

| Subject: | Re: swivel seats |
| From: | Arthur H. Walker |
| Date: | Wed, 10 May 1995 17:35:16 -0700 |
You need to inspect the rails/brackets on your existing van. I don't know the years, but I know that on for instance my 80 vanagon->adventurewagen, they are welded onto the bodywork (when the rails were obviously dipped in the pain bath with the rest of the body that's a telling sign). Since I can't believe they made two sets of bodies, I suspect it became a possibility at a certain point when they changed the fixture. If your rails ara apparently mounted on a black metal structure of some sort that attaches to the bodywork with 4 bolts in about a 9 inch square, then you are in business - these units should swap straight across with the swivel units. I found this out, by the way, the hard way; I'd bought the car the day before and was rampaging in a junkyard and found a more recent model westfalia in much the same state as your parts car, and pulled the swivels only to find on returning home (this is why you should always take the destination vehicle to the yard if possible) that they don't fit. So if anyone in the bay area is in a position to take these off my hands (swivel structures with rails for seats) let me know. art walker ahw@egret0.stanford.edu
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