Re: shoulder strap 56 Executive.

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2009/6/14 1:12:30

Did you put in a lap belt too? I just barely glanced at your photos and noticed the shoulder belt, but no lap belt.

This installation would be really good to document. I think an Engineering thread on modernizing and safety improvements would be nice to have, or just a topic with that heading on the new FAQs thread.

BTW, as you probably know, you're better off with no belt than a shoulder belt and no seat belt, hence the "3-point" style to protect the idiots (or innocent).

I just wonder how hard it would be to scavenge a couple of complete shoulder and lap belt assemblies from salvage yards. There's a fairly narrow window of years during which the 3-points had no "pendulum" switch that tightened the shoulder belt on demand, so to speak. I don't that kind of system could be replicated, but maybe they could be modified so that the shoulder belt would snug up and not automatically uncoil.

Taking along a passenger like your friend or your kids--or her kids (or her friends) is when belts can bring a lot of peace of mind, not to mention saved pieces of people.