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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hello- > > My late Fastback rear seat had a thin crossbar down the middle of it. It > > had to be removed for clearance reasons. > > What happens when someone sits on the rear seat? How far can it depress > before it hits something? Not far enough :-) Like I said, lots of testing was done before the car was completed. The rear seat was nothing but a metal frame - all upholstery was removed. This made it very easy to see how much clearance there was when both Charles's and my fat butts were both atop it :-) We also tried sitting in the middle for a worst case. Still no big deal. It was instructive to do that test, as it showed us the places that would hit first, so we moved various little items to make more room there. Atop the gas heater is a heat shield. In the worst case, when a sumo wrestler goes for a ride, the seat may hit the shield, but still never contacts the wiring that is neatly kept clear. The only thing that rides atop the heat shield is a fiberglass-insulated fuel line, which in itself is very strategically placed to make it quite hard for even the worst case sumo guy to get at it. Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.LNengineering.com ------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <type3-digest@vwtype3.org> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <type3-index@vwtype3.org> Send administrative queries to <type3-request@vwtype3.org> </x-charset>