Hi Kenneth,
I mounted ordinary lap straps in the TD by using the bolts provided
with the kit and anchoring them behind the chassis cross member with a
robust plate of steel. Other installations use a 1/4" chain looped
around the crossmember and the bolts run through the ends of the chain.
Horst Schach in The Complete MG TD Restoration Manual has a section on
installation of 3-point harnesses. It is very appealing to me, but I
haven't done it yet.
With respect to the safety issue, one wonders if the lobotomy done to
the passenger in a T-Series MG because his body pivots and head strikes
the wiper motor is better or worse than sliding on his head down the
road. The glove box pull centers perfectly on a child's forehead also.
Has anyone moved the wiper motor to the center, as they were positioned
on TDs after December, 1952?
Bob
On Tue, 09 Sep 1997 18:20:49 -0400 KENNETH PORTER <kporter@unix.asb.com>
writes:
>How did you mount the seat belts. I,m interested in this for my TC. A
>seat belt has already saved my life once my face once and my sons
>life.
>None of these accidents were my fault. Seat belts save lives.
>Ken Porter
>
>TATERRY@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 97-09-08 15:35:26 EDT,
>> CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu
>> (REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER) writes:
>>
>> << I know everybody has a story about someone who was thrown clear
>of
>> a reck
>> and walked away without a scratch because they weren't wearing a
>> seatbelt
>> but I believe they are the lucky few in very rare situations.
>>
>> Always wear your seatbelt. It's the law in most states anyway.
>> Chris Reichle >>
>>
>> As some of you already know, I was involved in a very bad accident
>in
>> my TA 3
>> years ago...while motoring under blue skies in the Napa Valley at
>4pm
>> one
>> afternoon, an unlicensed, uninsured polecat driving a 4 dr Chevy
>made
>> his
>> left turn right in front of me. I was going between 45 and 50 when
>I
>> hit him
>> in the rear door. I had my lap belt on otherwise I'd have flown out
>> of the
>> car with my seat back and landed on the tarmac....I could have
>served
>> (maybe)
>> and flipped the car. I chose not to do this....I got the steering
>> wheel in
>> the chest and the Brooklands left its four bolt heads imprinted on
>my
>> chest
>> for a couple of months and it broke my chest bone.....I broke all
>the
>> spokes
>> out of the steering wheel and bloodied my nose but it didn't
>> break...The
>> front of the TA crushed back bending and absorbing the energy and I
>> was lucky
>> it didn't kill me....I now wear a 3 point belt and I urge others to
>do
>>
>> likewise. You do not want to be a projectile hurdling down a
>highway
>> or into
>> other cars/trees etc. Sure you can conjure up wrecks where it would
>> be
>> better to be thrown clear but the odds are with staying in the car
>> witha 3
>> point belt on.
>>
>> Terry (with a TA rebuilt once again....thank you State Farm)
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