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• Re: swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:52:05 -0700
  --snip-- >our family has 6'-1" members, and we have no problems. --snip-- One would think that would be more of a matter of...
• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:54:19 EDT
  ...seats that will rotate 180 degrees. They put a > coil of wire (1-turn) under the seat loosely so when the seat swivels, the...
• Re: Are jump seats the same as regular front seats?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 12 May 2006 17:53:48 +0200
  ...know you can do this with the swivel seats, I was hoping it would work > for the fold down jump seats as well. > > Chris > >
• Looking for swivel seat adaptors
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:13:06 -0500
  ...this includes not only the swivel plate that the seat mounts to but also the metal base that welds under the swivel on which...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - front swivel seat set-up
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Mon, 21 May 2007 18:18:48 +0000
  ...make >seat swivel. > > If I place unit atop my existing passenger seat tracks, that's redundant >(2 seat tracks) and > puts seats 1 inch...
• Re: Swivel seat question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:45:23 -0700
  ...net> wrote: > > > Eric, the swivel platform is bolted on, and the tightness of the > > bolts controls how easily the seats turn. The difficulty with...
• Re: 1984 VW Vanagon Camper - $5250 - Pgh Craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Sat, 5 May 2007 13:10:17 -0400
  ...I left the arm rests on the doors, so you can only use the outer seat arm rests when the seats are swiveled. The...
• Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:40:18 -0700
  ...In order to fit the yellow top into a westy with the > swivel > seats you will need to put it on its side and...
• swivel seat for 85 GL'
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pizzolato
  Fri, 4 Jan 1980 14:09:42 -0700
  ...I'm trying to find out if it's possible to swap the camper front seats that swivel. if anybody knows if this is...
• Re: Front Seat Measurements
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:26:20 -0500
  ...the seats in my Tristar. On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 09:46 AM, Larry Chase wrote: > > > 255 881 375A for GL Non-Swivel >
• Re: for Friday (Swivel Seat Fix)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 1996 19:32:52 +0000
  > I knew about the oil filler extension tube, the stove cover/drainboard, and > the swivelling front seats. What I want to know is, where...
• FS: vanagon westfalia swivel base, Kelowna, BC
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:55:45 -0700
  ...I have for sale two swivel base for the front seats of a vanagon. 150$ each, or 250$ pair. Pictures available soon for interested...
• Non-original seats in our VW Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:31:34 +0000
  ...These are buttery soft, gray leather seats with head rests, arm rests and full recline positioning. They still swivel on the original swivel plate...
• chairs
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:29:37 -0400
  Dear List, Does anyone have for sale, or know a source for, tan front seats with armrests that will fit the rails on my...
• Re: Front Seat Mounts Under Swivel Seat
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 28 May 2003 10:47:17 -0700
  ...My Westy camper has no power steering or swivel seats, but I'm pretty sure that if I lifted the seat a couple inches...
• Re: Wobbly Seats
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:50:49 -0700
  ...but I find regular non-swivel seats working fine anyway with at least on of those missing, and the seat is not floppy or...
• westy swivel seat lower bushings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:04:43 -0800
  Hi, I think a lot of westy owners have some sort of issue with the swivel seats... either too tight, or too loose, or...
• Re: Anyone fabricate swivel seats ?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:20:41 -0600
  EuroCampers will have Vanagon swivel seat adapters back in stock in about a week. Our shipment is due in port today, so hopefully it...
• Re: Camper swivel seat ? Battery box?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 4 May 2004 17:51:26 -0400
  ...Anyone have any ideas on this? <snip> The standard Vanagons (without swivel seats) have a hinged battery cover over the primary battery that won...
• Re: Prices on Used Captains Chairs
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Mon, 1 May 2000 23:37:39 -0400
  ...No joke. > > That was the only westy vanagon I have seen out there, and I got to it > time:) > >> > > the "swivel seats" are the...
• Clipped speedo
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 02 Jun 1997 10:10 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I surmise this is particular to the Westfalia on account of the stock Vanagon seats being mounted on the swivels which cause it to...
• Re: Stereo experts? was: Re: who has upgraded their front vanagon door SPEAKE...
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:56:12 -0500
  Under the front seats is a good place if you don't have swivel seats. Sincerely, Craig Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Sibley" <Sibleyjm...
• Ever install a CD changer under the front seats?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:55:55 -0400
  ...front driver and passenger seats if you cut out the metal wall in front (and teporarily remove the swivel). Has anyone done this? Is...
• Re: front seats from westy to weekender?
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:07:11 -0400
  I will gladly weld in any listees swivels for $25 a seat..........I am in Charleston SC Adam Puzerewski 81 westy 74 beetle 73...
• Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:03:49 -0700
  All the more reason to use a seat swivel to attach the Recaro seats. The downside with the Recaros is increased effort getting in...
• Re: 1990 Westfalia For Sale
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:34:47 +0000
  ...My current Westy, an '85 Wolfsburg Weekender did not have the swivel seats, so I welded in a swivel base on the passengers side...
• thanks
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Fri, 06 Dec 1996 14:37:36 -0500
  Thanks for all the replies to my 'Friday' rag about hard-to-swivel front seats. Goin' to Dad's this weekend and will make...
• Re: What are people using ~ Optima yellow top?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:09:22 -0500
  ...I did > no modifications, but I don't have swivel seats in my Camper either. That's exactly how mine is laying right now...
• swivel seat ques
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 27 May 2004 11:52:22 -0400
  ...i have the swivels reversed. it seems to me that the bases are identical. i am positive i have the seats in the right...
• Re: Vanagon favorite part.
  Historical mailing list - Houston
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:37:54 -0700
  ...Now that I have a full Westy, they swivel around. > And swivel seats are > just cool. > Peace, > Peder > '84 Westy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt...
• hello list
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 14:44:15 EST
  ...Among them are windshields, seats (including Weekender rear seats), a set of Westphalia front seat swivels complete with base plates , transmissions, engine parts, rear...
• Front seats hard to turn
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:25:24 -0400
  ...My 2 front seats on my '85 Westy are sooo hard to turn to face the rear. I am a little person and hardly...
• Installing swivel seats in '73 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 18:25:29 -0700
  I very much want to install swivel seats in my '73 Bus. Is there a particular seat that I could look for in a...
• Re: Middle swivel captain's chair to front of Westy.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:07:13 -0800
  ...the middle swivels did not come with headrests. Are the mounts for the headrest there beneath the fabric? Yes, Jeff. The seats are compatible...
• Re: access to battery ?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:54:40 EDT
  ...with swivel seats) to get to the battery. As the seat is facing forward, slide it back on its track. Then swivel it 180...
• Re: Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Butler
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:47:45 -0600
  ...Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:11:01 EST > >In a message dated 1/15/07...
• Re: Installing swivel seats in '73 Bus
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 12 May 1995 22:42:33 -0700 (PDT)
  Mark Hamilton writes: > > I very much want to install swivel seats in my '73 Bus. Is there a > particular seat that I could look...
• Re: Swivel Seat install into a passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:00:57 -0700
  ...the seat that 'was' there before the swivel will be pretty high after.. The seats that go with snivels are thinner on the bottom...
• Re: Middle seat weight?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 21:23:57 -0400
  ...weighs (and is in fact the same) as the front seats. The swivel box itself weights 75-80 pounds, I believe. > >> On Apr 9...
• Re: Swivel seat question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:52:40 -0500
  Eric, the swivel platform is bolted on, and the tightness of the bolts controls how easily the seats turn. The difficulty with that that...
• Re: Town and country seats in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:23:52 -0700
  ...There is a a bit more thigh support in the new seats compared to the Westy seats. The height of the arm rests ( angle...
• POP TOP conversion help requested
  Historical mailing list - Brooks
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:01:58 -0800
  ...does anyone know if any of the syncro vans came with the dual swivel front seats? I have seen one that has a passenger...
• 1987 Camper Center Swivel Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:03:24 -0500
  Camperites, I've looked at the 1987 Camper Supplement to the Vanagon Owner's Manual and found a Center Swivel Seat pictured and described...
• Re: Vanagon Seat question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:06:24 -0800
  ...wrote: >If you have a Camper with the rotating seats, will any Vanagon front >seats fit on the tracks? >I am aware that the...
• 89 vanagon swivel seats - how do you make them swivel ?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:13:14 -0800
  ...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: Front seats hard to turn
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 02:27:35 EDT
  In a message dated 7/9/02 11:17:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, boatshop@INTERCOM.NET writes: > > My 2 front seats on my...
• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:14:21 -0700
  ...seats that will rotate 180 degrees. They put a coil of wire (1-turn) under the seat loosely so when the seat swivels, the...
• Upgrading Front seats.
  Historical mailing list - Sean R.
  Mon, 28 May 2001 22:42:47 -0500
  ...what I really wonder about is will the bigger seats fit on the swivel bases and how much head room will I lose? Anyone...
• Swivel seat sticker
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Sat, 15 Feb 1997 16:47:24 -0800
  ...It goes with any Vanagon with swivel seats: "WARNUNG! Drehsitz wahrend der Fahrt nur in Fahrtrichtung benutzen. N'utiliser le siege pivotant que dans...
• Re: modifications - swival seat mechanisms for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:07:27 EDT
  ...jcrowe4@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > what about modifying the front seats so they can swivel? Any info? > Thanks, Matt > i have some swival seat mechanisms...
• Re: Swivel seat question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:38:02 -0400
  ...net> wrote: >> >>> Eric, the swivel platform is bolted on, and the tightness of the >>> bolts controls how easily the seats turn. The difficulty with...
• Re: Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:43:41 EST
  In a message dated 1/15/07 10:23:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, lalofs@RCN.COM writes: > But how do you glue it...
• Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life Drivers seat swivel / table
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:47:33 -0700
  ...How many of you use the front table and swivel the seats to use that area as shown on the vw literature? Some folks...
• Fwd: Installing Volvo Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:02:50 -0800
  ...Installing Volvo Front Seats To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> I'm looking for a good seat mod too . . . but for me, I...
• Swivel seat question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:42:36 -0400
  ...First is that my seats are very difficult to turn. I tried lubricant around the ring under the seat but no improvement. How can...
• Re: Town and country seats, drivers side installed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:29:16 -0700
  ...No need for the swivel mechanism. Seats used are 2009 and newer. Alistair > On Apr 11, 2016, at 2:07 AM, JordanVw@aol.com...
• New Westy Owner:15 inch wheels, seats, windows ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Saulius Berzinskas
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:22:43 -0400
  ...My primary concern being able to swivel the front seats Any recommendations for Do-it-yourself window tinting? thanks in advance Saulius 1982 Westy
• Cool spot for Bentley Book
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:44:42 -0400
  Hey I just noticed the Bentley Book fits nicely into that space under the drivers-side swivel seats on my '86. I'm not...
• vanagon seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Bravo Sierra
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:38:29 -0700
  ...i have an '86 westy weekender with the non swiveling front bucket seats. also, i was quoted $420 (not kidding!) for the re-uphostering...
• Re: Vanagon favorite part.
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:54:45 -0700
  ...Now that I have a full Westy, they swivel around. And swivel seats are > just cool. > Peace, > Peder > '84 Westy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt...