Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 20:48:23 -0700
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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thanks
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 11:27 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
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