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• Re: upholstering the rear bench seat, 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:17:10 -0500
  ...Good luck C-ya Jonce >Hi folks. >Just getting around to upholstering my rear bench seat. Just curious how other are handling covering the...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:21:23 -0700
  ...the seat track lever, and the entire system can be buggered and cause what you are experiencing. It does mean taking seat out, and...
• Re: Voltage Drop, 4 feet extra, 4 gauge wire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:14:12 -0800
  ...If you can find a weekender or westy rear seat............those seat bottoms open very nicely exactly like a large trunk, and putting stuff...
• Re: How to remove front passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 8 Jul 2020 11:55:26 -0400
  Yes, And once you remove the seat and find the lost key or wrench or other long lost missed item, she may learn a...
• Re: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:09:10 -0700
  ...Traffic here in Snohomish County isn't as bad as Seattle. I'd much rather drive up towards Bellingham than Seattle any day. On...
• Re: wanted: charcoal velour and BLACK vinyl rear GL bench seat from '85-'86 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:57:49 -0800
  Hey Chris, I have an extra rear seat setup from a Tristar if you decide to give up on black and go with a...
• Re: 85 Weekender FS
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:20:16 -0400
  ...The rear facing seat is different and folding rear bench seat is different as well along with the molded plastic under-seat panel. The...
• Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 19:49:43 -0800
  ...I liked the idea of the full width rear seat, since we've found ours pretty tight when reading inside on a rainy night...
• Re: Finding a slow battery drain
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:18:36 EST
  ...They moved the seat belt mechanism to where it would normally be when someone is in the seat and then disabled the electric part...
• Re: Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 29 May 2007 14:33:07 -0700
  ...One of the seats had a rip. Pretty cheap as far as Porsche seats go. Tom B.-sorry I didn't get to meet...
• washable seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:53:15 -0700
  ...What's a good thing to put on the van driver's seat that absorbs sweat and is easy to take off and is...
• Odds & Ends for SALE!
  Historical mailing list
  3 Apr 1995 17:47:29 GMT
  ...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: Swivel Seats
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Mon, 03 Feb 1997 15:55:06 -0500
  ...Flynn wrote: > > A while ago there was some information on the prodedure to maintain the > swivel seats. Couls someone forward it to me please...
• Re: The little Swivels under the seats...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:48:25 EDT
  ...locate a couple of the Swivels that go under the front seats? >> from any junked camper. check your junkyards. i have 4 swivel mechanisms...
• Weekender Rear seat $100 obo
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:20:39 EDT
  I have a brown velour rear folding weekender seat for sale. It was just recovered my me and looks nice. It will fit in...
• Re: North of Seattle Trans Rebuilder
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:01:09 EDT
  ...it comes to transaxle talk than some of the other VW lists. -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles Olympia, WA (south of Seattle) 360-412-0948
• swival seat mech. and vanagon bra for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 03:59:24 EDT
  ive got the top half of a vanagon swival seat mechanism for sale. the turntable, and the swival tracks. missing the bottom half, but...
• '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:24:10 -0800
  ...I'm auctioning the Jump Seats with belts and hardware from my Vanagon: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=288656438...
• WTB..Seat Turntable
  Historical mailing list - David Gleeson
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:26:57 +1000
  Hello all! I am after a turntable for the Left hand seat of my van.Can any listees help me out? If so how...
• Seatback Storage Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:55:19 EST
  I'm looking for a nice slip on seatback organizer for our van. I saw one in Campmor for $9.99 and thought REI...
• Re: Aux. Battery Pondering
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 24 May 2001 10:23:20 EDT
  My '85 Wolfsburg Westy came with a removable dual voltage Domtec fridge that mounts behind the passenger seat and plugs in to the outlet...
• front captain's seat question
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:29:54 -0500
  I have a question about the front seats on my '84 Westy. Why don't they have arm rests? My '85 weekender did and...
• Wanted: Rear-facing jumpseat
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 07:54:34 -0500
  ...I want the driver's side seat. My interior is the GL blue/gray color, so a jumpseat near that color is preferred. Also...
• 9 pass....Re: 1985 Vanagon non walkthru
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:44:24 EST
  ...do you have the full width middle seat too? chris
• Need quick H-elp! HOw to remove vanagon mid seat?
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 21:48:41 EDT
  A friend just asked me to h-elp her move and I tried taking out my middle seat and the thing will not budge...
• Re: conversion to Swivel chair
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 10 May 2002 14:43:34 -0700
  ...Chapman" wrote: > > Volks: > > Attempting to lower the height of a swivel seat mechanism in a > Vanagon has its complications; i.e., the swivel mechanism...
• jumpseat for sale - add to any camper or van
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 2002 13:38:07 EDT
  ...add behind your westy front pass seat to carry an extra passenger, easy to mount, flips up when not in use, quickly removes with...
• Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:44:02 -0400
  ...burst of explicatives! So now I will go make myself useful and fix up those seats and cheer him on under there. Tracey Estevez
• CDN Seat; again
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 19:07:12 -0500
  Sorry to post this note again but a list member p-mailed me to say he has a middle seat that he might be...
• Re: Ever install a CD changer under the front seats?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:07:20 -0600
  ...Re: [WetWesties] Ever install a CD changer under the front > seats? > > I installed mine in the little compartiment where the electrical cord > is Where...
• Re: Free--Westy rear seat in SF Bay Area
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:03:42 -0400
  Seat has gone to a good home. Thanks to those who called on it. With all this free stuff on the list, how about...
• Re: Headrests in the back
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:17:08 -0700
  ...give the seats their sculpture. >> >> I do recommend removing the seat back to work on it, but that requires removing the seat assembly, which...
• Re: Request for detailed install directions for rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:52:47 -0800
  ...The core will not slide out of the fan box when screwed down with the Westy seat installed, the plywood seat floor blocks it...
• Re: aux. battery
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:18:43 -0500
  ...Trim away corner of swivel base for drivers seat so that seat can still turn without hitting the battery (you trim the right rear...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_You_can_own_Steven_Hawking=E2=80=99s_Vanagon?=
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 9 Aug 2022 16:13:12 -0400
  ...But her chair didn’t have a seat belt. I took belts from my bus, probably from the removed center seat and sewed her...
• Re: '86Westy-2nd battery?&need jack,curtain,washer
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:45:27 UT
  ...The battery under the driver's seat goes to the "lighter" socket on the inside of the passenger seat base (between the seats); where...
• Re: Westy table
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:04:38 -0500
  ...When you see the table behind the > passenger seat instead of the drivers seat, it seems to make more > sense and fit better there...
• Re: Why so few 75s in Joel stats?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 22 Nov 94 16:19:03 PST
  ...I like '75s, the Westfalia camper layout in '75 was unique to that year and particularly practical in my opinion - lots of seats, lots...
• Re: vanagon rims
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:09:28 +0200
  ...There are nuts and screws available which fits the seats. I used MB = screws to mount winter tires on my Golf because they a...
• Headrest sockets
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:34:24 -0000
  ...I seem to remember someone pointing out that all the seats had the sockets for the headrests, just not the plastic holes. I've...
• Re: Middle seat in a Westy and First Campout Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 21:13:26 EDT
  ...It appears that I will need to remove the floor board to install the rails for the seat? If this is the case does...
• Looking for Jump Seat mounting bracket
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:32:29 -0700
  Hi, I'm looking for the "Support Tube" which is the mounting bracket that gets bolted behind the passenger's seat in order to...
• Re: FW: Subaru Engines (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sat, 29 May 2004 08:55:22 -0700
  If I recall correctly, the "four seater" designation gave Subaru some kind of import or tax break. Two of the 'four" seats were actually...
• Re: WTB early 80s striped westy fabric
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:55:10 EST
  ...I'm looking for any piece large enough to replace > the cloth part of the front seat, and would consider a replacement > front seat...
• Stolen Vanagon Recoverd In Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:35:36 -0800
  ...My added note to all in the Seattle area. This was recovered in the same general area that at least two other stolen Vanagons...
• Re: Has anyone added a sliding 2 person Middle seat to a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:48:12 -0400
  ...In a passenger Vanagon there are 2 different lengths, so as to make sliding in the middle seat a bit easier (get it started...
• Re: Intermittent Wipers? and jumpseat install
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:22:37 -0700
  ...Jump seat > > I'm planning to add a carat style jump seat on the passenger side of my > '87 > > Westy. > > I've picked up...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:51:41 -0700
  ...It used to.... > >> > >> The seat back is released, the seat goes up and down just fine but I > >> can't pull the bed out...
• Re: Headrest
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:01:14 -0400
  ...I had a template that a friend sent me from Belgium as his back seat had the notches in the board under the cloth...
• Re: pics of wreck on saturday...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:32:53 -0700
  ...Those who arn't "fit" enough to wear their seat belts will sooner or later die off thus proving Darwin's theory! This does...
• Re: Westy Middle Seat help/ middle seats for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 21:27:01 EDT
  ...they dont stick up all that much, plus your toes will get used to it :<) ps, i still have a few westy middle seats...
• Re: Installing New Front Seats...Lubricant?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:58:41 -0400
  ...Installing New Front Seats...Lubricant? > > > Hey All, > I just purchased some 86 vanagon seats to put in my 83. I�m going to clean...
• Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:37:48 -0800
  ...s seat > and a Navajo sterling silver money clip in the crack between the seat and > seat back of the passenger seat. I'm...
• Re: AC under rear seat?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:43:07 -0700
  ...Especially if installed under the rear seat. Neil. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The A...
• Re: [Syncro] Lumbar pads? Headrest pads?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:55:56 -0700
  ...now if your werent terrified half to death driving the fiberglass 2 seater--it was quite a comfortable ride. (as you can tell--I...
• Direct Link for water tanks (was Re: Westfalia - 4 Passenger to 7)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:31:52 -0700
  ...The 3-person rear seat > installed with no major > > problems. All of the mounting holes, except the > ones for the upper seat > > latches are...
• Re: [Re: 90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed]
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:32:54 -0800
  ...Dana Morphew wrote: > > I just got under the Vanagon to look for any sign of strengthening for > the jump seat leg positioning brackets or...
• Re: 87 vs 93
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:17:28 -0500
  ...I would go for the '87 and install a 2 person middle bench seat. The ones made for Westies have "tilt" backs which allow...
• Re: Any Syncros with "Carat/Wolfburg/Multivan" interiors?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:31:36 -0500
  ...The even omitted the armrests on the front seats! They did however have the rear-facing removeable seats. I have an 87 GL Syncro...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:01:55 -0500
  Shoulder belts keep you from hitting the dashboard in the front seats. As far as the back seat is concerned, the last time I...