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Subject:Re: Rear bench seat folding
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:54:54 -0500

If you turn the middle seats around you get a Frankenstein bed(lengthwise)
:-)

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Jeff @ Autostadt West <vw.doka@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Actually, many Vanagons (especially the later models) have the rear seat
> that folds flat.  Here's a link to the procedure for laying the rear bed
> down in the Owner's Manual:
>
> http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/temp/seat.jpg
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Mike
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>  Subject: Re: Rear bench seat folding
>
>
>  That's as flat as those seats go (obviously).
>  Only the plywood and foam Westy rear seat/ bed goes totally flat.
> Mike B.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:06 PM
> Subject: Rear bench seat folding
>
>
> > Are all the rear bench seats able to fold over flat?  That's the
> > impression I had but tried it in my '91 GL and it will not lie flat, it
> > folds forward and the back cushions hit the bottom cushions when there
> > is still about 30 degrees to go.
> >
> > Allan
> > --
> > 1991 Vanagon GL
> >
>

--
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'