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MG MGA - Full harness seat belt mounting - touring

Does anyone have photos or a sketch of full harness seat belt installations in an MGA without the installation of roll over protect bar to attach to. I am interested in both passenger and driver installation (long distance touring). I have access to a couple of sets of Schroth Rallye Cross 4 point harnesses.
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

MGA + Aussie Dirt Roads = New exhaust

David
D Brown

Hi David,
I am not sure if it is because of the euphoria I am feeling with Australia's position in the 1st Test against England (cricket to you guys in the US) but I don't see the relationship between your comment and 4 point seat belt installation!
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

Would seem David believes that Oz only has dirt roads plus no doubt houses on stilts , corks on hats and mangy dogs . He obviously considers based on this intimate colonial knowledge that you should be investing in a new exhaust system as a 1st priority ( forget the safety bit!) before you venture forth into the forbidding outback lunar landscape…
Back on the subject I must admit I thought about full harness but when I saw them I thought of two things..I'd like to be able to tuck my head down in a roll ( and they almost preclude that but roll bar overcomes problem totally ) and also be able to get out asap. After due deliberation went the retractable route...
Neil Ferguson

I think it is wishful thinking to expect you will be able to tuck your head down in a roll. Any event violent enough to cause an MGA to roll, the G-forces will be in charge, not you. Not that I think there is anything wrong with your belt setup; I just don't think it will help you in that way.
Del Rawlins

You may be right. ..and there is only one way to personally try it out. However for me.. psychologically ..to held rigid awaiting the guillotine chop is disconcerting ..I'd add a roll bar before fitting a full straightjacket as Mike has done . I would also think the car may be decelerating rapidly so there is a chance of some other forces to assist my duck dive…..
Neil Ferguson

I have a bolt in roll bar for competition - see
http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/frame/fr304.htm
But as you can see it prevents the hood from being used - it does rain sometimes in Oz (hopefully not during the 1st Test while we are in front) - so I do use the hood now and then.
I not so worried about roll overs while touring but more for preventing facial injuries from traffic accidents.
I would like to be able to use the 4 point harness both with and without the roll bar rather than the existing 3 point harness.
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

This thread was discussed between 22/11/2013 and 23/11/2013

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