Official Swivel Seat Bus Thread

[Red Fau Veh]

A toilet in a bus? Gross! I like the rest though, nice interior and bus.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[oakman]

[Red Fau Veh]

Well I'm jealous now. How do know an Alabama camper if there is no interior left?
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[oakman]

[Red Fau Veh]

So did the swivel alabamas comes with a passenger seat and did it swivel?
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[oakman]

[EverettB]

[65-63 camper]

Guys,

I think the seats were changed. The drivers seat swivels but makes contact with the floor. The passenger seat had a wood deck under it. There is no track under the passenger seat. I was told that these busses were ordered as panel vans and then converted after they arrived.

Rick

[oakman]

[65-63 camper]

No idea on that. I do know that the first owner was a professor at Auburn University.

[65-63 camper]

[65-63 camper]

New interior on my swivel seat bus is done. Now for seats and cushions

[55samba]

Wow 65-63 camper that is beautiful! Did you build it?

[65-63 camper]

RJ campers in Daytona Florida. He did great work and made me some custom items at my request. His finish work is tight. He made wood map pockets.

[65-63 camper]

I mean he did the interior only

[Red Fau Veh]

I like it but to me it should incorporate the swivel seat action into the rear camper section. A wider table to reach the swivel seat when it turns 180 degrees and faces the back. And no cabinet interfering with it directly behind the seat. Other than that it's choice looking.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[Red Fau Veh]

I forgot to mention, swivel seats are the best buses in the world for tall people because you can scoot them back to the last notch in the slider rails and the seat back is several inches behind the bulkhead which gives mega leg room and makes driving them more comfortable than any other bus.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[GTV]

They are great for leg room, but that's about it IMO.

I'm a huge fan of the "swivel dance" Seven simple steps. It goes like this:
1) Exit the bus
2) Move seat forward to clear bulkhead
3) Rotate seat until it hits steering wheel
4) Move seat back to clear steering wheel
5) Rotate seat the rest of the way
6) Shut door and re enter bus through the cargo doors
7) Enjoy looking backwards

It's an interesting M Code, but that's about it. Pretty impractical.
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[andre b]

heres my 1959 swivel seat kombi.#vin 4527** really cool solid bus,

[shortwing]

Andre, nice bus. Welcome to the "exclusive" club within the exclusive club. There just aren't very many of them swivel seat buses around. What're your plans for that beauty?