In a message dated 8/24/05 7:48:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

> The risk of buying the base without the seat is not that great. Any
> Vanagon front seat will fit the base. They just slide on. People with
> grey interiors can get just the base and add a grey seat to match the
> rest. As to the auction you refer to, someone paid way to much for the
> seat part. I wonder if they realized the base did not come with it. It
> said so in the ad but the photo showed the whole thing

 maybe they wanted a tan herringbone velour capt chair..which was specific
only to the '85-86 (and the 84 wolfs) Westys.   so its kind of rare.

chris