foghornleghorn wrote:Unless you are a midget or have no head there is no way you are going to fit inside a standard small van. A big part of what makes a wheelchair van is the floor being chopped out and lowered.
Scooterman wrote:Anyhow this WAV taxi had a sloping floor and my power chair which has a rear weight bias and 10 degrees of fixed seat tilt. And every time the taxi pulled away my chair would tip over backwards, it was bloody annoying.
Hmmmm, but that's what makes them expensive, and a smaller fuel tank I've heard?
steves1977uk wrote:https://www.wavsgb.com/ Not exactly cheap, but are properly converted and serviced.
Steve
foghornleghorn wrote:Prices on all vehicles have gone nuts recently. Ordering something brand new leads to delivery in many months so used vehicles have become desirable as you can have it straight away.
Looking at what is currently for sale around the country my Peugeot Partner WAV is worth more now than I paid for it used 3 years ago
Not sure you will save much money by bodging up a van either. The Amazon effect, where loads of people are delivering parcels in their own small van now, has made used van prices go silly too.
Burgerman wrote:Tried that and the transit connect versions. Not enough room for a proper wheelchair and even with extended steer wheel etc you cant sensibly get square on and drive and the wheel is too low.
All these car derived small van conversions are terrible to use compared to a US style conversion like the rollx, or a WV caravelle colarado, (all the other VW conversions do not have a properly lowered floor and inadequate headroom etc). Trust me I have examined them all and bought a few.
The only ones that make any sense at all are the VW Caravelle Colarado DRIVE FROM conversion, https://www.gmmobility.co.uk/private-pu ... r-colorado
and the US minivan lowered floor conversions be they the Honda, Toyota or Chrysler one.
E.G. Rollx https://www.rollxvans.com/
foghornleghorn wrote:Scooterman wrote:Anyhow this WAV taxi had a sloping floor and my power chair which has a rear weight bias and 10 degrees of fixed seat tilt. And every time the taxi pulled away my chair would tip over backwards, it was bloody annoying.
Driver is supposed to tie down the chair so you don't have that happen, and also your wheelchair doesn't go through the windscreen if the van stops suddenly.
Two straps attach to the floor at the back and have clips for the tie down points on the chair.
At the front of the chair you use the clips on the winch.
Are there any Ducato vans over there with the combined ramp/rear door? Pics please. Or any other vehicles sharing the Ram Promaster body. This is the first US version I've seen. I've already bought the van so changing the size aint going to happen. I need the extra space inside. My suspension kneels, and the floor to ceiling height is less than my current ramp length. I'd like to make it a bifold ramp with the new shorter section on the exterior so I don't hear it rattle and just long enough so that it can also be 'half deployed' to serve as 'table legs' to support the rest of the platform level as a work surface. I don't see why it couldn't be driven from wheelchair. I'm working on a drivers 'seat' that is shaped more like a motorcycle mockup so that I can drive laying somewhat prone. My feet work, so I'd add rear set foot controls, but I don't see whe it couldn't be driven with hand controls.
I'm lovin that dyno setup. I have similar CRT monitor and dot matrix printer in my garage but missing the main attractions. My Guzzi is still waiting to be transformed into something I can ride again. Have you tried to adapt any bikes to your condition?
I'd like to lie on the tank like a drag bike. Remove the rear wheel, fender, and tail for access to climb on it from the back. Add a low solid beam and uprights between 2 rear wheels. CV axles with diff pinion centered and bolted in the swingarm where the rear wheel used to be. The diff attaches to the beam by a bearing around the pinion housing and another in the diff cover. The rear wheels are unsprung, the bike can still lean (at pinion height rather than road height, so trail calculations are different), engine torque is isolated from the lean, original central suspension is unaltered. Geometry is changed as minimally as possible for a trike conversion, I think. I don't see why this couldn't be done to any bike.
Computer controlled clutch and air shifter ought to be possible these days. Pneumatic righting that is completely passive until a stop is detected. Compressed air supplied by turbo maybe?
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