Re: IML: classic car safety

[Brad Hogg <luxoliner@xxxxxxx>]

This goes without saying, I thought.  If installing belts into an older 
vehicle, one must be certain the mounting points are anchored properly so as 
to provide the proper protection to the wearer.  You're not just going to 
run a bolt through a body panel and call it safe...more common sense IMO.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken cleversy" <cleversy@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: IML: classic car safety


  And with vehicles built before the 1930s, "you just can't retrofit many
of these cars. They will never meet any modern crash test criteria for
safety," said Eron Shosteck, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
After all, Conrad said, "Bolting yourself down to a 70-year-old piece of
wood isn't really going to stop anything."

My 59 Imperial has retrofitted seat belts and I wear them, but the reality
is that if I get hit by an F250 Truck at 65 the seat belts aren't going to
be that much help.




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