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Subject:Re: Town and country seats in vanagon
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Sat, 9 Apr 2016 00:41:30 +0000

I've been following the Samba thread since new and appreciate the find of a new seat.  I put Eurovan seats in our Westy years ago and newer would be better.  I also own an '05 Dodge Caravan (Town and Country clone) with the original version of Stow 'N Go.  It's important to know that you want the later seats, from the '09-and-later vans and not the earlier ones.  These are okay but feel that comfort was sacrificed for the handiness of folding; if they could be fitted it would not be worth the trouble.  I recently sat in the back of a new van and those seats are much better, a different shape entirely, so those are the ones you want.
Stephen 

    On Friday, April 8, 2016 5:09 PM, James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
 

 Let us know how those work out for long trips.

The only long trip I've been on in a Town and Country, I found my lower back was not happy after a couple of hours (but that was an earlier Chrysler, not a 2015).  Our '91 Vanagon's seats are good for a 12 hour drive!

As a personal preference, I dislike leather seats (too hot and sweaty in the summer, too cold in the winter) but many others love them.

James
Ottawa, ON
'91 Westy Weekender

> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:03:21 -0700
> From: albell@SHAW.CA
> Subject: Town and country seats in vanagon
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Good friend Simon was seduced by the seats shown in this samba thread, http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=649464
> 
> They are second row, sto-and-go , seats from late model town and country caravan. 
> 
> So Simon bought a pair on EBay, black leather, heated, unused from a 2015 van. I just finished  an adapter set up for the passenger side and did test fit on my van. Hope to get drivers side installed soon, and later the heated seat controllers.
> 
> I have to say the seats are quite nice. More comfortable ( no long duration test yet) than the stock seats. 
> 
> anyway, a couple doc pics of the seat in my van here
> 
> https://shufti.wordpress.com/
> 
> Alistair