Safety of seat belts attachment to seats

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911hillclimber
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Re: Safety of seat belts attachment to seats

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The car has passed the Mot for the last 23 years this way.
Never a comment or anything.
They are both solid mounted, no swivel on the bolts. The stems were hand curved to allow the receivers to present upwards, the tongue snaps right in as naturally as my Skoda Superb's belts.

I think they need to be 'solid' to ensure the tongue can be inserted single handedly? Not sure.

The '73 car came from Germany in the early 80's with no belts, an MoT (very very dodgy one) added when I got it. It was dog rough.
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Re: Safety of seat belts attachment to seats

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911hillclimber wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 4:08 pm The stems were hand curved to allow the receivers to present upwards
Piccy? But if it's difficult to take a photo, don't bother.
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Re: Safety of seat belts attachment to seats

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All dead easy, just take them and bend to suit, surprisingly easy to shape/twist until the receiver is where you want it. The shape is maintained in my case since 1990.
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Re: Safety of seat belts attachment to seats

Post by IanM »

Gary71 wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 5:50 pm The anchorage moved down towards the waist rail on later cars, probably to improve belt comfort but also would reduce bending into the middle of that skinny pillar.
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I think the shoulder anchorage point was lowered in '73, not '74 as I first thought. Cees has just posted this picture at the ESR. I think the year of his car is '73.

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