Re: Safety Issues with Seat Belt Article in Current MAN.
I understand why the professionals will not install belts it is a matter of liability but a model a owner without them is a fool case in point, my son was in a car seat with a freshly installed belt but I and my wife didnt, we were hit in the right front it, bent the frame a foot to the left pulled the cowl down and she went out the door between the cars. She spent ten days in the hospital and the next two months learning to walk again. When I restored it again I ran a half inch flat stock to the frame body bolts to anchor them. All this talk of body bolts shearing is senseless if the car is hit hard enough to break them you will have much larger issues to deal with and most likely the occupants won't have to worry about anything anymore.
From personal experience if I had had anything in there for a belt it would have been better than nothing.
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