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DavidBuchner
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:08 am    Post subject: Removing the front seats Reply with quote

Help! I thought I remembered this being simple — like you'd just slide it all the way forward, and keep going and it would slide off the rails. But it's not doing that. Maybe my other one was broken, to allow that to happen?

Anyway, I need to get them out in order to peel out that floor mat stuff that seems to be holding moisture, rip it out, and fix the floor as necessary.

It must just be "forward, lift up, jiggle to the right" or something – but I can't seem to find the trick. I swear, that '72 they'd just slide right off. Huh.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:47 am    Post subject: Re: Removing the front seats Reply with quote

Recommend checking your owner’s manual (if you have one) — e.g.:

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:27 am    Post subject: Re: Removing the front seats Reply with quote

Owner's manuals here
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/type1.php
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Removing the front seats Reply with quote

What year? the 73 is different then the 72 or a 65 for example. Probably the tab stop is what your issue is.
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