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Subject:Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
From:Geneva Saint-Amour
Date:Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:47:16 -0600

We traded the front seats on the 1985 Westfalia for the front seats from a Dodge mini-van.  Pure comfort and completely the same operation (swivel, recline, armrest, etc)

> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:31:02 -0400
> From: slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> The seat tracks are the same, but the seats are not.  The camper seat
> bases are shorter in height to compensate for the height of the swivel
> mechanism, and they are shorter in length to clear the doors and
> cabinets while rotating.  If you are very tall, you may be satisfied
> with a passenger seat on the swivel base.  at 5' 8", I cannot
> comfortably operate the clutch.  I removed the driver's side swivel
> base on my Westy to allow use of the more comfortable (to me)
> passenger model seat.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Todd Last <Rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Are the seat tracks for the GL Camper the same as the standard Vanagon?
> > (I know the bases of the Camper seat tracks swivel.)
> >
> > I'm trying to determine if you have a Camper with swivel seat bases, can
> > you put any Vanagon Driver or passenger seat on that track?
> > Or are you limited to camper seats?
> >
> > thank you,
> > Todd
> > '88 Westy
> 
> 
> 
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> Michael Snow
> 1987 Syncro TiiCo
> 1982 Westfalia 1.9TD
> http://slowmachine82.blogspot.com/