John,

Why did you mention Eriba Pucks?

My afternoon is now shot, spending my workday afternoon looking at Pucks,
Scamps, Crickets, etc. :)

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Joe, EV seats do fit Vanagon tracks just fine "sort of" though not the
> reverse.  Track spacing is the same, track
> width is the same, but track height is taller.  At least '93 seats do fit
> in such a manner.  But due to the taller
> tracks on the EV part, I'd have a very close look at the slide/lock
> engagement if I were to do it.  I nearly
> did this in my EVC (theft recovery interior gone) as even the pedestals
> were gone and I welded in vanagon
> swivels on regular EV non swivel pedestals.  I had the EV seats (from the
> regular parter van I got the pedestals
> from) on them for a bit and I think the lock engaged well but I don't
> recall specifically.  Actually I went with Vanagon
> seats in the end as I've never seen a set of '93 EV seats with over 80k or
> so where the bolsters weren't wearing badly,
> and the bottoms by 110k or so (and I've parted 3 93's.)  I think the later
> interiors wear better (dad's '99 looks good
> at over 120k) but I don't know for sure if they fit.  On samba a thread
> indicated that mods were needed to the seat
> to slide on tracks but perhaps they meant regular tracks, nothing was
> needed to slide onto my '81 vintage swivels.
>
> Do realize as well that the seats are a bit narrower (probably why the
> bolsters wear) and in my mind not quite
> as comfortable, and are perhaps minimally taller.  But they do lay back as
> you mention as I recall.
>
> I really don't know in general, maybe time to move up IMHO.  We camped 5
> in a bay camper for years when I
> was a kid, and I hated it when I got beyond about 5yo.  In point of fact
> (and I find this unbelieveable now in some
> regards) we bought a Wheelcamper pull camper and started towing it behind
> the '74 Westy.  And that camper
> was built like a tank compared to now days (solid ply for floor, walls,
> cabinets, etc) and weighed a solid 2000lb I'm
> sure.  I distinctly recall when I was about 7, and they had just completed
> I79 into WV, that we were going south
> on the interstate and mom started telling dad how it was "handling funny"
> and he looked at the speedo and she
> was doing 78mph and the camper was swinging all over the place.
>
> To me if I had more than 4, I'd look for a CL deal on a little ole tiny
> 1000lb pop up and take it along.  Could
> go for an Eriba of course as well, I think a Puck goes about 800lb, couple
> on Samba now.  Anyway works
> great, you can leave it set up and drive off to explore, leave the family
> and go run to get something, pack your
> stuff in it so you don't need to move everything to set up the beds, etc.
> A lot more sensible than a tent in
> my mind in most ways unless you are backcountry offroading it.  And when
> the kids are a bit older they
> can have privacy in the camper while you relax in the bus or the other...
> Of course with a Subie you could
> pull whatever you liked.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe T. <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Cc:
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
>
> I've been thinking about a similar issue for my family of four for when we
> need to sleep with the top down.
>
> My daughters are small (8 and 5) so three can sleep in the downstairs bed.
>
> My idea is to get front seats from a Eurovan and modify them to
> fit.  Eurovan seats fully recline, so I could recline the passenger seat
> and have one of the kids sleep there.  It would be tight, but everybody
> would have a spot.
>

--
Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2