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J_A_M
PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:38 am 
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Anyone added a rear seat and seat belts to a van?

What's the legalities?

Any good sites that show how it has been done by others?
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Don't know about that buit I want to put a baby capsule in Marcia.. :lol:

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yea well that's easy. I will help you if you want. Look at how Pops rear belts are fitted for ideas mate.
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You've seen my van. Have you got a van in the pipe line anton?

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not yet, but I want one. 8) Daily driver.
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We will be doing a dickie seat in the van when Aiden is old enough to use a seat, rather than his babyseat. So i will be interested to see if a conversion can be done.
I think the van will go on full rego next year and putt putt will go on club rego..... i wanna drive my van!

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hahaha!!! I am going to put JAM on club plates and have a van as a daily driver :P

I might copy the Traveller rear seat design. Marcello has a Traveller, I can copy that.
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When I was a kid living in Canberra, one of the other kids mums used to drive a mini van with seats down both sides of the van, Landcruiser Troopy style.

Not sure if it was ever legal, but we used to fight over who got to travel in the mini 8)

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In Vic at least you have to get an engineer's signoff for a legal van rear seat conversion if the car is Jan 1969 or newer. Prior to that you can do it yourself without hassle.

I have a rear seat from a Suzuki Sierra I was going to use in my van. I want to sell the seat now I have a Traveller. Don't want to hack up my van.

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There was an old website where some guy had a green van (UK site) and he put in rear seats and then did the thing up. He went through it all though step by step... otherwise, as I said... borrow Toby for as long as you want and see how you go with it. As long as he comes back with a polish and a vaccuum I am happy :D
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IwannaMini wrote:
There was an old website where some guy had a green van (UK site) and he put in rear seats and then did the thing up. He went through it all though step by step...


Its an American site :wink:

http://www.mini-cooper1.com/minicooper2.html

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Fantastic interior 8)

Now I want one too!

PS What type are those master cylinder resevoirs he has?

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FATKiD wrote:
Its an American site :wink:

http://www.mini-cooper1.com/minicooper2.html


whoops... UK... American... same ... different....

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awdmoke wrote:
Fantastic interior 8)


I thought it was over the top. Cringing at the weight of all that MDF.

And John Cooper stickers on a van? Austin mini badges? C'mon.

Each to his own. I go for the spartan interior of the mini myself.

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ummm... awdmoke has a Moke... it consists of two seats and a steering wheel and a speedo...

anything above that is going to be fantastic.............. :lol:
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