03-02-2021, 08:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-02-2021, 07:48 AM by Bob Culver.)
Not trying to protect from a 60 mph head on, primarily just to stop falling out of the giant door which catches on just 3/8 inch os so of very deformable panel. And avoid the imprint of the wiper motor in forehead.
Many belts in the 1960s bolted through the door pillar. The triangular gusset at lower corner of door is strong or a bolt head can be lost in the scallop of the equally heavy panel below and forward of.The drive tunnel is frail but can be reinfoced somewhat without a lot of weight. (A short sheet metal flanged liner top hat shape), Some sort of safety chain or pinned eyes on the door also seems a prudent precaution.
As you get older life seems more precious. And have been early on the scene of several major crashes over the decades. In crashes pre belts persons were strewn far from the vehicles (Newspapers reported night crashes where all the ex occupants were only found in daylight)
A problem in this country is belts have to be retrofitted of modern type and to an unattainable standard. For w.o.f often easier to remove and refit after (or offer to remove; often a clincher!)If been long off the road old style belts can be passed off as an old installation.
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Many belts in the 1960s bolted through the door pillar. The triangular gusset at lower corner of door is strong or a bolt head can be lost in the scallop of the equally heavy panel below and forward of.The drive tunnel is frail but can be reinfoced somewhat without a lot of weight. (A short sheet metal flanged liner top hat shape), Some sort of safety chain or pinned eyes on the door also seems a prudent precaution.
As you get older life seems more precious. And have been early on the scene of several major crashes over the decades. In crashes pre belts persons were strewn far from the vehicles (Newspapers reported night crashes where all the ex occupants were only found in daylight)
A problem in this country is belts have to be retrofitted of modern type and to an unattainable standard. For w.o.f often easier to remove and refit after (or offer to remove; often a clincher!)If been long off the road old style belts can be passed off as an old installation.
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