Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 05:50:07 -0800
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Seat Options
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Early Eurovan seats ('93 to about '97) can be fitted by trimming off the downturned edges of the seat rails to fit into the Vanagon seat tracks. This is what I did. Later Eurovan seats have a different rails so might be more involved to make fit. Non-Westy Vanagon seats will slide right in. Both will have thicker seat bases than a Westy seat so when installed on the swivels will lift your seating position relative to the stock seat. Some folks do not like this. If you are long-legged your knees may be closer to the dash than you like.
I expect the Vanagon seats would be easier for you to find, but I happened to find EV seats first so that is what I used. Vast improvement over stock in my '87 Westy, but I also had to further modify the seat rails, notching them at the back in order to slide the EV seat farther back to get the leg room I wanted.
Several threads on the Samba about different seats. Lots of helpful and informative pix. One guy added Ford Econoline captain's seats to his Vanagon. Good luck!
Stephen
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:56 PM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
Eurovan seats can be adapted without too much trouble and are pretty
nice. Easy to fine the details online.
you could also get seats from an 86 and later Westy ...those might be a
little more plush.
Be aware that non-westy seats are thicker on the bottom portion than
your Westy seats that are on swivels are.
Since the driver's swivel is never used ..
I like to remove it, then keep the same seat and have more head room ..
OR use a non-westy seat that's thicker on the bottom and will keep you
at about the same eyeball altitude that you have with your current
driver's seat.
you can get some fine Recarro's for up to $ 1,500 each, new, I believe.
On 11/6/2013 5:22 PM, Kevin Gilbert wrote:
> Volks,
>
> I'm interested in learning what front seat options may be out there for my '84 Westfalia. The originals are in decent shape, but maybe my backside would appreciate an upgrade. Easy fit and low cost, of course.
>
> My first van, a '66 Econoline, went through 3 seat configs: original vinyl low-back, a pair of jerry-rigged maroon velvet Shriner bus seats, and then a set of same-era Mustang bucket seats - suhweeeet. The Mustang seats slid onto the same tracks without alteration.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kevin
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