled by removing the pivot mechanism to bring the seat height back down...
Re: Let's Talk About Seats
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:34:03 -0700
Hey, my EV seat swap is gaining notoriety!� It really is pretty easy to do, and keep in mind that the oldest EV seat...
Re: Adding safe passenger seats?
Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 14:41:10 -0700
...This is your most seats seating option. A few westys also came with a single person swivel seat that mounts in the center of...
FS: Pedestal/ 5th Seat for 84-86 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Oxroad
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:32:13 -0700
*FOR SALE* *PEDESTAL SEAT *(5th Seat for Vanagon Westfalia). This is a really nice Seat--a really nice find. It has the brown velour...
Re: how many different style seatbottom foams were used for the capt.chairs?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:38:04 -0800
I don't know what the differences are, but the VW CD lists 4 different bottom foams, for Vanagon front seats, 3 of which...
Re: jump seat
Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:38:08 -0000
...jump seat I ended up buy a junkyard support of the normal "third" bench seat, cutting in half, a front seat with swivel, welding...
vanagon front seat ideas? what other seats fit? what have some of you used?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 02:47:07 EDT
im looking to swpa the front vanagon captains chairs out with some seats out of a different car.. what other seats fit? what other...
Re: other seats for a jump seat swivel base?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:34:04 EDT
In a message dated 8/13/07 6:40:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, visionwizard@VERIZON.NET writes: > For that rare westy jump seat...
Re: 89 vanagon swivel seats - how do you make them swivel ?
Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:49:35 -0500
...I have screwed around now for about an hour total and still have not figured out how to swivel the seats ! >I know that...
Re: rear heater
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:35:15 -0800
...And during reinstallation, because the seat weighted so much, I cross threaded one of the bolts that hold the frame and a seatbelt, big...
Re: Child seat/jumpseat compatibility?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 04:25:29 EST
...For example, are the jump seats large enough to hold a full-sized toddler carseat (not infant seat)? Are the seats bolted to the...
Re: middle seat removal
Historical mailing list - Bill H.
Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:21:52 -0800
...You don't need to remove it, you only need to get it behind the middle seat and laying over the rear seat. Then...
Re: 2 person middle seat avail
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:38:42 -0400
Michael Diehr wrote: > Does the 2-person middle seat not fit a westy at all? Or does it fit > but block the sink/cabinet...
FS: Vanagon Jump Seat
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Fri, 4 May 2001 20:12:13 -0400
Hello I have a single grey "Carat " style jump seat for sale from an 87 Wolfsburg Weekender. The seat is in good condition with...
Front Seats w/Armrests For Sale
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:28:47 -0600
One set of blue velour front seats with armrests (nonadjustable) from my 86 Syncro, fine condition, $150/pair. 2 Carat drivers side seats with...
FREE Vanagon back seat w/ armrests
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:51:35 EDT
...perfect cond blue velour vanagon GL back seat (rear seat) with armrests. blue velour in the '85-'87 style, but fits all vanagons. clean...
swival seat mechanism for sale, allows your front seats to swival 360 deg.
Historical mailing list
Wed, 28 May 2003 13:08:54 EDT
i have a extra swival seat mechanism for sale if anyone wants one. you can install these in ANY passenger van or westy. complete...
Folding Mid Seat
Historical mailing list - Tromper
Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:17:32 -0700
Hi folks, Don't s'pose anyone in the Seattle area has one of those fold down middle seats, pref brown, they'd like...
why the stock vanagon front seats arent as good as they could be..
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:46:38 EDT
...i currently have capt chairs/front seats from a low mileage '91 carat in my 84 van. while the seats are in excellent shape...
Re: Westy middle seat mounting question(s)
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:26:48 -0500
>mount tracks and then cut a strip of wood to lay in them >when seat is not in use, and recover with floor mat...
Re: swivel seats
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:13:15 -0400
...The swivel mechanism, and the seat. First, let's talk about the seat. In order to accomodate the swivel, the Westy seat is slightly...
Bench seat posts/stops Question.
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 00:27:30 -0700
...It appears that my existing bench seat posts/stops are going to be too short for the narrower bench seat of the Carat Bench...
Re: rear seat conversion???
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:21:50 EDT
...I found out yesterday that the seat back also folds down forward (so it lays on top of the rear seat). Maybe yours will...
Re: Infant Carseat Recommendations?
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 06:36:53 -0400
David Bogle (bogle@BWAY.NET) said on the date of 9/27/99 11:36 PM >I need to get an infant seat (rear...
Re: 3 seat bench renov. '85 westy
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:26:33 EDT
...any you > would boost your westy's resale value, not kill it by ripping out the > interior.. > and by folding the middle seat down...
Re: Installing Volvo Front Seats
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:41:36 -0800
fwiw, I have installed a Volvo 740 leather seat in the driver's position of a vanagon. ( I'd even sell that setup I...
Re: Child seats in VW vans?
Historical mailing list - -Chip
Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:11:19 -0500
DavidM wrote: > Can the rear facing seats be used? Is it possible to change the rear > facing seats to face forwards? As the father...
Re: Front Seat Removal
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:19:54 -0700
There's a little clip you must lift up as you slide the seat forward. The seat will stop at the clip to prevent...
bench front seat for sale! was:Re: 16" Syncro Double Cab double pass. seat
Historical mailing list
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 19:34:54 EST
...includes the special seatbelts too. i was going to cut the seatback release mechanism off of a 2 door golf front pass seat and...
Re: Seat covers
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 09:38:27 -0700
I recently contacted SEWFINE and was told that indeed they do have a patter for the vanagon seats although it is not in their...
Re: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:28:36 EDT
In a message dated 4/13/00 2:22:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rlynch@INFOSAT.COM writes: << Will the seats from an 89...
Vanagon Heated seat switch/column cover
Historical mailing list
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:14:22 EDT
...has anyone ever wired up heated seats in their vanagon? i have the complete heated seat wiring harness and relays (except the seat heater...
Re: Adding Arm Rests to an Early Vanagon - 1981
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:01:14 -0500
Hi Geoffrey, Not only do the early seats not have arm rests but I’m pretty sure they had the old style horse hair...
Re: Baby seat installed in backseat of Vanagon.
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Sun, 9 Oct 2011 05:25:36 -0700
Have one in the middle seat in a 7 pass Van.� Works fine.� The seat belt goes through the frame of the child seat...
Re: Freen Middle Bench seat
Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:42:35 -0800
BrenT You'll need a Firconditioned seat, or they won't match Jere -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
Swivel seat mechanism for sale.
Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
Fri, 17 May 2002 18:26:22 -0400
I have several of the Westfalia Vanagon swivel seat mechanisms for sale. These are what is needed to convert a regular Vanagon front seat...
Convertible car seat for Vanagon - Canadian Safety Standards
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:25:40 -0700
I'm hoping the list can help me purchase the appropriate car seat for my toddler who has outgrown her rear facing infant seat...
Re: Swivel Seat Satisfaction??
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:21:00 -0500
<snip> I was wondering how well people like their swivel seats. <snip> I have a 7 passenger with stock seats and a Westy with...
Re: "Jump" seats (was: 87 Vanagon FS or Part-out? Weekender)
Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:22:51 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 26 Nov 1996 SyncroHead@aol.com wrote: > A brief history (AKA What the heck is "Wolfsburg Seating") > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > In the mid 1987 model...
Re: FS: 2 person westy or vanagon middle seats w/ floor tracks &seatbelts
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:57:16 -0800
By the way, on this topic of vanagon middle seats. I have to say after converting the mint cond blue one from my 87...