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From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
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Subject: Loading wheelchairs into cars
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Date: 22 Jan 91 21:27:55 GMT
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Just another hint--we have removeable pieces of plywood that fit 
into the "wells" between the door and the hump.  These make it
much easier for my husband to load his chair.  When we drive the
carpool to work, these, like the chair, go in the trunk.

Our newest car is a Olds Cutlass Supreme SL and it works quite well.
The front-wheel drive makes the hump smaller.  The previous two cars
were 2-door Chevy Citations, but these aren't made any more.

--
Mary Shafer  shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov  ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
           NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
                     Of course I don't speak for NASA
 "A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all"--Unknown US fighter pilot