I have a brown 2-pass corduroy seat from an '82 that I occasionally use
in my Westy. No go on opening the fridge, but you can get to all of the
other cabinets easily enough. It's easy enough to pull the seat out
when you get to wherever, and now you have a camp chair!
I would recommend finding the type of seat that has a folding-forward
seat back- mine doesn't, and it's not much fun sliding past it into the
rear seat.
I have a pair of rails out of a passenger van if you're looking for
rails- pmail if interested.

-Simon

On Jun 14, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Craig Oda wrote:

> Can you open the fridge with the middle 2 seats bolted in?
>
> I would love to be able to fit 6 people in my Westy when my parents
> come over with my sister.   I've been thinking of buying a vehicle
> like a minivan specifically for this purpose.
>
> Does anyone know what's involved in trying to do this conversion?  Is
> there an aftermarket seat I could drop in cheaply, like something from
> a JC Whitney catalog?
>
> Also, if you sell Hershey and the new owner doesn't value the middle
> seats and rails, maybe we could cut a parts deal?   Depends on cost.
> I'm in California.
>
> I wonder how my Westy will handle hills with 6 people in it?
>
> Regards,
> Craig
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:12:06 -0500, Chris S. <mrpolak@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I bought a 1984 Wolfsburg edition Westfalia replete with the rare
>> two-person middle seat and the
>> two-tone-love-it-or-hate-it-doo-doo-brown/biege paint job.  His name
>> is
>> Hershey.  See him here in the pics "before clean up":
>>
>> http://www.knology.net/~vwghost/hershey/
>>
>> Now I have two so what do I do?  One of my campers will be going up
>> for
>> sale within weeks, after I decide which will be "the one".
>>
>>
>> Chris S.
>> '85 Wolfsburg Westy "Camel"
>> http://www.knology.net/~vw/dadada.jpg
>>
>