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Subject:Re: shoulder belts
From:Mike Collum
Date:Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:25:40 -0500

This is the 3 point belt that I installed in my '85 Westy so I can
transport my grandson.  It was quick and easy to install and it works great.

http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=KT-122&Category_Code=

Mike

Neal Barrentine wrote:
> Greetings fellow list members:
>        The State of Indiana passed a law requiring children under the
> age of
> 8 and under a certain height and weight to use child booster seats
> while traveling in a motor vehicle. Aside from this legislation
> assuming that I don't know how to care for my children, it also doesn't
> take into account that my '86 GL has no shoulder belts in the back
> seats with which to secure a child in a booster seat. Every child
> booster seat I have seen requires a shoulder belt. The front seats
> (with shoulder belts) are already spoken for. I imagine that newer
> vehicles have shoulder belts for the back seat guests, and even
> convertibles have shoulder belts, so there has got to be a way I can
> put them in at least one position in the back of my Vanagon, preferably
> the seat behind the drivers seat. Any experience or suggestions? Thanks
> for reading this. Have fun, Neal
>
> Neal Barrentine
> Bloomington, Indiana
> 1986 GL
> 1960 Baja Bug
>