splitty grab rails on mid seat ?

robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 20 Jul 2005, 8:32 pm

#387824

"early middle split seat"
this one for the splitty folk, I have the grab rail on the small fold down seat but not on the long fixed seat,its missing.
I have a ralie who can cast stuff and as I can't seem to find the part for the long seat I thought I'd get him to cast some ends. now are the ends on the small seat the same as the ones on the long seat.
Rob.nn[ Edited on 20-7-2005 by robnjo ]

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winerot Custom Title Time!

1,340 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 20 Jul 2005, 8:36 pm

#387828

catch a local bus take a screwdriver with you😉

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robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 20 Jul 2005, 8:47 pm

#387834

now that you mentioned it, the old" Koala coaches" bus to school at Burleigh heads had these rails.....lol

winerot Custom Title Time!

1,340 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 20 Jul 2005, 8:57 pm

#387839

i was only joking as you know but
what you said about koala coaches
might be worth a drive to a bus depot
garage, they could be about the same size & surely there would be old spares going cheap or nix

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frog Wolfsburg Wizard

571 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 20 Jul 2005, 9:55 pm

#387873

The seat you have is an early pre 1960 I think as the later one has plastic coated metal much like the front passenger dash handle.
May well be easy to make the corners as the tube itself is just alloy pipe.
What year bus is this seat going into?

robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 21 Jul 2005, 8:40 am

#387972

was going to get the just the ends cast in alloy or some thing like that and sort the pipe out myself.
this seat is going into my 66,I do realise its the wrong one but its a sore point at home and any middle seat is hard to come by...besides this is going to be a daily drive thats all.
*so are the four ends on the grab rail all the same??
(I know there is left and right side)

nicko Officially Full-On Dubber

389 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 21 Jul 2005, 12:59 pm

#388077

Hi Rob Have a look at this post on the Samba, does not say there are any differences.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107848
If you end up casting some I will be need two pair for my middle seat and would be interested. Also still interested in swapping seat
Cheers Nicko

robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 23 Jul 2005, 2:50 pm

#388926

thanks buddy, will have a look:beer