In a message dated 12/12/05 11:41:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, md03@XOCHI.COM writes:
> One limitation of the Westy full campers is seating for 4 in the > stock situation. Can anyone explain (or provide pictures) of what > the additional seating options are? I'm confused about jump seats, > middle row seats, etc. Can they be installed / removed quickly or > is it not something you'd want to do on a day-to-day basis? > there are 3 different full camper seating options. rear facing jumpseat from a carat or wolfsburg, installed behind the LF seat. mounting this does not interfere with swival, and they come w/ seatbelts. not heavy. negative: comes in grey only.. single or 2 person middle seat, installed on sliding floor tracks (you may have to install the tracks if you van did not come with them, they were only stock on some 84-86 campers in the US - but all vanagons and campers come with the pre-drilled and pre-threaded holes in the floor to accept these tracks) comes w/ seatbelts. slides out. the single seat comes on a lockbox and has a swival base and can be mounted anywhere on the tracks as to not interfering with fridge access. the 2 person middle seat has seatbacks that flip forward and can be mounted either facing front or rearwards as in "booth style" seating. come in grey, tan, or blue. the negative: heavy, and must slide the 2 person middle seat out to acess fridge. jumpseats remove simply with the pull of a single knob. sliding middle seats slide out on the floor tracks. i have both for sale if your interested.
chris |
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