Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:10:10 -0500
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From: Chris Geiser <cfgmail@DIRECWAY.COM>
Subject: Re: Child safety seats in the back
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For the infant seats and the toddler seats that both strap into the van
(then kid straps into the seat), I feel I can get the seats in tighter with
the stock vanagon lap belt (with a metal locking clip to secure). Of course
once they get to booster seat age / size, then the shoulder belts are
necessary.
So I've installed the shoulder belts in the back two side seats and left lap
belts in the rest so far... Two kids in back and two kids in the lap belted
car seats...
Also works well for the necessary spacing between kids to limit unnecessary
"touching" of each other!!
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Aaron Pearson
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:52 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
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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
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> 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
>
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