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Subject:Re: Bench front seats (from a 9 pass.) in a 7 pass.
From:Lionel Tun
Date:Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:01:28 -0000

> The bench front seat out of a 9 pass. relies on
> the bulkhead as a support for the back. When you put the 9 pass. front
bench in
> a 7 pass. van, the seatback has no support, and flops all the way back. 
Was
> there a bench front seat made by VW with a seat back stop??
> Has anyone tried this?
> Would it be possible to weld on a seatback stop, like the ones that were
used on
> the Golfs, Rabbits, and other 2 door - 4 seater cars?

I was in a car park and saw a 9 seater without the partition (is bulkhead
official?) but instead they had bolted a length of chromed pipe all the way
across the van. This pipe supported the front seat.

Lionel Tun
84 GL
lionel@ark.prestel.co.uk