[Fot] Seat belts

[John Styduhar]

Make sure the height of the crossbar is positioned to allow the correct
angle of the shoulder straps over your shoulders while seated. See a
typical diagram for shoulder harness fitment from one of the manufactures.
Also most clubs do not permit shoulder belts to be mounted at a common
point.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 5:34 PM, McKearn McKearn <mckearn2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>  Thanks for the replies.  I'm thinking a four or five point restraint is
> what I want but getting the attachment points for the shoulder belts might
> be tough. I am considering welding in an attachment bracket between the
> rear fenderwells and keeping it hidden below what I would call the rear
> seat top or cubby hole top or whatever that area behind the seat is that
> currently is carpeted and hides all the junk I put behind the seat. I
> thought 1.5 or 2.0 inch steel tubing with .125 wall thickness would be more
> than plenty and then screwing 7/16 eye bolts to it through the carpet as
> attachment points. That way only the eye bolts and the belts will be
> visible from above. Any thoughts?
>                    P.J.
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Todd Redmond <alfetta95 at optonline.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Install grade 5 eye hook bolts. Two for the lap belt and two behind the
>> drivers seat maybe on the rear bulkhead for the shoulder belts. Location is
>> important. Can't be too sharp an angle. I've done this in several
>> street/track cars. They work great. The rear hooks on my cars were hidden
>> under the rear seat.  Then buy yourself a new 4 pt harness with snap in
>> attachments. U are good to go.  If u want to add the 5th hook for the anti
>> submarine strap under ur seat, go ahead then get a 5 pt harness.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Todd Redmond
>>
>> > On Aug 14, 2015, at 11:23 PM, McKearn McKearn <mckearn2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All.
>> >   I'm looking to upgrade my stock seat belts(68 GT6,  the tech
>> inspector let it slide but told me for the next track day I need to
>> improve) but with it being mostly a street car with no roll bar I'm
>> limited. Any suggestions?
>> >                          Thanks. P.J.
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