Date:         Sun, 7 Aug 2022 13:26:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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With the two jump seats out, my passenger transferred herself to the rear
seat where I helped with the seat belt. Then the chair was folded and
placed in the "trunk." No modifications were required for the van.

Jim

On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 12:47 PM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am sure that Professor Hawkings van is equipped to lock the chair in
> place securely.  I am sure you so equipped yours, also.  How?
>
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 7:59 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
>> >
>> >
>>
>