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Mail From: troy (Troy Monroe Stacey)


Hi All,

So, I have a 65 Coupe and I'm thinking of having a center lap belt
installed in the back so I can put my 3 1/2 year old daughter's car
seat in the center back (safest place) however I realize the Mustang
is considered a 4 person vehicle which means the rear center was
never designed to hold a person. But it still seams to me that it is
completely safe to use the two center hard points that would be used
for the inner seat belt connections for the left and right side rear
belts for holding not a person but a car seat. I have to wonder if it
is legal? or if it is not as safe as it seems from some engineering
standpoint that is beyond me? Can I get some advice?


-Troy =)

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Mail From: mustang (wabba)

You don't need to worry about legality of seat belts in a 50 year old car
that they were an option in to begin with, most didn't come with rear belts
at all. You can certainly bolt in a third set using the existing mounts (as
long as they are installed properly and not just bolted through a single
layer of sheet metal), many people do. The only thing you might run into
with a car seat is that the mounting points might be a little close together



From: classic-mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca
[mailto:classic-mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca] On Behalf Of Troy
Monroe Stacey
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:12 PM
To: MUSTANG at wabba.net
Subject: [CM] Rear Center Lap Belt in 65 Coupe





Hi All,



So, I have a 65 Coupe and I'm thinking of having a center lap belt installed
in the back so I can put my 3 1/2 year old daughter's car seat in the center
back (safest place) however I realize the Mustang is considered a 4 person
vehicle which means the rear center was never designed to hold a person. But
it still seams to me that it is completely safe to use the two center hard
points that would be used for the inner seat belt connections for the left
and right side rear belts for holding not a person but a car seat. I have to
wonder if it is legal? or if it is not as safe as it seems from some
engineering standpoint that is beyond me? Can I get some advice?







-Troy =)



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Mail From: MBMorrow4 (MBMorrow4

Troy,

You'll be fine using the inboard mounts for a third set of seatbelts. You
can also install a top latch mount behind the seatback if you need one. I
have done this on a couple of cars to enable the use of a carseat.

Mark B. Morrow
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Mail From: jcool289 (Jason Lawalin)

Be sure to re-inforce any mounting point you put in the rear window
area with a thick plate of steel. In a crash, a simple bolt in the
sheet metal will rip right out. If you crawl under your car and look
at the seat belt bolts you'll see that this is what Ford did.



On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:26 AM, MBMorrow4 at aol.com wrote:

> Troy,
>
> You'll be fine using the inboard mounts for a third set of
> seatbelts. You can also install a top latch mount behind the
> seatback if you need one. I have done this on a couple of cars to
> enable the use of a carseat.
>
> Mark B. Morrow
> _______________________________________________
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> Classic-mustangs at lists.twistedpair.ca
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Mail From: jcool289 (Jason Lawalin)

Definitely secure the top of the car seat to the rear package tray so
the car seat can't flop around in a collision...a lap belt alone isn't
safe enough.



On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:20 AM, "wabba" <mustang at wabba.net> wrote:

> You don?t need to worry about legality of seat belts in a 50 year ol
> d car that they were an option in to begin with, most didn?t come wi
> th rear belts at all. You can certainly bolt in a third set using th
> e existing mounts (as long as they are installed properly and not ju
> st bolted through a single layer of sheet metal), many people do. Th
> e only thing you might run into with a car seat is that the mounting
> points might be a little close together
>
>
>
> From: classic-mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca [mailto:classic-
> mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca] On Behalf Of Troy Monroe Stacey
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:12 PM
> To: MUSTANG at wabba.net
> Subject: [CM] Rear Center Lap Belt in 65 Coupe
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> So, I have a 65 Coupe and I'm thinking of having a center lap belt
> installed in the back so I can put my 3 1/2 year old daughter's car
> seat in the center back (safest place) however I realize the Mustang
> is considered a 4 person vehicle which means the rear center was
> never designed to hold a person. But it still seams to me that it is
> completely safe to use the two center hard points that would be used
> for the inner seat belt connections for the left and right side rear
> belts for holding not a person but a car seat. I have to wonder if
> it is legal? or if it is not as safe as it seems from some
> engineering standpoint that is beyond me? Can I get some advice?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -Troy =)
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Mail From: mustangpaul (Paul Sawyer)

This is what I did with my (now 7 year old) son's car seat. I added a three
point shoulder belt in the back once he got big enough for a booster seat.
I did reinforce it.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Jason Lawalin <jcool289 at aol.com> wrote:

> Be sure to re-inforce any mounting point you put in the rear window area
> with a thick plate of steel. In a crash, a simple bolt in the sheet metal
> will rip right out. If you crawl under your car and look at the seat belt
> bolts you'll see that this is what Ford did.
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:26 AM, MBMorrow4 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Troy,
>
> You'll be fine using the inboard mounts for a third set of seatbelts. You
> can also install a top latch mount behind the seatback if you need one. I
> have done this on a couple of cars to enable the use of a carseat.
>
> Mark B. Morrow
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Classic-mustangs mailing list
> Classic-mustangs at lists.twistedpair.ca
> lists.twistedpair.ca/mailman/listinfo.cgi/classic-mustangs
>
> Visit the Classic Mustang Wiki! <sauce.donair.org/%7Ecm/>
> sauce.donair.org/~cm/ <sauce.donair.org/%7Ecm/>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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