[Healeys] seat belts

[Charlie Baldwin]

David,
Why don't you post any pictures to the forum and we can look at our 
leisure and you will only need to send it one place?
To find the forum, go to the bottom of this email and click on the link 
to the forums, find the Healey one and post there.
I think that you will need to register, but that's easy and free.
Thanks.
Charlie

David Nock wrote:
> I have had two ocassions to witness a Healey accident and seatbelts.
>
>   First time a driver in front of me went off the road and hit the  
> side of a mountian. They were wearing lap belts. The driver hit the  
> steering wheel in the chest, the passenger to the dash to the face. I  
> have since installed shoulder belts in both of their Healey's.
>
> Second incedent was a customer that had purchased our retractable lap  
> belts. He returned the next day and didnt like the look of the belt  
> retractors. I convinced him that it was better to have ugly  
> retractors and be alive than to have no seat belts and dead. So he  
> returned home with his retractable shoulder belts. Then later that  
> day he was on a drive out in the Marin Headlands. He lost control and  
> launched the car over a cliff. Some of you may remember the article  
> from the San Francisco Chronicle about 7 years ago that was sent  
> around the list. The steering wheel was crushed down to the drivers  
> seat and the car burned up. Both the driver and the passenger crawled  
> away and survived. The driver had a broken back along with many other  
> injuries. He has now restored another car.
>
> If you want to see a photo of this I can send on along. I promise you  
> it will convince you that a seat belt is definitly a good idea.
>
>
>
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> David Nock
> British Car Specialists
> Stockton Ca 95205
> 209-948-8767
>
> www.britishcarspecialists.com
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> .
>
> On May 7, 2010, at 6:21 AM, Ken Taplin wrote:
>
>   
>> I have maintained for years that it is at least imprudent if not  
>> actually
>> dangerous to belt yourself into a vehicle that does not have rollover
>> protection. I recently aquired a tractor with a seat belt and a  
>> rollover
>> protective stucture. One of the many warnig labels on this tractor  
>> says...DO
>> NOT use seat belt if this structure is not in place.
>> I feel vindicated.
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