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oscarsnapkin Samba Member
Joined: October 22, 2013 Posts: 557 Location: Bucks County, PA
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 5:57 am Post subject: Front Bench Seat |
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Saw this on either craigslist or ebay. Does this belong to anyone here?
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- 1973 Thing
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tolstoy Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2005 Posts: 212 Location: Ames, IA
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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WITFIT!
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Tolstoy _________________ The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older. Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
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LeeE Samba Member
Joined: May 25, 2004 Posts: 387 Location: Orlando
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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That was at the Bug Jam last month. Rusty 1978 Bus with some interesting mods. That bench seat has got to rattle your teeth and leave backside bruises while driving. _________________ 1978 Westfalia stock 2.0 FI
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5778 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:53 am Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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I hate to think what it would do to you in a crash... all that splintered wood and broken cast iron!
Cool seat, though. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
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1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Gregg in the 603 Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2013 Posts: 398 Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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For my first bus, I really wanted to do a bench front seat. I measured my buddy's late 80's Toyota P/U. Width was the same, seems like a really cool and simple mod. Never did it, but still thinking.... Sure, you lose the 180 degree swiveling passenger seat, but with a bench seat, you can throw everything on there and go! _________________ 1979 Mexico Beige Westy auto
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Paintedbus Samba Member
Joined: September 14, 2003 Posts: 679 Location: salem, ma
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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i have vanagon captains chairs in my bus now, but i really want to replicate a flipseat bench like a splitty
... actually just found an example of one on google!
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Gregg in the 603 Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2013 Posts: 398 Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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Just saw that BusDepot is selling one
http://www.busdepot.com/432117
Edit: Guess it's just the upholstery. Not sure what model had a front bench... _________________ 1979 Mexico Beige Westy auto
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Fubeca12 Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2006 Posts: 5 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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I have a source for someone repopping those hinges out of Brazil. I'm planning to bring in a couple sets soon. |
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andrewtf Samba Member
Joined: August 10, 2011 Posts: 602 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:48 am Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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I'd consider this option - as long as the safety was documented. I think it would open the interior to multiple other layout configurations. _________________ '75 Riviera - 'BIG EMMA' (Pan American highway trip paused for a make over)
'77 Riviera - Murphy' (being reborn.... slowly)
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metahacker Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2010 Posts: 690 Location: san.diego
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Front Bench Seat |
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the park bench thing has been done a couple times :)
and yeah, the flip seat bench is pretty epic
ive fantasized about a flipseat dormobile split quite a bit :)
a flip seat bay window bus with a viking spacemaker top could make for a pretty ridiculously epic camping layout IMO :) |
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