Good info Kees. I only have the lap belts in my BJ8 and have often thought of
adding the over-the-shoulder types. do you have any links to good examples of
them? Also, where do you attach the added shoulder straps. I assume on the
two rear side bolts on either side of the jump seats?
thanks
tom
---- Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
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Don't mess about with safety belts. If you don't drive the thing get no
or original spec belts for a trailer queen. If you do serious driving in
modern traffic get the best you can install and use new modern materials
and buckles. Best would be 5-point harness (track), second best 4-point
harness (track & road) and the minimum is a 3-point fixed (best) or
automatic reel (for comfort) belt.
The 3-point is the most practical solution for day to day driving
Make very sure that the lap portion is positioned over the thighs/lower
part of the pelvis and that the top of the buckle is level with the seat
cushion just in front of the seat back. A lap belt over the abdomen is
absolutely lethal in even smallish accidents, most certainly for the
persons that generally drive these cars: older and overweight men. It
will cause massive internal trauma.
The guide or fixed point for the shoulder strap can be fitted on top of
the rear wheel well or somewhere near. The reel can be fitted
(vertically) somewhere below the shoulder strap guide. You may have to
weld a bracket for the reel on the rear wheel well. There are reels that
can be fitted directly at the shoulder strap fixing point
If no fixing points are available originally you have to use steel
backing plates of around 2" x 3" and 0,15" thick. Use grade 8 quality
7/16" UNF bolts and nuts, the usual standard for safety belt bolts. You
can tack the nuts to the backing plates for easier fitting.
Always check the position and orientation the reel has to be fitted in.
Some can be adjusted I believe.
For the 4 and 5 point harnesses there are variations with a reel. In
these cases the 2 shoulder straps are joined and fixed to a single strap
on an automatic reel which is fitted straight behind the seat near or on
the rear deck. But you have to strengthen the area it is fixed to.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
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