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Subject:Re: Driver Needs Leg Room in Westy
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:58:01 -0400

> We met a Couple at a campground this weekend. He is a very tall long
> legged guy and he asked me about how he may increase leg room when he is
> driving his 89 Westy.
> I told him I didn't think he could do anymore other than "shove the seat
> back till it stops.
> It seems to me that with the swivel mechanism there, he is stuck with
> the factory limits, --- maybe modify the track ?????
> Any ideas?

He could install a set of similar-vintage non-Westy front seats, whose
seat-bottoms are very slightly (maybe 1") taller than Westy seats.  This
would provide a slight increase in legroom, but at the expense of headroom.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW