Safety first!!!??
I had seat belts in my customized 51 Ford in 1957. Ford had a safety campaign
going on and I wanted me and family to be safe. So I got 2 kits and installed
em, complete with those LARGE washers that attempted to spread the stress over
the floor pan some. And put em in all carz I had afterwards- except collector
carz I have owned since about 1983 when I bot that 51 Merc.
BUT
I have NO seat belts in my 56 Sport Suburban and have driven it thousands of
miles... NO seat belts partly cause I dont wanna mess with the floor pan
and
partly cause I am not sure they will do too much good. The Burb is a 4 dr so
the front seat back is rigid- but HOW rigid??????? Likewise the sliding floor
track, it seems to 'just' catch as it is and I believe that on hard impact it
will simply slide
and there my gut is getting squished like tube of toothpaste- uuuuuuugh!
So I count on very defensive driving and the mass of the car and full frame to
keep
me somewhat safe.
I would LIKE seat belts, but not until I know they are really safe. In other
words, a system of safety?
Simply IMHO
Lars
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