I have one, from an '86 that we sold a long time ago, doing duty as a garage couch/lounger.
When I bought my '89 Syncro from Jerry in Reno, he said there was no middle seat, so I asked him to install two (removeable) rear facing seats for me, and that is much better than a middle seat anyway.
Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)�

--- On Mon, 9/20/10, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Middle Seat Graveyard
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 9:18 AM

 I'm wondering where the middle seats go to die. What becomes of them.
When I bought my '85 GL in Alaska in 1990, the middle seat had already
been removed. I sure didn't need it. I would have taken it out had it
been there. But whoever brought the '85 to Alaska and sold it, had to
have removed it somewhere down south, so where did the middle seat go to
die? I now have two '88 GL vans that had middle seats - I never use the
middle seats. Where are those seats going to eventually die?

In the grand scheme of things, what ever really happens to middle seats,
in the end. Anyone put theirs to any special uses? Or do they sit in the
back of the garage accumulating dirt and grease until one day they get
sent to the dump.

John

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John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com