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Jun 11, 2021 17:18:33 GMT
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Would a less drastic way be to modify the current door hinge to go further and open wider? Again making it easier to get close but not being such a radical car alteration? Me getting in is not the problem it stowing the wheelchair from a position only reachable from standing next to the drivers door of a 4 door saloon. A saloon the size of a ford orion!
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Jun 11, 2021 17:09:56 GMT
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Firstly, will you legally be allowed to left foot drive? My mum suffers from 'drop foot' on her right leg and has to use hand controls, reason being that a lifetime of driving right footed means she doesn't have the requisite control through her left foot, particularly the instinctive reactions during an emergency. Well I've previously had to were calipers due to foot drop. Those calipers caused more damage to me feet than enough. So there has been many times I've driven left footed over the years. Admittedly with thinner thighs! It's only really been the last 10 years I've used automatics. Prior to that always a manual as a main car, so left foot feel for the clutch biting point even with calipers. Secondly, a friend recently became wheelchair bound - he now drives a BMW 5 series and has a collapsible chair he can stow in the rear footwell. No need for suicide doors It all depends on the size of the car. I also have a foldable wheelchair, If I drive it goes on the back seat. But it all depends on the person & the car. If raining I want to just quickley lift the seat into it's foldable/collapsible state and into the rear of the car onto the seat in one movement. With the corolla I have to reach over the rear door to do that. With the Mk1 Neon it has frameless doors, so I don't want to risk putting weight on the drop glass. Especially as they are getting hard to obtain!
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Are hand controls worth considering? I have been out in the car I will say on private roads to cover this forum & myself incase of legal problems if stating anything else! I was driving left footed. And the Daily Drive is a 1997 Toyota Corolla 5 door, 3 speed with overdrive automatic. No hand conrtols needed.
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I’d hang fire a bit before you go making major changes you might not need to? The reason behind this thread, is to gather as much info before it gets to that point. Have every bit of each option available ready. That way I can give a nice neat pack of info to a garage that would do it. Why? I can't weld. Plus if the car needs other work doing it could be done at the same time. The variation between kits or those done is dramatic. Plus other members of the family may need to have it done to their vehicles.
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Possibly dumb question but why do you need a wheelchair with only a foot missing? They have only just referred me for physio, and I've been out almost 2 months! A referral to have a prosthetic would normally be 3-6 months but with all the curse word going on for the past 18 months it would be a a year! But even then there are going to be times when I won't be able to wear a prosthetic. Which means wheelchair bound. Plan & prep for the worst while praying for the best.
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I'm looking into options. and one is having the rear drivers side door having a suicide conversion. Are there any 4 door car owners of similar sized cars to the mk1 Neon who either are wheelchair users or know people who are who've done this? So any info & images on that being done to a 4 door's rear doors please There are various types in the states but none really really for a similar sized car. This is a Chrysler 300c. The the youtube video shows a wheelchair user & his 4door with a suicide door for him to put his wheelchair on the back seat. This particular option appears to have very little cutting of the structure. But I know nothing so please educate me with details, photos & diagrams
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I looking into options. and one is having the rear drivers side door having a suicide conversion. Are there any 4 door car owners of similar sized cars to the mk1 Neon who either are wheelchair users or know people who are who've done this? This is not some random question on my behalf. I walked into hospital with an infection a few months back. And the following day they removed my right foot. I do not want to change my car, but know it's never going to be the same. So any info & images on that being done to a 4 door's rear doors please There are various types in the states but none really really for a similar sized car. This is a Chrysler 300c. The the youtube video shows a wheelchair user & his 4door with a suicide door for him to put his wheelchair on the back seat. This particular option appears to have very little cutting of the structure. But I know nothing so please educate me with details, photos & diagrams
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I still have Christine. My health took a serious turn over last few months. I thought it was yo-yoing last year. An infection [ NOT COVID ] got into the bone after I had been seriously heavy dosage of antibiotics. 6 weeks ago I went under the knife & saw! Yes you read that right they removed my right leg below the knee!!!! 3 months for the wound from surgery to heal. Then I get referred for limb rehab which could be 3-6 months plus before they even consider refering me for a prosthetic I might be looking into having the rear drivers side door having a suicide conversion.
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Dec 12, 2020 23:58:35 GMT
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I've been watching this urban explorer for a few months he finds loads of classic & abandoned vehicles. This is latest Morgans & reliant robins!
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Feb 28, 2020 12:53:33 GMT
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#GenevaInternationalMotorShow #CANCELLED after #Swiss announced #immediateban on ALL events of more than 1,000 people to halt spread of #Coronavius #SupplyChainhain #28dayIncubationPeriod #COVIDー19 #AntibodyDependantEnhancementVirus #Pandemic #secondaryReinfection
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Jan 26, 2020 23:28:43 GMT
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any idea what green this is and do you know the paint code thanks
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Jan 14, 2020 12:52:35 GMT
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Would have liked to build something like this That is trying too hard to look like a mustang! trying to be a gt500
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as you can't see the rest of the property you have to as how the hell they got that in there?
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Health Issues and delays with both my landlord & my parents are renovating part of their house.
A car cover and extra straps to hold it down was fitted as I was expecting a bad winter hitting off the north sea.
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Oct 22, 2019 12:03:20 GMT
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A lot of the photos have been removed or restricted by photobucket. curse word!
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Oct 22, 2019 12:01:03 GMT
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A lot of the images in this thread have been screwed by photobucket. curse word!!!
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Sept 16, 2019 0:07:16 GMT
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It's been a good few years since I started my project, and yes a couple of years away from it. I fitted a V6 in the space where a inline four once sat. There were no options at the time to keep the option of Air Conditioning.
Why? Because there was no space to power a belt driven one.
Time has passed and vehicles have changed and so have those which can now get parts from. I know that some companies in the US use inverters to power certain types of electric powered A/C compressors. I also know that an Ozzy firm has developed a full 12V DC A/C compressor. But they are new to the market and cost the best part of £700 plus tax & shipping!
Considering that one option which I have come across is that of the Nissan Leaf.
But the question rally is has anybody done something similar and with what results or problems did you come across while doing. And What compressor did you use?
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the question is Foad will he sell any of them?
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Oct 31, 2018 16:48:09 GMT
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I think Oilit that's because the metal isn't as thick or paint just isn't as robust. They do what they were made for to be hammered! Having had a Metro before I'm surprised it looks as good as it does for a K reg. They usually suffer from not tin worm but tin moles as they usualy develop it as fast as a mole digs up your garden [had one]
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