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• Seatbelt Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 10 May 2007 19:22:42 -0700
  ...I have three seat belts drivers and rear three-point that are retracted all the way. Is there any hope to ever get the...
• Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:23:27 -0700
  ...get out of the car and your seatbelt prevents you from succeeding, well, just remove the seatbelts and you'll never have that problem...
• Smelly dirty vanagons ..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:46:22 -0400
  ...transporting animals is fine, its just some people never clean anything or bother to cover any of the seats... or let their dogs use...
• Storage Box
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 16:34:42 -0400
  Three years ago I owned a French spec '85 Westy, it had a box behind the passenger seat that matched the Westy interior with...
• Re: Questions about Westies and Syncros
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:04:57 -0400
  ...The seat came out of a "MV" so I >now have a Syncro Westy MV Is this seat easy to find/install? My family...
• rear 3-point seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:32:41 -0700
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=vp-i-p-seatbelts I think that is what I will do as...
• Re: extra seats in a full camper, or stick with a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:27:54 -0700
  ...in the late 80s which had a read bench > seat and two removable jump seats which faced backwards. Always my dream, > but still $$$. Also...
• front seat organizer thing
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:27:58 +0000
  ...I was at Target the other night and got a front seat organizer for ten bucks. It's one of those nylon deals with...
• Re: Camper to 7 passenger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:24:26 -0400
  ...and the MIDDLE 2 pass slide in bench can be slid in backwards (some clever adjusting needed) to allow your 4 back seat passangers...
• Comment (helpful) on Vanagon Baby/Kids Hammock over the front seats
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:44:03 -0600
  ...If you plan on installing one, make sure that both front seats are pushed all the way back. On the driver's side, make...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:20:03 -0800
  RE: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed Left side means the left side of the right seat. All of my part numbers...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:17:21 -0500
  ...Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position > ::: > :::For the archives... > ::: > :::I have verified that, in order to place the Optima batteries under the > :::seats > :::such that...
• Re: "Westphalian"
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:13:39 -0400
  ...Those small three legged stools..mine are >> Mexican with tooled leather seats. My rear seat upholstery..Never >> seen that >> pattern of multi-colored blocks...
• Center console ideas was: Large empty Space Behind rear light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:01:13 -0500
  ...It fit between the passenger seat and the emergency break. It had two cup holders and a smaller storage area in the front for...
• : Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 6 Jul 2017 02:00:21 -0400
  ...Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery Patty, I have the yellow top under the driver's seat and a red top under the passenger...
• West Coast Mule Needed...Wolfsburg Interior parts need to get from Nanaimo to Burnaby BC
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:56:31 -0400
  ...They were using it as a cargo hauler and had left the back seat, rear cushion and middle seats in their garage on vancouver...
• Re: Dorking, Was:Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 8 May 1998 16:51:18 -0700
  ...Schwenk wrote: >The seat belt law more or less achieves voluntary seat-belting and is >modifing behavior so that people automatically buckle up out...
• Re: Battery removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:59:43 -0700
  Easiest to slide the seat forward with you in it. Same with spinning it around, which is the easiest way to get into the...
• Re: Rear facing seats for camper
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:01:42 -0400
  ...Steven 91 Westy On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:50 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote: > Were there any rear facing seats...
• Re: 3 point seatbelts in Westfalias
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:12:55 -0600
  ...seat? I did the 3 point > conversion, and intended to put a middle lap belt in, but the spacing just > doesn't work -- seat...
• Re: Swivel Seat install into a passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:32:33 -0700
  ...The seat comes off the FRONT of the track, gets turned around and then goes on from the BACK. You need to lift up...
• Re: Westy foam replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 8 May 2016 14:41:27 -0700
  Also, on my '84 with flat foam the bed was perfectly flat, so the seats must have had 3" foam. Stuart -----Original Message----- From...
• Distributors revisited
  Historical mailing list - Jon Ulrigg (Rho)
  Tue, 8 Nov 94 13:55:33 PST
  ...Is it possible to seat the distributor so that it is sending the spark to plug 3 when it should send to plug 1...
• FS: 1990 Volkswagen GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:56:47 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• FS: 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:00:11 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• FS: 1990 Volkswagen GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:16:56 -0700
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• Re: ebay car?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Holtz
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:00:18 -0800
  ...Vanagon in Seattle <vanagon@SPEAKEASY.ORG> >Reply-To: Vanagon in Seattle <vanagon@SPEAKEASY.ORG> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: ebay car? >Date: Tue...
• Re: Not running out of gas. was:Re: Cheap emergency gas can
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:59:31 -0800
  ...I love the #%&* seat belt reminder. And if you don't you can always unplug the seatbelt relay thingy. William Polowniak 1989 Vanagon GL...
• Re: Need Floor Rails for slide out Westy Seat
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:55:01 -0800
  On Feb 13, 2008 3:33 PM, Olin Bausback <mountain-man@cox.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a single "slide in" passenger seat which...
• optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:16:19 -0500
  Hi All, Is anyone using a optima battery under the driver's seat? If so, would you mind sharing the model number (and/or...
• Re: Frydea westy
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:45:14 -0600
  Neat!! Or have one built into the back of a seat anyway! ! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On Jun 29, 2012 4:39...
• Re: F/ White Salmon River damn "burst"
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Nov 2011 13:00:14 -0500
  ...youtube.com/watch?v=4LxMHmw3Z-U&feature=player_embedded > > Seattle TImes article > > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016678515_apwadamremoval1stldwritethru.html > > > alistair -- David McNeely
• Jump seat for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:04:45 -0400
  Hi all I have 1 jump seat with bracket from a 87 Wolf Vanagon in Gray. $80 Plus shipping. Let me know your zip...
• Re: There are 2 different brown velour interiors in 84-85 Westys?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:33:13 EDT
  ...I assume was a pedestal 5th seat.(?) yea single middle swival seats on pedestal had no headrests.. but.. i cant explain the upholstry issue...
• RE: '87 Cup holders
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:31:24 -0700 (PDT)
  I believe that the stock cup holders were mounted on the passenger seat pedestal. I got look alikes from FLAPS for ~$5 each. I...
• Ample Power Products?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:43:42 -0700
  Nothing in Seattle directory assistance for Ample Power Products -- anyone know where they're located? Thanks! >resistance of a battery which contains antimony, as...
• 85 Westy Weekender FS
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 07:48:48 -0800 (PST)
  ...Sleeps 4, seats 6. Exterior (with bra) excellent. Interior very good, seat are fair. 135,000. Well maintained. Recently rebuilt/ replaced, Head gaskets at...
• Awning
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Mon, 4 May 1998 19:50:25 -0700
  Recently noticed a post from someone in Seattle who had an awning for sale. Didn't keep the post as I didn't expect...
• Middle seat for Eurovan Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hopper
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 01:56:14 -0500
  I bought a used 1994 Eurovan Camper last year but it didn't have the optional center seat. I was wondering if anyone knew...
• for sale: '83.5 Vanagon GL nine pass. sunroof model $700 bucks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 04:37:56 EDT
  ...bench front seat, full length middle seat w/ fold down edge, 1.9 waterboxer. needs hd gaskets, can get kit for 100 bucks. $700...
• middle Westfalia seat?
  Historical mailing list - frng-dwlr
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:12:55 -0500
  ...Anyone know where I can pick up a used middle seat (I heard that they're Skipper Swivels like the front two) for my...
• Freen Middle Bench seat
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:51:36 EST
  I have a middle seat (2 passenger) from an early Vanagon available. It is tan/vinyl. Can't ship but is free to whoever...
• rear seatbealt and children ????
  Historical mailing list - HERMANN DE BOER
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:05:47 -0600
  ...We need to find better seat belt protection for my six year old (45lbs). The lap belt IMHO is not sufficient (no headrest in...
• carat interior
  Historical mailing list - Bassim Dowidar
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:45:06 -0800
  ...rear facing seats behind driver and passenger, fold out table, backseat/bed conversion. Will the carat interior fit my van? Bassim (in seattle as...
• Re: bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 04:48:33 EDT
  ...detach the bench from the subframe and replace with a > functional unit? > > yep the cushioned seatback and cottom unbolt from the weekender sofabed frame
• Parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:18:32 -0500
  Anyone have a pair of good condition front seatcovers in brown to match these ? http://bworks.net/vw/seatcovers.htm I don't need...
• New Brunswick?? 3 person rear seat
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:18:39 -0700
  I was corresponding with someone in New Brunswick who wanted my 3 person rear seat (Blue). I'll be driving through NB in abaout...
• Curtain Behind Front Seats - How?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:12:24 -0800
  ...and side windows, but need to rig a curtain behind the seats so I can be more "stealthy". I'd be interested to hear...
• Easing the required torque - Westy seats
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2005 11:11:10 -0700
  Rotating the captain and passenger seats in our 84 Westy requires a mighty amount of force (yeah, I do lift the little latch at...
• anchor for car seat tether
  Historical mailing list - Ron LK Johnson
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:03:46 -0700
  Howdy - I've just installed a 3-point lap/shoulder belt for holding down a child seat on the rear bench of my 91...
• Re: Fire extinguisher brand/mounting recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:41:30 -0700
  ...Location for fire extinguisher The location on Westies, from the factory, is at the bottom of the B pillar, behind the passenger seat, right...
• Re: Update on upholstery problem...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:06:25 -0700
  ...I then removed the seats on a sunny day, and let the hose run on them for a long time, squishing the water out...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:49:54 -0500
  On my '82 westy, I can't get the little trap door under the drivers seat to open because the seat doesn't go...
• Re: Rear Heater leak, removing the plastic shroud.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:46:52 -0800
  ...but typically on vanagons with a Z Bead rear seat.. remove that board across there..then I think it's loosen the seat frame...
• Re: westy manuals and other stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Oct 1994 21:58:57 -0400 (EDT)
  > > > > > There are three on each front door, two underneath the back > > seat/bed, two within the AC compartment above the pullout > > seat/bed and...
• Re: 5th Seat Installation Instructions Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Mon, 27 May 2002 16:03:03 -0400
  ...5th Seat Installation Instructions Help Needed Does anyone have experience with mounting the 5th seat in an 84 Westy? This is the large brown...
• Re: washing seat and mattress covers
  Historical mailing list - Eric and Marica
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0600
  ...washing seat and mattress covers Doing this is a ton of work. It is easier, to remove the seats from but leave then intact...
• Re: Shocking seats!!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:19:06 -0500
  ...Shocking seats!! anyone else get shocked from static electricity everytime you get out of your drivers seat? i just installed the 89 wolfy front...
• Re: Rear deck mod and bed hinges
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:57:29 -0400
  ...The BAY BUS rear seat/bed has a taller bed position while retaining a relative seating position. Maybe you could use their mechanism with...
• Re: WTB: green tweed seat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:31:53 -0500
  ...Hi all, I'm looking to buy one of the green tweed seats that came in some 83-84 vanagons. I know some people...