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Date:         Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:24:41 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Beidel <tbeidel@MAINE.RR.COM>
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From:         Tim Beidel <tbeidel@MAINE.RR.COM>
Subject:      Rear seat belts
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Reading the "non-family hauler" messages made me think of a problem we have.

Our 1987 Westy has one three-point seat belt installed so that my seven-year-old can use her booster seat properly.

Some questions:

1. The seatbelt was bolted in to the side of the van wall (point two of the three point system) as per the VW instructions. Another Vanagon repairman said he believed it needed to be welded in to be effective. Anyone know?

2. The belt, purchased from VW for this purpose, does not have the easiest retraction to the snug position, and my daughter, being seven, frequently wriggles around to the point where it is very slack. Is there anything that can help with this. How dangerous is it?

3. Anyone effectively install a second three point belt in a Westy? Does it bisect the closet space, or can the two (belt attached to van wall and usable closet space) co-exist?

Tim Beidel South Portland, ME


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