

| Subject: | Re: middle seats as living room furniture |
| From: | Christopher Gronski |
| Date: | Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:30:23 -0500 |
As a student with a rather small apartment I toyed with the idea of using my middle seat as such, but fortunately I have basement storage. Chris On 1/27/06, Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@mchsi.com> wrote: > Yup, I've found 2 of them lying around, myself. The first, a 59-62 > had its legs sawed off a bit to keep from tipping. I gave $6 for it at a > Goodwill store. The second was a little later and totally devoid of > upholstery. Its legs showed considerable wear from being moved around on > concrete or other abrasive surface. If anybody has available one for a > 56-58 with brown upholstery, I'd love to buy it! > In my storeroom at my house, I have 3 Vanagon ones, plus one from > a 78 Champagne Edition, plus the 2 splitty ones. I guess if I ever host > a midwest Vanagon/ Type 2 get together, we have seats for a few! > Al Brase > still looking for original rims for my November 1955 pickup. Rims dated > 09/55 or 10/55 > > bueses wrote: > > >>AGREED these make wonderful furniture.. especially when you have a family of > >>vanagon owners and a VW club coming over to watch Herbie movies on the > >>projector in the VW garage.. > >> > >>last spring in the month leading up to the release of Herbie fully loaded. > >>I hosted a moviethon.. had 6 vanagon love seats and 1 85single center capts > >>chair > >>never a complaint from any of the attendees about uncomfortable seating.. and > >>I can't say that about the standard theater seats. > >> > >>had a great time and didn't worry about anyone spilling popcorn or soda on my > >>seats. > >> > >> > > > >Hold onto all those extra seats-someday they might become like split window > >bus middles seats that can sell for $1000's? > > > >Tom-then there are the split nose clips that have been converted into > >drinking bars, etc. > > > > > > >
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