IML: Seat Belts

[Bob Schmitt <bsbrbank@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all -

My '66 had seat belts when I got it and one eyebolt in the roof trim, which 
seemed to be for a shoulder belt anchor.  I found the mounting points for 
both sides and had shoulder belts made by Diest Safety (nearby 
Glendale).  Nothing fancy, but they offer fair security.

When my 1952 Frazer Nash was being restored, I asked if shoulder belts 
could be installed. Barry Leitch did a spectacular job of putting in 
retractable shoulder belts which are very unobtrusive and work well.

Remember, one other function of a seat belt is to keep you in place and 
potentially in control if your vehicle is making violent motions, even if 
you were not the original cause of those motions.  It was much better to be 
securely belted in when I was a back-seater in the Phantom/  Even without 
controls, I could still "offer suggestions" to the pilot.

Bob

At 01:11 PM 8/3/2005, you wrote:
> >When I get an Imperial it will have been built after
> >seat belts were mandatory ('67 or '68 in my case) but
> >if I got a pre-'66 car (I think that was the first
> >year of the federal seat belt requirement) I would
> >definitely have a good set of belts properly
> >installed, at the very least in the front seats.




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