47-55.1 Bench seat with built in seatbelts?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by vintovka

Sadly We lost a club member just 10 days ago in a T roadster. I was looking at the seat belts just days before and wondered how they would fare in a crash and rollover. Folks gotta remember the chance we take in older/custom cars. Airbags. crumple zones, modern auto lock doors and seat belts and computer crash avoidance makes many forget.

I have noted this^^^ many times.

We are driving 60+ year old vehicles. NOTHING about them is consistent with the safety requirements of modern vehicles. Not only do they lack airbags, crumple zones, auto lock doors and seat belts but also the interiors are filled with neat chrome knobs to skewer our bodies in the event of even a minor crash. Our teeth will be knocked out on steering wheels that are solidly hard. And on and on.

Injury is the price we WILL pay for driving these beautiful vehicles if or when a collision happens. Possibly even a relatively minor one. This is especially true if we're driving a totally stock one with manual drum brakes, manual steering, big steering wheels, solid steering columns, etc.