Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:14:31 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: floor tracks for single captain's chair
I was responding to Bill Kasper, who mentioned that he had a sheet of
plywood on his floor. It is NOT a mandatory nor stock item. ;-) I have the
same vinyl flooring that you mention.
I got a response from him, stating that he does not have the tracks on his
floor, VW must have changed the layout a bit since '85.
Sorry, but I really don't know how to install a seat in your van. I thought
I knew, but with what Bill told me, I guess I really don't.
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pedersen, Michael" <MRPEDERS@pacifica-papers.com>
To: "'Karl Wolz'" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Cc: "Vanagon (E-mail)" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: RE: floor tracks for single captain's chair
> Are you saying that westies are supposed to have plywood floors? I just
> have my carpet laying on that kinda rubbery/vinyl crosshatched pattern
> floor. The floor has the tracks built flush into it, with round head
machine
> screws holding the covers onto the track.
>
> I'd love to get one of those captain chairs. Is there a bench seat that
can
> fit on those same tracks though?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Pedersen
> '88 Westie GL Automatic
> Powell River, BC
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Karl Wolz [mailto:wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:45 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: floor tracks for single captain's chair
> >
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > Remove the plywood. The tracks (unless your '87 is different
> > from my '85)
> > are right there in the floor. you'll have some pieces held
> > down with large
> > crews filling the tracks so that your floor is level. you'll
> > need to remove
> > the screws and then slide the ;pieces out the side door.
> > Then just slide
> > your seat in.
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:27 AM
> > Subject: floor tracks for single captain's chair
> >
> >
> > > we picked up our single captain's chair on our los angeles
> > trip ten days
> > > ago, and i don't quite understand how it is to go into our
> > westy. bentley
> > > has nothing on it.
> > >
> > > i understood there were supposed to be some tracks with it,
> > but all it
> > came
> > > with was the crossbars welded to the box at the bottom that
> > have holes in
> > > them. they look like they would slipfit over some sort of
> > track, but also
> > > look like they would just bolt into the boltholes on the floor.
> > >
> > > we have that nice 3/8" plywood sheet as a floor of our
> > westy, which i
> > assume
> > > i have to drill through in either case. do the tracks get
> > bolted to the
> > > floor, the seat slipped onto them, and the seat bolted through the
> > crossbars
> > > and tracks into the floor boltholes?
> > >
> > > and, if i need the tracks/bolts, where can i find them?
> > still a dealer
> > > item? or do they come easily used out of a regular 7-passenger van?
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > > bill
> > > '87 syncro westfalia
> > > http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/
> > > check out the scorpio wheels on my syncro...add
> > scorpio.jpg, scorpio2.jpg,
> > > or scorpios.jpg to the above URL
> > >
> >
>
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