The Bus gets a nice "new" middle bench seat..

One of the things that is hard to come by, is a middle bench seat.
I had a 1967 Split Window Deluxe Bus- the middle seat was impossible to find for under 500.00 bucks. A couple of weeks ago I went over to Eladio's house to pick up some parts and watch him and Corey dis assemble a VW bus that had seen it's better days.
Corey needed a windshield and I needed a middle seat. He said he had one.

2 weeks later he called- and me and Johnny B. went and picked it up.
That turned into an adventure all into it's own.
The seat needs to be cleaned and re stuffed and possibly upholstery.
We'll see. Here's some pix of VW treasure, a 1977 VW middle bench seat.
It's not a 3/4 seat. Which is fine, my bus came with the 1/2 seat.
Johnny B. has a truck, his truck has carried VW doors, tires, rims, bumpers, a rear hatch
and now a middle seat. Thanks Johnny B.

After we got the seat over to the bus, I had to remove all the stuff in it.
I wanted to make sure the bench seat lined up
with the floor track. The 77 bus has three tracks that the bench's legs will line up on.







I threw in a couple of wood panels to get an idea how to place the seat. The seat will be flush against the panels. Normal VW panels are about half as thick as the 1/4" panels we made in North Carolina.








The seat will lock into the floor.
The seat belts will lock into the bench seat.
The seat will sit on top of my hardwood floor.
I'm going to paint the interior white and install some insulation. I'm going to lay the hardwood floor on top of a insulated sub floor.
The entire floor will be removable.
The bus seats, when mounted- will hold down the floor, to keep the floor from shifting.






The seat it self will be cleaned and the metal hardware will be sanded and painted gloss black.
I'll probably cheat and throw the seat in the rear of a truck and hit the car wash. I'll use the car wash as a pressure washer and power wash off all the accumulated crud. I'll skip the wax cycle though. The seat almost looks too low in this shot. I think the large panel (which hasn't been trimmed to fit) is making the seat
look very low. The flooring will raise the seat at least an inch.
The floor has grooves in it and the seat is resting in the groves.
I don't think the height will be an issue when it's all done and said.

I'm excited about the seat. I was thinking I would never find one.
I was going to use a Vanagon seat in it. Those are easier to come by.
Next, I'll paint the inside.
That will be exciting.