Adding Seat Belts To Antique Cars

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Adding seat belts to antique cars. OE Style seat belts are made with original equipment components such as correct panel webbing and OE Latches Anchors -just like the originals. We recommend that you have moderate mechanical knowledge and can weld to a safe standard before tackling this task. Mar 1 2008.

The official line from Govuk is as follows. Back in 1963 thanks to the introduction of the seat belt in North America buckle up became synonymous with getting into cars and driving off. Cars and light vans constructed after the end of 1964 but prior to 31 March 1987 must be fitted with seat belts for the drivers seat and outer passenger seat if fitted.

Align the bracket and reel so that the bracket hole will correctly align to the factory mounting point holes in the cars floor pan. The brakes on Plymouth Valiants usually need upgrades crumple zones dont exist side impact standards were decades away and rear seat belts were an option for years. I have used Juliano belts and they work better than OEM and are easily installed.

With seat belts you are MUCH less likely to die and you are much less likely to be as injured. Roadrunner Front 3-Point Seatbelts for Bench Seats. Find your vehicle manufacturer below and navigate to the model or enter the year make and model into the quick seatbelt finder on this page to find the perfect seat belt for your car.

Our direct fit belts are made to factory specifications so that you can bolt them right in to the existing mounting points. Remove the old seat belts and anchoring hardware. Later toward the middle of the 20th century seat belts were added but were used around the lap only.

Front shoulder belts were a nuisance from their introduction in the early 1970s until 1974 when they finally reached the. Collector car clubs and car show organizers are unlikely to deduct points if you install seat belts in your vintage car. Many manufacturers offered seat belts as extras to the car.