seat belts

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jayne

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we need to put seatbelts into the rear of Wilma to secure the kids, and due to the usual time restaints of work, kids and having building work done won't have time in the near future to do it our selves, Anyone know of anywhere in the bristol area where we could get it done? as we really want to start lugging the monsters around:D cheers [:X][:X]
 
Its really only a 30 minute job for lap belts...which are usually suffisient for child seats....depending on brand of seat

Cheers
Jules

RatSport www.ratsport.co.uk
 
trouble is, Wilma is coach built so no obvious anchoring points to get to unless you use the wooden frame for the seats, not too sure how safe/legal that is, some sort of anchoring device needs to be welded to floor we think[xx(]
 
I'm not sure about the legalities but,purely from a safety point of view,the seats need to be forward facing.This can pose a problem in campers,particularly older ones,for obvious reasons.
I'm having the same dilemma myself,only one passenger seat so only one Grandchild at a time.Hang on ,that's not such a dilemma after all!:D

 
yes you need strong anchor points - anything into wood no good as would just pull out in a crash.

Friends with 65 coachbuilt highwayman have proper original anchor points under their bench seats in the back - have rigged a rally style harness using these for their son sitting sideways on.

If you rummage around under your bench seats you might well find some proper points - good luck[8)]

Bessie - four star commerdation
 
we found this info, http://www.ukmotorhomes.net/faqs.shtml#seatbelts
for those unsure of law etc, we're gonna lift all Wilmas seats properly and see what we find, as we've not looked in great detail, although I have tried turning the seats to make forward facing seats which was difficult as Wilma has a water tank under one side of the seats which I forsee as being a problem for anchoring points[xx(]
 
am lucky with the autosleeper because it has some nifty sliding panels in seat bases so you can have forward facing but have a feeling mounting points didn't line up with seats set up like that - it's been ages since I last saw them as usually don't need to lift bed

Bessie - four star commerdation
 
had a good look yesterday, to fit seatbelts we would have to take up alot of the floor, as the main metal floor 1 inch below level of wooden floor :( there's no way to fit belts on the side where the water tank is, we can however fit a lap belt in the middle seat above engine, a hot bum for someone then LOL:D have told the kids they'll have to lie on the floor when we're travelling, other than that we'll stuff them in the space above the cab:D:D:D,
 
On a related note. The Dodge Spacevan was fitted with inertia belts. So rush down to your local scrappie and rob them off all those vans laying about:I
 
We'll be able to suss her out once we have her!!! Still will have peaceful trips without children until we get them fitted, which may be a bonus for a while :D lol..
 
maybe other vehicles would yield some useable lap or seat belts?
I need to fit some to Wilma ASAP. Let us know what you decide on.
 
There is a car seat belt fitter/ manufacturer www.quickfitsbs.com that specialises in classic cars . They sell seat bels webbing in oeriod colours and provide a fitting service as well.
I had problems with getting rear seat belts in a Rover P4 and most of the P4 clubs used these people.
I did'nt use them because the were too expensive (£250 fitted) and the car gave up the ghost before we got it sorted

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