Hello Listers,
Any thoughts about this? Does the three point harness allow the driver
and passenger to duck into the cabin in the unfortunate event of a flipover?
A roll bar would help, yes?
Pete Thiel
53 TD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Ormrod" <Douglas.Ormrod@neurological.org.nz>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: RE: 3 point seat belts
>I have also attached the seat belts using a higher attachment point on
> my TD - top of the wheel arch. L shaped reinforcing plate on the inside
> and single plate on top. It is curved here so you have to make the
> inside reinforcing bracket in two parts then get it welded together. Nut
> is then welded to the outside of the inside L bracket. Four cap
> nuts/screws through both plates on top of the arch and 4 through the
> side onto the vertical panel of the arch. Also put the bottom outside
> plate behind (inside) the vertical pillar - with another L plate in
> front of this bolted to the chassis. Plate with nut on the inside of the
> pillar only needs to be pop riveted in place. Bottom inside (tunnel)
> bracket is as in Horst, but extended and bolted to the chassis, rather
> than welded.
>
> I copied this from another guy in NZ who got compliance (which is not
> easy here).
>
> Cheers
>
> Douglas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mg-t@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-t@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Bullwinkle
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 10:32 a.m.
> To: mg-t@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 3 point seat belts
>
> Bob:
>
> Horst fastened the shoulder belt to the floor behind the seat. That's
> not the best location. YOu want that belt as high as possible. On the
> MGA it
> was first fastened to the top of the vertical pannel just about the
> wheel wheel. Later it was fastened to the metal tonneau under which the
> hood was
> stored. ON the B it's also attached to the metal tonneau. MG knew what
> they were doing.
>
> So, the better locations are the top of the TD wheel wheel, or even
> higher up if you still have the upholstery off to add re-inforcement.
> IMO the
> best location would be in the back corners between the side panels and
> the back of the car. Make sure there is heavy metal reinforcement to
> fasten to
> and you've not just screwing into the wood or the thin sheet metal of
> the body sub frame.
>
> Regards,
> Blake
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