<VV> seat belt/harness crossover

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<perhaps, [the crossover] might  
make sense for '62 and earlier Corvairs that did not have safety door  
latches 
because this set up would appear to be more likely to limit  lateral movement 
of 
a belted driver/passenger out the door if it popped  open during impact.  But 
that's just speculation on my  part.

~Bill Stanley

Bill - I think it is to perform better restraint in the fore/aft movement.  
If the belt is anchored around behind you, it is reaching you in a 
semi-circle, 
wrapping around some of the seat, when it stops and you go forward, the semi 
circle would try to straighten out, perhaps compressing the seat cushion it 
is  wrapping around, and letting you go forward some. It the belt crosses 
over 
to  the other side, it is already straighter at installation and would be 
less  likely to allow forward movement. ***- Seth Emerson>
 
You may be correct but I guess I was basing my supposition, in part, on the 
fact that the instruction card also states that the outboard section of the 
belt (the male part) is to thread inboard of the seat  frame.  On a Monza coupe 
or convertible that would be the chromed hinge attaching the seat back to the 
seat cushion.  Doing so would certainly limit lateral movement out an opened 
door but, in your scenario, it seems it would actually enable the compression of 
the seat cushion in fore/aft movement of the occupant.
 
Perhaps we should ask Ralph.  He's the safety expert.  
 
~Bill Stanley





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