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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice! thats way cool!
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holy crap! Now hows that upper-ish bed supported?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Holy crap! Now hows that upper-ish bed supported?


brackets thru the mid shoulder harness bolts..... This is just temporary as I will eventually have the bracket go up so I can install shoulder harnesses.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guess I'm lost. What else? Is that two L brackets on the sides only, or theres a steel bar through that, then when you flop it down, what supports that part of the bed?


I may be just missing it.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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then when you flop it down, what supports that part of the bed?


I may be just missing it.


I don't that that mid-ish bed in the bed flops down anymore or folds out anymore. It just looks like it has double blue pads on it... I may be wrong but thats what it looks like
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:59 am    Post subject: as the old sayings go... Reply with quote

As the old sayings go...

1) To each his own (my perspective)
2) F*%$ the purists
3) WTF?
4) But...
5) Heavy man...
6) It's your bus...
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you look closely at his pics on the previous page you can see the angle iron he used to run the length of the front supports.
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see it now. I thought that blue part flopped over bunk bed style. Sorry!
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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:50 pm    Post subject: 3 kid seats installed Reply with quote

kid shoulder harnesses from SAFETY ANGEL. Recommend them highly as they are made lighter and thinner for smaller people. IMHO lap belts are not enough for kids.

follow the link to the shoulder harness they manufacture:
http://www.safetyangel.com/products.pl?f=product&p=84

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If there's one thing I would add to my bus, it would be headrests for my 3 children in the back. The seat lets are cool, but as the kids grow (as mine have) I keep wishing for a way to add those headrests. Same problem with my cruiser.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If there's one thing I would add to my bus, it would be headrests for my 3 children in the back. The seat lets are cool, but as the kids grow (as mine have) I keep wishing for a way to add those headrests. Same problem with my cruiser.


Rear headrests from a 1993 SAAB 900 will suit your needs..... Bracket fastens into the back of your bench seat. Headrest is easily removed by sliding it out when you need to turn the bench into a bed.

If you want I could show pics of a mock up. I've been thinking of the same problem.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:41 pm    Post subject: Re: 3 kid seats installed Reply with quote

nfavit wrote:
kid shoulder harnesses from SAFETY ANGEL. Recommend them highly as they are made lighter and thinner for smaller people. IMHO lap belts are not enough for kids.

follow the link to the shoulder harness they manufacture:
http://www.safetyangel.com/products.pl?f=product&p=84

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Where do the harnesses connect to? I could only note from the link that they require the use of boosters.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rubber Duck wrote:
If there's one thing I would add to my bus, it would be headrests for my 3 children in the back. The seat lets are cool, but as the kids grow (as mine have) I keep wishing for a way to add those headrests. Same problem with my cruiser.


Here are some pics of the 93 SAAB 900 rear head rest. The bracket could fasten in the back of a westy bed. You could even extend the metal that comes out of the headreast with a simple weld for a custom fit.
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Just the right depth too!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: 3 kid seats installed Reply with quote

BUSBOSS wrote:
nfavit wrote:
kid shoulder harnesses from SAFETY ANGEL. Recommend them highly as they are made lighter and thinner for smaller people. IMHO lap belts are not enough for kids.

follow the link to the shoulder harness they manufacture:
http://www.safetyangel.com/products.pl?f=product&p=84

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Where do the harnesses connect to? I could only note from the link that they require the use of boosters.





They are bolted thru the roof sht metal behind the roof frame. I can do this as I have a hightop and the bolts don't go thru to the outside. On the other side on the sht metal are big ass washers to prevent pull thru of the bolt when subject to high forces.

in the following picture you are looking up and aft at the roof frame. Note the three brackets just behind the frame.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:44 pm    Post subject: Re: 3 kid seats installed Reply with quote

nfavit wrote:
They are bolted thru the roof sht metal behind the roof frame. I can do this as I have a hightop and the bolts don't go thru to the outside. On the other side on the sht metal are big ass washers to prevent pull thru of the bolt when subject to high forces.

in the following picture you are looking up and aft at the roof frame. Note the three brackets just behind the frame.

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Shocked I'm with you on the extra protection you are after. I'm not sure any size washer will hold up in sheet metal. You might want to consider drilling into the more solid frame member. I don't own an AW so I'm not exactly sure that would even cut it.

The headrests look cool. Got a picture of them held in position with the bus bed?
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