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  • Seat Input requested
    Historical mailing list - lchase
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:11:00 -0800
    ...Corbeau Sport Seat .... ~$700 pair http://www.bus-boys.com/sportseat.jpg Aardvarc Racing: > reconditioned 320is Recaro seats ~ $750 pair http://www.2002parts.com...
  • Re: Seat Input requested
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Tue, 19 Feb 2002 05:44:27 EST
    ...I've used various Corbeau seats in past Porsches. They are usually quite comfortable and offer a wider seats than most aftermarket sport seats...
  • Re: Seat Input requested
    Historical mailing list - Joe
    Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:28:19 -0500
    ...Corbeau Sport Seat .... ~$700 pair http://www.bus-boys.com/sportseat.jpg Aardvarc Racing: > reconditioned 320is Recaro seats ~ $750 pair http://www.2002parts.com...
  • Re: [vanagon] Re: Common problems with Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - John Tullier
    Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:32:50 -0800
    ...Personally, I wouldn't mind > hearing more about that one whereas I am currently > holding one of my valve seats in my hand...I...
  • Air Lumbar supports for vanagon seat ?
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:08:40 -0800
    ...seats Any suggestions for a good form fitting air in flateable lumbat support that fits nice with vanagon seats ?? like this http://www.sportstek...
  • heres some sport seats for your vanagon...
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:58:06 EST
    check this out.. looks comfy.. not mine http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1871421188 &ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:MT:1
  • Re: Air Lumbar supports for vanagon seat ?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:41:12 -0700
    ...seats > Any suggestions for a good form fitting air in flateable lumbat support > that fits nice with vanagon seats ?? > > like this > http://www.sportstek...
  • Re: [vanagon] Re: Common problems with Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - John Tullier
    Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:30:58 -0800
    ...John Tullier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
  • Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 28 May 2004 21:04:35 -0400
    ...2 seater? Nope, there are plenty of sports cars (Porsche's JUST to name ONE brand) that have 4 seats. Ragtop? Nope...Oops, there...
  • gti seats in vanagon
    Historical mailing list - jim catterson
    Tue, 21 Oct 1997 04:58:54 -0700
    fellow listees, has anyone tried fitting gti sport seats (the recaro type) to a vanagon? i checked the archives and it was fairly inconclusive...
  • Re: Reclining the front passenger seat?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:24:59 +0200
    Lionel, There are several seats for the Vanagon available on the after market. Most of them a built by the Bavarian company Sportscraft. The...
  • FS: "Syncro" w/ 5cyl turbo engine, heated leather seats, etc...
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:40:13 EST
    ...pearlescent white w/ black leather heated sport seats. ROH 15x7 alloys. 4kQ rear spoiler. ski sack. too much to list, plus many new parts...
  • Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars
    Historical mailing list - tmiller
    Mon, 31 May 2004 14:32:45 -0400
    ...Nope, there are plenty of sports cars (Porsche's JUST to name > ONE brand) that have 4 seats. > Ragtop? Nope...Oops, there is that...
  • SEATCOVER SWEET DEAL
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:05:23 -0700
    ...http://www.sportsmansguide.com/ Gen-u-wine leather seat covers under $70...don't know if they'll fit the various Vanagon seats but...
  • leather seats for sale
    Historical mailing list - jim catterson
    Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:16:47 -0700
    still have a pair of black leather sport seats from a gti that i have to sell so that my wife won't kill...
  • Re: Fwd: 1984 VW Vanagon Camper - $5250 - Pgh Craigslist
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Mon, 7 May 2007 16:04:41 -0500
    ...GLS - was Grand Luxury Sport!! more better than L but more sporty/racey than the GL. GT - Grande Touring. not sport, but not luxury...
  • Re: Who makes the straight-up pop-top?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 13 Jan 2000 18:25:34 EST
    ...i've never seen a Vanagon Sportsmobile, tho. The Sportsmobile tops popped straight up, but had a tube metal style luggage rack in the...
  • For sale
    Historical mailing list - james dunne
    Wed, 20 Mar 2002 05:41:24 -0800
    ...Please contact jim_dunne@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
  • Bus Seats??
    Historical mailing list - Jim Kirk
    Tue, 13 Jun 1995 21:25:55 -0500 (EST)
    A couple of questions about bus seats. First: Looking for seats for my 1971 pop top. If I want to keep my wife happy...
  • Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:45:42 EST
    ...i have some sport seats out of a '87 BMW 325 convertible that will work if u make some tracks for them ************** Make your...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Let's Talk About Seats
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:38:08 -0700
    ...The right density foam and some imagination, you > can > make a better seat with what you have. > > I actually like the Vanagon seats. Until...
  • Re: Seat Input requested
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:27:25 EST
    ...whipping a sporty car through the esses, but a Vanagon is a rolling living room. The freedom of movement the stock seats afford is...
  • Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars5)
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Fri, 28 May 2004 22:37:21 -0700
    ...No "sport" at all...REF: Papa's definition of sport. ( Ernest Hemingway is Papa, motor racing, bull fighting, extreme skiing are all sports, the...
  • Re: Fwd: 1984 VW Vanagon Camper - $5250 - Pgh Craigslist
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Mon, 7 May 2007 14:33:40 -0700
    ...not sport, but not luxury ... > sort of comfy > trip-taking. > GTO - was Grande Touring Obligato or however you say > Olbigatory in > Italian. :) it meant...
  • Re: Survey--Merkur seats
    Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
    Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:13:13 -0500
    ...The "SHO specific" parts intended to make the Taurus a sports car were terrible. The seats in mine were damaged by wear before I...
  • Westy Single Center Seat For Sale
    Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
    Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:52:03 +0100
    ...Cary -- !VANOCE! --- SPORTOVNI DARKY PRO VSECHNY --- Ud�lejte si radost! Vanoce bez zbytecnych front. http://www.sportobchod.cz/vanoce/
  • ebay update - stuff I have for auction
    Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
    Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:20:25 -0500
    ...Red sport shocks. Adjustable, and again never used. http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=513433443 Jamex racing seats. A...
  • Ebay update - stuff I have for auction - corrections
    Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
    Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:27:53 -0500
    ...Red sport shocks. Adjustable, and again never used. http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=513433443 Jamex racing seats. A...
  • Re: Sportsmobile
    Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
    Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:44:51 EST
    ...The Rialta is a smaller sized Winnie that is built onto the rear (aft of the driver's and passenger seats) of a V6...
  • RE: repost:should I Buy a '73 for parts?
    Historical mailing list - Eric L. Borgen
    Tue, 16 Apr 96 09:16:00 PDT
    ...mine is a sportsmobile and the other sounds like a standard. Did '73s have the high backed seats? here is the original incase it...
  • Re: '89 Blue Wolfsburg GOLF/JETTA: Photos???
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Mar 2004 04:14:48 EST
    ...comfort seats, the '89 wolfy(helios blue)16v GLI jetta had recaros, and the '89 wolfy (star blue) cabriolet had sport seats.... all of...
  • Re: more free seats
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:17:38 -0800
    Front seats?? - consider them, er um sold I guess - how do you want to arrange shipping to Quesnel? At 02:53 PM 28/01...
  • Re: BIG VW vans
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 02 Dec 1996 15:00:46 GMT
    ...I had to get my '91 BMW K100RS (1000cc sport touring bike) moved up here to Asheville and didn't want to take up...
  • Was 1984 VW Vanagon Camper Now GTO
    Historical mailing list - mike .
    Mon, 7 May 2007 14:53:12 -0700
    ...not sport, but not luxury ... sort of comfy > trip-taking. > GTO - was Grande Touring Obligato or however you say Olbigatory in > Italian. :) it meant...
  • Re: Seat Question
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:04:55 -0400
    ...ive also seen people use Recaro sport seats out of a mk2 jetta/Golf GLI/GTI but the bolsters are really high so IMO...
  • Re: [vanagon] Re: Common problems with Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:27:33 -0600
    ...It takes a lot of abuse to overheat heads enough for valve seats to drop out. This event happens when the heads are overheated...
  • Re: Seat Question
    Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:05:09 -0500
    ...For your height you might look at the low but comfy sport seats from a Honda or similar. Start at a salvage yard for...
  • terryville, ct show
    Historical mailing list - jim catterson
    Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:48:58 -0700
    ...btw, will be bringing a pair of vw black leather a2 [golf or jetta] sport seats [very similar to recaros] that i have to...
  • Re: current Wolfsburg model
    Historical mailing list - Jennifer
    Mon, 14 May 2001 13:14:26 -0500
    ...The Wolfsburg Edition Jetta has 16" BBS wheels, sport cloth, the sport seats the GTI has (except they don't fold forward, naturally), the...
  • Re: leather Vanagon steering wheel from VW?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:45:38 -0400
    ...San Francisco, CALIFORNIA where cows are happy because they don't know they think many VW vans sport leather wheels. BenT
  • Re: Was 1984 VW Vanagon Camper Now GTO
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Butler
    Mon, 7 May 2007 17:06:15 -0500
    ...not sport, but not luxury ... sort of comfy > > trip-taking. > > GTO - was Grande Touring Obligato or however you say Olbigatory in > > Italian. :) it meant...
  • Re: NVC: I want a sports car
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:19:16 +1300
    >I want VW to build a new sports car. I loved the Scirocco and >Corrado. I don't want a rebadged Chrysler. I >want...
  • Re: swaping out seats
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:32:32 EST
    In a message dated 1/24/03 1:18:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, RMiller@STANTEC.COM writes: << Since were talking about seats I...
  • Re: painful front seats
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 29 May 1999 09:48:43 -0700
    ...This is on >both seats and is a bit painful after driving only a few minutes. My wife's >passenger seat doesn't bother...
  • Re: HELP!!!! does anyone on this list have a '89 Blue Wolfsburg Edition?????
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Mar 2004 01:51:44 EST
    ...they had the same diagonal stripes, but the seats were sport seats, not recaros with the huge side bolsters. go to vwvortex cabriolet forum...
  • Re: Nissan NV Cargo van review
    Historical mailing list - John Wessels
    Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:51:32 -0400
    ...roof with NAV and power seats had a sticker of $32K. It was not mentioned how much the Sportsmobile option would run. John Wessels...
  • Re: Was 1984 VW Vanagon Camper Now GTO
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Mon, 7 May 2007 22:13:37 +0000
    ...not sport, but not luxury ... sort of comfy > > trip-taking. > > GTO - was Grande Touring Obligato or however you say Olbigatory in > > Italian. :) it meant...
  • (fwd) ===PORSCHE 911/930 PARTING OUT===
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Wed, 3 Jan 1996 09:04:25 -0800
    ...TRANSMISSION. - COMPLETE INTERIOR, DASH, CENTER CONSOLE, SPORTS SEATS AND NEW (WELL, FAIRLY NEW) FULLY ADJUSTABLE LATE MODEL SEATS, CARPETS...ETC. - OLD AND NEWER MODEL...
  • Eurovan Camper at local junk yard
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:58:18 -0800
    ...All the seats are salvaged, along with sink, stove, pop top etc etc. Anyone interested in parts? -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC...
  • Re: Seat Question
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:12:53 -0700
    ...For your height you might look > at the low but comfy sport seats from a Honda or similar. Start at a > salvage yard for...
  • Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Ebay update - stuff I have for auction - corrections
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Tue, 5 Dec 2000 06:59:47 -0800
    ...Red sport shocks. Adjustable, and again never used. > > http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=513433443 > > Jamex racing seats. A...
  • Sportsmobile (was Re: Who makes the straight-up pop-top?)
    Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
    Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:37:44 EST
    ...Also, Steve Haney has pictures of a 1971 Sporstmobile brochure at http://24.3.36.47/vw/sportsmobile/sportsmobile.htm. -Steven Sittser
  • Re: Was 1984 VW Vanagon Camper Now GTO
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 7 May 2007 16:05:03 -0700
    ...not sport, but not luxury ... sort of comfy >> > trip-taking. >> > GTO - was Grande Touring Obligato or however you say Olbigatory in >> > Italian. :) it meant...
  • Re: Child Cot Fabrication
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:13:06 -0400
    Thanks Malcom - those are good ideas if you have swivel seats. I unfortunately do not - a long dreamed of up grade for sure. On...
  • Diesel Westy 29/29 MPG; Re: 91 Westy Purchase
    Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
    Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:45:44 -0800
    ...Light caramel paint is still shiny, and interior seats are original with no signs of wear. This is the full camper with two double...
  • Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Sun, 2 Jan 2000 11:02:34 -0500
    ...OTHER AIR-COOLEDS: '68 Beetle, completely restored, dark green, sport seats, Alpine CD, recessed lights/signals, sunroof, 15 in. Pirellis, $5500 obo. 301-596...
  • Re: '78 Bus Identity Crisis
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Mon, 24 Apr 1995 09:51:22 -0700 (PDT)
    JasonS1390@aol.com writes: > > I believe your bus could be a Sportsmobile conversion out of Andrews, Indiana > (like mine!) or possibly an Adventurer High...
  • Re: Seeing out the back window on a Westy w/ AC
    Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
    Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:55:35 -0800
    ...download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
  • Re: Eurovan Camper at local junk yard
    Historical mailing list - Sheila Pearson
    Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:51:15 -0500
    ...All the seats are salvaged, along with sink, stove, pop top etc etc. > Anyone interested in parts? > > -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC...
  • T-shirt
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 1 Jun 1997 22:16:20 -0500
    To honor 30 years in business, Eastern Mountain Sports has produced a commemorative T-shirt featuring an artist's rendition of a 1967 VW...