Johnny O

I just collected this rare GGH20 2012 Alphard Sloper (disability ramp) imported from Japan with the help of Paul Bowden at Jap Auto Agent. It sailed through the MOT at Southampton and then I drove it home and took it to my local Toyota Alphard specialist Dyernostics. He said "it is the most pristine 12 year old Alphard I have ever seen. On the ramp it is like new underneath, not one spot of rust anywhere”. So I cannot recommend Paul highly enough because he only handles quality grade 4 cars and above. I am a bit full on and I wanted to be involved at every stage of the process. Paul was patient and transparent from beginning to end. He is very knowledgeable and I learned a lot about Alphards from him and he has a team in Japan who have the same professional know how and high standards. I am just blown away by the quality of my vehicle. Highly recommend..

hi Merlin do you still have the rack set? if not where did you get it? PS what happened to your dead hybrid?

Wow. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth and all that…. do you still have the rails and carpet.?

Hey great tip. Worth a try i will them on Monday.

Ah that sounds interesting. I would be interested in following the contoured foam route with the support for the gap.

Not sure i am replying in the right mode but yes that was the plan ….to have the full 8 seater set up with the swivel. It’s very interesting what you say. I will have that in mind when I call the conversion folks next week. Sounds like it might be more complicated than we had thought. Well actually I don’t need the eight seats per se…I am just looking at the benefit the wider 8 seats has in creating a continuous surface to sleep on..the gap in the middle of the second row in the seven seater being the issue.

Not sure i am replying in the right mode but yes that was the plan ….to have the full 8 seater set up with the swivel. It’s very interesting what you say. I will have that in mind when I call the conversion folks next week. Sounds like it might be more complicated than we had thought.

Hey thanks. That’s not a bad idea … and yeah it does seem to be a niche market 😅.

Hi. I am a newbie to this forum and to the world of Alphards so please be kind. I am looking to convert my 7 seater 2005 3litre into an 8 seater. Has anyone out there done this successfully.? I am looking out for the centre row seats in grey .. without much success so far.