Well as I said I don't KNOW how they fit. This info was from Malahat motors in Victoria who specialize in VW, I have never bought from them before. But thanks for the info on this. What area are you in? BTW that was 500 CDN so about 325 USD. Thanks Richard Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@aol.com> To: <rlynch@infosat.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Sent: April 13, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: Re: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
> In a message dated 4/13/00 2:22:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > rlynch@INFOSAT.COM writes: > > << Will the seats from an 89 westie mount directly in my 85 vanagon. I've > peered in the windows of parked westies and it looks like they should fit. > > Does $500 CDN seem like a reasonable price for a pair of swivels in good > shape with arm rests? > >> > > > people...the SEATS dont swival. the BASES do. the seats are basically the > same from '80-'91. any vanagon front seat will fit in ANY vanagon. $500 for > a pair of vanagon front seats is NUTS. i sell them for way less than half > that. (and BTW, i have some vanagon captains chairs for sale) > > if you want your seats to swival - you have to CUT the swival seat tracks off > of the seat boxes of a junked westfalia. use a die grinder or cutoff saw to > cut the welds. > > chris |
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