The tabs I was referring to were in the back. Not sure if the swivelling
Westy seats had the same set up or not.

235lbs? Are you serious?

John Flaherty
Portland, Maine
'84 GL
(Fighting to lose the last 7 lbs and get under 300 lbs)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Chapman" <vwsyncroguy@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Q: Tall and "Girth Challenged" & a Tip

> John and Mike,
>
> I'm 6'9", 235, and driving a 90 Syncro Westy.  I fit OK but some extra leg
> room would be nice, especially on long trips, .
>
> I have power steering and bought one of the smaller Golf steering wheels
> and tried it.  I liked the extra room between the wheel and the door (this
> might be nice for the larger of girth also), but from my height the top of
> the wheel blocks some of my view of the speedo and tach.  Also the Golf
> wheel is not a "bolt-on" replacement, some grinding or other modifications
> of the steering column are required to allow the wheel to sit low enough
on
> the column shaft to cancel the turn signals correctly.  There was a post
> some time ago about how to do this.  I think there is a link to this
> proceedure on BenT's site (vanagoncafe.com.) but, I haven't yet figured it
> out, so I went back to the stock steering wheel for now.
>
> John, are the tabs you are talking about in the front of the seat rails or
> the back.  I would like to try this, although, I also have the problem
> that  I lean the seat back a bit in order to get a bit extra headroom and
> the back hits the sink first.  If the seat bottom goes back farther, I'll
> have to sit more upright and figure out how to get some more headroom too.
>
> Warren C.
>