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Re: [T3] folding seat
<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset="iso-8859-1/macintosh"><div>Thanks! Yes, I admit I may have borrowed some of photographs from your site, which I have visited before. Any leads on a set so I can bring it to the local metal workshop to ask if they can copy them? Would you be willing to borrow me a set for this purpose?
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<div>Rik<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 9, 2008 12:42 PM, Toby Erkson <<a href="mailto:air_cooled_nut@pobox.com";>air_cooled_nut@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">>The so called sleep-in extenders or camping hinges are indeed dealer installed<br>> options and originals are rare and expensive. THEDDB.com offers an<br>alternative to<br>>these by engineering your stock hinges. I have been thinking producing repros
<br>(of the<br>>originals) here in Thailand where it might be possible to do this cost<br>effectively.<br>>However, I first need to get my hands on a set of originals. If you are<br>interested to<br>>see what they look like, see my add at The Samba:
<br>><a href="http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=476037"; target="_blank">http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=476037</a><br><br>>Also, I would be interested to get a sense of how much interest there would be
<br>among<br>>the squareback owners in this product before investing time and money in this<br>>project.<br><br></div>The units sold by the DDB are struts and are a less expensive alternative:<br><a href="http://www.theddb.com/new/DDB_products/sleepin_struts.html"; target="_blank">
http://www.theddb.com/new/DDB_products/sleepin_struts.html</a><br>They work in all years of Squareback, however, the low back cars need a special<br>S-hook to hold the passenger seat back in the proper position...and I haven't
<br>gotten any garage time to make a jig for it and it (should) only work on<br>left-hand drive cars. A driver-side hook isn't necessary as the steering wheel<br>holds the seat back in the proper position. High-back seat cars don't need the
<br>hook as the head rest sits against the windshield so they are automatically in<br>the correct position.<br><br>Some of the pictures in the Samba ad mentioned are from my site (that's my hand<br>holding the hinges). You can find details here on my site:
<br><a href="http://www.icbm.org/erkson/ttt/back_seat.html"; target="_blank">http://www.icbm.org/erkson/ttt/back_seat.html</a><br><br>If someone can repop and sell these for less than $150/pair then that'd be<br>great! They are a nice item to have and I have enjoyed mine for several
<br>camping trips.<br><font color="#888888"><br> Toby Erkson<br> '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing,<br> '95 Wet Jet Duo 300<br> <a href="http://www.icbm.org/"; target="_blank">http://www.icbm.org/
</a> & <a href="http://excel.icbm.org/"; target="_blank">http://excel.icbm.org/</a><br> Portland, Oregon<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br></font>
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