Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:12:16 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      fitting other seats from different makes into the vanagon
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> What cars have front seats that will directly go into a Westy or
> > >regular vanagon?
>

none that are "bolt in"..   oh..wait..  you can directly bolt in the seats
from a '77-'79 westy..oh yea, that would be a real improvement LOL   ;<P

but seriously, what i would do is take a walk in a well-stocked import car
junkyard, and try out some different seats..  none will just slide in, but
some may have a flat base that the vanagon seats tracks can be bolted to
(they do unbolt)..
i have been thinking about some leather merkur seats, or maybe some audi
seats.    i did see a fella who put some porsche 911 seats in his vanagon -
it was a good fit, as the porsche has a flat floor pan..so he was able to
adapt the seats without too much of a hassle..
trouble you may run into is, that alot of the "nicer" seats out there are
power.. which is a pain in the seatbottom (ie, pain in the ass :<) to
retrofit..
chris