Saftey Modifcations - New seat belts and seat tied to roll cage.

[Chris Pucci]

So after promising amber 5 years ago that I would add over the shoulder style seat belts to replace the factory lap belts - I finally got around to doing the upgrade. At the same time I tied the seats to the roll cage - they had been only bolted to the floor up to this point.

All tube added was 1.5" x .120 hrew - all tabs are 2"x3/16". Grade 8 - 3/8" hardware with either locknuts or double nuts on all attachments.

Added a full cross bar for the rear of the seats - added a square base welded to the cage and the body under the seats.

The seat belts are something I found at the junk yard. It took some measuring and fitting to get the upper mount point right on the seat belts. I ended up at 26" off the seat.

I know, I know -- needs more triangulation and the mount points should be in double shear ---

 

[Binderbound]

Wow chris! Your getting better and better at fab. I noticed no close ups of the welds . I'll post a few of mine so the thread is complete

Am I an ass or what?

 

[Major Screwup]

Nice, but it need more triangulation
I won't post pics of my welds!

 

[Chris Pucci]

wow chris! Your getting better and better at fab. I noticed no close ups of the welds .
Am I an ass or what?

I'm too busy finishing projects to take close up pictures of my 2nd rate, yet fully functional, welds and yes you are an ass...

 

[Drew Merrick]

I use pictures of dan's welds for all my projects.

 

[Binderbound]

...yet fully functional...

Yeah? How do the welds on the bottom look, up against the floor? Thats what I thought

dont worry chris, look at my rig anytime and you'll see some pretty crappy welds. In the days before tractractor

 

[Chris Pucci]

yeah? How do the welds on the bottom look, up against the floor? Thats what I thought

dont worry chris, look at my rig anytime and you'll see some pretty crappy welds. In the days before tractractor

They look like piles of bird poop - I used a technique called 'long arcing' which if I recall I learned from you!!!

 

[Michael Mayben]

When you boyz gonna lern tha ageold technique of "hammer weldin'" usin' a coke-fired forge anda anvil???

Dam kidz....

 

[Major Screwup]

wow chris! Your getting better and better at fab. I noticed no close ups of the welds . I'll post a few of mine so the thread is complete

Am I an ass or what?

Yeah, right! I saw dan cruising the net for welding pictures, so he could cut and paste 'em into this thread