Seat bases are the same size but the Westy seat back is positioned further forward relative to the base, probably to assist in the spin. Stephen Mobile > On Oct 15, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Hi Brett, > > Very clever. I never thought about just turning the seat around. for non camper Vanagon’s being camped in this would be a nice thing to know. > > Didn’t I read on the list here that the Westfalia seats are a bit shorter then the passenger van seats? if so that could be a way of solving the clearance problem without cutting the rails. > > A friend has a similar van and he welded in the swivel from a Westfalia. this resulted in his loosing the storage under the passenger seat and changing the hight compared to the driver’s side. I’m pretty good with seat removal so knowing it can be reversed is a useful tip! > > Eric Caron > 85 GL Auto Westfalia > > > >> On Oct 15, 2016, at 1:46 AM, Brett Ne <brettn777@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> My camper doesn't have the rotating seats, so I take the passenger seat off >> the track & turn it around all the time when camping. I could not think of >> a single positive purpose for that locking tab and got tired of fighting >> with it when taking the seat off the track. 30 seconds with a cutoff wheel >> and it has never bothered me since. To make seat reversal even easier, I >> also used the cutoff wheel to remove the frontmost 1/2" of the seat tracks >> because the seat cushion would hit the glovebox before the seat was >> completely free from the track. >> >> >> Brett >> >> >> >> -- >> Brett in Portland, OR >> "Albert" '82 VanaFox I4 Riviera |
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