Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 14:41:10 -0700
Reply-To: Steve Macaulay <smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Steve Macaulay <smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM>
Subject: Re: Adding safe passenger seats?
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Hi Doug,
You will probably receive much more informative responses than this, but I
was looking into this myself a few months ago and found out that there are
really three "safe" options. Some westys came with a removeable 2 passenger
middle seat. You can take it out and use it as camp furniture to get it out
of the way. You may already have the tracks in your van for this. This is
your most seats seating option. A few westys also came with a single person
swivel seat that mounts in the center of your van. This may also fit in the
tracks if your van has them (not too sure about this). Another option is to
get one of the jump seats that was available on the Carat / Wolfsberg
passenger vans. This goes behind the front passenger seat and is also
removeable. You will need the special mounting bracket that attaches to the
back of the front seat pedestal. You will have to fabricate the
in-the-floor bracket. This is not nearly as bad as it sounds and I could
forward you some info on this that I got from other listmembers if you
decide to go this route.
All of these seats are original VW equipment. Several list vendors get
these in every now and then. Bus Depot advertised a single jump seat just a
few days ago. Chris (JordanVw@aol.com) seems to usually have a few of the
middle seats. Expect to pay anywhere from $100 to $300 depending on the
desired seat, condition, and who you get it from. If you search the
archives at www.vanagon.com for "middle seat" and "jump seat" you will find
some more details on these options.
Hope this helps,
Steve
89 Westy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Doug Hudiburg
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 10:48 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Adding safe passenger seats?
>
>
> I've got two kids who love my Westie and the camping we do in it. I also
> have one on the way. My question is, has anyone figured out how to add
> another seat to a Westie? I would like to install a removable
> seat forward
> of the bench seat. Just a crazy idea that I haven't really
> thought out yet,
> but thought someone in the group may have already done it. Three
> car seats
> on the back bench is pushing it.
>
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