baby seat mountings

1
As the baby subject is hot, and I have one cookin', I was thinking of putting a seat (ex
wreckers) in the foreward position (so a bed can fit behind it) and putting baby carrier on it.
Does anyone have experience with this? any info would be great. If I got all the original
mounts and belts with bolts and so on shouldn't be problem?. maybe the mounts foreward of
engine hole might be to far from baby carrier. Maybe....Cheers. I have empty van. Campbell.
2
--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Campbell Miller"
<camthecam2004@...> wrote:
>
> As the baby subject is hot, and I have one cookin', I was thinking
of putting a seat (ex
> wreckers) in the foreward position (so a bed can fit behind it)
and putting baby carrier on it.
> Does anyone have experience with this? any info would be great.
If I got all the original
> mounts and belts with bolts and so on shouldn't be problem?. maybe
the mounts foreward of
> engine hole might be to far from baby carrier. Maybe....Cheers. I
have empty van. Campbell.
>


Campbell,

Now I have baby #2 I have some experience with this. However, I have
a bed/seat or rock'n'roll bed mounted just in front of the engine
compartment which in a T3 is way back from the drivers seat. As our
vehicles are rather noisy - I have trouble hearing my 4 year old
daughter to the point where we take a monitor to ensure we can hear
her (asking to go to the toilet).

We have the usual lap sash side mounted seat belts and central lap
belt (All RTA approved) and we have the baby mounted centrally with
my 4 year old in a booster seat next to her - she can stick the
dummy back in for us without needing to pull over.

The baby seat is buckled up to a bar that runs across the back of
the vehicle bolted through the inner side of the upper vents at the
back of the vehicle - again all RTA approved.

This also works well as everything slides in underneath without
sitting on the harness strap.

Other than that there are brackets welded to the floor of the back
of the vehicle over the engine bay that can take child restraints
yet I am unsure about more central holes in the floor as I have a
custom made vinyl covered plywood floor over it.

Andy has the Caravelle with all seats in place and may know a better
place for the central mounted seat rather than my rear mounted seat
situation.

Good luck with the impending birth. The baby bonus will help pay for
various additions to the car - at the moment it is $4,200.00 and
rumoured to be raised to $5K by July 08. The child will cost you
much more than that judging by my experience.

Cheers,

Scott
3
Thankyou for this information, I will be looking closer at other vehicles for mounting points. I
havn't been able to contact too many wreckers as it's that time of year, but...
again thankyou.



> Good luck with the impending birth. The baby bonus will help pay for
> various additions to the car - at the moment it is $4,200.00 and
> rumoured to be raised to $5K by July 08. The child will cost you
> much more than that judging by my experience.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott
>
4
Hi Scott,

I have Caravelle seats middle and rear in my van (which i am selling) we
have a child seat in the middle row, with anchor bolt screwed into
middle support of that seat. And we have a "CRAB" (child restraint
anchor bar)bar which is mounted near the roof at the rear of the van.
Thea caravelle seat are reaonably easy to install, just check with an
engineer on what needs to be where as far as bolts and size of bolts
(7/16th) I think.

Hope this helps

Andrew H
--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Campbell Miller"
<camthecam2004@...> wrote:
>
> Thankyou for this information, I will be looking closer at other
vehicles for mounting points. I
> havn't been able to contact too many wreckers as it's that time of
year, but...
> again thankyou.
>
>
>
> > Good luck with the impending birth. The baby bonus will help pay for
> > various additions to the car - at the moment it is $4,200.00 and
> > rumoured to be raised to $5K by July 08. The child will cost you
> > much more than that judging by my experience.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Scott
> >
>
5
Thanks Andrew.

Actually it was Campbell that needs this advice and I hope he gets
it. He also has the baby on the way. Luck is always needed.

Our first child was excellent from 3 monthis on, however this new
baby of ours is not looking like a very good sleeper at all. I
thought this parenting thing was a little too easy.

At least this will stop us having another one.

Cheers,

Scott



--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "AndrewHamilton"
<a.hamilton27@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> I have Caravelle seats middle and rear in my van (which i am
selling) we
> have a child seat in the middle row, with anchor bolt screwed into
> middle support of that seat. And we have a "CRAB" (child restraint
> anchor bar)bar which is mounted near the roof at the rear of the
van.
> Thea caravelle seat are reaonably easy to install, just check with
an
> engineer on what needs to be where as far as bolts and size of
bolts
> (7/16th) I think.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Andrew H
> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Campbell Miller"
> <camthecam2004@> wrote:
> >
> > Thankyou for this information, I will be looking closer at other
> vehicles for mounting points. I
> > havn't been able to contact too many wreckers as it's that time
of
> year, but...
> > again thankyou.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Good luck with the impending birth. The baby bonus will help
pay for
> > > various additions to the car - at the moment it is $4,200.00
and
> > > rumoured to be raised to $5K by July 08. The child will cost
you
> > > much more than that judging by my experience.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> >
>
6
hi andrew, where are you. I am in St Kilda Melbourne. The seat thing sounds good. I only
need the middle one though as I want to keep a bed in the back. (maybe scott can sleep on
it!) I would need all the mounts and stuff. Hopefully I can use the mounts on the engine
room.(for baby seat)
hope to hear from you.
7
Hello Andrew
I have been reading your mail about seats, i am looking for a rear/ rear  seat  for a Caravelle, tan in colour, the car is gold colour, I live in Adelaide. 
Hope to hear from you .
Alfred Andersen
----- Original Message ----
From: AndrewHamilton <a.hamilton27@yahoo.com>
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 17 January, 2008 7:57:05 PM
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: baby seat mountings


Hi Scott,

I have Caravelle seats middle and rear in my van (which i am selling) we
have a child seat in the middle row, with anchor bolt screwed into
middle support of that seat. And we have a "CRAB" (child restraint
anchor bar)bar which is mounted near the roof at the rear of the van.
Thea caravelle seat are reaonably easy to install, just check with an
engineer on what needs to be where as far as bolts and size of bolts
(7/16th) I think.

Hope this helps

Andrew H
--- In Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com, "Campbell Miller"
<camthecam2004@ ...> wrote:

>
> Thankyou for this information, I will be looking closer at other
vehicles for mounting points. I
> havn't been able to contact too many wreckers as it's that time of
year, but...
> again thankyou.
>
>
>
> > Good luck with the impending birth. The baby bonus will help pay for
> > various additions to the car - at the moment it is $4,200.00 and
> > rumoured to be raised to $5K by July 08. The child will cost you
> > much more than that judging by my experience.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Scott
> >
>



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