Hello! Log in or Register   |  Help  |  Donate  |  Buy Shirts See all banner ads | Advertise on TheSamba.com  
TheSamba.com
 
Front seat identification
Forum Index -> Bay Window Bus Share: Facebook Twitter
Reply to topic
Print View
Quick sort: Show newest posts on top | Show oldest posts on top View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Ne5tor
Samba Member


Joined: May 07, 2019
Posts: 36
Location: Los Angeles
Ne5tor is offline 

PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:14 pm    Post subject: Front seat identification Reply with quote

Hello fellow VW'ers

I am trying to identify the front seats that came with my bus.

These are the swivel seats that came installed:

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


I was going to reupholster them, but then I saw a pair of seats on sale that look like the seats that should have come with y bus, but I don't know if theyre compatible with mine.


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Can someone help me out please?

Forgot.... this is what the base looks like from my front seats:

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
alman72
Samba Member


Joined: October 09, 2014
Posts: 2573
Location: MICHIGAN
alman72 is offline 

PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seat identification Reply with quote

neither "belong" in your bus
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=616871&highlight=front+seat+id

but you can mod the newer set with the mods from the old ones.
If you want to find original, the good news is the previous owner did not cut out the factory seat rails in the pic you posted of the seat mounts
I may have missed it, but what year is your bus? in the provided thread, it tells you what years slide into your year. I could guess, but I will let you read
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
jtauxe Premium Member
Samba Member


Joined: September 30, 2004
Posts: 5778
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
jtauxe is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:13 am    Post subject: Re: Front seat identification Reply with quote

The ones that are in there are fom some non-VW.

The set that you found for sale go to a Vanagon, but will be one of the best upgrades you will ever make to your bus. You are lucky to have found them!

They will be a direct fit to the original rails.

Get those!
_________________
John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
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
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website Gallery Classifieds Feedback
alman72
Samba Member


Joined: October 09, 2014
Posts: 2573
Location: MICHIGAN
alman72 is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:00 am    Post subject: Re: Front seat identification Reply with quote

good call on the vanagon seats. I missed that
they will slide in if you have a 76 or later. (late 76 or later?)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Ne5tor
Samba Member


Joined: May 07, 2019
Posts: 36
Location: Los Angeles
Ne5tor is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seat identification Reply with quote

Thanks for your replies!
I do have a 1977 and love that these Vanagon seats would just slide in but from what I've been reading here, if I just slide them in them in, I will loose my swivel unless I can also come up with some VW swivel bases? Or I wonder if I can adapt my existing swivel to the Vanagon seats? Also, been reading that my front door' fresh air ducts will interfere with the Vanagon arm rest?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
alman72
Samba Member


Joined: October 09, 2014
Posts: 2573
Location: MICHIGAN
alman72 is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 3:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seat identification Reply with quote

sounds like you know exactly whats going on. I think the armrest next to the door can be taken off so that the door vent wont interfere, and yes, you would need a swivel base
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Forum Index -> Bay Window Bus All times are Mountain Standard Time/Pacific Daylight Savings Time
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

About | Help! | Advertise | Donate | Premium Membership | Privacy/Terms of Use | Contact Us | Site Map
Copyright © 1996-2023, Everett Barnes. All Rights Reserved.
Not affiliated with or sponsored by Volkswagen of America | Forum powered by phpBB
Links to eBay or other vendor sites may be affiliate links where the site receives compensation.