My boys (who are now 13 and 11 years old) rode in booster type seats that required only a lap belt. But, the seats were sized for larger kid bodies, and kept them in place well. These seats were of a two piece design, a base and a top. The top part sat down into the base, with a portion coming down in the center, between their legs. The front part of the top was angled away from their bodies, so they could "fold" over the inner face in a collision. Baby seats only work for baby bodies, and shoulder belts designed for adults cannot work on littler bodies, so this comprimise seemed to be best. No solution is perfect, of course, but until they got large enough for the adult belts, that was what we did. We put one of the little monsters in the center of the rear seat, and the other in the center of the center seat. Kept them safer, and limited the fighting and ruckus. Double bonus!

I put a set of rear shoulder harnesses from a later model Vanagon in my '85 when they finally out grew those booster seats. The boys now each have a window seat, and some space between them. Not as good as seperate seats, but the boys are better at fighting quietly now....

Ken Sid <waterboxer@SHAW.CA> wrote:
Well, we're at that stage where I need to start to figure out how I'm going to accommodate a booster seat in my vanagon for my soon to be five year old son.
The van is a 85' 7 passenger and it came with no shoulder belts in the rear. Presently my sons car seat is in the center bench and located in the middle. This is a great spot as it's away from the sides and he gets the view forward between the driver and the passenger seat. I would like his seat to remain in this spot versus the rear bench. Does any one have any working solutions for this.

thanks

Ken