Did a Bay ever come with Drivers side Swivel seat?

[a57oval]

Hello,
Did a Bay ever come with a Driver's (LHD) side swivel seat? If so what was done with the master cylinder reservoir behind the stock seat? Any chance later or earlier Bay's have that reservoir mounted in different location?
I have a 72 and am thinking about doing this. I have 2 swivels and mounting plates from a Vanagon as well as the necessary fabrication skills.
Did some searching but couldn't find anything.
Thanks for your help,
Peter

[Randy in Maine]

I don't think any left hand drive bays ever had a swiveling drivers seat.

[vwwestyman]

Nope. Just the passenger side on a Bay.

In '73, the break reservoir was moved to the lower part of the seat stand. There is an opening in it at the front that you can access it from.

I don't know if the earlier buses have this opening or not. This pic was to illustrate how I ran seat heater wiring in my passenger swivel seat, but you can see the opening I'm talking about. I've got a little first aid kit box there in the pic.

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[alman72]

My 73 has the res. under the seat, close to the front, right hand side.

[a57oval]

Cool! It's under the passenger seat structure or it's under the drivers seat close to the center of the vehicle? Does anyone have a picture of it's location? I see Bus Depot has the reservoir:
http://www.busdepot.com/j17021
Thanks for your help,
Peter

[vwwestyman]

The reservoir is under the driver seat. The pic I posted is the passenger seat area... Just to illustrate where in the pedestal the opening is.

Driver side is essentially a mirror image, and the reservoir is right at the front.
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1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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[a57oval]

VWwestyman;
Do you happen to know if my hose from 72 fastens the same way to the 73+ reservoir? With the the funny plastic hose clamp. I wonder too if VW relocated the hole in the floor where the hose runs from the master cylinder to the reservoir into the 73 and newer Buses.
Peter

[captincanuck]

Here is where it sits under the drivers seat. I was pressure bleeding my brakes

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[a57oval]

Captincanuck;
Perfect! That is exactly what I was after. Now all I have to do is figure out if I need a new supply line or master cylinder reservoir to make this stuff work.
That's the 2nd time you have helped me. Now I owe you 2 beers!
Peter