Date:         Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:11:29 -0400
Reply-To:     B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Adding a baby seat to my Westfalia
Comments: To: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
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When my daughter was born she was in the rear facing seat in my wife's '98
A4 which did not come with tether points. The seat just had the seatbelt
going around the base.  When it was time for the forward facing seats (which
comes real fast) I installed both rear GoWesty seat belt kits. The drivers
side even comes with a nice trim kit for the rear cabinets and tells you
where to cut. The only problem is it pretty much renders the upper part of
that cabinet useless.

Thanks,
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Palmer
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:25 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Adding a baby seat to my Westfalia

Hi all,

I have a 3 month old that I would love to take on a camping trip
(short!!) this summer.  My wife had purchased a tether kit from
gowesty but i'm not sure it provides everything i need.

This is the part I have:
http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4246&search_phrase=child%20sea
t&start=

My 85 Westfalia only has lap belts, not 3 point belts although i would
like to add those at some point.

Our baby seat faces backwards (I think it gets used for another 6
months or so until the kid is big enough for the forward facing seat).

Has anybody made their westfalia baby seat friendly or am i out of luck?

Thanks
Jeff in Winnipeg