I concur ..
if it's the one I'm thinking of ..
that you see in 82 DV Westy's and 83 Westy's .
get later model seats.  Most of them are pretty shot by now anyway.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: WTB: green tweed front seat

>I hate those seats!   I have two vans with them and they both hurt my butt
> after 30 min of driving.  I robbed my 84 passenger van for its seats
> temporarily till I can find a permanent solution....
>
> Jason
>
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>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:44 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 8/1/2011 6:59:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM writes:
>>
>> So I  figure I might be able to get a sweet deal on one in good
>> condition!
>>
>> It's the type of seat shown in this ad:
>> _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=850174_
>> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=850174)
>>
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>> i had some of those last summer and they were used as dunnage to increase
>> the scale weight at the scrapper, sorry :(
>>
>> the '80-'84 westy front seats with no armrests are worthless  IMO.. the
>> backs have no foam padding in them
>>