Well I got my "double wide" seat on Thursday and was VERY
impressed! As I was told it slide right into the stock
passenger side seat rails. But before I can carry three
people up fron there are two complications:

1) The bench seat is hinged and won't stay upright on its
own. I am not sure how to secure it. Ideally, I'd like
something that could be removable.

2) I have the seatbelts but I am not sure where to mount
them. The lock portion of the passenger belt is now hidden
by the middle part of the bench. The middle passenger has a
lap belt.

I thought about trying to use the leg holder of the front
table (as the bench instalation has made this table more or
less redundant). And maybe mounting a second table mount on
the passenger side. but I would like to somhow secure it to
the piller where the passender seat belt attaches too. Any
thoughts? Has anyone done this? Does anyone have pics?

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:29:47 -0700
>From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
>Subject: Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Please see ###
>
>David Marshall
>
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>4356 Quesnel Hixon Road
>Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of 80 Westy Pokey
>Sent: April 19, 2002 8:17 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
>
>
>I have a line on the passenger bench from a '86 or '87
pannel
>van that uses a single seat for the driver and a two person
>front bench seat for the passengers. Unfortunatley the
>drivers seat is missinga, and the wrecker is reluctant to
cut
>out the seating hardware so my questions are:
>
>1) Can I use my regular Westy drivers seat with the pannel
>van 60% right side bench?
>
>### Yes.
>
>2) Should I just forget it if I can't get the seating
>hardware or will it pretty much bolt onto what is in place
>already in my westy?
>
>### What seating hardware - you remove your single seat and
slide in the
>double wide seat - no additional hardware.
>
>3) will I have issues with the handbrake or shifter?
>
>### No, shifter is not a big deal unless you are the middle
guy why is
>careless where you put your legs.  There is more than
enough room to get
>your hand between the two seats to grab the ebrake.
>
>### In case you are interested, I have a double wide front
seat (grey vinyl)
>you can have for $50 USD plus shipping.  It is able as
complete as you can
>get for a double wide passenger seat.
>
>Thanks,
>Chris