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Re: 3 point seat belts

To: "mg-t" <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: 3 point seat belts
From: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:36:37 -0500
Anyone ever seen a roll bar on a T series? How was it mounted?

Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Herald1200@aol.com>
To: <peter-thiel@sbcglobal.net>; <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: 3 point seat belts


> In a message dated 10/4/2005 7:53:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> peter-thiel@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> ==AM==
>
> Any properly installed and properly worn three-point belt WILL allow that.
> "Rule of thumb" always used to be that the lap belt portion would be snug,
> while  one should be just able to fit a fist between the chest and the 
> shoulder
> belt.  This is yet another argument in favor of the shoulder belt mount 
> being
> high  enough, at least shoulder level or higher, as I recall.
>
> --Andy Mace

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