Date:         Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:33:11 -0500
Reply-To:     Geoffrey Toye <geoffreytoye@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Geoffrey Toye <geoffreytoye@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Adding Arm Rests to an Early Vanagon - 1981
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <0AC1D491-D0C1-42E3-A336-2C0A5790D0F0@comcast.net>
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Awesome, thanks for the info!

On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:01 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Geoffrey,
>
>         Not only do the early seats not have arm rests but I’m pretty sure
> they had the old style horse hair construction.  If that is the case I’d
> sure recommend upgrading to a later vanagon foam seat.
>
>         I suspect a little looking around would locate some.  I actually
> know someone with two but they are grey and you would want brown or good
> seat covers!
> I have ridden in the earlier  seats and it reminds me of my old bay
> windows.  All good but man the Vanagon seats are a nice upgrade and should
> be a straight swap.  But I do think there is a difference between Westy
> seats and vanagon seats so watch out for that.  The Vanagon seats I’m told
> are larger so if you have swivels it is a problem.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 15, 2020, at 5:15 PM, Geoffrey Toye <geoffreytoye@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Has anybody added arm rests to the stock early Vanagon front seats?
> >
> > Swapping for later GL style seats would be an option, if I could find
> some
> > that is.
>
>