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Ed i know the statistics are against me and probably they are right.
It goes long way back,when i was 19 i drove my car in the water,there was snow on the road and i could not hold the car.......
There were 4 of us in the car,all wearing seatbelts......
Me and a friend came out,i had problems to unbuckle the belt but managed in time...........2 of are friends died in the backseat and were found still in there seatbelts.
Irony on this is the rear seatbelts were an option which i wanted because it was safer for the passengers,to this day i blame myself for the death of 2 good people who probably were still alive if i had not insisted they put the belts on.
From that day on i promised myself not to wear a belt,over the years it had cost a lot of money in tickets from the police but i don't care.
When i am driving a car with belts i let the passenger make his own choice wearing the belt,i do not.
Sorry to hear that Rene! We were planning on just putting lap belts in ours
No problem mate,just do as you feel comfortable with.
Altough i always thought lapbelts were pretty useless as your face will make a dent in the dash in case of front collision.
Download and read? In the seat belt section they are required for only the two outer front seats of vehicles first registered after 1st Jan 1965 up to 1981. They require an upper body restraint but not a lap restraint, so lap only belts have never been acceptable for these seats.
What do you do for the top seat belt anchor, to get it a suitable height relating to your shoulder and strong enough?
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Nobody else has had problems relating to top seat belt mounting using a "normal" top frame in a Sammio.
As the height of the body work remains the same + the floor pans are lower + your making a bespoke top frame you should end up with the seat belt top mounts exactly where you want them
You can always go for a mix of the two - Healrd steel floor and a self-built top frame. This is an old pic and there is now more bracing. The mounts for the shoulder straps are on the rear bulkhead top cross member.
