Date:         Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:55:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Adding a baby seat to my Westfalia
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <3AD98232E1854B08BD76443842588A87@RON>
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Thanks Ron.  I think you have the same part number twice.  The 3 point
belt for the drivers side should be http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253857815D

So at best I can only have a 3 seater Westfalia with 3 point belts?
How did the factory do it?

I don't suppose any single or double 'middle' seats can be adapted
with 3 point belts in a Westfalia?

Thanks
Jeff

On 21-Apr-09, at 8:04 AM, The Bus Depot wrote:

>> My 85 Westfalia only has lap belts, not 3 point belts
>> although i would like to add those at some point.
>
> VW offered 3-point rear seatbelts for the Vanagon, and made the
> passenger
> side available as a retrofit for the VW Camper. (You can do the
> driver side
> too if you want to put a hole in your wardrobe cabinet.)  Years ago I
> installed a passenger side one for my daughter's front-facing car
> seat. Now
> she's 10 and I still feel much better having a 3-point belt for her
> instead
> of just a lap belt.
>
> The VW kit uses the stock mounting points that are already welded to
> your
> van under the panel. Because it is factory engineered for this
> specific
> mounting point in this specific vehicle, , I feel safer with it than
> with an
> aftermarket kit that has not actually been crash tested. Factory
> instructions are included, and the installation is easy since the
> factory
> mounts for it are already there. If you plan to add 3 point belts in
> the
> future my advice would be to do it soon. VW is discontinuing Vanagon
> parts
> at a fast clip, and all it would take would be for a single piece in
> the
> mounting kit to go obsolete and then you could no longer do the
> factory
> retrofit.  Here is what you will need:
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253857816D (3 point belt
> only -
> passenger side)
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253857816D (3 point belt
> only -
> drivers side)
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253857749D (buckle
> section - only
> needed if installing in 1980-84)
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253857816KIT (parts kit &
> instructions, does 1 side)
>
> - Ron Salmon
>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
>  www.busdepot.com
>  (215)  234-VWVW
>
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