[DeTomaso] : Stock shoulder harness mounting system

[Himes, Terry (397C)]

Thanks Mike.  That's good to know.


Terry W. Himes
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From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com<mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com>" <MikeLDrew at aol.com<mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com>>
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:24 AM
To: Terry Himes <Terry.Himes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:Terry.Himes at jpl.nasa.gov>>, "detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>" <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] : Stock shoulder harness mounting system


In a message dated 12/18/13 20 20 46, terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> writes:


Holy Crap!  That doesn't look safe to me!


>>>On the contrary--it's an incredibly strong restraint mount.  In fact, this particular car was involved in a head-on collision that utterly destroyed the car, but the occupants were saved by their four-point harnesses.  The car had a standard aftermarket shoulder harness bar, attached with just these two bolts.  The force of the impact was strong enough for both the bar and the firewall to give and bend slightly (which probably helped avoid upper body injuries), but the restraints held just fine, and in fact there is zero indication of any trauma when looking at this thing from either side.

You can feel perfectly confident about your seat belt mounts, that's for sure!

Mike
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