Thread: More "infant friendly" landy than a series 3? Options?

But of course this has certain restrictions and requirements ie you can only drive for club events, testing, servicing etc and presumably a requirement to attend a certain number of club events in a year. My reckoning is that having a vehicle means it should be driven, plus is there really a justification to having a special interest rego on a standard series 3 1975 model? It isn't rare or particularly noteworthy so probably wouldn't be eligible would it?

Originally Posted by The ho har's

Join a club and get Special Interest Registration, our 101 V8 is only $197.00 a year



As Ben has stated

Mrs hh

I had thought of this option but the positioning of the factory bolts you pictured is not correct for mounting a car seat - the mounting would need to be centred in relation to the passenger seat and it is slightly off so the car seat would not be stable. I think it would also be argued that there is no structural support in the back of a series 3 seat squab, I haven't tried to fit one up to the vehicle but if a mounting belt runs over the top of a seat it has to be strong enough to support it, probably not an issue if the seat sits high enough though.

Are these bolts for seatbelts or were they for a ute roof to bolt to? They seem in an odd spot for safe seatbelt mounting, the belt would not offer any protection and would easilly slip off your shoulder I would think.

Originally Posted by Davo

If you want to keep it, keep it. The way the old static belts used to attach was to the rail on top of the bulkhead behind the seats, so it shouldn't be a problem for an anchor point. I'll be doing the same thing with my SIIA when I get around to it.

I bought an old Rangie for our family car and had a CRAB bar put in the back. That would also be worth looking into. But just take the car to whoever puts anchor points in and ask.

Here's a photo of the factory-fitted nut under the rail where the top of a static belt would attach to. It's actually welded into a small bit of channel that fits into the capping. Something similar wouldn't be a problem for a baby seat anchor point.

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

if you had a 109 s/w would that be good enough?

Yes and no.

I believe I would run into the same problem as this would also require fitting of mounting points since a wagon of the same vintage would not have them either.

My father in law's Rodeo dualcab which is only a late 90's or early 2000's doesn't even have any fixing points.

I think finding a wagon in the same condition as my hardtop would be impossible.

I think I'll do some research into the options but it may just be simpler for my wife to keep doing the pickups and drop offs for the time being. I really don't want to get rid of the S3.

Originally Posted by pfillery

But of course this has certain restrictions and requirements ie you can only drive for club events, testing, servicing etc and presumably a requirement to attend a certain number of club events in a year. My reckoning is that having a vehicle means it should be driven, plus is there really a justification to having a special interest rego on a standard series 3 1975 model? It isn't rare or particularly noteworthy so probably wouldn't be eligible would it?

Yes it would, any vehicle over 30 years is eligable

We don't seem to have a problem with driving our vehicles when we want as there are plenty of trips to go on. We are members of SLOw and GCLRO clubs, no requirement to attend events/meetings, but hey, we want to go to them so we can drive our vehicles

We are taking the 101 to All British Day this Sunday and going on a camping trip next weekend Both club events

Mrs hh

So does anyone know if the bolt holes in the bulkhead behind the seats in a series 3 as shown in an earlier post are "officially" seat belt anchorages or are they some other purpose? Spoke to a certifier today who said that if they are seat belt points they would be a higher standard than child seat restraints and should pass without needing a mod plate/inspection. But there would need to be some official thing from LR saying that is their purpose.

does anyone have anything definitive?

Yes, they really are for the factory-fitted seatbelts. Look in a parts book and you'll see that at the time a static belt that went over your shoulder and then down to that top rail was how a seatbelt was used back then. They don't slip off your shoulder and it was the standard for the time. I used belts like this for years in my SIIA but have now changed to the modern inertia reel.

I didn't say to use that mount, but that since it was a seatbelt mount then something similar would be strong enough for a baby seat. You'd have to do the same sort of thing for the centre of whatever seat you wanted to use for the baby seat. You'd take a piece of angled channel and weld a 5/16" UNC nut into and then rivet it under the rail, the same as the seatbelt mount, and it would serve exactly the same purpose except it would be set up for an anchor point. I'd be surprised if the back of the seat, meant to support an adult, wouldn't be good enough for a baby seat as well.

Do a search and you may find a picture of how a company over east put an anchor point into a Willys Jeep!