Thread: Seat belts?

Originally Posted by mecc

From information that I have seen from the N.S.W. RTA , seat belts are mandatory on all vehicles 1965 and onwards .
David.

If that is the case it will be one for retrofitting - until quite recently (last ten years) I had not seen a heavy vehicle with seat belts, and even for other vehicles - the field crew I was working on had a fleet of new vehicles in 1965 - and none of them had even seat belt anchorages, although none were cars (AB 120 International utes and Landcruisers).

If NSW was requiring seat belts on all vehicles from 1965 I would have expected to have heard of the retrospective aspects, since that is where I live.

Can you give a reference?

John

Originally Posted by Andy-M

Thanks all.

I will have to start looking for belts and anchors. The new Landy has not had them fitted berore (68 series 2A, lights in guards).

I think I will call her "Mongrel", seems a fitting name for a bitza.

Cheers Andy.

Ive got a set somewhere. your welcom to them and if they are no good Ive had to replace the seat box re-enforcers in kermit with the ones with the seat belt holes in them so If you want them and your not in a hurry I can get those out for ya.

Throw a spanner in the works......

Volvo fitted then Std since 1956....... and yes they were ugly back then...

Seatbelts were designed for cars in the 30's and in 1955 a SAE commitee was formed to have them introduced.
1955 Volvo, Ford and Chrysler marketed them as an option.
1956 Volvo fitted them as Std.
1964 US started fitting them as STD
1965 Compulsory as fitment in all cars in Europe
1967 UK fits Belts as Std and Australia introduces law to have them fitted as std
1969 Aust law makes all cars post 65 have 3 point seatbelts fitted to front seats
1970 Victoria, Aust requires 3-point belts, front and rear and mandates use, front and rear
1971 New South Wales requires use of seat belts
1972 Last Australian state law requiring belt use, front and rear, goes into effect 1/1

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...Analysis_4.pdf

Mmmmmmm
Volvo.. id kill to have one of these.....




Clarkie

Im showing the ADR's as being

seatbelts required for the front seat after 68

seatbelts mandatory on all seats in either 71,72,74 or 75 depending on which particular ADR I decide to read on the day.....

but heres the twister they are only showing up as a passanger vehicle...

soooo..

IMHO it would depend on which way your rover was registers for what year but if you had a pre68 rover then you dont have to have seatbelts BUT I also remember reading somewhere that if your vehicle had seatbelts as an option during the twilight period (call it 68-75 for the sake of argument) then they must now be fitted.

This is part of the reason I searched so long for a well chassied 66 IIa.

Hi Dave.

Thanks for your kind offer, I have another 4 Door 2A wagon I am thinking of purchasing soon, I intend to have a look at it this Friday with a bit of luck. I am hoping it may have belts fitted.

I am trying to grab a couple of vehicles to build up some spair parts, Mongrel has a great Galvo chasis with a good 2 1/4 deisel. so it will form the base of the build up. Because I have a couple of kids and Mongrel is going to be used for camping, I am sticking with the 4 door wagon set up.

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The prices seem o/k so they may be another option.

Thanks for your help Andy.

hi

where are the seatbelt mounting points in a series 2a.

lro jr

Seat belts were not standard on the 2a, but a variety of anchorages were used and are interchangeable up to the end of Series 3 production.

Outer lower anchorage is a bracket that bolts to the edge of the seat box and door frame at the bottom rear of the door.

Inner anchorage (usually shared between outer and centre belts) is bolted through the ledge at the front of the tray, behind the seat box. It has a variety of reinforcing methods, the latest (S3) using a strap back to the chassis bracket that supports the tray.

The upper outer anchorage is where there was most variation, depending on body type and date. If there is a canvas top, late models had a threaded anchorage incorporated in the top rail of the front of the tub. Where a hard top or cab is fitted, the anchorage was to this. In early 2a vehicles this woould have been a hole in the skin reinforced with a steel plate outside. A better solution is the reinforcing bracket fitted inside the hardtop/cab and attached top and bottom and front from late S3.

No S2a originally had inetia reel belts, but you can fit the same setup as the late S3, where the reel was behind the seat back, bolted to the front panel of the tub, which was reinforced by a doubler.

I think this has been gone through in another thread recently.

John