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• 2nd Battery
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:38:11 -0500
  ...Not sure I want to get into installing batteries under the bench seat. I have the GoWEsty 2nd battery setup and plan to expand...
• For Sale: VW Vanagon 1990 2nd row seat
  Historical mailing list - Rosemarie Whitten
  Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:03:46 -0500
  I have a 2nd row seat in good condition from a 1990 Vanagon. Seat material is good, the foam is firm and the arm...
• Looking for some interior parts for a 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:23:17 -0500
  I am looking for a nice passenger front seat for a 91 Westy. Must have black piping on seat and no cig burn holes...
• re:What kind of bus do I have?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 18:20:27 -0500
  ...If your bus has a bench seat you need one from a bench seat bus because of the bump behind the seat.
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:01:48 -0700
  ...There is an old double seat, portable potty out behind >grandpa's old house with a brass seat. A brass seat??? I would sure...
• Re: Wolfsburg parts into regular Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:51:37 EST
  ...The WLE does indeed have a slightly narrower rear seat. The "table-wall" stickes out from the normal wall position requiring the slightly narrower...
• Re: extra van seat
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:59:16 EDT
  ...the seat is, the City, east bay or south bay. >> Hi Kids, I got a response from the guy selling the seat. He wants...
• Re: bed/seat hinges?!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:29:08 EDT
  ...Will the aftermarket seat/bed hinges act & look > like the the westy hinges? z-products makes some hinges but i was not > able to...
• FS 2 '84 Vanagons Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 21:52:20 +0000
  We have 2 1984 Vanagons that are for sale in Seattle. One is Tan with tan interior and the other is blue with blue...
• Re: dirty, dirty seats clean again
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:31:51 +0100
  Of course! Both seats looked the same before washing. Raimund Am 23.02.2007 14:14, Rob schrieb: > At 2/23/2007 04:51...
• Re: removing front seats
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:36:07 -0700
  ...Can anyone give me a hint about how to remove the front seats from my > 83.5 V'gon. There is clearly a stop...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:32:32 -0500
  Well, if it weren't straight in the guide, it messes up the seat as it chatters around. If the guide is worn out...
• Re: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 May 2007 18:03:44 -0700
  Sorry Greg, that was me that mentioned the seating issue. Weekenders have six seatbelts: two in the front, three across the rear bench and...
• Re: Aux battery, install location
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 8 May 2008 12:04:51 -0700
  85 westy -- I put an optima yellowtop under the bench seat on the far left (when facing front). Left the charging relay under the...
• Re: Middle seat headrests
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:30:52 -0800
  ...The trick is harvesting the guides from old seats or buying them new. BenT sent from my electronic leash On Nov 26, 2012, at...
• Re: Rear seat lower bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 18:20:35 -0500
  You have to move the seat out until it is perilously close to crushing your body. It helps to cut a two by four...
• '86 Syncro Westfalia, 109K, Excellent Throughout, $18,700 ob... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sun, 1 Jun 1997 08:50:46 -0700 (PDT)
  ...pnw.forsale, seattle.forsale.misc, rec.autos.marketplace, seattle.forsale.transportation Subject: '86 Syncro Westfalia, 109K, Excellent Throughout, $18,700 ob... --------------- '86 Syncro Westfalia...
• Re: put headrests on all your seats..tan headrests for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 01:03:20 EST
  ...I've put them on the back seat of my 87 Syncro. Takes about 20 minutes to do 3 headrests. After the first headrest...
• Re: Jump seat help!
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 05:56:02 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a passenger side bracket for sale? Anyone want to buy a drivers side seat bracket? Thanks Patrick On 2/28/05...
• Re: FS: Middle bench seat for free
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 15:34:51 -0800
  ...Middle bench seat for free > Already have two folks interested. I took the Samba ad down. I will > repost > if neither person comes to...
• Re: swivel seat install carat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:28:16 EST
  In a message dated 11/9/05 9:20:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, james@PBCLIBRARY.ORG writes: > I have a swivel seat assembly...
• Re: Seat cover wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:09:52 -0600
  ...I would like to get my hands on a brown velour z-bed and matching >> front seats. I have a velour middle seat I...
• Fwd: 87 Camper - engine cuts out on left turns
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 29 May 1999 06:27:45 -0500
  ...Turned out that the rear seat frame or brackets would touch & > short out the ECU under the seat on certain corners. Not positive about...
• Re: How much different is a "Wolfsburg" Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:00:10 EST
  ...Mine has a rear facing passenger seat behind the driver (not a fold up jump seat) and a folding table on the left hand...
• RE: Cooler Seat for the Eurovan MV Weekender package
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Apr 95 13:36:38 EDT
  ...I took the seat out since I needed the empty room more than a passenger placeholder. I have stored the seat since then in...
• Re: defying gravity on vanagon seats
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy on Mindspring
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:39:42 -0800
  ...The velour upholstery generates strong static electricity charges that work to repel any object left on the seat. Note that German engineers sloped the...
• Re: 82 Engine FS & Swivel ??
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Partin
  Mon, 17 May 1999 10:09:12 -0600
  ...82 Engine FS & Swivel ?? > Also I'd like to convert my 87 Syncro Seats into swivel seats Like the > 82 has. has anyone done...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:51:23 -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: How to instal the plastic seat slide guide?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:51:09 +0000
  ...Re: [VANAGON] How to instal the plastic seat slide guide? Yup!                 I was tempted to do that!  But, you said only one in your...
• non-functioning AC unit taking up what would be a cool rear overhead cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:35:55 -0400
  ...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: Free Westy middle jumpseat in SoCal?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:58:21 -0700
  Originally the camper seat tracks had sheet metal track covers that were screwed down over the tracks to level the floor. Hard to find...
• Re: Westy Floor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:17:56 -0700
  ...My question, even though I have had the rear seat out, I don’t remember how far the floor goes under the seat and...
• Re: New Seats and carpet kit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:18:30 -0700
  ...New Seats and carpet kit > > Heh. And I thought installing tan captain seats in my '81 were a big > improvement! (which they were) > > Those...
• Re: Looking for a Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - J. Stutsman
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 14:45:08 -0700 (PDT)
  On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, return wrote: > > Would like to find a post 2.1 Westie in the Seattle or Portland area. I > am...
• Re: '99 EV VR6's passenger vans are here : wasRe: Eurovan 1999
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:00:08 -0700
  ...The cheapest Chrysler Voyager(thats what its called here) as a 2-seater delivery with a 2,0 4-banger(133 hp) and a...
• Re: full width blue Zbed in Oakland PNP... Where are you located?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:01:35 EST
  ...had the matching middle seat too... had the front seats but the shreddy blue corduroy was just that, shredded.. so i pitched the fronts...
• Re: 57 samba or 58?
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Fri, 03 Nov 95 10:38:47 EST
  ...no seats in back, > one tone paint) > model 22 is the Microbus (headliner, 3 windows on sides, interior > panels, rear and middle seats, two...
• Re: westy manuals and other stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Oct 94 17:50:01 PDT
  > > There are three on each front door, two underneath the back > seat/bed, two within the AC compartment above the pullout > seat/bed and...
• seatcovers for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:16:09 -0500 (EST)
  ...When he got in touch with them, they didn't have patterns for everything, such as the captains chir front seats, so he sent...
• Re: bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 04:59:17 EDT
  ...I have a rear bed seat with a broken hinge on > the tube frame. Since my bed/seat is in great condition is it...
• Seat cover replacements
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:50:44 -0700
  Hi folks, Does anyone have any experience with Vanagon seat cover replacements from "SewFine" http://www.sewfineproducts.com/index.html 1984-1991 STATIONARY #25...
• Re: Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:36:00 -0500
  he is talking about a westy here folks...seems everyone else is failing to mention you have to rotate the seat so it faces...
• Re: Baby seat installed in backseat of Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 9 Oct 2011 20:44:16 -0400
  ...Has anyone installed a baby car seat in a Vanagon back seat? > > SOG > Mesa, AZ >
• Vanagon Interior for Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:00:49
  ...Blue cloth front seats Blue cloth middle seat with split fold-down seatbacks Blue cloth sofa bed Carpet All interior panels No rips - good...
• 82 Vanagon Rear Seat - Lowering
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. Rissman
  Fri, 28 Mar 1997 08:52:12 -0800
  Can anyone describe how the rear seat is supposed to look after it has been lowered? For example I am trying to get a...
• Re: Too big to ship UPS.
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:10:20 -0800
  I too shipped my optional middle seat directly with the airline from Montreal to Vancouver (approx. 3000 miles). It was inexpensive and arived the...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:54:27 -0400
  ...the OEM good stuff anti-freeze bottles fit perfectly under the seat of the Vanagon. Hmmm...almost like they designed it that way... Scott...
• middle seat removal
  Historical mailing list - BillM
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:48:34 -0500
  ...I did that and the seat slid right out. When I bought this van a couple months ago the seat was installed for the...
• Seeking Adventurewagen Armrest Rear Bench Seat
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:22:09 EDT
  Hey guys and gals, In place of the existing flat bench seat in the back of the AW I'm resto'ing for Buffett...
• nice pic on "t5 pic site"
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:52:14 -0800
  ...has anyone put 3 point seat belts in their westy for the middle seat? I know that there are high anchor points on the...
• Re: WTB: 2 front seats, brown plaid
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:54:09 EST
  ...Anywhere near Victoria, Kelowna or Vancouver, BC, or Seattle, Wa. > (I'll be there next month) > > Please contact me if you have anything. > > Thanks...
• Re: BZ Shelf
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:29:07 -0800
  I have a 91GL and was thinking about pulling out the center seat and installing a fold down table on drivers' side, but hesitate...
• Camper center seat base available
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:02:57 +0000
  I have one of those camper center seat base assemblies. It needs a home. Anyone on Long Island have a need? I would hate...
• rarest of the rare middle seat
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:54:50 EST
  check the middle seat out in this van....:) _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=774697_ (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds...
• 84' rear seats FS
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:38:10 -0500
  We are moving and I have a set of middle and rear bench seats FS. They are brown/tan and in good shape. Scott...
• Optional Center Seat f/'87 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:57:49 -0500
  Any suggestions for a good source for the optional center seat? (I've already got the tracks). Roy O. '87 Westfalia (till death us...
• Any good/cheap AC shops in Seattle?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 21:04:21 -0700
  ...Anyone know of any good shops in Seattle? Thanks, Jeff H [text/html]
• Free middle seat
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 14:40:30 -0400
  I have a tan 2 person middle seat in excellent condiditon. This is not the folding type.Free, you pick it up in Portland...
• Re: more choices in custom wheels.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:59:35 -0700
  ...my preference is towards the 60� c6n5ca3 seats. ...." WHOOPS.... that was supposed to say 60� CONICAL seats. -- BenT
• Welders in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Neal Powers
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:29:17 EST
  Why not remove the old seat and have the tracks installed on the new seat every thing done out side the van, I just...