luke sponsler wrote:

> Hello ,
> I just purchased a jumpseat from the local junk yard that I'm going to
> place in my 88 westy.  I pulled all the parts for it except the little
> cylinder housings that the two front legs secure into. (Apparently I
> will need to tear up a little bit of my floor and then weld these
> thingamjigs in there.) Does anybody have an extra set of these?  Or does
> anybody have an alternative way to install the seats?

I had the same dilemma a couple years ago.  The resulting discussion is
in the archives.  It is my personal belief that a sturdy steel base is
the best thing for the safety of the jumpseat passenger.  I didn't want
to purchase and install the factory mounts.  My final solution was to
fabricate my own mounts that do not go through the floor like the
factory setup.  I cut two pieces of steel bar stock that fit between the
ribs in the steel floor of the van.  I drilled appropriately sized holes
for the "dowels" at the end of the jumpseat legs.  Then the steel pieces
were welded to the sheet metal floor.  I did this in a passenger van, so
I had to relieve the underside of the molded pads that go under the
carpet to make it lay flat.

Mike Snow