Date:         Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:37:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: the 5th seat
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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On my blog Jim

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/adding-middle-seat-rails-to-a-westy/


I did this to my '82 westy years ago, but never did find a seat to
install :)
Here is the floor as installed in my '82 westy
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/mods5.html

Last summer I moved them over to my '86 syncro which being a 7 pass
van, had a 2 person bench and seat rails, but only had the rubber
composition floor pads, not the westy plywood panels.
here it is installed in the syncro. I was pleased that the luan
plywood facing of the panels has held up (10 years of use) pretty well.
http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/westy-new-old-floor/

The original 2 person bench still fits in, but due to the westy
kitchen, it is positioned closer to the sliding door. This means it is
a squeeze to get past it and into the rear seat. I believe there are
benches with a folding seat back to allow better ingress.

alistair




On 29-Jun-11, at 9:09 AM, Jim Felder wrote:

> I have a writeup and pictures on how to install the seat rails in a
> westy
> somewhere if you need them.
>
> Jim