David Bogle (bogle@BWAY.NET) said on the date of 9/27/99 11:36 PM

>I need to get an infant seat (rear-facing) with removeable seat/base for
>the fixed-back middle seat of my westy which has only lapbelts.  Anybody
>know which current-market carseats would fit well?

     Get a complete seat.  Detachable seat-base combinations are just
that, detachable.  I want my son as securely attached as possible.  Not
to mention the implications of the whole baby-carrier thing.

     I've got a Century SmartMove convertable (front/rear facing) in the
back seat of my van, and a ten year old Renolux seat in my wife's
Corolla.  Both have five-point harnesses and are easily convertable front
or rear facing.  The Renolux is long discontinued (the company actually
went out of business, as far as I can tell) but is probably the best
designed, most simple car seat I've seen.

     When you buckle the seats into the van (or anywhere) be sure to put
all of your weight on the seat to crush the seat cushion down.  Relaxing
the cushion after securing the belt will clamp it to the seat much more
than you could ever hope to with just the belt.

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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
vanagon@columbus.rr.com
85GL with basic Westy interior
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat, 98 Kid
52 House