Damned if you do and..............

[Paul from Maine]

I have never owned a vehicle where the seatbelts were attached to the frame. In most vehicles the lap belts were bolted to the sheet metal floor and the shoulder harness to a spindly door post. And what about uni-body vehicles? I mounted my lap belts to the great timber which crosses the width of the Town Sedan body just behind the front seat. If the body separates from the frame in a collision, at least I will be strapped securely within the body. If the collision is severe enough to fracture the wooden timber to which I attached my seatbelts, then I probably will also be speared by the steering post or mangled by wreckage or decapitated by the splintering wooden roof supports. I also heard that statistically most accidents happen within ten miles of home. So I moved to a place twelve miles away. No worries now!

Originally Posted by 31 Model A

"My understanding, there is no secure place on the Model A's body to secure seatbelts. For them to be really secure, they must be attached to the frame which seems to be dangerous in a wreck since the body separates from the frame quite easy causing more serious harm being cut into, one half goes with the body while the other half stays with the frame."

The above statement I made in the very first post is not my conclusion nor my opinion but it is what I have read by other concerned A drivers. Considering the safety standards today and the size of vehicles today and the speeds they travel, am I to install airbags too!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is nothing nagging at me when I get in, it's my life, as I said earlier, it's the safety of any passenger that I'd be concerned about. Maybe I should have titled this thread "To have passengers or not to have passengers"

What about the rumble seat......there's a whole other subject. It was more safe back then than it is now. I've already decided, for safety reason, the rumble will never be used for passengers.