Child seat

Post by **carlhiley** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:45 pm

Hello all.
Can anybody please recommend a child seat for the back of a 68 two door saloon with static belts.
The child in question is 12months old and 20Ib in weight ,a wee dot.
many thanks.

Post by **JimK** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:11 pm

Basically, no we can't. You should take your car to a store that sells a range of seats and try some.

The reason: It has to be a seat that fits your car and the particular state of the seats, and you have to be absolutely happy with the way it is secured. I could recommend the Maxi Cosi Priori that we have, but if you can't reliably fit it then it's nogood to you.

I would say this, however: consider fitting inertia belts. Fitting a car seat with sufficient belt tension is a real struggle with static belts, as I've found in the front of my saloon. We have iniertia belts in the Trav and fitting the seat is massively easier.

Post by **carlhiley** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:24 pm

Thanks Jim, have tried a maxi cosi it fits like a glove.
now to find a push chair that fits the boot

Post by **JimK** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:42 pm

carlhiley wrote:Thanks Jim, have tried a maxi cosi it fits like a glove.
now to find a push chair that fits the boot

We've got an umbrella-fold pushchair that just about goes in the boot, but I haven't got the wooden floor in mine.

You might need a short-fold model like the Quinny Zap. Mothercare did one that folded as small, and we saw a really small travel pushchair from Safety1st.

Post by **carlhiley** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:09 pm

Thanks for the advice Jim , looks like a visit to Ebay.
How did parents get on in the 60,s.

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:20 pm

Very nicely, if I recall...

Post by **carlhiley** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:58 pm

Should be easy to get a child seat in the back of a pick-up , dont know about our weather though.