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• Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:11:24 -0400
  ...I'm trying to determine if you have a Camper with swivel seat bases, can you put any Vanagon Driver or passenger seat on...
• FS: Seats in Portland OR or Seattle WA
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:54:49 -0800
  ...With sliders/frames only, no hardware, swivel bases or seatbelts. Best uses for front seats would probably be for the frames/padding, but they...
• Re: Seat change?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:19:24 -0800
  ...According to the poster, the seats aren't that much taller. They are longer in the seat part though which likely interferes with swivel...
• Re: Swivel Seat Satisfaction??
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 23:38:24 -0500
  ...Edward At 05:39 PM 1/3/2004, you wrote: >I was wondering how well people like their swivel seats. > >I planned to install...
• Re: Cutting out swivel Westy Seat Bases
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 20:56:11 -0600
  This is the first set of swivel bases I found eight years of rummaging through wrecking yards. After reading the horror stories involving bigger...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - front swivel seat set-up
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 21 May 2007 12:08:55 -0700
  ...If you sell the van and want to remove the swivels, the tracks will stikl be htere assuming you do not damage it in...
• Re: Are jump seats the same as regular front seats?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 12 May 2006 09:02:05 -0700
  ...the swivel seats, I was hoping it would work > for the fold down jump seats as well. > > Chris Chris, The front seats are different...
• Re: front seat swivel top: value?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:27:18 -0700
  ...front seat swivel top: value? > Someone gave me the top bit of both front swivel seats but junked their > van > before cutting out the...
• Re: More Captain Chairs questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Apr 2000 08:13:05 EDT
  ...they seats dont swivel, the BASES do only on the westfalia models chris
• Re: 1987 Camper Center Swivel Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:00:11 -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: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:28:36 EDT
  ...Does $500 CDN seem like a reasonable price for a pair of swivels in good shape with arm rests? >> people...the SEATS dont swival...
• Re: Porsche seats in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:07:58 -0800
  ...does this work on the vanagon westy with swivel base
• Re: Vanagon favorite part - seats
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:45:55 -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...
• Re: M-code puzzlement
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 22:58:48 +0100
  ...6seater absolutely > wonderful carat, with 2 FAT Audi seats in the rear and 2 swivelling seats in > the middle, but as LHD. Damn, I...
• Re: access to battery ?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Worls
  Sun, 19 Apr 1998 19:21:06 -0400
  >On this vanagon that I saw, there were two swivel seats though neither >one seemed to swivel. Press the lever in the middle front...
• Re: The little Swivels under the seats...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 05:49:52 EDT
  ...Otherwise you can't use the swivels without some serious metal transplanting and welding. >> Ummmm..... the only vans that came with this circular plate...
• Re: Westy auxiliary battery s...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 10:51:13 -0500
  ...If you have swivel seats then trim away the right rear corner of the swivel base so you can still swivel you r seat...
• Re: [LVC] Suggestions for the taller gentleman?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:36:39 +0000
  ...I have a Weekender that didn't come with swivel seats, which is fine because I never swiveled the drivers seat anyway. I welded...
• Re: Will 2, 1-person middle seats fit?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:20:52 EST
  ...middle seats will fit in a Vanagon > Westy with the factory installed middle seat tracks. I know that either a > one-person swivel seat...
• Re: [Re: Vanagon favorite part.]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:09:45 EST
  ...Now that I have a full Westy, they swivel around. > > And swivel seats are > > just cool. > > Peace, > > Peder > > '84 Westy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Matt...
• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:48:21 -0800
  ...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: Front Seat Mounts Under Swivel Seat
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 30 May 2003 10:04:39 -0700
  ...wheel before cutting >out the seat swivel mechanism. > >My Westy camper has no power steering or swivel seats, >but I'm pretty sure that...
• Single Swivel Seat on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 22 May 2001 10:40:17 -0500
  The rare single swivel seat that fits in the middle seat rails for all vans (including Westys) is available on eBay. The seat is...
• Re: What size optima battery
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:02:20 -0600
  ...If >your seats don�t swivel or cant go back that far no problem. If you have >swivel seats you will need to pin...
• access to battery ?
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Sun, 19 Apr 1998 13:31:48 -0700
  ...On this vanagon that I saw, there were two swivel seats though neither one seemed to swivel. When I pushed the passenger seat forward...
• Re: front seats from westy to weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:50:43 -0700
  The swivel bases are welded to the van body. You can cut the welds and weld them (by a competent welder for safety) onto...
• Re: NewOwnerQuestions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 18 May 2003 12:32:27 +1200
  ...My Caravelle's not a Westy, though, so no swivel seats. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <andrew...
• Re: Adding Arm Rests to an Early Vanagon - 1981
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:01:14 -0500
  ...The Vanagon seats I’m told are larger so if you have swivels it is a problem. Eric > On Feb 15, 2020, at 5...
• Re: Seat Options
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 07:47:08 -0800
  ...westy seats are thicker on the bottom portion than > your Westy seats that are on swivels are. > Since the driver's swivel is never...
• Re: Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:00:36 EST
  In a message dated 1/15/07 8:13:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, collum@VERIZON.NET writes: > Barring the location of the proper...
• Re: Smaller sized Optima battery?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henry
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:37:34 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/index.html Not sure what kind of seats and swivel bases other installers have had, but I was able to...
• Re: Westy Front table survey
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 09:54:20 -0500
  ...I can swivel the two front seats, but there is usually too much stuff stacked on them to sit and eat there. Also, I...
• Re: Swivel seat question
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Wedlake
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 20:45:43 -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: !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:42:17 EDT
  ...he had a 80 westy and never knew the front seats swiveled until i showed him.. and he'd owned the van for 15...
• Re: Middle swivel captain's chair to front of Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:32:36 -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...
• better seats
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:28:43 +0000
  ...very good seat for long distance driving - I realize that the swivel would not work, but its a small price for a better seat...
• Re: 1987 Camper Center Swivel Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 09:27:21 -0700
  ...It mounts in the center >area of the van, seats 1 passenger, has two armrests and a lockable >compartment in the base. I have...
• Front curtains - round the widow or behind the seats?
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Wed, 23 May 2001 22:14:29 -0400
  ...For a Westy - it allows use of the swivel seat. However, I'm thinking of adding a behind the front seats one as well...
• Re: middle seats, how heavy
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 06:10:25 -0700
  Hey Kim I see that you guys are talking about how easy it is to move around those seats. I still have a middle...
• Re: Swivel Seat Satisfaction?? & swival base for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 03:26:02 EST
  ...I was wondering how well people like their swivel seats. > > I planned to install front swivel seat bases in my van today but I...
• 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: Seat Options
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:14:54 -0600
  ...Non-Westy Vanagon seats will slide right in. > > Both will have thicker seat bases than a Westy seat so when installed on > > the swivels...
• Westy - Weekender - GL???
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  12 Aug 1997 14:55:00 -0600
  ...A Westfallia is a full camper conversion with closet, sink, fridge that apparently doesn't work well, and probably swivel seats. 2. My GL...
• Misc
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Ankeny
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:55:44 -0500
  ...floor pan except where the middle seats are. Also, is there a source for finding the seat swivel mechanism? and is it compatible with...
• Re: Adding Arm Rests to an Early Vanagon - 1981
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:33:11 -0500
  ...The Vanagon seats I’m told > are larger so if you have swivels it is a problem. > > Eric > > > > > > On Feb 15, 2020, at 5...
• Re: Swivel Seat install into a passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:35:43 -0400
  ...might have Westy seats in it now so that might not be a big deal - I'm only installing the swivel on the passenger...
• Re: Seat change?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:52:20 -0800
  ...They are >longer in the seat part though which likely interferes with swivel on >the Westy. > >I recently saw used EV seats online. $150...
• Correction to "Wanted: captains chairs and grille"
  Historical mailing list - marty guinn
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:40:13 -0400
  ...m really looking for is just the "Swivel plate", that goes on the bottom of the seats. He says its called a "Lazy Susan...
• Re: Can a 91 GL 7 Seater be Converted to Carat Interior?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:46:29 -0700
  ...I only put in one of the jump seats. Driver sice. Passenger side i plan to put in a swivel base so all but...
• Re: Seats?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 23 May 2004 19:31:48 -0700
  ...I also only put in only one of the jump seats; I want to put a swivel base on the front passenger seat. Kind...
• Re: Front curtains - round the widow or behind the seats?
  Historical mailing list - Az Barber
  Wed, 23 May 2001 23:40:34 -0400
  ...For a Westy - it allows use of the swivel seat. > However, I'm thinking of adding a behind the front seats one as well...
• Re: Passenger seat swivel base is loose
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:45:47 -0800
  ...Passenger seat swivel base is loose > > How do the welds look that hold the swivel to the old seat tracks? You > could be suffering...
• Re: How do you remove the swivelling seat from a westie?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 May 2004 23:33:46 EDT
  ...doesnt sound like they are stock vanagon seats, im sure you are aware of that as well..
• seats for '74 camper
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 12:39:16 -0400
  ...I require seats without the swivel mechanism, as my passenger seat is stationary, since I have the divider behind this seat. I am in...
• Re: Eurovan seats into Vanagon Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:37:44 -0800
  ...t=338291&highlight=eurovan+seats+vanagon Good luck, Miguel > What I need to know is, do the Westy swivel bases introduce a further complication...
• Re: Eurovan seats into Vanagon Westy?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:22:24 -0700
  ...t=338291&highlight=eurovan+seats+vanagon Good luck, Miguel > What I need to know is, do the Westy swivel bases introduce a further complication...
• Re: Swivel Seats
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:57:31 EDT
  In a message dated 98-07-20 00:48:44 EDT, Ari@OLTECO.COM writes: << Ummm...the seats may be the "same" to you...
• Re: Front Seat Measurements
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:32:24 -0800
  ...the seats in my Tristar. > > On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 09:46 AM, Larry Chase wrote: > > > > > > 255 881 375A for GL Non-Swivel > > >
• WANTED: Middle Seat for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - JCLC Thomasson
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:14:32 -0600
  As the family is expanding, and my beloved '85 Westy has only 4 seats, I am in search of the optional middle swivel seat...
• Re: Swivel seat question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:49:23 -0500
  ...net> wrote: > > > Eric, the swivel platform is bolted on, and the tightness of the bolts > > controls how easily the seats turn. The difficulty with...