I have a rear (over-the-engine) cushion from my Vanagaon that burned up
in 2001. It has a little char mark from where the engine fire started
(in the dark while I was driving). It has the brownish striped fabric.
It is in the greater Seattle area.

Been saving it for some reason.

Andree

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 JordanVw@AOL.COM
wrote:

> In a message dated 3/2/07 2:24:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
> >
> > The only area that needs some serious attention is the seat bottom (rear
> > seat) of the bed.  It's really gone to seed and needs to be re-foamed and
> > re-covered.  Again, I haven't found (in my travels) a temporary bottom &
> > back to install so I could have it (and the seat back to match) redone.
> > I totally flaked out on Ron Salmon's offering a few years ago of the
> > original seat material to have them re-covered (sigh).  Maybe I'll take a
> > trip out to Pomona Swap Meet this Sunday in the GL to see if anyone's
> > parting out a Vanagon Westy interior.
> >
> > Every six months or so I do "spring cleaning" and washing all walls,
> > cabinets, curtains, etc.  It's all about a "routine" you have to get into
> > and then it takes care of itself.  Maintenance and adhering to schedule is
> > what it's all about.  My ex-wife over 30 years ago mentioned that my doing
> > good housework & domestic chores with her was one of only a few good things
> > she loved about me (I won't go into the rest, thank you [TMI]).
> >
> > But there are times when it would be nice to have a little more room - hence
> > the wish for a Rialta...........
> > --
> >
>
> jim..i dont know how you do it..  i would get claustrophobia living in a
> westy for 8 years..     as far as the rear  sofabed...thats just regular foam...
> and the upholstry is just stapled on..    i recovered a sofabed in a westy a
> few yrs ago and i just went to a upholstry shop and they cut me some new foam
> sections..i glued the foam to the plywood just like Westfalia-werke did.. and
> then i got some velour upholstry and simply used the old upholstry as a
> pattern...cut the new upholstry and stapled it on.. just like Westfalia did. all and
> all it was pretty simple..and made a big difference in how the interior looked.
>
> your back will thank you!    sleeping on a worn out foam is like sleeping on
> a bed mattress that is too soft..your back will suffer..
>
> i still dont know how ya do it, though..
>
> of course, this is coming from me... who has owned over 20 vanagons and
> campers and never ONCE spent the night in any of them (never on purpose, that is)
> :<)
>
> chris
> '91 westy (i'll prolly never even use it for camping)
> '84 sunroof
> '85 doka
> many others
>
>
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Sincerely,

Andree Hurley

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