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Date:         Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:22 -0700
Reply-To:     "Joe T." <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Joe T." <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
Comments: To: John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com>
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John,

Why did you mention Eriba Pucks?

My afternoon is now shot, spending my workday afternoon looking at Pucks, Scamps, Crickets, etc. :)

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Joe, EV seats do fit Vanagon tracks just fine "sort of" though not the > reverse. Track spacing is the same, track > width is the same, but track height is taller. At least '93 seats do fit > in such a manner. But due to the taller > tracks on the EV part, I'd have a very close look at the slide/lock > engagement if I were to do it. I nearly > did this in my EVC (theft recovery interior gone) as even the pedestals > were gone and I welded in vanagon > swivels on regular EV non swivel pedestals. I had the EV seats (from the > regular parter van I got the pedestals > from) on them for a bit and I think the lock engaged well but I don't > recall specifically. Actually I went with Vanagon > seats in the end as I've never seen a set of '93 EV seats with over 80k or > so where the bolsters weren't wearing badly, > and the bottoms by 110k or so (and I've parted 3 93's.) I think the later > interiors wear better (dad's '99 looks good > at over 120k) but I don't know for sure if they fit. On samba a thread > indicated that mods were needed to the seat > to slide on tracks but perhaps they meant regular tracks, nothing was > needed to slide onto my '81 vintage swivels. > > Do realize as well that the seats are a bit narrower (probably why the > bolsters wear) and in my mind not quite > as comfortable, and are perhaps minimally taller. But they do lay back as > you mention as I recall. > > I really don't know in general, maybe time to move up IMHO. We camped 5 > in a bay camper for years when I > was a kid, and I hated it when I got beyond about 5yo. In point of fact > (and I find this unbelieveable now in some > regards) we bought a Wheelcamper pull camper and started towing it behind > the '74 Westy. And that camper > was built like a tank compared to now days (solid ply for floor, walls, > cabinets, etc) and weighed a solid 2000lb I'm > sure. I distinctly recall when I was about 7, and they had just completed > I79 into WV, that we were going south > on the interstate and mom started telling dad how it was "handling funny" > and he looked at the speedo and she > was doing 78mph and the camper was swinging all over the place. > > To me if I had more than 4, I'd look for a CL deal on a little ole tiny > 1000lb pop up and take it along. Could > go for an Eriba of course as well, I think a Puck goes about 800lb, couple > on Samba now. Anyway works > great, you can leave it set up and drive off to explore, leave the family > and go run to get something, pack your > stuff in it so you don't need to move everything to set up the beds, etc. > A lot more sensible than a tent in > my mind in most ways unless you are backcountry offroading it. And when > the kids are a bit older they > can have privacy in the camper while you relax in the bus or the other... > Of course with a Subie you could > pull whatever you liked. > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe T. <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:46 AM > Subject: Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+ > > I've been thinking about a similar issue for my family of four for when we > need to sleep with the top down. > > My daughters are small (8 and 5) so three can sleep in the downstairs bed. > > My idea is to get front seats from a Eurovan and modify them to > fit. Eurovan seats fully recline, so I could recline the passenger seat > and have one of the kids sleep there. It would be tight, but everybody > would have a spot. >

-- Joe T. '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2


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