I understand liability issues however my BT7 has attachment points
for three point belts; it was built that way at the factory. One
always needs to check any attachment point to be sure it is in good
condition; bolts strip, threads and sheet metal rusts.
John
At 01:57 PM 2/2/2012 -0600, Jack Feldman wrote:
>When I got my BT7 I immediately bought the ;mounting points and retractible
>seat belts.
>
>My first task was to take the car to Fourintune to get some things sorted
>out. One of the things I brought to Tom were the seatbels and mounting
>points. He refused to install them, and also refused to tell my why. It
>eventually turned out to be a liability issue.. Tom was being properly
>cautious.
>
>I eventually found out why from another shop who said they would do it if
>payment was in cash, and there was no paper trail. Seems that the concern
>was that with the car being over 40 years old there was no assurance that
>the sheet metal that the mounting points were attached to were good enough.
>
>Just be careful to check the metal when you add the belts.
>
>I still use the lap belts that the car came with.
>
>Jack
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