On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:47 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> there was an interior color that was not too common.  it was black
> vinyl w/
> charcoal velour inserts.. these vans had black carpet too.
>
> anyway i am looking for the rear bench from one of these for a
> project.
> the GL one that does NOT fold into a sofabed. it has 2 armrests that
> pop out of it. i put some capt. chairs from one of these vans in my
> doka, and would like to modifly the rear bench to work in the doka
> as well.

Tried to do this too but got sidetracked. I removed the upholstery off
the bottom. Stopped short when it came to cutting the foam. You might
recall when I asked the list about tye foam cutting tricks. I thought
buying the foam from a Tristar seat would be easier to do and nit as
expensive to ship. Then planned on reupholstering with the material
from the Vanagon bench.

Toyed with the idea of doing twin captains seats in back instead with
Westy single seat pedestals ala' Jadgwagen. Figured the added weight
was not desireable. Nevermind that I carry a crap load of parts in the
cargo bed all the time.;-)

Another idea is to install removable jumpseats like those I saw on
some German Dokas. Seemed practical enough but look was not as
appealing to me.

I would be very interested in what you do with the armrests. I took
some measurements and thought there sapce was tight against the rear
bulkhead. The GL bench has aore reclined angle which will necessitate
some adjustment to the vertical Doka seatback.

BenT