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• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:14:21 -0700
  My Wanderlodge has power seats that will rotate 180 degrees. They put a coil of wire (1-turn) under the seat loosely so when...
• Jump seat in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:56:34 -0700
  What's involved in adding the jump seat behind the front passenger seat (right by the sliding door)? Looked in the archives... As best...
• Re: Front swivel seats.
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:56:57 -0700
  I can vouch for Chris' statement, having bought a mechanism from him (for the passenger seat only) and installing it. The hardest part is...
• Re: Third annual request for 83 westy fabric...bad timing..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:02:25 EDT
  ...thats why i slashed the seatbacks.. why dont you put a set of capt. chairs w/ armrests in? the seats you have have absolutely...
• Re: Middle Seat for 87 Vanagon GL Westphalia Camper
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:34:53
  >I don't know if the standard middle two-person seat from a 7-seat van >will fit in a camper with the refrigerator...
• '83 Folding Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L Urner
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:14:18 -0700
  ...It has a folding rear seat that seems to match the rest of the car -- but the latches on the seat don't even...
• Re: Seat Modifications
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:14:35 -0500
  James, forgot to mention one item (as I have not already thrown enough garbage your way) while a middle seat can be mounted that...
• Re: Child seat/jumpseat compatibility?
  Historical mailing list - Jessica Evans
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:02:14 -0800
  ...Good to know! > Infant seats are another story as many are designed > to be rear facing to begin with. All infant seats in the...
• Rear Seat Doesn't LIne Up
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:49:44 -0400
  ...I also had the rear seat recovered with SewFine seat covers. When I bolted the seat frame in, using the same holes, there is...
• Re: Heated seats
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:56:23 -0800
  He must have gotten those seats from Canada. Where almost everything is made from lumber. Not very comfortable sounding though. Mike \ On 12/20...
• Re: Rear Seat Question Never Seen Before
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:53:11 -0400
  ...I've never seen anything like it in a Vanagon before: > Three contoured seats, fold down armrests, three sets of seat belts. > And it...
• for sale: optional Westy 2 person middle seat w/ floor rails
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:31:28 EDT
  ...optional Westy 2 person middle seat, w/ folding armrests, and split folding backrests, with floor rails. bed can be used without removing middle seat...
• Re: FS: rare 2 person bench front seat for vanagon, fits all including westys
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:22:12 -0400
  ...rare 2 person bench front seat for vanagon. fits all vanagons as >well as westys. includes seatbelts. makes it so you can seat 3...
• Seats
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:12:59 -0500
  My wife has a bad back and insist on getting better seats in our '85 Westy before taking any long trips. For her, better...
• Re: center seat (westy middle swival seat on lockbox)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:07:48 EST
  ...what's the going rate for the center seat with storage box, > seat swivel, seatbelt? > > Thank you, > > Chris > they always seem to sell for...
• Re: Vanagon seat replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:35:17 -0700
  ​RE: Replacement Seats Eurovan seats fit with some modification
• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:48:21 -0800
  ...What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > My Wanderlodge has power seats that will rotate 180 degrees...
• Re: Let's Talk About Seats
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:35:10 -0700
  ...Let's Talk About Seats RE: Substitute seats for a Westy Okay, I'm familiar with the Recaro seats offered by GoWesty. Big ticket...
• Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 11 May 2002 12:23:41 -0400
  ...3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy > >Well I got my "double wide" seat on Thursday and was VERY >impressed! As I was told...
• 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 11 May 2002 11:30:13 -0400
  Well I got my "double wide" seat on Thursday and was VERY impressed! As I was told it slide right into the stock passenger...
• 89 vanagon swivel seats - how do you make them swivel ?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:13:14 -0800
  ...There is a spring-loaded catch that keeps the > seat from inadvertently flying off the seat-tracks at a far-forward > seat-position. Locate...
• Re: Swivel Seat Satisfaction??
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 06:35:34 -0800
  John, You may already know this, but the front seats are pretty easy turn around on the passenger vans. Just lift up on the...
• Re: wierd vanagon seat... anyone seen one of these??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:03:57 -0500
  ...the seatback didn't need modding because it was already a split folding seat. nice job tho.. In a message dated 2/6/2012...
• Re: Funky interior in '85 Vgon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:34:55 EDT
  ...The rear seat and middle seat were also overstuffed. The rear seat turned into a bed and all of the interior panels as well...
• Re: re. BMW seats in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:34:11 -0800
  One of the problems with swapping in seats, at least for us taller folks, is headroom. As is, with stock seating my head, 6...
• Re: How the HECK do I turn the back seat into a bed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:15:41 -0800
  Fold your two middle seats forward (if you have them) to get them out of the way. Pull the metal handle on the back...
• Re: conversions
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 05:50:41 -0400 (EDT)
  > > > I also had to have six seats in my '73 Westy. The easiest way is to just > get an extra back seat seatbelt and...
• Re: removing driver's seat in 91
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:42:00 -0700
  You slide the seat forward and off the tracks. There is a small retainer/lock in the edge of the track that must be...
• Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 11 May 2002 10:46:43 -0700
  I thought I replied to the list about this earier - you need a dividing wall to make the double wide passenger seat work. There...
• doka rear seat ideas?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:02:19 -0500
  what seat would work the best in a doka for the rear seat? one from a GL passenger van without the z-bed or...
• Re: Middle seat in Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 02:33:40 -0400
  ...Although I'd rather have the rear facing seat like the Weekenders had attached to the back of the passenger seat, the middle seat...
• Re: Middle front seat? (Nine Passenger front seat)
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 19:11:33 -0800
  At 10:01 PM 3/1/99, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > >its a nine passenger front seat youre looking for.....ive got one, but...
• WTB Gray seat material
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 21:12:57 -0700
  ...I am looking for the gray seat material for the rear seats. Some anymal has chewed it up a little on both the bottom...
• Re: swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 10 May 95 22:30:58 CDT
  On Wed, 10 May 95 16:40:23 CDT Matt Goike said: >seats are in really bad shape. I'm wondering if I can...
• Re: swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:48:59 -0700
  ...GL seats on westy swivels, and our family has 6'-1" members, and we have no problems. Didn't even know the westies had...
• Re: Let's Talk About Seats
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:17:45 -0700
  Howdy Loren, I sure would like a pair of those Recaro seats, but I'm cheap and reluctant to part with that much money...
• got them clean!! Re: cleaning coffee out of seats....ideas??
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:43:59 EST
  ...just the seatbottom... if you get the seatback wet - you MUST remove the armrests, or they will sieze up/rust on their pivots, and...
• Seattle Area Body Shop?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:27:02 -0700
  Hey there...do you have a favorite body in Seattle you'd recommend? I live in North Seattle and work in Redmond. Any references...
• Seat replacement
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:40:23 -0700
  Has anyone attempted to replace the Vanagon seat and tracks with the newer seat and center adjuster from the later model sedans? the seat...
• Seat belt wanted
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:37:41 -0700
  I need a seat belt for a Vanagon, the lap belt type found on the middle seats or the jump seats. Please contact me...
• Re: changing driver's seat belt '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 22:14:17 -0400
  Why not? > what would that have to do with anything?�� :<)��seatbelts��were the same >weather the seat had armrests or not. >seatbelts go as...
• Re: Single 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 23:40:32 -0400
  I have a non-GL Westfalia Camper that seats six because I don't have a stove or sink or the cabinet that goes...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:24:11 -0800
  When I put the 2 person middle seat in my '84 Westy I tried it backwards & was not able to fold the bed out...
• Re: Refresher: Does not anyone have specific information on instaling Golf/Jetta seats in Vanagon (or bay)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:11:17 -0400
  ...One of the plusses of the MK2/Mk3 seat design is that it reclines a LOT further than the typical vanagon seat. This would...
• Re: Shoulder belt for middle seat?
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:08:45 -0800
  I should add my son was in a car seat in the middle seat! -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: 2 bench seats in a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:15:05 -0800
  ...You can also slide a middle seat > backwards in on the rails. Access to the rear seat is then easy but > there's not...
• Re: Wobbly Seats
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:50:49 -0700
  ...Wobbly Seats On a recent trip my passenger side front seat (84 Westy) coughed up a small bit of plastic. Later, during a seat...
• Vanagon seating arrangements (was: Carat Question)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:58:00 -0800 (PST)
  > Two rear facing seats backed up behind the driver and shotgun > seats. The usual three person bench in back. If I'm not > mistaken...
• Passenger seat stuck
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 20:21:08 -0700
  Anyone have any tricks/ideas for unsticking the passengers seat? I moved the seat up yesterday to get a jump start. Now it won...
• EuroVan Fornt Seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Sep 1995 22:48:59 -0700
  I have a '93 EV and both front seats sort of rock back and forth just a little. I have traced it down to...
• Looking for 8 passenger options
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:05:06 -0400
  All, I currently have a 4th seatbelt installed in the very rear seat of my vanagon and would like to figure out a 3...
• FS: Seattle..
  Historical mailing list - Dana Mueller
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:34:59 -0700
  FYI - near Seattle. http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/4999402357.html. -- -dm
• "Jump" seats (was: 87 Vanagon FS or Part-out? Weekender)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:22:45 -0500
  In a message dated 96-11-26 09:00:15 EST, Shawn wrote: >Anyone know what's need to make that jump seat fit...
• Re: EV Jumpseat Question
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:41:03 -0500 (EST)
  On Wed, 20 Dec 1995 SAMAR1968@aol.com wrote: > I have a 93'MV weekender with the removable passenger side jump seat. This > seat...
• Re: swivel seat
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:35:58 -0700
  If you don't have the swivel seat option, its pretty easy take the passenger seat off the seat tracks and install it facing...
• seatupholstery removal tip request
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 26 Mar 2017 13:35:38 -0400
  I would like to remove the seat coverings on a front seat 85 style westfalia style seat. I’ve removed the upper part with...
• Swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Ssittservl
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 03:33:27 EST
  My thanks to all who responded regarding my sticky, unswivelable swivel seats. Based on your suggestions, for each seat I: - Slid off the seat...
• westy middle seat for sale..Re: looking for a single extra seat or bench
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:59:19 EDT
  ...Any pointers would be highly appreciated! > > thanks, > i have a 2 person westy middle seat w/ seatbelts and floortracks for sale p-mail me...
• Re: center seat
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:38:10 -0800
  ...center seat > To the list, what's the going rate for the center seat with storage box, seat swivel, seatbelt? > > Thank you, > > Chris
• Re: Front seat swap?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sat, 17 May 2003 15:09:30 -0700
  I recently installed passenger seat from Subaru Legacy greatly helped by low cost of $20 at local PYP sale. Seat was in exellent shape...