Sportsmobile for a family?

[Pskhaat]

Does Sportsmobile make a configuration that has at least 5 formal traveling seats (i.e. seat belts)?

 

[EMrider]

Does Sportsmobile make a configuration that has at least 5 formal traveling seats (i.e. seat belts)?

Yep, they can do that. In some of their standar configurations, there are belts for 5-6 passengers, but not all of them are 3 point with a shoulder belt. Some are lap belt only. My EB-51 config has an extra captain's chair so has 4 seats with shoulder belt and 2 with lap only.

It would be pretty easy to have a custom build with 4-5 captain's chairs, but you'd give up some 'living space'. A removable captain's chair is a nice compromise. But they are heavy so not ideal/practical to remove the chair on a high frequency basis.

R

 

[1leglance]

Hey Scott,
You are welcome to check the Wheelchair Accessible Van for Expeditions anytime you want to get an idea of how 4 captains chairs, and a sofa would work.
I have a removeable seat and made a wheeled base plate to ease getting it in & out...of course in your setup it would stay in all the time.
Sportsmobile.com has a done of pre-laid out designs on there...I used the EB-71 as a starting point.
There is also a do-it-yourself tool that lets you play like it is paper furniture that you can move around.

For a family the extra space of a EB is a must, get a pop top for the sleeping space upstairs and enjoy the heck out of it

 

[wanderer-rrorc]

my homebuilt is 4 captains chairs and 2 on the couch (could even be 3 if I got another belt)...and sleeps 4 adults..

 

[Railvan]

Just in case you hadn't seen these, here's the SMB webpage for the Standard Plans for the EB and the Do It Yourself page too. At the bottom of the DIY page is a link to an "Online Design Center" where you can play with your own layout ideas.

http://www.sportsmobile.com/1_std-eb-plans.html

http://www.sportsmobile.com/1_dyo.html

Brian Rutherford

 

[dsw4x4]

If you want to sleep every one up top and save the lower area for living and seating I can build a pop top for you that will sleep four adults in the top and you can still walk around in the van front to back.
Something like this x2.

Derek

 

[Pskhaat]

Derek, looks nice. Got some more lager pictures for everyone than what's on your site?

 

[dsw4x4]

Sure follow this link and flip through the pages of the complete build.
Derek

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/dsw4x4/van project/