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• Handy way to carry long stuff in your Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:42:16 -0700
  If you have the folding bench seat/bed in the back like I do and you often carry long stuff... But you have other...
• FS: vanagon weekender sofabeds, grey blue or tan, also carat interior w/ table
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:44:41 EST
  ...vanagon rear sofabeds, "weekender package" back seat folds down into a queen size bed. fit ALL passenger vanagons, regardless of year. i have grey...
• '84 wolfy weekender...was Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:44:43 EDT
  ...It has a bench > that makes into a true bed, has massive storage under it, came with > screened sliding windows, rear hatch jail bars...
• parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Aquino
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:06:59 -0700
  ...I have the front, middle and rear bench w/ the hinge that converts it to a bed (light blue cloth/vynil, Digifant controll box...
• Re: still confused
  Historical mailing list
  28 Jan 97 13:03:42 PST
  ...comes with: > > > > pop top > > fold down bed > > preferably front wheel drive > > 2 rear facing seat --OR-- middle bench seat (Either way seats 7) > > full...
• Q re: newly acquired 1997 EVC
  Historical mailing list - Alexis Neely
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:39:17 -0800
  ...Put her seat in the rear bench. (probably the safest, but definitely the most inconvenient. This would require that someone sit back there, that...
• Re: Making a Bed--any advise?
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:45:40 -0700
  ...I ended up with a lot of storage space in the rear seat foot well, under the bed. I used 3/4" plywood, but...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:50:22 -0700
  ...There is often some minor interference where the bed/seat box assembly is contoured for the sloped metal body area under the rear bench...
• Re: Bleeding the Coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:40:08 -0500
  ...1) removed the rear heater 2) spliced the coolant hoses together with a copper plumbing elbow 3) removed the bed/bench and cleaned up...
• Re: '85 GL For Sale
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:21:21 +0000
  ...the rear seat into a bed. > >first of all, moving side to side, that rear bench is much flatter >than the bench in my...
• Re: That '87 for sale in Los Banos
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:34:44 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Westfalia Weekender?? If this has a poptop, rear bed/bench and two rear facing single seats it's a Multivan. Excellent choice, all the...
• Sleeping comfort in the vanagon, sleeping cushion,foam upholstory
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:15:45 -0800
  Volks! Just curious how many of you folks find the vw rear bed upholstory a bit on the too firm side? I have heard...
• Re: CO Detectors
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stratton
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:07:17 -0400
  ...thermostat for my furnace on the inside wall between the linen closet and the rear bed/cargo area. --Bob, KE4GDC 89 Westy Syncro GL
• Heater core bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Mon, 4 Apr 1994 16:35:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...SECONDARY HEAT EXCHANGER FOR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT This heat exchanger is located under the rear seat bench. The air volume can be regulated with the...
• 87 syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:29:49 -0500
  ...Burgundy red (original paint) with very nice tan interior, weekender rear seat (folds to bed), 2-person middle bench seat, factory AM/FM cassette...
• Re: Z-bed cushions interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:59:38 -0700
  ...Your corner seams will be better, ;) https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/RearSeatBedReFoamEtc I chose to use a sitting type (weight) foam on the bench...
• Re: Sleeping in Campers
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:27:41 -0500 (EST)
  ...the driver's side that I get from my three seat bench/bed. (I have no galley to take up valuable sleeping room) Larry...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:48:57 +0000
  ...easier and quieter to close the door while sitting on > the bed/bench. > Here is a photo with ruler included for positioning info. > > > > https...
• Re: bumpers and tables on vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:51:42 -0400
  ...The GL (the white van) has a > rear seat that turns into a > bed, and the middle bench has foldable back. The > grey van...
• Re: still confused
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Tue, 28 Jan 97 14:38:37
  ...comes with: >> >> pop top >> fold down bed >> preferably front wheel drive >> 2 rear facing seat --OR-- middle bench seat (Either way seats 7) >> full...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:39:25 EST
  In a message dated 3/21/00 8:31:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, mwsnow@HOME.COM writes: << tyle installation requires brackets that fit...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 19:13:04 -0800
  Hi chris. I have considered doing exactly that. The thing that stops me is that the primary user of the seat is my 9...
• Re: Curb wieght and other stupid questions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:45:50 +0000
  ...My Westy has a full-width rear bench so my daughter can stretch out and take a nap without unfolding the bed. The additional...
• Re: Production dates: Is this van a 90?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 04:15:43 EST
  ...front and rear, clock instead of a tach, and removable rear facing jumpseats. They did not come with the weekender bench/bed found in...
• Re: Just some annoyances..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 21:41:43 -0600
  ...flex-neck reading lamps at >> either side of the rear bench which could be used sitting on the bench or >> laying in the bed. >>
• Re: P22 Westy layout
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:47:15 -0700
  ...full width bench seat and so a >> wider >> bed for sleeping and more comfortable seating for just hanging out in >> the rear. It also...
• Re: Access to Westy water tank
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:02:12 -0700
  Take rear bench seat/bed out completely. Remove bolts securing cupboard containing water tank from both the wardrobe wall and the fridge/stove unit...
• Re: Is there such a thing as a rear storage heater for a Double Cab?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:49:43 +0200
  The rear heater in the DoKas is exactly the rear heater from normal vanagons. It just located on the right under the bench, not...
• FS 1989 Vanagon Carat
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:35:43 EDT
  ...standard features of two rear-facing seats in the back, a fold-down table, and convertible bed/rear bench. 2.1 L Engine, Auto...
• 3 seat bench renov. '85 westy
  Historical mailing list - santos
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:13:25 -0400
  ...why? so i can make room in the center strip for a three seat bench. i'll be keeping the current rear seat, but...
• Re: Center bench seat for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 01:07:41 -0800
  ...As per number of passengers go, I am planning to install a third seatbelts on the rear bench. We'll be able to carry...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:25:37 +0000
  Hi Pete.  I like the pockets on the rear pf the bench seat.  I couldn't tell from the pictures, but I think you...
• Re: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a Weekender?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 13:15:17 -0400
  ...Multivans do have the rear storage cabinet, making the the rear end of the bed a bit narrower, but the cabinet did not extend...
• Re: stereo install
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Zarse
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:34:23 -0700
  ...I think the Shiva will perform just fine installed directly in the cabinet under the rear bench/bed, firing forward. Make a protective mesh...
• Re: Vanagon Middle Seats
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
  Thu, 29 May 2003 00:35:49 -0700
  ...modify a rear bench for use in this > position > as long as it is not the type that folds into a bed. > > BenT > <A...
• FS: 87 Vanagon GL Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 09:19:57 -0700
  ...Tan cloth upolstery, no tears or stains Tan carpets, worn but not ugly Rear bench folds into a comfortable bed AC needs charging Rear...
• Re: volvo(volkswagen)5cyl (LT)
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:12:58 +0100
  ...bench, and have two forward facing benches behind each other (like on a bus). Or you could turn the whole thing into a bed...
• Re: 6 cylinder engine? (longish response)
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 07:32:19 EST
  ...However, if you have a rear folding bed/bench, you will find that you all of a sudden do not have a flat sleeping...
• Vendor/Product Report - Sewfine Interior Products
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:20:26 -0700
  ...Recover all seats (front and rear bench) Recover all beds (upper and lower) Replace all bed mattresses with very high density foam Replace all...
• Re: Sleep Comfort
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Thu, 19 May 2011 21:28:21 -0700
  ...the wider bench, but the rear cushion is thinner because there is a small cabinet in the rear. This makes a bed of a...
• Parts is Parts (CA area)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Buchanan
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:53:09 -0700
  ...5 pm VW van bench seaat, 71-80, like new, brown, tan,$199 each VW Bug & Squareback independent rear suspension trans, fits 69 or...
• Re: MB Quart 6.5 speakers
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:51:44 -0700
  I have 6.5's in the same location as you and a 10" sub under the rear bench. In my opinion, the sub...
• Re: 3rd row seat yearly differences?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 26 May 2006 22:31:40 -0700
  ...rear seat. > yes it will fit in your 91 syncro.. but why? nobody wants those > things.. > they dont fold down into a bed. ive...
• Re: What years power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:03:44 -0700
  ...have the rear bench that folded down to make a bed? > The one I saw yesterday had a folding rear bench but it folded...
• Re: modifications
  Historical mailing list - Hans Vanhethoen
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:15:57 -0400
  ...First I took all of the original seats out and put in the weekender folding bed bench, along with a table that is removable...
• 87 Syncro Van $2000 (needs engine) in NJ
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 11:56:14 -0500
  ...It has power steering, A/C (needs charging) and the rear seat becomes a bed. It is missing the middle bench. I am asking...
• Re: Making a Bed--any advise?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Gourley
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:39:03 -0700
  ...Making a Bed--any advise? >I'm looking for tips on building a stable sleeping platform in my Vanagon. >Its just plain bench seat...
• Re: headrests for westy rear seat/bed
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:19:18 -0700
  ...I have a subwoofer under the rear bench and the headrests will rattle like mad if they are not somehow locked down. Gotta have...
• Re: flip out side tables...
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 03:41:43 EST
  ...The only catch is the table has to be in the full upright position for him to use the bed/bench. Looks stock when...
• Re: Propex Install
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:22:42 -0700
  ...The hot air blows straight back toward the bench/bed. If I was doing another one that way I would use the smaller 2000...
• Re: secure storage?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:51:11 -0700
  ...the point. >> >> I noticed that when I pull the rear seat forward into a bed, there >> is a >> space under the seat on the...
• Re: secure storage?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:57:16 -0700
  ...the point. >> >> I noticed that when I pull the rear seat forward into a bed, there >> is a >> space under the seat on the...
• Re: was selling -NOW using tables
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:08:41 -0700
  ...the bed without moving everything. I, too, use the front table bracket to keep the doggies back with a gate. The smaller rear table...
• Re: What kind of vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:38:51 -0500
  ...The back bench seat folds down > into a bed. The front seats don't have any armrests. The interior is > very spartan, only a...
• Re: placement of hooks for child car seat teather?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Holtz
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:24:30 -0800
  ...do for the bench seat. Whatever I do I will need >to >be able to use it as a bed (after taking off the...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Tue, 5 Apr 2022 17:52:40 -0700
  ...I like the pockets on the rear pf the bench seat. I couldn't > tell from the pictures, but I think you have a...
• Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
  ...seats Two rear-facing removeable seats behind front bucket seats Three passenger rear bench seat with "Weekender" feature (seat folds into bed, cushion over...
• Re: pics of the infamous pick n pull van!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:57:28 -0800
  ...It means some kind of base model, with a 3 wide rear >>>> bench, and no refrigerator, just storage instead. Did these have >> stoves? >>>> I...
• FS: 87 Vanagon GL Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Thu, 11 May 2000 12:56:02 -0700
  ...Tan cloth upholstery, no tears or stains Tan carpets, worn but not ugly Rear bench folds into a comfortable bed AC needs charging Both...
• '86 syncro 7 pax for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:40:39 -0800
  ...7 Passenger Van with Z-bed for sleeping. -Original interior and seating (blue w/pinstripe). -No middle bench. -Needs some interior restoration (original carpeting...