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• Re: vanagon camper seating capacity
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 May 2010 10:44:24 -0700
  ...Just like 9 seats in a Westy, I could not picture you with a sister. Wait, wait, put that wig back on. OK, I...
• Re: Anyone installed a subwoofer?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 03:34:42 EST
  I installed a 8 inch subwoofer in a sealed box I fabricated under the driver's seat. There is about a 5 mm. clearance...
• On the subject of seats...
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:40:54 EST
  As long as we are discussing seats: Can I easily install the captains chairs from a westy that swivel to face rearward into my...
• Re: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:32:34 -0700
  ...89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon Will the seats from an 89 westie mount directly in my 85 vanagon. I've peered in the...
• Re: 1990 Carat interior FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:01:07 -0700
  ...The two jump seats, the table and support hardware, the rear windshield washer and wiper, rear day-bed / seat, seat-belts, molded side panels...
• Re: WTB Seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 20:40:32 -0400
  ...WTB Seatbelts Went to take the family for a short ride in the Mystery Van and when I went to put my son in...
• Re: are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:31:40 EST
  ...you want your seats to swival, then cut some swival bases off a vanagon westfalia full camper and weld them onto your van. i...
• Re: newbie question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:03:54 -0800
  ...the 85 up GL's had the velour seats w/ armrests. > the "weekender" package was just that, a package (folding middle seat, > rear > sofabed...
• Re: Camper seating arrangements
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:22:02 -0800
  ...VW never called it a "weekender", they used that term to describe the option where the rear seat folded into a full-size bed...
• Re: How to instal the plastic seat slide guide?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:13:48 -0700
  Eric! Don’t! Don’t be like me for gods sake :-) It doesn’t improve , it makes it harder to slide seat. :-) Ab > On...
• Re: back seat, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:11:36 -0700
  ...Also >>>> does >>>> not have 3-point seat belts on the rear seat. It does have head >>>> rests >>>> and >>>> 3-point seat belts for the...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:19:32 -0700
  ...does it have a pop top ? and this one you descibe is a US model ? got one of those seats for sale !? lol ! ----- Original...
• Re: Z-bed cushions interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:13:29 -0700
  This is an opportunity to replace the hard seating foam with softer foam! The '85 and later rear seats have formed depressions for the...
• Re: middle seats from 90 gl
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:15:25 -0700
  Jason, If you want to put a carat table in a regular van you have to get a carat rear seat. I bought a...
• free seats
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fall
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:39:34 -0800
  I've replaced my stock seats with lounge chairs so I have some extra stock seats for 83.5 westy. passenger in ok shape...
• swival BASES arent part of the seats.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 20:58:43 EST
  folks, the swival BASES are not part of the seats. ANY vanagon seat will work on these swival BASES, regardless of year. the swival...
• Westy Middle Seat
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:35:05 -0400
  Could one of you with a Westy middle seat take some digipix of your floor for me? I have the seat, and the rails...
• Re: Front seat switch, '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:19:21 EST
  In a message dated 1/24/03 12:27:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, jandkjohnson@JUNO.COM writes: << The driversside seat is beginning to...
• Jump seat help!
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:12:57 -0700
  Friends, I bought a jump seat ages ago then last year bought a bracket from a list member and this weekend decided to install...
• Need Floor Rails for slide out Westy Seat
  Historical mailing list - Olin Bausback
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:33:20 -0500
  Hi, I have a single "slide in" passenger seat which I would like to install in my 81 Westy, but it came without the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Aug 2013 (#2013-395)
  Historical mailing list - Mills Crosland
  Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:28:36 -0700
  Re: "Secret compartment"--Unfortunately (or fortunately) I have battery under each seat; anybody have other suggestions/experience with creating a "secret" or secure compartment...
• Re: G.E.A.R. Seat Covers - Smittybilt
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:20:49 -0600
  ...Holds all my stuff behind the passenger seat, so I can reach it from the drivers seat. Has a big flat pocket for maps...
• Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:06:05 -0700
  ...I only turn the passenger seat, and position the table so it's between the seats. That way it doesn't really take up...
• neoprene front seat covers, side panels too???
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:27:06 -0800
  I saw some neoprene seat covers at a website.., they were made for a Eurovan.., not sure if the Eurovan front seats are the...
• Re: Custom Cat Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:56:39 -0700
  For a radiant heater like the Plat Cat, I think the best location is either right behind the passenger seat.. mounted on the aft...
• Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life Drivers seat swivel / table
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:48:49 +0000
  ...Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From: Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET> >Reply-To: Michael...
• Swivel seat
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:50:19 -0500
  HI All; Pulled out the front swivel seat in my '87 Westy to chase down 2nd battery fuse problem ("Interior lights out": found a...
• Re: WTB: green tweed seat
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:19:07 -0500
  ...green tweed seat Hi all, I'm looking to buy one of the green tweed seats that came in some 83-84 vanagons. I...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:54:18 -0700
  ...I do recall faintly, years ago, trying to add another to a seat, for 2 per seat.... made things worse :) alistair On 1-Oct...
• Re: weekender back seat
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 30 Dec 1996 09:47:11 -0500
  ...weekender back seat > Date: Saturday, December 28, 1996 1:35 PM > > anyone have thoughts on reasonable price for a weekender back seat > (folds-down...
• armrests and seat upgrades
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:31:11 -0400
  I was beaming with pride at my sheer genius at swapping over my original '82 seat uprights and their covers to uprights from the...
• Re: Rear heater core replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:46:06 EST
  ...I certainly didn't want the hassle of taking out the rear seat every time I had to exercise the rear heater core bleeder...
• Re: The "Replacement Seat Thread" Begins
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:51:21 -0700
  ...What cars have front seats that will directly go into a Westy or > >regular vanagon? > > > >2. I'm thinking about making an adjustable metal...
• Re: Camper to 7 passenger (rear 3 seat bench?)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:06:14 -0700
  ...Does anyone have an idea > if a 3 seat rear bench would fold out with the stove/fridge still in place? > If I could...
• Re: swivel seat install carat
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 06:45:35 -0800
  ...Mark James Vidal wrote: >I have a swivel seat assembly (all 3 parts) that I want to weld in for the front passenger seat...
• Re: Front seat belt replacement
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:50:58 -0600
  ...On 6/16/06, JP <jpbeauch@gmail.com> wrote: > HI all, > > My front seat belt are very tired and won't retract anymore by...
• Re: WTB: green tweed front seat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 18:08:04 -0500
  ...On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:56 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote: > I know everyone hates the green/brown tweed seats. > >
• Re: For Sale On The Samba
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:37:47 -0800
  Whoever did the upholstery didn't line up the plaids for the back seat back and seat. What part of "perfect" didn't this...
• Re: Seattle Area Body Shop?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:14:49 -0400
  > Hey there...do you have a favorite body in Seattle you'd recommend? This is a family site, so let's keep it clean...
• FS: '82-'84 westy front seats, striped pattern, exclent shape
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:56:45 EST
  for sale: '82-'84 westy front seats, brown/tan/beige/blue stripes, excellent shape, no wear. $100 pair. will ship. chris allentown, pa
• looking for a single extra seat or bench
  Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 06:25:38 -0700
  Hi, I am looking for a slide in seat or bench for my '86 Westy (brown interior). Any pointers would be highly appreciated! thanks...
• Re: Rear 3-Point Retracting Seat Belt needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:28:30 -0500
  I know the GOwesty seat belts are expensive, but they are a very good kit, easy to install ....they to me they are worth...
• Front seatbelts not retracting well
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:30:32 -0500
  Hi, My front driver's seatbelt isn't retracting particularly well. Is there a replacable spring or something like that in the mechanism? Thanks...
• FS rare single middle westy swival seat on lockbox...on samba
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 01:33:06 EST
  single westy middle swival seat on lockbox... NOT MINE.. go for it.. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=222326
• Re: Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:56:24 -0800
  RE: Little Plastic Swivel Seat Thingies At least one of the online vendors lists them, I believe GoWesty. But well hiden on their site...
• Questions: Moving seatbelt...roof rack...flooring...laying the back seat down
  Historical mailing list - Kriss De Jong
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:34:23 -0700
  ...Seatbelt- I feel like I remember the list talking about how to move the seatbelt down to the lower hole (I see a screw...
• Re: Stuck Driver Seat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:33:01 -0500
  ...Finally removed the seat > > cushion, which had to be seriously repaired anyway, looking at the seat > pan > > sans cushion, it appeared the release rod...
• Re: Westfalia Interiors (long reply!)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:18:14 -0400
  Michael Heron wrote: > > > > I have never seen a walk thru dormobile either, although I have seen a > "flip seat" dormobile which i _assume_ is...
• Re: Westfalia Questions
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Wed, 21 May 1997 09:11:29
  ...This seat would go back to back with the passenger seat. The second option is a single seat which was sold as an option...
• Re: Westfalia Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 May 1997 01:23:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...He said he had a optional middle seat that slid in on the tracks in the floor. I'm thinking "two person middle seat...
• Parting out '87 Wolfsburg Ed. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:26:47 EDT
  ...2.1l motor with fuel injection setup (unknown condition) manual tranny (unknown condition) bracket for mounting rear facing seat- $25 Rear facing seat belt...
• Re: Weekender vs. Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:39:13 EDT
  ...up weekender back sofabeds have the seatback release latch in the center of the back of the seatback on the rear sofabeds.. (this is...
• Dark Grey interior panels needed
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:09:14 -0500
  ...Non adjustable armrests on the front seats and armrests in the middle and rear seats. Rear seat is fold forward only, not the weekender...
• Re: WANTED 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:23:57 -0900
  ...WANTED 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts > Why is it that you guys out in california are throwing away stuff the > rest...
• Re: Here's one I'll bet big bucks ain't in the archives
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:08:23 -0800
  Use a Vanagon Captain's seat with adjustable armrests and then you can freely discuss the yacht as long as you mention the seat...
• Re: rarest of the rare middle seat
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:23:50 -0800
  to far to ship, but got the 3 person middle seat ? your 85 nine passenger - is a US model ? 'vw nut' friend of mine...
• Re: de-Westy a 73?? $$$
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 May 1995 23:01:56 -0300
  ...Do you really need a 7 seater? You've got 5 now, look for the two seater bench that easily bolts down to the...
• Re: battery door and swivel seat?
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:13:41 -0800
  ...Is this true? I > though i could just > turn the seat so it faces backwards and slide the > seat towards the front > of the...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:24:19 -0500
  Okay, finally figured out that I can slide the drivers seat right off the tracks, then turn the swivel around so I can open...
• Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 16:33:01 +0000
  Stock Seats Are Terrible !!!! (In my humble butt's opinion !!! :o) I always put Carat Seats (with arm rests) in All of my Westys...