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First of all I'm new to this so please be gentle! I recently purchased my first t25 as a project (bit scabby), but one thing I do have to do after sorting out the scabs is turn the bus into a 5 seater to ship us all about!

So my question to you all is, is it best to put 3 in the front or somehow 3 in the back?!

Thanks in advance.

most rock n roll beds being 3/4 are not going to have much room, 3 up front needs a double passenger seat but you loose the walk way and they were designed for a bulkhead so you need to fit them somehow.

You could consider a buddy seat behind the passenger seat, that's common.

Is this a camper with an interior or a van you want to turn into a bus ?

Funny how people assume that the van is always a camper!

Oldiebut goodie wrote:Funny how people assume that the van is always a camper!

Probability. Most are.
I'm one of the few with an almost empty van, which is an expensive luxury

Thank you for the replies. I should of said, it's a camper, 1984 water cooled. Mad the connection you get for these things no matter what state they are in eh

In that case itchyfeet suggestions are good - in my Autosleeper the bed (not R & R) is two seats making it a 4 seater, the 5th seat can be a buddy seat and you retain the walk through, rotating front seats etc

937carrera wrote:In that case itchyfeet suggestions are good - in my Autosleeper the bed (not R & R) is two seats making it a 4 seater, the 5th seat can be a buddy seat and you retain the walk through, rotating front seats etc

Are the 'buddy seats' safe? As in good for MOT and people not dying in them?!

Someone else will have to answer that question.

I'm of an age where my T2 seat when I was growing up was a couple of pieces of plywood and cushions. Worked fine for me, I always prefer not having an accident in the first place, primary safety rather than active safety.

MOT testers can only test what they see.

937carrera wrote:Someone else will have to answer that question.

I'm of an age where my T2 seat when I was growing up was a couple of pieces of plywood and cushions. Worked fine for me, I always prefer not having an accident in the first place, primary safety rather than active safety.

MOT testers can only test what they see.

Granted, I too use to travel about unstrapped in the back of a van.............however times have changed quite a bit since then! But thank you for your reply.

OxfordBertha25 wrote:
Are the 'buddy seats' safe? As in good for MOT and people not dying in them?!

Not as safe as a forward facing seat but it's the seatbelts that are most important.

If you want safe get a modern vehicle with crumple zones, antilock brakes and airbags, in modern terms no T25 is safe.

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We have three seats in our 3/4 width r and r bed. Got two three point seat belts and a lap belt, so it's the three points for the child seats and an adult can (just) squeeze in between them, if they're reasonably slight.

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Westfalia did a middle seat for the Joker model and you could replicate this by using a middle 2 seater from a Caravelle.




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jaybeeonline wrote:Westfalia did a middle seat for the Joker model and you could replicate this by using a middle 2 seater from a Caravelle.

What do you do with those when you arrive and are camping?
Pull them out maybe and use them to sit on in the awning?