In an accident, the accelerated mass of the rear seat would add itself to
the load on the occupant!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Paquette" <paquette@NETHERE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: Child safety seats in the back

> Oliver
>
> It's a pain if you take the seats in and out much, but I found a way to
> attach the back strap without any modifications to the car.  I also have
an
> '87 Syncro-with the fold down rear seat.
>
> Just for clarity: child seat is the child safety seat, car seat is the
seat
> that VW installed in your Vanagon.
>
> Set the child seat on your car seat.  Before you attach the seat/shoulder
> belt, run the back strap (from the child seat) over the car seat's back
and
> down under.  You can attach the clip to the metal of the car seat's bottom
> frame.  Tighten that strap tight enough to hold the child seat about 4"
> above the car seat's cushion.  Kneel in the child seat, pushing it down to
> the car seat cushion, and fasten/tighten the shoulder/lap belt.  The back
> strap will squash down into the cushion on the car seat.  This will put
> tension on the back strap, keeping it from coming loose from the car seat
> frame.  I suppose it might come loose if you get hit hard from behind, but
> I'd bet not.  Of course, my way relies on the latch that keeps the
seatback
> from folding down-probably not the strongest part of the car.
>
> Raymond
>
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:31:40 -0400
> > From:    Oliver Gruber <osgruber@COMCAST.NET>
> > Subject: Child safety seats in the back
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I have an 87 Syncro and I need to mount three child seats across in the
> > back seat. Is there a mounting or retrofit kit available for this model?
> > I also own an Audi and it was free to have the dealer install a kit into
> > the back. My local VW dealer is being less than helpful on the
> > availability of such a kit. I understand that 1987 was before the
> > federal mandate that all autos have the L.A.T.C.H. mounting points
> > installed. Is this something that anyone else has run up against? I
> > don't have a center seat and like the extra room that I have. Has anyone
> > ever rigged a latch system from another car?
> > Thanks,
> > Oliver
> >
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