<VV> seats and seat belts

[MarK Durham]

If you want to see a set of those Sebring convertible seats installed in a
Corvair, go to
www.jefflilly.com, click on the classics bullet, then the 65 convert in
blue.

One of the best restorations I have ever seen. The seats look great, too.

Mark Durham
Hauser, Idaho
62 Monza coupe Red/Red 4 speed

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Jay Maechtlen via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> On 3/27/2015 1:52 PM, Charlie via VirtualVairs wrote:
>
>> I think it was warned before that if the belts are integrated with the
>> seats, the entire unit will crash you against the dash if the brackets are
>> not strong enough to hold you AND THE SEATS to the floor?
>>
>> So, make sure your brackets are strong enough to hold everything back!
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>>  Exactly - the supports have to restrain you and the seat in a crash.
> Obviously, the seats are designed to do that, but it would take some
> pretty beefy supports to mount the seats, to survive a significant crash.
> Figure a crash can easily impose 5G on you - figure 5*(your weight) at a
> height of (the middle of you) yanking on that seat?
> 5*200 = 1000 lb about the lower middle of the seat. That's a pretty good
> yank on the mounds.
>
> oh - actually the crash can be 10 G or more?
> Adjust calculations as needed.
>
>
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> '61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
> transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
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