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Date:         Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:18:57 -0700
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <00c401d052c8$71a240a0$54e6c1e0$@gmail.com>
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Just ThrowingItOutThere as a DIY Idea ~ Wasn't asking if anyone would buy one if Someone

Manufactured it ~

On 27 Feb , 2015, at 1:03 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> That would require NHTSA approval (crash testing). No conversion company > would go there, so it would have to be engineered into the production van. > The EVC (Winnebago) does have a tiny and practically useless under seat > storage bin that I think the restraints will fit into, but I don't remember. > One of the many reasons I've come back to the Vanagon Westy. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: OlRivrRat [mailto:OlRivrRat@comcast.net] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 11:35 AM > To: Stuart MacMillan > Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints > > How about a Mechanism that is AttachedTo & SuspendedFrom the TheRoof > (StorageCabinet Bottom) that could be Hinged Up > > OutOfTheWay WhenNotNeeded & SwungDown & Attached to the SeatBack when > Passengers are Present ~ > > > ORR ~ DeanB > > > On 27 Feb , 2015, at 11:51 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > >> The EVC's are removable. There is no way to accommodate a head restraint > and a fold down bed, unless the restraints retract into the seat back, and > that would be an expensive proposition. >> >> Stuart >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Dave Mcneely >> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 9:26 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints >> >> Seems that there should be a seat configuration that included head rests > that would work as a bed. I have little familiarity with the Eurovan. How > are those rear seats set up in the camper? Do they have integral head > rests, or removable ones? >> >> mcneely >> >> ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> Back then they were only required on the front seats along with shoulder > belts. Passenger Vanagons didn't get the rear head rests until 88 or 89, > along with should belts back there. The Vanagon even the non-camper is > considered a multi-purpose passenger vehicle so it did escape a number of > safety requirements. In general VW did wait as long as possible to put > safety features on the busses including not getting the j-bead wheels until > 1971. >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Stuart MacMillan >>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:21 PM >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> Subject: Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? >>> >>> That's fine for the van, but the head restraint keeps you from breaking > your neck in a severe rear-ender. 30 mph can be severe if you are waiting > at a stoplight. It's also another reason to make sure the seat bottom latch > is in good working order so the seat doesn't fold down with a passenger in > it. It's a very beefy mechanism for that reason. >>> >>> >>> >>> VW must have used a camper van loophole for the Westy back seat, because > head restraints have been required on passenger cars since 1969. >>> >>> >>> >>> Stuart >>> >>> >>> >>> From: John Rodgers [mailto:jrodgers113@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:16 PM >>> To: Stuart MacMillan >>> Cc: Vanagon mailing list; Dennis Haynes >>> Subject: Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? >>> >>> >>> >>> A good Dennis Haynes trailer hitch proves some protection in case of > being rear-ended. Not totally, but some. The hitch has a cross bar that > mounts to the frame of the Vanagon with three large bolts on each side, very > stout. The whole thing will absorb a lot of energy before buckling in the > event of an accident. Might be enough to reduce the energy of an impact > somewhat before it enters into the body work itself, so repair would be > possible, whereas otherwise it would be improbable. Mine has saved my Van a > couple of times. >>> >>> On Feb 25, 2015 10:59 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> > wrote: >>> >>> In addition to adding shoulder belts (like Go Westy's) I'm adding head > restraints this way: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=303299 > <http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=303299&highlight=vwbusshop >> &highlight=vwbusshop >>> >>> I got a couple of trashed seats for $50 for the head restraints and > plastic tubes. >>> >>> The '80s were a different time. Today, with so many distracted drivers, > rear end collisions are on the increase. >>> >>> Stuart >> >> -- >> David McNeely >


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