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Title: caddy bench seat?
Post by: trent77 on January 06, 2013, 07:32:36 pm

Has anyone evr made a bench seat for the Caddy? I understand the e-brake issues, just wondering? Thanks
Trent

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: CRSMP5 on January 06, 2013, 07:51:25 pm

wchlvr on poortex... he banned... think oldschoolvw or something like that... is his webpage name...

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: trent77 on January 07, 2013, 08:15:09 am

He has some cool stuff on there. oldskoolvw.com  the "doppleganger" truck is very cool, And not over done. I love that it still has the square headlight set up!

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: sprstu on April 11, 2013, 01:17:55 pm

Ben from Ben"s Veedub Shop has a caddy with a bench seat. Google image is your friend. \

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4277073091_033386ba74_o.jpg)

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: CRSMP5 on April 11, 2013, 02:48:53 pm

yep... ben's is nice.. saw in person when i got my kubvan from him.. but terri came up with nice way of doing it that tops how ive seen it done..

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: CrazyAndy on April 13, 2013, 07:00:40 pm

He still might be active on another MK1 VW site I've been on, the152.com.  He also had a build thread on there for the doppelganger that I think talked about the bench.  The best way to get him, though is through oldskoolvw.com, definitely.

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: JamesT on April 15, 2013, 04:25:58 pm

I was looking at using a Rabbit back seat. It can be made to fit, but I realised that its friggin' uncomfortable for any length of time. I was thinking of putting the e-brake on the driver's side attached to the stock pull mechanism (sans handle) with a rotating shaft. A lot of torque though.

This would also make me want to build a tree shifter, which just seems like a bad idea as far as complexity.

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: CRSMP5 on April 15, 2013, 07:31:25 pm

what oldskool did was use a set of bases.. made the seat fold/tip towards the steering wheel to access the handbrake.. his set up was nice.. and not over complex.. vs things like ive seen roddo rear seat fabbed into a bench in one.. those looked almost like a recaro bench.. but unless it folds forward.. or what not pretty usless..

Title: Re: caddy bench seat?
Post by: vwsnaps on April 19, 2013, 07:26:24 pm

terry is all over his facebook page -   old skool vulcanwerks..   tons of great pictures.  there was a post about Mk1 Caddy bench seats - there were a few people chiming in with pics of their set up's...  it was quite interesting - I remember reading the budget one was mk2 rear 60/40 seat... 

His facebook page is very active with tons of other enthusiasts input and information..  you can learn more on his page that you would on vortex....