Re: [AMC-list] AMC-list Digest, Vol 4, Issue 29

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

That looks promising! My father-in-law was paraplegic, and had a hard
time transferring from a wheelchair into the front seat of his '76
Chevy and mid 80's Grand Prix. He was able to drive them using
hand-controls, but it was tough getting in and out.

When he finally got a wheelchair accessible mini-van, he gained a LOT
in mobility. He could go out, lower the van (it was on air bags),
slide the ramp out via remote control, wheel in, lock his wheelchair
behind the driver's wheel - and was off! Had a handcontrol for gas and
brakes and suicide knob.

The MV1 looks like it might be pretty cool! Ugly as sin, but pretty
cool. Not sure how well it would sell. I was chatting with a sales man
at our local mobility store. They sell converted minivans. They tried
selling some based on the Scion XB, but had extremely limited sales
(too small). I think they also tried them on the Honda Element. They
did well with Ford and Chrysler based minivans - but the smaller
converted vehicles got discontinued quickly.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Marc Montoni<Freedom@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm looking forward to seeing AMGeneral's answer to the Checker cab:
> http://www.vpgautos.com/universal-design/
>
>
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