Teach em early.

Huddy42

our 9 month old grand son at the wheel of the 1942 Hudson Brougham, knows what the steering wheel is for .

Browniepetersen

His name is Hudson. I know of six Hudson's he has been in, on, or at since he was born. He was in my English Hudson while still in his carrier before he could sit up. Yep, Start them young and raise them right.....

Huddy42

We have a problem here where we are not allowed to carry any child unrestrained until they reach the age of 7 years of age and their baby capsule or booster seat must be fitted by an approved authorised fitting station ( That means that unless we fit seat belts to our old cars we are not allowed to take them in the car with us. Tied down by government regulations. NOT putting seat belts in my car that is for sure, such a pity that the kids have to miss out on riding in a Hudson until they reach the age of seven.

Browniepetersen

I am a strong advocate of seat belts. Been a safety engineer for 60 years and I cannot say enough good about them. I just cannot figure out how to put one on Doc's fender?

Spencer Yarrow

Our grand kids love the Hudson but they also love the other side of things.
The little one 18 months his cousin she is 10.

Lee ODell

Having been in a Suburban that rolled a couple time and coming to a stop upside down I wouldn't consider riding in a car without seat belts.

My grandson wanted to ride in our 52 Hornet when we got it. He was very disappointed I couldn't take him for a ride because no seat belts. In Calif. seat belts are required for children also.

I teased the wife about there being enough room for eight in a hornet sedan, that we should put in 8 sets of belts. Her reply, NO WAY!!! We compromised and now have seat belts for 6. Grandson is thrilled to ride in it. Bettie and I feel safer too.

Lee O'Dell

Jon B

I drove my Terraplane for about 20 years without seat belts but by the early 1990's I was feeling....well....a bit "naked" and vulnerable without them. So I bit the bullet and installed three sets of belts in the front seat. Sure, it's not authentic, but I figure it's like the handful of other minor concessions to modernity that I made: overdrive, turn signals, relays for headlights, vacuum booster for wipers. These let the car do what it was originally built to do: drive down the road in traffic, not exist behind velour ropes as an antiquity. (The challenge is to make the upgrades so subtle that hardly anyone notices.)

Huddy42

Very hard to fit belts in my Two Door Brougham unless I fit racing harness, wouldn't that look great eh.??

Lee ODell

Huddy42

You now have me qurious as to what kind of seat belt is required there.

I know you do not want seat belts in your car. I'm not trying to be critical of your decision. There must be something different in your countries regulations than Calif. regulations to make it more difficult to install seat belts in a two door Brougham than a 4 door. Are you required more than lap belts? Racing harness seems a bit extreme. I would eventually like to instal 3 point seat belts in my Hornet. Is that the kind of restraint system required there?

We have too many drivers in to big of a hurry that make to many reckless manuvers here in So. Calif that I would not feel safe without seat belts.
Before seat belts were required in Calif a car parked at the curb made a U Turn in front of me that sent me head first to the right side of the floor. With difficulty I was able to get back behind the wheel and stopped to keep from crashing into parked car on other side of street. Fortunately for me the street was double normal width and no one got hurt.

I really would like to know what is different there.
Lee O'Dell

PAULARGETYPE

BABY WAS NOT EVEN DONE OR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND THE TWIN BOYS WERE AT IT.THERE NOW ALMOST 13 AND READY TO DRIVE THERE PUP PUP DOWN THE ROAD I INSTALLED SEAT BELTS IN THE REAR SO THEY COULD RIDE WITH ME I'M WORKING INSTALLING FRONT BELTS NOW SO THEY CAN DRIVE WHEN THEY BECOME OF AGE

Huddy42

Thanks for your reply Lee. There is not enough metal in the brougham to install 3 point belts, even if there was, what a headache trying to get in and out of the rear seat. Here we have a top speed limit of 110 kph, which is roughly 66 mph, so we don't get to reach the higher speeds you guys do. As far as lap belts go, in my opinion you may as well have nothing. My brother and I many years ago were authorised seat belt installers when seat belts were first introduced here in Australia. The law here is that if a car was manufactured without seat belts you are not required to have them installed, I think I'll just take my chances with the Brougham and go belt less.