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Subject:Re: 1985 Vanagon - front swivel seat set-up
From:Dave Vickery
Date:Mon, 21 May 2007 18:18:48 +0000

It just lays it over the track that is there and weld it in a few places.
It should feel to you like it fits very well that way.  I drilled holes and
put a few screws in, but it probably isn't as strong.  It will raise your
seat a half inch, but that should not be an issue.  They say the Westy seats
are slightly lower profile to account for the difference in height.  If you
want to PMail me a photo I can make sure you are doing the same thing I did.

Dave in Denver

>From: Larry Word <larry_word@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Larry Word <larry_word@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: 1985 Vanagon - front swivel seat set-up
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 10:48:19 -0700
>
>I'm trying to install a pass. swivel seat unit I purchased years ago
>on-line and have ?'s.
>
>   The unit I purchased supposedly came from a full camper Westy, it's the
>   entire swivel unit - both the base and the seat tracks.  The swivel base
>is
>   integral to both these parts: a round grove between the two parts. You
>push down
>   on a small level (goes in a front factory grove just for this) to make
>seat swivel.
>
>   If I place unit atop my existing passenger seat tracks, that's redundant
>(2 seat tracks) and
>   puts seats 1 inch too high I'm afraid.  Do I cut out my existing tracks
>so that
>   I end up w/ only one; if so, that's hard to accomplish!
>
>   Is there an easier way to install this unit?
>
>   I'll take a photo next time and email such to the group?
>
>   Larry
>   Ga.
>
>
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