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On 11 Sep 2003 at 17:45, Dave Hall wrote: > Strange, my '71 Square has the small holes but no plates fixed to the rails, and > no evidence they were ever used. I don't think I've seen them on the couple of > cars I've dismantled either. I agree it may be to do with the folding of the > rear seat - perhaps it's a combination of that and safety regulations in the > USA. VW specified a special lower seat squab for taller drivers, and they would > very likely need the extra seat adjustment, but I don't think my seat is lower > than normal. I agree with you and Russ, it must have to do with the folding of the back seat. IIRC, the rear seat bottom holds the front seat slightly forward when the front seat is all the way back against that extra stop AND the front seat back is tilted most of the way back. With the extra stop removed it might not even be possible to tilt the rear seat bottom forward if the front seat was all the way back. None of this would be relevant to a notch or fasty, so this way the seat rails themselves could be the same on all type 3s. I don't know why the UK squares wouldn't have these, however. I'm not sure what you mean by squab, but there is only one seat base and one spring set shown for each year, although there are different ones for -67, and 68-72. I had assumed that they were all the same for the years that used the 2 rail system. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org