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Re: Table getting in the way
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 7 May 2003 14:56:23 -0500
Move the front table bracket from the seat pedestal to the door frame / bench at the rear of the drivers door. Stan Wilder On...
Re: compression testing... on the bench
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:35:51 -0600
...I have >>done the bench compression. It worked fine. I got a >>spare starter & bell housing, bolted it up, got out >>the spare battery...
Re: rare 2 person bench front seat for vanagon, fits all including westys
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:03:03 EDT
In a message dated 9/22/02 10:11:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes: > > << rare 2 person bench front seat...
WTB: Center Removable Bench Seat for 1984 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:33:10 -0700
Still looking for the removable full bench seat for my Westy. I'm hoping to find one in California, Nevada or Oregon, so that...
Re: SUPER RARE 2 seater front bench seat MADE FOR A WALK-THRU VAN on ...
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:48:58 EST
...Why would VW make such a contraption if they already have a simple and inexpensive way to install a 2-person bench? Welded in...
Re: Vanagon Lounge brackets
Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:34:06 +0000
Fyi https://www.boxeer.com/products/westylounge-rear-bench-kit-vanagon-free-worldwide-shipping
Re: REARRANGE ME TILL IM INSANE
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:28:22 EDT
...That is composed of the rear folding bench, the cushion over the engine cover, and the middle bench w/ seat backs that fold forward...
Re: Bench Seat, Reasons, Child Seats, other things.
Historical mailing list
Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:39:44 +0000
Tim Smith wrote: > Back to seats, the bench _will_ just fit, but even though I've done this with > mine I have never put...
Re: Rear Bench Seat Question
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:22:39 -0500
...On the bench seat backrest there is a > release handle in the middle on the rear side in those that fold into a > proper...
Re: Questions?
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:15:08 -0800
...The "weekender" option in 1985 consisted of the bench- converts to bed, a pad covering the cargo area, and a bench middle seat whose...
Wanted: Bay front split bench seat
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:11:43 +1200
I am looking on behalf for a passenger section of a late-70s (1978 in this case) nonwalkthru Microbus split bench. I assume this...
Re: 3 point harness on rear bench
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:08:53 -0700
...3 point harness on rear bench > > While the Go Westy solution is a simpler install, the VW 3-point harness > for > the rear bench...
Re: 3 seat bench renov. '85 westy
Historical mailing list - drc11
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:05:50 -0700
...3 seat bench renov. '85 westy >i'm at that point in life where i've got to make a fairly serious >decision concerning...
FS: Folding Bench Seat/Bed Free - U-pick-up, also, used gas tank
Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:31:20 -0500
I have a full size bench seat that folds down to form a bed. I don't have the foam pad that covers the...
Re: Any German Translators? Some VC
Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:56:29 -0500
...Perkins wrote: >Hi, >I have got some plans for a rear bench seat but they are in German, I can >work most of it...
Re: repost: For Sale- 78 bus stuff
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Apr 1995 01:26:37 -0400
...Also, for sale are two bench >seats and some seat belts (non-retractable). If interested get in touch with >me soon, as i will...
Re: Newer model Wolfsburg interior into an '84?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:35:57 EST
I am pretty positive that the mounting points for the Wolfsburg rear seat and your stock '84 rear bench are different. You would have...
Re: vesty qvestions
Historical mailing list - Barb and Scott Stothers
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:10:59 -0500
...There is a serial number on the Westfalia > nameplate attached to the bottom of some of the rear benches. Do these > numbers signify the...
Engine stands
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:59:28 -0800
I have both a cheapie floor universal stand and a VW specific bench mount stand. I switch between MG engines and VW engines easily...
Re: bench seat storage
Historical mailing list - John McLean
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:25:59 -0700
...Glad I could humor you, > "JordanVW." Thanks for the outstanding input. > > Scott > 85 Vanagon > > > > > > > > > > >>I have an 85 weekender with the fold-down bench...
Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:24:58 -0800
...Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed Will those work in a Westy? (With all the bloody seat combinations, I can never...
Re: seating five ?
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:05:47 EST
...3- Front 2-seat bench which was used mostly in Single Cabs, Double cabs and some vans. You lose your walkthru space normally between...
Re: bench seat storage
Historical mailing list - SStones
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:25:02 -0400
...that hold onto the legs of the rear bench like in the non-folding benches? Are the two cut-outs there just to let...
Re: 81/82 Westy differences
Historical mailing list
Sun, 24 Sep 1995 23:15:55 -0400
c) the rear >bench seat ran the width of the van and instead of there being the stash >boxes to the left of the...
non Westy Camping advice?
Historical mailing list - ~K~
Tue, 6 Jul 1999 23:50:32 -0300
...I have the fold down bench seats i can put in (not the bed ones) and the slide in bench in between. Or i...
Parts for sale
Historical mailing list - Bobby Aquino
Wed, 10 May 2000 20:57:40 -0700
I parted out an 86 GL and I have some of the interior stuff left(front seats, middle bench and the rear folding bench...
Water collecting behind sliding door
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:00:56 -0400
...between the body and the interior pannel) on the passenger side of where the rear bench normally sits. I am of course going to...
Re: WTB Westy rear bench seat upholstery
Historical mailing list
Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:44:26 EST
...a Westy in the SF Bay Area? I need the rear bench seat > upholstery (not the box) for my '84 Wolfsburg, the type with...
Re: Slider door card and rear bench recovering
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:07:47 -0400
...I used lightly waxed olive drab canvas on slider door and rear bench restore project this last weekend. > > https://shufti.blog/2024/07/02...
Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:24:03 -0500
...any 2 person bench seat from a passenger vanagon will work in a westfalia. should be some in your local junkyard. prices for the...
vesty qvestions
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 05:11:33 EDT
...There is a serial number on the Westfalia nameplate attached to the bottom of some of the rear benches. Do these numbers signify the...
Re: master cylinder
Historical mailing list - neil
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:52:38 -0700
...This means less air to move through > lines. > > I bench bled my MC by securely placing it, NOT clamping it, in vice so > I...
Re: 2 bench seats in a westy?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:15:05 -0800
...turning the bench seat backwards and > > mounting it sort of where a jump-seat would live? > > this safe? i know i can't access...
Re: pull knob to release bench bed
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:35:18 -0800
...pull knob to release bench bed > > This should be an easy thing to find but so far I haven't been able to. I...
Re: What is under my bench?
Historical mailing list - shawn luft
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:01:28 -0400
...What is 04/21/2003 07:56 AM under my bench? Please respond to shawn luft > > > > What is the gizmo box under my 86...
Re: Bench testing injectors
Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:54:25 -0700
...I have 8 injectors and will probably only use 4 so I'd like to bench test them if that is at all possible...
Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:58:00 -0400
...I have seen several with the heater installed under the rear bench to the passenger side. None of these would have been BN4s as...
Re: Carat Interior Conversion HELP
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:45:29 EST
...Don't forget to get the bench/bed metal extensions when installing the narrower Carat bench/bed. Those big square brackets are screwed into...
FS: 2-person front bench from 9-passenger/8-passenger van
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:52:56 -0700
Hello Folks, As the title says, have this bench for sale for a friend of mine. $150 plus shipping from San Francisco. Color is...
Re: Rear bench seat won't open, HELP!
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:29:15 -0700
...Noticed the bench seat was a little > > > difficult to shut and now it won't open! Never had this happen with a > > > bench seat...
Re: weekender bench seat release
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 31 May 2001 19:43:03 -0700
...weekender bench seat release > Working on an '86 weekender I bought recently. The bench seat will not > open! I had it open when I...
Re: bench seat storage
Historical mailing list - Scott Longing
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:11:03 -0400
...EDU writes: > > >>I have an 85 weekender with the fold-down bench seat. It seems that I >>should be able to pull down the...
Re: Bench test alternator? (checked archives)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:37:30 -0700
...go to one of the many FLAPS who have alternator test benches > you can use for free. > > Todd > '88 WEsty > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: neil...
Re: compression testing... on the bench
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:21:07 -0600
...Should be easy done if the engine is on the bench. Of course one would want to lock that crankshaft so it would not...
Upholstery & Door Panels Now Avail!
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:36:29 -0400
...532127 Middle bench seat (flat seat bottom) $159.95 532128 Middle bench seat (double-bucket w/armrests) $199.95 532125 Rear bench seat, full...
3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Sat, 11 May 2002 11:30:13 -0400
...1) The bench seat is hinged and won't stay upright on its own. I am not sure how to secure it. Ideally, I...
Re: the 5th seat
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:37:07 -0700
...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/westy-new-old-floor/ The original 2 person bench still fits in, but due to the westy...
Re: Westy Camper Additional Seating Options?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:20:16 -0500
...In the front I have the regular driver's bucket and on the passenger side front I have a two person bench. It is...
Re: `87 Middle row bench seat - fits westy
Historical mailing list
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:32:41 -0400
...Any Alaskan members(for obvious reasons) want a gray middle row 2 person bench seat from an `87? It is left over from converting...
Re: Barbie Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:04:03 -0400
Does that Vanagon have Z bench?...... I kid..... I kid :p T. -- 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" 85 Vanagon "Blubrik, El Guapo"
Headrest guides
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:16:54 -0700
Hi All, How do you get the headrest guide out of the rear bench seat... TIA Jere 90 GL? 88 GL
westy middle seat for sale... was Re: WTB: 2 person bench
Historical mailing list
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:20:07 EDT
...EXTREMEZONE.COM writes: > I'd like to find a two person bench that I can occasionally use in my > Westy. > I am under the...
Re: 3rd party z-bed
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:45:59 -0500
...They were the only > ones I know of who made a kit for turning an existing passenger bench > seat into a sofabed. It sold...
Re: Fuel injector operating voltage
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:35:10 -0800
they'll be all right operating them on 12 volts for bench testing. or at least, I can say I have operated hundreds of...
FREE vanagon seats..bench seats
Historical mailing list
Tue, 26 May 2009 11:39:17 EDT
i have some FREE vanagon bench rear seats from 7 passenger GL without the weekender sofabed option. one is tan velour the other is...
Re: A new thread . . .
Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:59:44 -0800
...Beneath the rear bench and in >the small spaces on either side of the bench were quite a few CONDOMS and >empty condom wrappers...
FS: rare 2 person vanagon FRONT seat..fits all vanagons..(seat 3 up front!)
Historical mailing list
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:28:33 EST
...2 person FRONT seat, (bench seat)slides into front passenger seat tracks, no mods, just slides right in on your existing pass seat tracks...
Re: FS: rear heater (water, under bench)
Historical mailing list - retro van
Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:01:49 -0700
...The heater works fine but > we don't use it, and I needed more room under the bench seat. UPS > shipping anywhere in the...
Battery size to fit under bench seat?
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:41:24 -0700
...I've already removed the heater from under the rear bench seat and have plenty of room there. What's a good Group size...
Re: secure storage?
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:08:19 -0500
...There > must be a way to lock the bench seat like Gregor did, w/o having an > exposed lock visible from the outside?? A...