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TR2/3/3A TR3 Seat Belts

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I need to install seat belts into my TR3 (otherwise my wife won't ride in it). My preference are 3 point belts. Any guidance on what belts to buy and how to install?
 
I have seen the third point added to the convertible top sticks with a long screw. Suggest a jamb
nut to hold the adjustments of the top.......
Mad dog
 
Use provided anchors for lap portion. I attached tag end of shoulder belt through rear fender well supplemented by VERY BIG flat washers inside and out. Top frame bolts are 1/4 x 20 and not suitable for the anticipated load.
Bob
 
Bob , I hate to break it to you there is ZERO strength in a Tr3 upper cockpit. So any anticipated
load is too much regardless of where it is attached. Also NO door intrusion beams ect.
Mad dog
 
Then...so long as your car doesn't roll over or your steering column impale you...you are securely held in! Sorry to be graphic, but although I did add seatbelts to TR's previously, I decided against them on my current TR2. The chance of a front end collision or roll-over is better than 50/50, so I look at driving the TR as being closer to driving a motorcycle than a real car. Adding a roll bar would change that equation, making seat belts a solid positive addition!
 
When I was looking to add seat belts to my TR3B many years ago, I found a article that said that shoulder straps should not be mounted below your shoulder because in an accident the belt would tend to compress your spine and cause more damage. I went with just belts.
 
Thanks for everyone's feedback on this. I figured that if a collision were significant enough or the car rolled over a seat belt or 3 point would not save me from death anyhow. As one writer pointed out, a TR3 isn't much safer than a motorcycle. Seat belts are in and my wife enjoys the ride all while appreciating the risk.
 
I actually rate the motorcycle safer! You sit higher, are more maneuverable, and see better.
 
When these cars were new and we were 19 or 20 years old, we had no fear of getting injured, however, you would be better off getting thrown out in a rollover. As mentioned above fitting a roll cage is the only way you would want to be strapped in otherwise you would get ground down to about waist height, I hope I haven't put you off seat belts.

Graham
 
I suggest in modern traffic to "pretend" you are a motorcycle , invisible to most of the idiots.
Anticipate their next stupid maneuver , and stay clear. I have personally seen a driver hit a firetruck
WITH lights and sirens ,60 feet long ,fluorescent green. One can only surmise he would have never seen
a Triumph
Mad dog
 
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