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Subject:Re: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:56:38 -0700

$350 is what the yards in Seattle sell them for when they get them, but
that is high.  You might do better on the list even paying for shipping
as long as duty can be avoided

Richard Lynch wrote:
>
> Well as I said I don't KNOW how they fit.  This info was from Malahat motors
> in Victoria who specialize in VW, I have never bought from them before.  But
> thanks for the info on this.  What area are you in?  BTW that was 500 CDN so
> about 325 USD.
>
> Thanks
> Richard Lynch
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <JordanVw@aol.com>
> To: <rlynch@infosat.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> Sent: April 13, 2000 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
>
> > In a message dated 4/13/00 2:22:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > rlynch@INFOSAT.COM writes:
> >
> > << Will the seats from an 89 westie mount directly in my 85 vanagon.  I've
> > peered in the windows of parked westies and it looks like they should fit.
> >
> >  Does $500 CDN seem like a reasonable price for a pair of swivels in good
> > shape with arm rests?
> >   >>
> >
> >
> > people...the SEATS dont swival. the BASES do.  the seats are basically the
> > same from '80-'91.  any vanagon front seat will fit in ANY vanagon. $500
> for
> > a pair of vanagon front seats is NUTS.  i sell them for way less than half
> > that. (and BTW, i have some vanagon captains chairs for sale)
> >
> > if you want your seats to swival - you have to CUT the swival seat tracks
> off
> > of the seat boxes of a junked westfalia.  use a die grinder or cutoff saw
> to
> > cut the welds.
> >
> > chris
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Stuart MacMillan
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Fax: 206-269-6360

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