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Date:         Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:43:44 -0800
Reply-To:     monte merrick <monte@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         monte merrick <monte@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westy Bed hardware
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john

in 1985 vanagon started coming with a fold down rear seat that converted into a double(!?) bed.

easiest thing is to get one from an 85 or later passenger van - the westy and other models (like the carat) have panels and cabinets and such that make their rear seat too narrow to fit well in the "plain-jane"

me myself i've got a plain jane and i love it so except for when i want to stand up.

monte

84 gl, and of course my own two feet

On Mar 1, 2006, at 8:15 PM, John Brush wrote:

>> I'm really interested in getting a set of hinges/hardware >> to make a Westy sized fold-out bed. >> If anyone has a set of folding bed hardware that wants to >> sell it, please contact me. I don't need the seat or back, >> just the hardware. > > > We have what you need, new, for $95 with your list discount:

Ron, or anyone else? Can I ask for some more detail on what is in this kit? Does one need a westy bed in the first place, or will this convert a regular van rear seat to a fold/slide down like a westy? The instructions? Do they explain how to build the whole seat/bed, or something else?

I have seen a total of one fold down 'westy' bed in my life, so I have no real idea what its like, but I do know I would kill for one in my plain-jane vanagon :-)

Thanks a lot.

John

"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau

"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau


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