Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:38:37 -0800
Reply-To: "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@YAHOO.COM>
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From: "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
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That was stock? I don't remember those. Don't have jump seats anymore.
I couldn't convince my wife to give up her vow of celibacy.
> On Feb 27, 2015, at 9:34 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
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> ---- "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>> There are shoulder belts on port side and starboard.
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>> Middle kid could could be strapped to the other two in some safe manner.
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>> Jump seats don't have shoulder belts either.
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> My jump seat, which IIRC I bought from Dennis Haynes, has a shoulder belt. It is odd, in that the belt roller is on the lap portion, not the shoulder portion of the belt. So, once buckled in, one is more confined than with a "normal" shoulder belt.
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> mcneely
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>>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 5:16 PM, <jpalmer@mymts.net> wrote:
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>>> No but you should at least offer them a seatbelt.
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 5:19 PM, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow <rummaging@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>>>> When children are small they can fit three in the rear seat.
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>>>> When they get bigger they'll want go hang out with their friends who drive Pintos.
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>>>> You can't form you world around a Jump Seat.
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>>>>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Julianna Elligsen <mumbrue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>>>> Most times I had my children relay info. I had a jumpseat installed behind the passenger front seat when we had our 3rd baby. Before then, the kids had walkie talkies! They had fun, and so did I! LOL! Kid at heart!
>>>>>
>>>>> Julianna
>>>>> http://about.me/juliannaelligsen
>>>>> 1991 VW Vanagon Westfalia (Ophelia)
>>>>> 1990 VW Vanagon Westfalia (The Rastafalia)
>>>>> 1988 VW Vanagon Tintop (James)
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 5:21 AM, Truls Erik Johnsen <t.e.johnsen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First of all: Thanks for the assistance on my question regarding the
>>>>>> headliner the other day. Turned out to be a no-brainer, really.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then: How is the rear seat comfort on the Westy? The spesific model
>>>>>> I'm considering is an '85 Club Joker with Westfalia interior. My old
>>>>>> camper had a secluded (half wall between front and rear) camper setup.
>>>>>> This gave a rather distanced feeling between passengers and
>>>>>> driver/front passenger seats. I'm mainly conserned with this distance
>>>>>> (hard to talk etc) and comfort when it comes to having my two kids
>>>>>> sitting in the back seat. So feedback from those of you who frequently
>>>>>> travel with more than two persons in the car, and especially kids,
>>>>>> would be ace.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Truls
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> David McNeely
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