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• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:44:32 -0400
  ...I suppose when you say, "dual batteries under > the > > > seats," that you mean the starter battery under the passenger seat, and > the > > > "house" battery...
• Re: Swivel Seat install into a passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:16:15 -0700
  Yeah, the seat comes off the back, you turn it around and it goes on from the back... At least on my small sample...
• westie rear seat transplant?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 95 15:21:30 EDT
  ...You're better off taking off the middle seat and sleeping on the floor (I used to put my feet in between the two...
• Need Front Seats '76 Westi (Faded Yellow or Orange Bus)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:02:54 -0500
  Hi all, The front seats are shot and need stuffing and some repairs around the edges. Any ideas? I'm located on Long Island...
• Re: Tire Rack Steel Mercedes wheel for Syncro & Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 05:12:18 EDT
  ...The lug holes and seats are probably 12mm ball seat. You would need to open them up to 14mm and cut a new seat...
• Re: how do you get old bubblegum out of velour seats?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:27:26 -0400
  ...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: Infant seats and Vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:25:57 -0400
  ...It might not be really necessary for the infant seat, but > when your child passes the 40 pound weight limit of the five point...
• Re: 82 seat patterns/covers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:33:05 -0700
  The trick is to carefully remove the original seat upholstery, carefully take it apart with a seam ripper, and then use it as a...
• replacing floor mats
  Historical mailing list - Brian Asbury
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 17:22:52 -0600
  ...There are 5 mats all together (2 front, 1 between the seats, 1 behind the jump seats and the huge one in the cargo...
• Re: Have EKTA, Still Need a Number
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 12 May 2003 16:34:42 -0500
  ...I need the number for the seat belt anchor bolt which secures the inboard seat belt ends for both a front seat and and...
• Re: seating
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:44:18 -0400
  Seems like I saw a picture of one with the bench almost up to the driver's seat. I guess that they put the...
• Dynamic Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:24:20 -0700
  ...under the rear seat, passenger side two 110 amp hour batteries under the rear seat, middle position [propex heater will be under the rear...
• Re: and you thought you couldnt give your middle seat away?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 16 May 2007 21:22:57 -0400
  WOW!!! I have a 50 year old full size middle seat from a 56 or 57 deluxe van middle seat w/original brick red...
• Re: Non-captain chair padding
  Historical mailing list - Johnson City Alliance Church
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:22:19 -0400
  ...But, I sure do enjoy the "new" seats. I also was able to buy a "jump seat" that was in one of those vanagons...
• Re: Can I replace my back seats of 84 van with newer seats?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sanner
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 14:29:13 -0800
  ...I want to take my middle bench out and replace it >with a newer modeled seat that folds down. Are they interchangeable with no...
• Re: Middle Seat for 87 Vanagon GL Westphalia Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Ellis
  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:29:21 -0700
  ...I don't know if the standard middle two-person seat from a 7-seat van will fit in a camper with the refrigerator...
• Re: Toddler seat ?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:01:51 -0800
  ...I have stopped using my vanagons for transporting the younguns as my 6 YO is in booster seat only mode and I don't...
• Re: Jump Seat Install: Where does the bracket go?
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:12:17 -0700
  Tabe Johnson wrote: >Does anyone have accurate dimensions as to where to put the holes >for a passenger-side jump seat bracket? I only...
• Re: new '97 ev camper q's
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Quijano
  Mon, 11 May 1998 20:19:46 -0400
  >>> Question for 97 EVC owners - what is the purpose of the small lever on the right side of the driver and passenger seats? Mine...
• Bus or Van? Answer=VAN
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:46:48 -0500
  ...Reasons: (1) A bus to me has all forward facing seats, my van has two rear-facing seats. (2) A bus to me is...
• more seating and engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Stephanie
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 22:35:30 -0600
  Hello, 1)I have a '86 GL that currently seats 7. Are there other seating configs that would allow me to increase this? safely...
• swival seat mechanism for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:12:56 EST
  ...everything you need to make your stock existing seat swival 360 degrees. mounts to ANY vanagon. p-mail me for info. chris
• Re: Vanagon Rental in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:13:02 -0700
  ...Vanagon Rental in Seattle Can someone tell me if anyone still rents Westy's in Seattle? David Hunt '86 Vanagon 'White Shadow'Get more...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 18 May 2004 17:13:10 -0400
  ...there was a "fifth seat" option offered by VW for the '85 Westies (with the 1.9 engine). This was a forward-facing seat...
• Re: Need jump seat mounting instructions
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 09:52:52 -0400
  ...I acquired the seat from a list member in NJ for $100 plus $25 shipping. The seat came from a junk yard and was...
• Re: Furnace for camping in the winter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 May 2008 05:56:00 EDT
  ...Putting it under the bench seat means I've lost that much storage. Now I have no space under the seat, I have a...
• Re: 11 PASS vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:43:06 -0700
  ...Look at the seats. I never noted it before but these seats are narrower front to back than the standard seats. Look at the...
• 84 GL potential purchase - questions
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:09:55 -0000
  ...How feasible is it to add an extra seat? For example in the middle row can you swap out the 2 seater for a...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a86Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:20:30 -0800
  Is this mounted in the box under the drivers seat? With the swivel seats in my westy (and assumably the 86 westy originally in...
• Re: toon physics (also applies to VW's)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 10:47:18 PST
  ...Oh, I replaced my front passenger seat yesterday with a bucket seat from a 73 Capri. I intend to replace the drivers seat next...
• Re: Swivel Seat install into a passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:39:25 -0500
  On my GL...I push seat forward as far as possible and release the catch and pull it towards the steering wheel to get...
• Re: OMG...non shredded shreddy tan corduroy!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:11:18 -0600
  ...More interesting to me is the jump seat. Are seats like this one > available, and can they be installed so as to be fully...
• Re: front seats for 90 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 22 May 2016 19:11:51 +0000
  ...Stow 'N Go seats work well: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=649464 On 5/22/2016 7:04 AM, Richard...
• Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Truls Erik Johnsen
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:21:15 +0100
  ...How is the rear seat comfort on the Westy? The spesific model I'm considering is an '85 Club Joker with Westfalia interior. My...
• FS Seattle: 1882 Westfalia Camper 105 k on chassis / 5k on rblt motor... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Mackenzie
  Wed, 28 May 1997 15:32:37 -0700 (PDT)
  ...pnw.forsale, seattle.forsale.misc, rec.autos.marketplace, seattle.forsale.transportation Subject: 1882 Westfalia Camper 105 k on chassis / 5k on rblt motor... --------------- 1882...
• Re: Driver Needs Leg Room in Westy
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:58:01 -0400
  ...similar-vintage non-Westy front seats, whose seat-bottoms are very slightly (maybe 1") taller than Westy seats. This would provide a slight increase...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:56:16 -0500
  FWIW, this is a deal at 3x the starting bid (which would almost cover the seat belts alone from the dealer - don't ask...
• captains chairs w/ armrests for sale..wasRe: swaping out seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 16:42:36 EST
  In a message dated 1/24/03 4:18:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, RMiller@STANTEC.COM writes: > Since were talking about seats I...
• Seat belt rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:27:01 -0800
  I was wondering if anyone has used this company - https://www.safetyrestore.com Who says they will rebuild your seat-belt retractors for $59...
• Re: What has happened to gasoline prices?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:58:09 -0700 (PDT)
  The Shell station outside my window here in Ballard Seattle Shell is asking 136.9 up from 132.9 yesterday. Jeffrey olson SEattle, WA
• Rear seat belts
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:59:59 +0100
  I'm looking for someone to send me a copy of the Bentley description how to mount the rear seatbelts by e-mail or...
• Tweed Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:48:49 EDT
  I have a set of tweed front seats from a 91 Vanagon, they are in good shape. Anyone interested please make an offer. All...
• FS: Vanagon or westy rear shoulder harness seatbelt
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 03:53:53 EDT
  for sale: vanagon rear shoulder harness seatbelt. this fits all vans (and westys on the passenger side rear) oem vw. chris [text/html]
• Wasserbox Rebuilding/Installing in Seattle?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Ryan
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:26:35 EDT
  I'm looking for an exceptionally good rebuilt 2.1 coupled with knowlegable installation in the South Puget Sound/Seattle WA area. Any suggestions...
• FREE
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 22:31:14 -0400
  Free seats middle and rear of non folding 84 Vanagon blue color in Asheboro North Carolina Middle seat free from a 88 vanagon grey...
• Burning Man article
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:59:06 -0700
  For those of us not there in our Vanagons (RVC) here is an article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle...
• Bed seat in '84?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:37:16 -0500
  Hi all, I wish I had the fold down bed seats in my '84. Has anybody worked out any good alternatives for sleeping in...
• where is seatbelt warning relay
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:25:25 -0700
  Where is the "seat blt wrng rly" on an '87? Bentley 97.115, tracks 133-136. What am I looking for? Richard A Jones...
• Aircooled Westfalia in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:38:06 -0700
  ...http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/384299664.html -- Bretts 1983 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde"
• westy on Seattle (Olympia) CL - something different?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:01:54 -0700
  http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/888569468.html Looks like it may be a right hand drive. No interest or connection, just curious. Andrew
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:13:51 -0600
  I would think that an integral head restraint, as on many vehicles, with a mattress behind the fold down seat as in the camper...
• Vanagon Stuff for sale!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:45:31 EDT
  ...and key -vanagon/bus jacks -bus speedo clusters -vanagon speedo clusters (early style) -vanagon glove boxes -vanagon headrests, fit all center and rear seats...
• Vanagon Stuff for sale!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:36:06 EST
  ...and key -vanagon/bus jacks -bus speedo clusters -vanagon speedo clusters (early style) -vanagon glove boxes -vanagon headrests, fit all center and rear seats...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 19 May 2004 00:56:57 -0400
  ...The rear mount, floor cups, and the seat framing form a very string triangular structure. I would not want to be in that seat...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:03:21 -0800
  ...Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints > > Seems that there should be a seat configuration that included head rests that would work...
• Re: Multivan
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 14:57:43 +0200
  Richard Golen wrote: > >From my collection of European T3 & T4 brochures, the Multivan is the 7 > passenger version with a back seat that folds...
• Re: bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:38:15 -0600
  ...It seems that I > should be able to pull down the panel below the seat to expose the storage > area without pulling up the...
• Re: Middle Seats
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:23:33 -0700
  ...There are 4 bolts holding the middle seat to the > rails. On my 86 there is also some foam noise reducing material under the...
• Re: TV antenna
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:18:20 -0700
  I bought a small foldable black metal stool from CVS pharmacy (on sale for $4.50) that fits perfectly between the two front seats...
• Re: here are some cool vanagon accessories and upgrades
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:21:06 -0800
  ...drivers seat pedestal (from westy) > -swival mechanism installed on front pass seat > -quick release seatback hinge pins (so i can spin seat around to...