[DeTomaso] Schroth Dot Harness

[Julian Kift]

In most states I believe issuance of a salvage or rebuilt title requires an inspection and sign off by a competent person as to the rebuild quailty, roadworthiness and structural integrity of the car. If a state DMV issues a title accepting a vehicle to be licenseable, then I think insurance companies would have a hard time refusing insurance on such. 
 
Personally I'm far more worried about the junk I see on the roads that hasn't been mainiatined and only has to meet a smog requirement here in NV. The number of uninsured cars driving around just amazes me, unfortunately one of the POCA members was hit by a non licensed, non insured driver during this year's Fun Rally.
 
Julian
 
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:47:45 -0400
> From: boyd411 at gmail.com
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Schroth Dot Harness
> 
> Michael,
> I certainly agree that once you are dead your problems are pretty much over
> ( or just begining depending upon your spiritual belief system) I was more
> concernedwith the insurance company tyingto renege on paying for the
> agreeded upon value after the car has been totaled end the possiability
> that the insurance company would attempt to refuse payment for the care and
> or treatment of any passenger surviving or deceased.
> 
> Boyd
> 
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:17 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
> michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I think that level of insurance investigation unfortunately means that you
> > are dead or at the very least horribly injured and Pantera repairs won't be
> > a major concern to you or your family. We just did an episode on accident
> > reconstruction, fascinating subject and methodologies used to get to the
> > most probable causes. Michael
> > On Sep 24, 2010 9:44 PM, "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There was also an issue of concern that an insurance company might refuse
> > > payment for injuries in a car not equipped with Dot Copliant equipment. I
> > > would personaly be more concerned with having wilwood brakes that are not
> > > DOT compliant and would potentially give rise to an insurance company
> > having
> > > a wider variety of claims to question or refuse.
> > > Just my humble opinion.
> > > Boyd
> > >
> > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:13 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> In a message dated 9/16/10 14 45 59, rgg at gregorycook.com writes:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> What do you plan to do with the car? I've never heard of any track event
> > >> requiring more than OEM belts.
> > >>
> > >> >>>It depends on which run group you're in. The upper class at the PCNC
> > >> track event requires four-point harnesses at a minimum (the Schroth
> > >> harnesses would be perfectly acceptable). Shelby Club rules are the
> > same.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > The open road racing events do require race harnesses for the higher
> > >> speed classes (above 125 IIRC) only. As you say you can leave your OEM
> > belts
> > >> in the car with the harness. That being said there's lots of Panteras
> > >> running around with 5 point harnesses and I've never heard of anybody
> > having
> > >> an issue with DOT compliance.
> > >>
> > >> >>>A Nor-Cal Shelby Club member driving a 5.0 Mustang convertible with
> > >> 5-point harnesses was pulled over by a cop with a bad attitude, and
> > given a
> > >> ticket for failing to wear his seat belt. He took it to court since he
> > was
> > >> wearing his five-point harnesses at the time he was pulled over--and he
> > >> LOST. The HUA judge simply went along with the cop's assertion that he
> > >> wasn't wearing the DOT-approved seat belts.
> > >>
> > >> FWIW....
> > >>
> > >> Mike (who has and wears five-point harnesses in the Pantera, Cobra and
> > >> GT350, have been pulled over in all three cars, and never received a
> > >> ticket...for anything!)
> > >>
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