There is an alternative to swivel seats.  For many
years of camping in my '81, I would just pull the
passenger seat forward, reverse it and put it back
on facing backwards--perfect for camping.  If I
was camping alone, I'd leave it that way the whole
trip.  With digi-wife along, I'd reverse it each
day for the driving.

Now that I have a Westy, I have found (a) the
swivel of the drivers seat worthless and (b)
the swivel of the passenger seat convenient.

That's not too far ahead of my '81.  ;-)

I do like the compartments under the '81 seats.
I use the drivers seat for storage when camping.

                        Richard A. Jones
                        Boulder, Colorado
                        '81 Vanagon   Mr Bus
                        '87 Syncro Westy   El Jefe