Dan,

At the back of the rails that the seat slides in there are tabs that are
bent in and stop the seat from going further back.  If you open up the tabs
a bit the seat will slide back farther.  I've done that with my Westy.

Werner in Sac

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Daniel Rotblatt
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Moving the Seat Back

I have a bit of a funky knee, and it would be helpful if I could move
the seat back a bit - just driving around town I can feel it on my
knee, in the long run it may cause damage.  On a couple of other cars
I've just unbolted the tracks and moved them back 4-6" - but it seems
that on my Vanagon, the track is an integral part of the box the seat
is attached to.  Any suggestions, known fixes/mods that can change
this.  I have no problem fabricating anything, I weld, etc.

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
'85 Westy Weekender