[T2] Zbed

[Bob Pratt]

Hi Jamie,

The bottom of the seat is a storage area that is made out of plywood. I have access to the floor as it is only covered by the stock rubber mat.
I'm thinking I'm going to weld capture nuts in the areas that line up with the mounting holes in the seat. I'm not sure about welding nuts in the floor located over the gas tank!
Bob Pratt

> On Dec 4, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Jamie <jrivers at globalserve.net> wrote:
> 
> Bob
> look at the floor of your bus.. there is some bolt pockets welded into there... if you can install  the seat so it is into the bolt pockets with the T bolts.. it will be as strong as the factory did it..
> does your bus have flooring installed over the steel,, or is the steel accessible ?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Pratt" <ka1dza at verizon.net>
> To: "Jamie" <jrivers at globalserve.net>
> Cc: <type2 at type2.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [T2] Zbed
> 
> 
> I guess I thought that the fold out back seat was called a Zbed. The seat that was in the bus when I got it was installed using only 2 sheet metal screws on the raised deck over the gas tank that had been ripped out before I bought it. The arm rest is located on the driver's side and the PO cut the wooden bottom so that it would fit snugly against the driver's side wall. The PO lived in the bus shortly before I bought it.
> I also have a fold out rear seat the fits against the driver's side wall. I want to use that one as it doesn't interfere with the spare tire in the back.
> 
> Eventually I want to sleep in the bus as I venture out next spring/summer with my son to actually see things in this country we have only seen in National Geographics.
> 
> 
> Bob Pratt
> 
>> On Dec 2, 2015, at 4:46 PM, Jamie <jrivers at globalserve.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I meant to add .... make sure you check the year of your van, to the year of the bed...  as late bay Westfalia stuff doesn't fit in early bay very well
>> 
>> another link...
>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=214427&highlight=bed
>> 
>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Pratt"
>>>> Has anyone installed a Westy Zbed in a non Westy bus? Was it safe enough to use as a passenger seat too?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> just to point out,, Westfalia has a bed,, and zee products have a Zbed.... they are not the same...
>>> 
>>> lots of Westfakia buses out there,, where a Westy bed was liberated from a Westfalia and installed in a bus... and it is just as safe as if it was "factory" installed....Westfalia factory that is...
>>> 
>>> do you need tether points, or seat belts..
>>> there is some info and pictures on this link http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=288759&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=products&start=0
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