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Updated:  02-Apr-09

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1. POWERCHAIR ONLY:
Detailed Full PowerChair Related ONLY Menu HERE

2. VEHICLE ONLY:
Detailed Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles ONLY menu HERE

3. EVERYTHING ELSE:
Detailed Menu of Everything else HERE!


MY OWN VEHICLES:
Dodge Grand Caravan


VW Caravelle VR6

MY HOME BUILT ULTIMATE POWERCHAIRS:
My SLIGHTLY Modified Improved Powerchair

Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

My VERY Modified Off Road & All terrain DO ALL Powerchair!
Part 1 | 2 | 3


MISCELLANEOUS POWERCHAIR RELATED:
What Goes Wrong Power Wheelchairs

Powerchair Tyres

Drive your Powerchair by Radio Control

Powerchairs & Range


Off Road DO ALL Indoor & Outdoor Powerchairs

Off Road ONLY Outdoor Powerchairs & 4x4
Page 1 | 2

Manual or Electric Wheelchair?

Why ALL Powerchairs NEED  to be Off Road Capable!

Choosing  a Suitable Powerchair

Wheelchair Width


BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL (POWERCHAIRS & SCOOTERS + MOTOR VEHICLES):
Batteries for Both Vans & Power Wheelchairs


Inverters & Chargers

Very flexible charger!


Charging Batteries

Fast Charge Your Power Wheelchair

Which batteries to buy


"DRIVE FROM A WHEELCHAIR" VEHICLES:
Dodge Grand Caravan 1

Dodge Grand Caravan 2
Dodge Grand Caravan 3
Dodge Grand Caravan 4

Latest 2008 2009 2010 Disabled Converted Dodge Chrysler And Voyager Minivans
 
Chrysler Voyager Entervan Diesel

Suzuki Wagon R

More Here

Mercedes Vito - soon!
Kia Sedona - soon!


INSURANCE:
Modified Disabled Vehicle Insurance
>

Breakdown Cover

USED VEHICLES & OTHER EQUIPMENT:
Disabled Adapted Cars

WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORT
& DRIVE BY TRANSFERRING:


VW Caravelle

Dodge Grand Caravan can be used to transport up to 4 Wheelchair Seated Occupants

Fiat Doblo

Renault Kangoo - soon!
Citroen Berlingo
- soon!
Citroen Dispatch
- soon!
Kia Sedona
- soon!
Volkswagen Sharan
Mercedes Vaneos
Toyota Hiace
Fiat Multiplas
(Wheelchair
passenger travels in the front)

Kangoo ASSIST
(wheelchair
passenger transfers & drives)


ESSENTIAL DISABLED
EQUIPMENT STUFF:

Understanding


Grabbers

Puncture proof tyres

Run Flat tyres

Tyre Weld Aerosol

Fuses!

Spare Key


Wheelchair Ramps

Small Generator

Tools!


VEHICLE ADAPTATIONS:
Control Systems etc
Hand Controls Manual
Hand Controls Electronic
Van / Car Door openers
Van / Car Wheelchair Tie Downs

 


OTHER STUFF:
Used Disabled Equipment for sale

How to lose weight  FAST!

Email about modifying powerchairs

Keep it looking new 1 2

My Accident!


Climate Change

Electric Cars are a Joke!

Disclaimer & About Me

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Contact

Links

John Williamson


Insurance for your Modified Car or Van

If you have a modified vehicle, be it a complex and expensive modification like my own van shown below with a lowered floor, ramp, imported from the US, left hand drive, different wheels etc or just a car just adapted in some minor way, insurance can become both difficult to obtain or very expensive.

 


There are insurance companies that specialise in modified vehicles and also in disabled conversions.

I personally found the best price in my own case was through Adrian Flux, although I since had a better price from Fish insurance services who specialise in disabled insurance of all kinds. 

They also do specialist insurance for scooters and wheelchairs.

Click image for a larger view of the Dodge Caravan Ramp van by Rollx

 


Car insurance for modified cars and especially disabled converted vehicles can become very time consuming. It is often easier to use one of the better comparison websites to search a lot of insurance companies at once to find the best price and suitable cover. Gocompare.com for example will allow you to compare car insurance prices and cover details from a load of providers to ensure you are getting a good deal.

Modified vehicles are becoming more common on our roads whether its a tuned or customised non disabled car or a specialist adapted disabled conversion. In all cases the best, cheapest, fastest option is an insurance comparison website.

 

At times with certain vehicles or modifications the available options and choices don't fit the online forms. What I do here is to fill them in as near as possible. For e.g. my vehicle is a Dodge Caravan SXT but because its American its not on the UK insurance comparison websites lists of vehicles.  No worries, its basically the same as the UK Chrysler Voyager so I choose that. Same with engine sizes. I choose 3.3 as the 3.8 as fitted to the US vehicle is missing.  If your specific modification isn't on the list then be creative and choose something else as close as possible.

If you need to, just fill in the forms incorrectly, then when you get your prices CALL the companies up and explain the differences between your quote and the actual vehicle and they will update the prices as and if needed on the phone as required and adjust the cover accordingly.  Its well worth the effort as searching many companies at once is much faster and more thorough than calling individual insurance companies or local brokers individually.

You might like to try Fish insurance for Scooter and Powerchair insurance cover too. And they also insure those of us in the UK that employ our own Care Staff under the Direct Payments System,

 


 

 

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