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Date:         Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:03:29 -0600
Reply-To:     Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Child safety seats in the back
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until 89 or 90, that is.

aaron '87 syncro gl -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Pearson Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:52 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Child safety seats in the back

your '87 vanagon has a rear shoulder belt? is it a north american van? i thought they were stock only in europe.

aaron '87 syncro gl

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Raymond Paquette Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:33 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Child safety seats in the back

Oliver

It's a pain if you take the seats in and out much, but I found a way to attach the back strap without any modifications to the car. I also have an '87 Syncro-with the fold down rear seat.

Just for clarity: child seat is the child safety seat, car seat is the seat that VW installed in your Vanagon.

Set the child seat on your car seat. Before you attach the seat/shoulder belt, run the back strap (from the child seat) over the car seat's back and down under. You can attach the clip to the metal of the car seat's bottom frame. Tighten that strap tight enough to hold the child seat about 4" above the car seat's cushion. Kneel in the child seat, pushing it down to the car seat cushion, and fasten/tighten the shoulder/lap belt. The back strap will squash down into the cushion on the car seat. This will put tension on the back strap, keeping it from coming loose from the car seat frame. I suppose it might come loose if you get hit hard from behind, but I'd bet not. Of course, my way relies on the latch that keeps the seatback from folding down-probably not the strongest part of the car.

Raymond

> > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:31:40 -0400 > From: Oliver Gruber <osgruber@COMCAST.NET> > Subject: Child safety seats in the back > > Hi all, > I have an 87 Syncro and I need to mount three child seats across in > the back seat. Is there a mounting or retrofit kit available for this model? > I also own an Audi and it was free to have the dealer install a kit > into the back. My local VW dealer is being less than helpful on the > availability of such a kit. I understand that 1987 was before the > federal mandate that all autos have the L.A.T.C.H. mounting points > installed. Is this something that anyone else has run up against? I > don't have a center seat and like the extra room that I have. Has > anyone ever rigged a latch system from another car? > Thanks, > Oliver > > ------------------------------ > > End of vanagon Digest - 12 Oct 2005 (#2005-850) > *********************************************** > >


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