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 mick
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 posted on September 16th, 2002 at 10:14 AM |
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Back seats in a camper
I'm interested in buying a camper kombi. It has a back seat that folds down but has no seat belts, i was wondering if seat belts can be fitted to
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| posted on September 16th, 2002 at 05:49 PM |
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if the camper is originally converted from anything other then a panelvan, then there are mounting holes and nuts already fitted to the car under
plastic screws. you can fit seatbelts to these completely legaly, although the one on the wall side will have to be a lap and sash one for legal
reasons.
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| posted on September 16th, 2002 at 09:02 PM |
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Is the seat like a 3/4 job? We have one of those in the back of our camper with seat belts all above board ('76 camper, website still to come
sigh been saying that for ages but hopefully soonish).
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| posted on September 17th, 2002 at 11:01 AM |
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Factory (Sopru) rear seats are only wide enough for two people. They are rather narrower than Microbus rear seats, thanks to the cupboards taking up
some of the width.
Factory campers were converted from Type 23 'Kombis' - ie. window vans with seat mounting brackets and seat belt holes, as distinct from
delivery vans, which did not. You should already have the mounting holes ready for use; they will probably have black plastic phillips head screws in
the holes.
The right-hand rear seat position will be a lap belt only, using the mounting holes on the front of the engine cover. The left-hand seat position will
be a lap-sash, using one engine cover mounting hole, and one on the left wall under the window for the sash.
My Kombi had the lap-sash belt, but was missing the lap only belt for the right rear seat. I went to a wreckers and was told that Kingswood seat belts
were the same; for some Kombis that might be true but not mine. I eventually found a wrecked Austin Tasman that had the same type of (Australian made)
buckles as my Kombi.
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