[DeTomaso] Seatbelts

[Julian Kift]

A cage in a confined cockpit car like a Pantera is perilously close to one's head and with no helmet the cage is just as likely to do more harm than good in an accident. There is tragic story of GT40 owner who died from head injuries sustained against a cage in a relatively minor shunt, that should have been survivable without a cage.

Julian

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Subject: [DeTomaso] Seatbelts

Attached are few couple pics of "hearsay 1" - a couple from the day before at Concorso I believe, then the day after...  You'd never know it's the same car.
Although I heard it reported that the section of highway had some rolling dips so to speak, which would unload the suspension; there was also a cross-wind, so the car got blown right off the road when the suspension unloaded at the super-illegal speeds.
The owner was quite fortunate.  Injuries were more than a broken wrist and concussion, but not what you would expect after seeing the car.  Arguably, he would not have survived if he had a 4- or 5-point race harness since the car had no roll-bar or cage.  The stock 3-point harness allowed his body to get pushed over to the right as the roof was collapsed onto the seatback.

Something to think about before putting racing harnesses in car that's not equipped with a cage.


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   A cage in a confined cockpit car like a Pantera is perilously close to
   one's head and with no helmet the cage is just as likely to do more
   harm than good in an accident. There is tragic story of GT40 owner who
   died from head injuries sustained against a cage in a relatively minor
   shunt, that should have been survivable without a cage.

   Julian
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   Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:56 PM
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   <jderyke at aol.com>
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Seatbelts

   Attached are few couple pics of "hearsay 1" - a couple from the day
   before at Concorso I believe, then the day after...  You'd never know
   it's the same car.
   Although I heard it reported that the section of highway had some
   rolling dips so to speak, which would unload the suspension; there was
   also a cross-wind, so the car got blown right off the road when the
   suspension unloaded at the super-illegal speeds.
   The owner was quite fortunate.  Injuries were more than a broken wrist
   and concussion, but not what you would expect after seeing the car.
   Arguably, he would not have survived if he had a 4- or 5-point race
   harness since the car had no roll-bar or cage.  The stock 3-point
   harness allowed his body to get pushed over to the right as the roof
   was collapsed onto the seatback.
   Something to think about before putting racing harnesses in car that's
   not equipped with a cage.