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Waikikamukau
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posted on March 21st, 2009 at 03:21 PM |
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Child Car Seat installation - 69 bug
Has anyone put a car seat (Safe'n'Sound model) into a '69 beetle or similiar? Where abouts is the safest spot to put the anchor bolt?
Don't want to go drilling until I get an idea of what I will drill through in the back parcel area.
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posted on March 21st, 2009 at 05:15 PM |
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I think you may find back parcel area is no good.
I have a 73 Kombi and with that the chassis area's were on the sides and in the bottom (floor) and I am pretty sure that is same with Beetle. But let
some others with more experience correct me if I am wrong
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posted on March 21st, 2009 at 05:27 PM |
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I had two anchors put in to my 72 S Beetle. One for each side. Its a metal plate with a nut tacked on the back and rivited to the engine side of the
fire wall about half way up. It was done by a engineer. It cost $200 for the fabrication and $100 for the certificate. Costly, but safe as it can be
in a Beetle. I am pretty sure its not legal to install them yourself, unless your an engineer that is.
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posted on March 21st, 2009 at 05:45 PM |
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find a seat belt and restraint fitting station ,who will be able to put in what is needed and approve it at the same time
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posted on March 21st, 2009 at 06:56 PM |
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Cheers thanks all, I had a feeling it may require certification from a licensed engineer. Particularly because it involves safety. Any suggestions on
types of places I should be googling in order to get this done? |
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posted on March 21st, 2009 at 07:15 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
posted by pod
find a seat belt and restraint fitting station ,who will be able to put in what is needed and approve it at the same time
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one of these places,for fitting child restraints
http://www.onlinemechanical.net/child-restraints.html
that site has listings for nsw and victoria
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posted on April 9th, 2009 at 10:25 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
posted by Waikikamukau
Cheers thanks all, I had a feeling it may require certification from a licensed engineer. Particularly because it involves safety. Any suggestions on
types of places I should be googling in order to get this done?
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in sydney, "Littles" are really good. they are at blacktown but also in at least one other spot too.
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