Hi Alan,
I assume you are talking about the rear bench in a
Westy? I put lap / shoulder belts in there. Got some
new GM belts from ebay. The lap part is easy, just use
the factory install points under the bench and just
make sure that whatever you install does not interfere
with the bench in any position (learned that the hard
way). The shoulder part is a little tricky. On the
right side there is space behind the panel between the
C and D columns, under the window. There is a seatbelt
mounting point on the d column that you can use to
redirect the belt forward. I mounted the seatbelt
mechanism on the rear wheelwell with a steel backing
plate to distribute the load. This looks nice and
clean after the modified panel is back on. Left side I
put the seat belt mechanism into the cabinet, again on
the wheelwell. The upper mounting point is high up
inside the cabinet. This is tricky, because you really
need to take care to distribute the load. Then I fed
the belt through a slot in the cabinet wall. This
unfortunatley doesn't look that nice anymore but I
thought the safety of my kids is more worth than
looks.
While at it I, also put headrests on the bench, but
since the wood is pretty thin, they will probably only
to a limited job on impact. Hope that never happens
:-)
If you're interested I can sent you some pics of the
job. But use at your own risk, of course,
Take care
Reinhard
83 Westy, "Moose"

--- Alan Cote <AlanCote@AOL.COM> wrote:

> The stock seatbelts make it a PITA to put childseats
> in the rear-most seat of
> a vanagon. Has anyone installed retractable (lap)
> seat belts? If so, what did
> you use, and what problems, if any (there's always
> something), did you face?
> Thanks --
>
> Alan Cote
> '86 Westy
> (almost born in a '64 split window)
>

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