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I once installed a 90 Subbie seat to a Vanagon base.
see pic's
hope this helps
best,
John C...
SLC, UT...

( is that a shpongle I hear off in the distance??? :o)

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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>

> I've got two 'recarro like' front seats..........that are thin enough of the
> bottom to fit into a vanagon .......
> need some adaptation though of course............light weight too, pretty
> decent actually.
> I'd sell 'em for not 'way way' too much.
>
> also...............this IS a lot of work.............but one Ultimate
> vanagon front seats are the leather buckets out of 740 Volvo's .......
> been driving one of those for years in my personal vanagon
> ...............it's 5 times better than a stock seat, at least. Comfy,
> luxurious, and very good support, with lumbar adjustment, and back angle
> adjustment of course. They even have heating elements in
> them...........almost more of a 'throne' than a mere seat.
>
> As far as 'car seats' in gerneral go...............like what's in really
> good European cars, I'd only rate stock vanagon seats as 'adequate'
> ...........and even only 'somewhat adequate' - they're lacking in the under
> thigh area .........sort there, noticed it right off the bat on my first
> Vanagon.
> If I find time, I'll engineer some of my leather volvo seats to fit in
> vangons, and offer them for sale. If someone wants to buy one and do the
> fabricating/fitting work themselves, I'd consider that.
> Vanagons rock ! - anin't nuthin' like 'em !
> Scott
> turbovans
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
>
>
> > In a message dated 12/6/08 11:30:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM writes:
> >
> >
> >> Guys, as it states in the subject line. Any ideas of seats that would
> >> button up without too much re-engineering? I know the stock seats are
> >> pretty good, but, as I have several of these vans, I want to
> >> play...........
> >>
> >>
> >
> > any flat bottom seats will work. i have some sport seats out of a '87
> > BMW
> > 325 convertible that will work if u make some tracks for them
> >
> >
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