Rear seat area: SWB vs LWB

[Alan B]

I'm interested in a rear seat delete option for a SWB car. What are the differences in the rear seating area between SWB and LWB? I think that the firewall is angled differently. Are the dimensions different? What else do I need to know if I want to modify a LWB rear seat delete to fit a SWB?

Thanks,
Alan

[ST Man]

Hi Alan

I had rust in my seat pans and wanted to replace the pans in the rear seat. After getting a Pan from a Donor car I discovered that the tunnel between seats on top of gearbox was much wider in on the panel from LWB car than in my SWB car. But I think this has todowith the type of gearbox fitted to the car. So in conclusion I think that the SWB cars running a 901 box have a much narrower tunnel than the newer 915 equiped cars. The difference was about 4cm (nearly an inch) each side.

[gsjohnson]

Curious if this effects the rear seats, rear shelf, and carpet as well...
Or are they the same between the LWB and SWB cars?