In a message dated 3/7/03 1:27:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, hvhus@YAHOO.COM
writes:

> A long time ago I bought a set of standard seat swivels and did some
> welding and fabricating and installed them in a small boat , they turned
> out great. Anyway I know there are a lot of size ball bearing swivels out
> there to adapt into the vanagon seats. I have made a steel and aluminum
> parts for many of my dirtbikes,trucks,trailers etc. I have alot of practice
> with this stuff so maybe I will give it a try .Ps I am cheap , but I enjoy
> trying crap like this .
>

why bother? i have a set of swival seat mechanisms for sale from a westy.
complete mechanisms.  add to any passenger vanagon.
chris