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On 13 Sep 2003 at 22:18, Dave Hall wrote: > I thought squab was the proper word for the seat base (rather than the > backrest), but maybe it's just a UK word. It's unfamiliar to me, but that may just be me. > I've just looked up the part number for the lower front-seat spring core 311 881 > 305 B. The workshop manual says this is available for the taller driver. > However, it also mentions the seat stops. Pre-67 they were on the seats > apparently, but after that they were a single plate on the rear of the inner > rail. That number is in the microfilm, but it is listed as just up to the end of 67. There's a note to see the workshop manual, but there's no alternative (for short people?) > Maybe later on they decided the seat couldn't fall off the back of the runner, > and stopped bothering to fit them on all but the Squareback. Even without this extra stop, there is still the normal stop that is part of the stationary rail, at least in the 68-72 version. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org