I’ve seen two lift-equipped Vanagons for sale locally over the years, one of them a white Carat and the other more mundane. Stephen Mobile > On Aug 7, 2022, at 10:59 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I bought my 1990 Carat brand new off the lot, the dealer passed along > a $1000 discount if I could prove that the car would be used to transport a > wheelchair-bound person, which it did. It came with a video showing all the > built-in adaptations. At the time I bought the car it was the only one > available to me that did not have a step inside the slider. Since the floor > was flat, I didn't need a ramp. I just rocked the chair back, put the front > wheels on the floor, lifted that back and pushed it in. The seats of course > just clipped in and out on the carat. > > Jim > >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 9:36 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> How interesting! Such a brilliant person and he preferred a vW vanagon >> for his ride! >> >> In college I got my first bay window. I removed the middle seat >> both for a bed but also to fit several friends who used wheelchairs. Later >> a student using a electric chair purchased a twin to my bus and used a ramp >> to drive up into it. Frankly not the most likely of vans for Accessability >> but it worked. >> >> Today I still have a friend that uses a vanagon and a wheelchair. No lift >> in any of these vans but I’ve heard of lift equipped vanagons. >> >> I’m pretty sure this particular van is out of my reach. >> >> Eric Caron >> >> >> >> >> >>>> On Aug 7, 2022, at 8:52 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>> https://apple.news/AiGCwilHJT6SI5WbMeKKiSw >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> |
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