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• Anyone in SEATLE?
  Historical mailing list - SORIN BEJENARU
  07 Feb 97 21:20:12 EST
  I am trying to find someone in Seatle area that can go to a wrecking yard in Seatle to see if the Vanagons there...
• Middle seat on-line picture wanted or live showing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Dierze
  Wed, 26 May 1999 14:34:41 GMT
  Does anyone have any pictures on-line of the removable middle seat in a westie? I am considering the purchase but have concerns about...
• Need Recaro parts used.. where to get? (no Vdub)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:57:37 -0400
  ...Anyone know where I can come up with used parts for older Recaro seats? I need a "star wheel" adjuster that's on the...
• middle/back seat anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:54:27 EST
  From my Vanagon I have a two person middle seat with an armrest that doesn't fold down, & a normal back seat that I...
• Re: Front Seat Measurements
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:26:20 -0500
  ...I've an 86 GL Syncro Passenger Vanagon, and yes, I notice a distinct difference between its seats and those in my 91 GL...
• Re: Blood on Seat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 6 Jun 2004 08:30:39 -0400
  <snip> My wife said the vet used peroxide to clean all the blood off Denali (came right off!), would this ruin the seat? <snip...
• Re: Shoulder Belts, Booster Seats, Infant Car Seats... Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:28:43 -0400
  ...Go with the GoWesty Rear Seat Belt kits...they are a little pricey. But once I installed them, with the instructions that they supply...
• Tan/brown rear folding seat $30
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:47:04 -0600
  Tan/brown rear folding seat for sale, $30. I'm cleaning out our garage in Nampa, Idaho (a Boise suburb). I will not ship...
• Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:22:57 -0700
  ...This assembly then bolts in sandwiched to the passenger side seatbelt receiver in the seat pedestal, and does not interfere with the receiver for...
• Re: Problem installing a baby seat
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:17:18 -0700
  ...Most modern cars have the buckle right near the > base of the seat where the seat base meats the backrest. The bus has the...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:30:35 -0800
  ...The seat has storage underneath - > think cabinet with pad on top and back rest. It has an ice box instead > of the fridge, a...
• Re: Free Westy middle jumpseat in SoCal?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:59:25 -0400
  I have a 85 full westy that had the slide in single seat on a swivel. I retrofitted the whole westy interior into a...
• Re: Anyone install 3 point rear seat belts in camper??
  Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:37:56 -0800
  Hiya - I installed the GoWesty 3 point belts on both sides of my rear seat, 87 Westy Weekender. Since the weekender has a full...
• Re: OMG...non shredded shreddy tan corduroy!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:22:10 EST
  ...More interesting to me is the jump seat. Are seats like this one available, and can they be installed so as to be fully...
• Battery and Battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:38:51 -0600
  ...The manual implies that there is a storage compartment under the seat with bolts to remove the seat, but I can locate no storage...
• Re: Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:24:13 -0500
  Also, put the vehicle in gear, and release the emergency brake before you rotate the seat, otherwise you'll mess up the handle on...
• Re: Fasten Seat Belt Lights Not working
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:00:36 -0700
  ...Fasten Seat Belt Lights Not working | |My friend has Stick Shift Vanagon and I noticed on his van that his "fasten |seatbelt lights" come...
• 71?-79 headrests for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 12:16:59 -0400
  i recently obtained a few of the headrests that fit the front seats on a 71?-79 bus. they would also fit the rear...
• Re: Good Body Shop in Seattle??
  Historical mailing list - Rainer Heller
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:53:41 -0800 (PST)
  Don't know how many places you know in Seattle, I'm a VW and Seattle and US newbie myself. I don't have...
• Re: Swivel Seats
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:38:32 EDT
  In a message dated 98-07-19 23:48:58 EDT, loganc@innercite.com@INNERCITE.COM writes: << I have a set of Swivel seats...
• Re: rear shoulder belts installation - thanks
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:59:18 -0500
  ...Thanks! Now, can anyone tell me if the rear-facing seats from the Carat have shoulder belts? ed Alistair Bell wrote: > A couple of...
• Re: Help ..
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 10:18:29 -0400
  >I just purchased a 1988 Vanagon GL , 7 seater and the middle >seat slides from side to side on the rails, I've looked...
• Upgrading Front seats.
  Historical mailing list - Sean R.
  Mon, 28 May 2001 22:42:47 -0500
  ...So I was wondering if I could add arm rests to the seats on my '84 westy and then I though, why not just...
• Re: Un-retracting a seat belt?
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:58:09 -0400
  Keep the seatbelt assembly level and still, like it's in position in the van. Hotch 86 Vanagon GL 89 Jetta GL 93 Honda...
• Re: Curtain Behind Front Seats - How?
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:11:02 -0400
  My Wolfsburg with the weekender package came with a curtain that goes behind the front seats, it snaps to both sides of the van...
• Re: Vanagon seat replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:53:06 -0800
  ...I have Routan seats as our front seats. Just remove the tracks from your original chairs. Then fabricate some bars to attach the tracks...
• Re: 3 point seatbelts in Westfalias
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:25:33 EDT
  ...Does anyone > have any suggestions - used parts or alternatives to three point seatbelts? > By the summer both car seats will be facing front. > ThanksJeff...
• Clutch cylinders in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:20:46 -0700
  any recommendations for a local source for clutch master and slave cylinders in the Seattle area? Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus
• Vancouver Earthquake?
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 20:35:42 +0000
  Didn't feel it just east of Seattle, but my wife felt it in downtown Seattle. Our friends north of the border doing OK...
• Seat cushions and drunken bears...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 07:59:35 -0500
  Dan Houg relates restuffing seat cushions to wrestling a drunken bear... I believe it does get cold and lonely in Minnesota ! Weston
• Swivel Seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:33:43 -0700
  A while ago there was some information on the prodedure to maintain the swivel seats. Couls someone forward it to me please? Thanks John...
• Was Re: Front swivel seats.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:16:16 EDT
  so, if you weld the swivel mechanism to the floor, do you lose the ability to slide the seat fore and aft?
• GL Bucket seats
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:22:07 -0500
  Hi Vangonees, Does any one have a pair of brown velour (GL) Vanagon seats for sale? Where? Condition? How much? Tom $ 1.9L Westy
• removing bench seats
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:00:51 -0800
  how are most people removing the middle bench seats? by unscrewing the rails? or pulling the carpet out and sliding it off the rails..
• Westy Syncro driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:53:48 -0400
  Hi, Can anyone provide a procedure to take the driver's seat out? I want to install a 2nd battery. Best regards.
• Center seat stuck folded down
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:24:09 -0700
  Hey Volks, One of my center seats is stuck in the folded down position. Any pointers? Thanks, Gregory Smith '88 Vanagon GL
• 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
  ...We'll have at least one car seat in it, as you do, iirc. The necessity of course is the ability of all or...
• Re: For Sale - Captain Seats
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:33:47 -0500
  ...Good > condition, original upholstery, dark blue with light blue/dark blue > check in the seat back and seat bottom. > > > these make a great upgrade...
• Re: Westfalia features!
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:44:25 -0800
  ...While camping at Yosemite a few > weeks ago I met a Westy owner who did not know that the front seats > revolve! Any others...
• Re: anyone have rusting problems around there rear seatbelts?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:40:35 -0400
  ...jonathan On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, jesse johnson wrote: > Anyone have problems with rusting around where the rear seat belts bolt > to the firewall...
• Re: Rear seat belt in 1985
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 May 1998 21:28:11 CDT
  and in case someone wants to put a center seat shoulder belt in ... From Service Bulletins, Model Year 1991 ....................................................................... Technical Information Group: 68 Number...
• Eurovan for Triplets!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:23:06 -0500
  ...All other vans and minivans you could only fit 2 car seats on the rear bench and had to put one seat on the...
• Re: swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:32:03 +1000
  ...swivel seats On the stock Westy the swivel mechanism is welded to the seat frame overlapping the stock rails. Someone (I forget who) has...
• Re: how to access the area under the front seats
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:04:18 -0400
  ...Removing that few inches of metal gives access under the seat and with the carpet put back in place, it provides a "Secret" compartment...
• Question about mounting middle seat in a westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:53:00 -0500
  Hello; I understand that some westies came fitted with the slideout middle seat. Mine didn't. Over the last few summer's I've...
• Vanagon Seats
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 02:41:28 -0400
  ...I attempted to get $50 for my old seats but will be leaving this Sunday for = CALI and won't be taking them with...
• Re: Rear seat lower bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:03:41 -0400
  ...What's the trick to these? I'm trying to remove the rear seat from my '87 passanger van and cannot seem to figure...
• westy 2 person middle seats for sale, fit all vans
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 May 1999 11:23:42 EDT
  i have westy 2 person middle seats for sale. currently have grey, or blue. fit all westys and vans from '80--'91. come with...
• Flashlight holder source
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:24:12 -0700
  Noted a shiney new EuroVan camper parked along the waterfront here in Seattle (anyone on the list??). Playing a peeping-Steve, I noticed a...
• installing seat rail plastic tracks
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:20:58 -0700
  ...they are the plastic tracks that the seat rails slide on. my front seats rattle around without them. I bought them from the vw...
• anybody interested in a 2002 eurovan multivan?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:01:42 -0500
  ...middle two rear-racing jump seats, swing up table rear seat folds into bed pop-top with upstairs bunk fog lights installed $31,995...
• WTB folding seat mount
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Fri, 3 May 2002 17:18:37 -0700
  I have one of those nifty rear facing, folding, removable seats but no mount. Anyone have mounting brackets they want to part with? I...
• FS Front seats
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:37:23 -0400
  I have two vinyl, tan colored front seats from an air cooled van. No armrests. One is in pretty good shape, the second is...
• Seats?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 23 May 2004 09:48:16 -0700
  ...He wants to remove the center bench and put in the two rear-facing single seats like are found in Weekenders. Having never been...
• for sale: vanagon swival seat mechanisms (add to any vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:13:52 EDT
  i have some oem vw vanagon swival seat mechanisms for sale. they allow your stock front seats to swival 360�. you can mount these...
• Re: luggage area
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 10:17:20 -0800
  ...Also the folding rear > > seat really does fold out flat. You probably know, but if you release the > > rear seat back catch, pull the...
• Re: conversion to Swivel chair (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Sun, 12 May 2002 19:28:46 -0700
  ...Any lowering of the mechanism to alleviate the approximate 1" increase in height over the standard seat height would not allow the swivel seat...
• Re: How do you carry your cargo?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:35:48 -0500
  ...Attach them either in front of the shifter, or on the sides of the bases of the seats, and thats where the nalgene goes...
• Re: passenger seat rocks
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 05:14:01 -0800
  ...passenger seat rocks > > >>David: >> My seat used to squeak badly, so I took it apart and greased it. Fixed >>the armrests by adding loctite...
• location of seat belt warning relay
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 26 May 1999 22:40:46 -0700
  ...batteries are now located under the driver's seat (yea!), I am trying to come up with the best way to run a wire...