yes... and no. i wish i had some pictures to show you, but i don't and i
don't feel like explaining it... but yes, INSTALLING a swivel will raise
your seat an inch or so.
matthew

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 14:35:17 -0700
From: G. Chapman <geoman_2@hotmail.com>
To: sweettits@shitbag.com
Subject: Re: conversion to Swivel chair

Hi,Mathew;

The Westies that I've seen have the swivel mechanism welded to an existing
set of seat rails (Westies are built up from a stock vanagon
body---excluding the pip-top cut-out, of course.

Take a good look at your Vanagon. The swivel mechanism barely clears the
carpeting on the door-side of the swivel seat mechansism.  Any lowering of
the mechanism to alleviate the approximate 1" increase in height over the
standard seat height would not allow the swivel seat to do a 180.

Cheers,

-George

>From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@uidaho.edu>
>Reply-To: sweettits@shitbag.com
>To: "G. Chapman" <geoman_2@HOTMAIL.COM>
>CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: conversion to Swivel chair
>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 14:43:34 -0700
>
>the how did the westies do it that makes it clear?
>matthew
>
>"G. Chapman" wrote:
> >
> > Volks:
> >
> > Attempting to lower the height of  a swivel seat mechanism in a
> > Vanagon has its complications; i.e., the swivel mechanism will then
> > bump into the body of the vehicle at the door-side of the seat.  BTDT.
> >
> > Don't do it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > - -George Chapman, 91GL

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