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Impending birth of our second child has forced some updating of the van. The original layout had no seat belts in the back, with a sofa and a single square seat with storage underneath. I was on the lookout for minibus seats with integrated seatbelts but the going rate of £100-200 was a bit much. Fortunately a week later an ad popped up on gumtree for a range of seats at £20 each only 10 miles away.
When I went to pick one up the bloke was converting an ex-Council disability school bus into a camper so was stripping out the 12 seats on rails in there. The seat I got was removable and he gave some half meter lengths of Unwin railing that it goes in. The only problem was that it had a hideous pattern, bright yellow grab handles on the headrest and a fluorescent yellow seatbelt.
Fortunately I found some spare material in the camper from when the previous owner had it returned so tasked my mother to copy the seat covers. A new seatbelt was sourced from BHIUK for £35 delivered. Did the fitting yesterday. Had to drop the half filled tank which, on reflection, I should've drained. Luckily the van is high enough so that you can just crawl underneath without jacking. Pretty happy with the finished article as now I can take the toddler and baby out.