i too am unsure about whether or not the bulkhead behind the seat of my 73' provides any structural strength. anyone out there with a 77' or something, please check out your swivel seat and tell us "swivel seat wannabes" if there is any other structural metal welded into to your busses to compensate for being sans bulkhead. michael p.s. i am considering doing the same surgery on my 73' to install a swivel seat. >> So, do we know it is OK to remove that thang? Doesn't it provide some sort >> of structural support, or is it a useless evolutionary remnant? >> >> Sami ('75 Westf.) >> dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu >> >All the '78 or '79 I've seen with the Vanagon style seats simply >looked like it was never put in at all with no other changes so I >say it does nothing for the body structure, my only question though is >the floor sufficient to support a self supporting seat, I know our >drivers seat doesn't touch the metal wall, but in a collision it would >be there for impact resistance, does anyone with a real late Bus know if >the seat mount area got reinforced upon the fitment of the later seats? >In fact did it maybe become flat like a Vanagon? with a piece welded >over the little dip down area? I looked at one a few years back but >can't remember. > >John Anderson >ja@coe.wvu.edu
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