Your other option is getting your hands on a two person FRONT bench from a VW cargo van. It slides right in in place of your passender seat. I have this arangement plus a 2 person middle bench in my westy (w/2 person rear bench), it is probably one of the only seven passenger westies on the road. Chris On 4/21/05, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote: > That sounds like a great idea.... > > Anyone have an extra BLUE middle seat laying around they want rid of? > > Dave > > On 4/21/05, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > > The best idea I have seen was to add a 3rd position to the 2 person > > middle seating area. Take an extra 2 person GL middle seat and cut it in > > half, leaving enough fabric hanging on the bottom to fold over and tuck > > in to cover the padding. The seatback part is easy since the GL model > > has separate sections for each passenger so no cutting is needed there. > > You can then slide the saved section onto the floor tracks first, all > > the way to the wall and then slide the 2 person seat on next. Look at > > how the seat belts attach before any cutting is done, so you can have a > > stock seatbelt for the 1 person seat. > > > > Mark > > > > David Bohannan wrote: > > > > >All, > > > > > >I currently have a 4th seatbelt installed in the very rear seat of my > > >vanagon and would like to figure out a 3 passenger seat option for my > > >85 GL...it was stock a 7 passenger like most, but have seen some > > >(scarce I am sure) 3 person middle seats... > > > > > >Suggestions? I had considered putting a jump seat rear facing next to > > >the existing 2 person (and remove the armrests...). > > > > > >Would a REAR 3 person bench fit rear facing?just behind front seats > > >with additional support for the floppy back? > > > > > >Any help would be appreciated!!! > > > > > >Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
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