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when sitting in the driver’s seat
and at my most happiest.”
After a succession of
Motability cars, in which he
travelled just 4000 miles in seven
years it was clear something
had to change. Although it was
possible to drive a vehicle from
an electric wheelchair, at the
time it couldn’t be done from a
manual chair such as Lee’s. Then
he heard it was now possible
to have a manual chair and
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Lee knew exactly what he wanted:
“It had to be a VW Transporter
and it had to look cool”
longer the easy, fun thing it had
been before. The biggest problem
was getting in and out of the
car. Transferring from his chair
required lots of help from carers,
so he would go for weeks without
driving. As he lived in a small
village he quickly became isolated.
His only other option was a
car in which he could sit in his
wheelchair and be driven, but this
wasn’t a realistic solution. He says,
“I honestly feel my least disabled
H
is van, which doesn’t
look out of place in
any show and shine
line up looks every
inch an ‘enthusiasts’
van, which it is. It does
however have some specialist
elements inside and under that
smart Iridium Grey skin.
Waaaay back (OK, way back –
Lee’s not that old) when he was in
his twenties, he was into ‘souped
up’ hot hatches. Unfortunately,
one day in 2007 he had a serious
crash, which broke his neck and
left him tetraplegic. After a year
in hospital, Lee was finally able
to go home, eager to drive again.
He looked into adapted cars, but
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