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Re: Front Seat Mounts Under Swivel Seat Mounts
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 24 May 2003 13:31:05 -0400
Yes, the swivel is welded in. On Saturday, May 24, 2003, at 01:27 PM, Loren A. Busch wrote: > Is > this welded in or...
Seat Belt Retractors
Historical mailing list - John Schaper
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:38:26 -0800
The problem is that, particularly, the driver seat belt barely retracts (84 Westfalia). Must be some kind of spring retractor in the reel on...
Re: swivel seats
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:52:05 -0700
...One would think that would be more of a matter of how far back the seat goes, not how tall it is. Cya, Robert
Re: Vanspotting in Van City (as they call it) and on Vancouver Island
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:00:53 -0700
...Same thing in North Seattle, everything from fully restored Splitties to moldy-top Vanagon Westies, average one evvery block or so. Also in West...
WANTED: Syncro speedometer w/ good odometer... Also need some grey seats
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 2 Jun 2006 02:36:18 -0700
...Prefer seats to be from San Francisco area so I can economize on shipping. Please pmail with asking price and PICS if possible. TIA...
Eurovan seats
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:57:40 -0700
...Which, if any, Eurovan seats can be installed in a Vanagon WITHOUT significant mods? Please/Thanks! -- Neil2 '82 Diesel Westfalia (Fwd Puke Qualified) '86...
Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life Drivers seat swivel / table
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:10:31 -0700
...Battery LEDs = Useful life Drivers seat swivel / table >> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 05:59:28 -0700 >> >> Yep, well, but to steer this thread...
Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
...49.7 CU FT behind rear seat 92.9 CU FT rear seat down 201 CU FT rear seat down, rear-facing seats removed...
Re: Toddler seat ?
Historical mailing list - Kathy and Jamie
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 18:07:20 -0800
The Fisher Price Futura would be a good idea, but FP has stopped making the seat. You might be able to find one on...
FS Z-Beds and Seats
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:32:38 -0500
...Not the front seats or cushion, just the rear 2 seats I also have carpet and anything else you may want. Im not selling...
Re: EV Jumpseat Question
Historical mailing list - Tracey Leon Choulat
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 12:04:20 -0500 (EST)
Scott, I have not had any problems with the removable seats in my MV. However, I just received a ton of technical manual on...
Re: Toddler seat ?
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:39:55 -0500
...http://www.childseat.com/ (look under youth seat) We ordered ours from "The Toy House" in Michigan last year. It seems they somehow had...
Re: nasty AMC exhaust valve, photos here
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 24 May 2009 12:39:53 -0600
...That and when it suddenly starts being > seated and banging on the seat harder, any stresses may make it pop off the > stem. > > Daryl...
Re: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a Weekender?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 24 Jul 1996 19:29:53 -0400
...This is accomplished by folding the middle > seatbacks forward, folding the rear seat flat so the seat cushions > face upward, and a VW furnished...
What's a Wolfsburg? (was: wanna vanagon question)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 18 Jun 1997 03:15:30 -0400 (EDT)
...In later years (1987-1990) the Vanagon WLE model had a fixed roof, two removeable rear-facing seats behind the front seats, rear seat...
Re: Fire extinguisher advice wanted
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:28:20 -0700
...One at the original stock location on the post behind the driver's seat... it's an ABC type figuring it could be used...
Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:55:06 -0700
There is a battery made that fits perfectly under the driver seat. Check the archives or maybe someone else can remember the name. > I...
Re: house battery help
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:23:48 -0600
...You DO remove the driver seat (slide it all the way forward, then press the steel tab at the front of the track, push...
Too big to ship UPS.
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:04 EST
Anyone passing through Allentown PA and Greensboro NC? I would like to purchase one of these bench seats but they are too big to...
Re: swivel seats
Historical mailing list
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:15:17 EST
...use your existing seats. FWIW, i have a partial swival mechanism for sale.. top part. just needs bottom plate w/ bolts, (part that is...
Fw from Vanagon.com: upgrading rear seatbelts
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:31:27 -0700
...upgrading rear seatbelts Hello! I am hoping someone can help me! I have an 87 Westfalia and 2 children. Right now my children are...
Re: misrepresentation on ebay...
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:32:08 -0700
...Looking at the seats, I came to the conclusion that the so called "sleeper package" is also non-existent since the middle seat isn...
Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:26:28 -0600
Seems that there should be a seat configuration that included head rests that would work as a bed. I have little familiarity with the...
Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:14:06 -0500
...I did the same approach, I pulled the seat and purchased big industrial rubber floor mats. I cut them to go from the back...
Re: Installing a 1982 Westy rear seat into 1987 water cooled Vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:39:07 -0400
...I went right out and cut the opening in the bottom of the seat storage area, and then pushed the seat into position in...
Re: Seat Options
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:31:22 -0600
...syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm quite sure Stacy meant: > > "Recaro seats." As I have seen them in his Vanagon. > > > BenT > sent from my...
Re: Newbie
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:08:43 -0400 (EDT)
...What is it? >> Presumably it is a westy w/ the optional cargo floor tracks and the optional single swivel seat that slid into these...
syncro front inner CV circlip and dished washer
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:47:26 -0800
After Michael's assurances that using the socket would work seat the circlip, I went out measured the driveshaft and bought a 27mm socket...
Seats for sale
Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:26:55 -0700
I have a set of front seats from a 1981 Westy for sale, headrests included. The vinyl parts are in great condition, as is...
Re: Seatbelts
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:35:29 EDT
In a message dated 4/30/01 7:57:16 AM, hotlava@interpac.net writes: << my front passenger side seat belt works normally... but...
conversion information needed?
Historical mailing list - Hines, Dan
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:05:28 -0400
Does anyone know of a good web site that has info regarding the adaptation of seats or parts from other vehicles to VW's...
What kind of vanagon
Historical mailing list - Chris
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:19:25 -0400
...I have a 1990 with the jump seats behind the front buckets. The back bench seat folds down into a bed. The front seats...
Re: Anyone install 3 point rear seat belts in camper??
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:06:41 -0600
...Al Brase Mark Tuovinen wrote: > <snip> > >Conclusion, OEM seatbelts work as designed when properly used and maintained. We should all go out to our...
Re: Eurovan seat transplant pix
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:43:14 -0800
...Eurovan seat transplant pix To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 12:18 PM Well done Stephen - great written and pictorial...
Re: cool portopitti storage idea in westy
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:13:50 -0700
...I've gotten used to the location behind the passenger seat, strapped to the front seatbelt mounts with bungies to prevent moving around on...
Re: Mid-Atlantic Holiday Party pictures
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:26:49 -0500
...I put the URLs directly > below. > The differences on mine, form Tom's are different upholstery, headrests at > all > seats and only 2 seats...
Re: What's a "carat"?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:45:53 -0500
...2 rear facing flip down seats up > front in the cabin, three abreast seating in the rear with a fold-up table > on the...
Re: Full Length rear seat latching
Historical mailing list
Thu, 22 May 2008 15:17:28 EDT
...I'll try not to be vague. > > I have a full length rear seat that folds into a bed - it's not original to...
Steel rod sticking out of side of rear seat
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:28:09 -0400
...On our "91 Westy, two steel rods periodically work their way out of the rear seat toward the side cabinet. One rod is toward...
Re: Seat/Bed Swap
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:18:58 -0700
...Seat/Bed Swap > 84 only, North America, here's 2 for sale. > > http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/1250750778.html > > http://orangecounty.craigslist.org...
seatbelts?? was Re: Child safety seats
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 01:47:38 EST
...what exactly are u asking? what is a "generic tether"??? do you need seatbelts? i have tons of vanagon seatbelts...lap belts...shouldbelt, front...
Re: Here's one I'll bet big bucks ain't in the archives
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Sun, 4 Mar 2007 23:08:28 -0800
...I'm just your friendly neighborhood mass > >> murderer. > >> > >> Marine seats are better at repelling moisture. The seats on one of > >> my former > >> car was...
A Bench seat up front?
Historical mailing list - daniel hansen
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:36:19 -0700
...I want to install a z bed seat up front! I like the loven I get from my wife of 11 months and "I...
Fwd: Re: washable seat covers
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:15:13 -0400
> >Hi Mike >Your best bet for temp seat covers is a terry cloth towel. >go down to a fabric shop and buy a few...
Re: Eurovan seats into Vanagon Westy?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:12:53 -0700
I, too, installed a 7 paassenger seat into my Westy, and found the seat too "tall". I was riding in a slightly different position...
Re: Bench seat padlock advice?
Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:28:30 -0800
...Bench seat padlock advice? > Does anyone have advice for adding a padlock to the bench seat? I > bought a hasp lock & padlock from home...
Re: Full Length rear seat latching
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Wed, 21 May 2008 13:03:47 -0500
...The seat is indeed already installed in the Carat which is a bus. It was taken out of the '86 but was not original...
Re: Seat mount questions
Historical mailing list
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:53:57 EST
...Does anyone out there know if there are already welded-in seat > mounts for a jumpseat in ALL Vanagons? In other words, if my...
Front seats from '90 syncro westy
Historical mailing list - Richard Thorpe
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:24:02 +0000
Just replaced my front seats, so have 2 used gray ones free for whoever wants them. I'm in Telluride Colorado. If interested you...
FS: '82-'84 Westy brown/blue striped front seat cheap on CL
Historical mailing list
Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:00:37 -0500
...but looks like a good deal if your a purist and like to sacrifice comfort for originality _Volkswagen vanagon seat_ (http://philadelphia.craigslist.org...
Middle seat in a west
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 2 Jul 2011 22:40:04 +0000
What do you need to mount a two person middle seat in a west. I have heard you have to take off one armrest...
Van Camping around Seattle / Tacoma????
Historical mailing list - Danny C.
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:21:59 -0700
Looking to come up to Seattle / Tacoma area for the weekend and I'm looking for an inexpensive place to sleep for the night...
Bench seats for the front
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Nov 1996 13:42:56 -0700
...Can one get bench seats for the front?
Part# for between seat tray
Historical mailing list - Stucco
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:10:39 -0700
...number for the plastic tray that fits between the front and jump seats on weekenders is: PFL 253 887 499 Hope that helps. Scott.
for sale: vanagon westy floor track covers
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 01:01:40 EDT
these are the OEM floor track covers from a vanagon westy that had the factory middle seat. they cover the tracks in the floor...
Need Loose Cushion Cover
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 3 May 2001 22:59:07 -0500
I need the zipper bag for a Westfalia removable foam cushion and upholstery for the Westfalia rear seat to match this pattern. I just...
Wanted: mechanic in Seattle
Historical mailing list - Pancho de la Luna
Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:01:21 -0700
Mirror mirror on the wall- who's the best mechanic of them all? I'm in Seattle and I'm looking for the best...
F.S. Swivel Seat
Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:08:20 EST
I have a swivel seat mechanism for sale. This will fit any Vanagon 1980-1991, but it requires welding to install. All three components...
Re: what other seats are a direct replacment incld tseats with foldable arms
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:46:23 -0700
here's a photo of Subie Forester seats in a Vanagon...(scroll down the page) http://www.smallcar.com/vanagonwrx.htm they look nice...
Re: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:52:40 -0400
I have one Werker 44 amp/hour under the seat and two Werkers under the sink as my aux battery bank.You can get...