<VV> Fw: [fastvair] NECC Shoulder Harness Requirement - Doing It in a Stock Corvair

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From: "Al Lacki" <redbat01 at aol.com>
To: <fastvair at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:23 PM
Subject: [fastvair] NECC Shoulder Harness Requirement - Doing It in a Stock 
Corvair


> From time to time, owners of stock Corvairs have shied away from
> time trials because of the shoulder harness requirement.  I too, am
> an owner of a stock Corvair, and I have had to deal with this
> requirement.
>
> In years past, I took the easy way out.  I drove my Mazda instead of
> my Corvair at NECC time trials!  And yes, you can run a non-Corvair
> at the NECC / SECC time trials at Roebling Road.  You're not
> restricted to running a Corvair at the time trials.
>
> But with this event so close to the Convention, I'm sure most folks
> would prefer to bring your Corvair to the time trials.  And it would
> be nice to see more stock or near-stock Corvairs on the track.
>
> Here are some thoughts on how to contend with the shoulder harness
> requirement without butchering your stock Corvair.
>
> Alternative 1.
>
> This year, I drove my Corvair at BeaveRun.  My Corvair is a stock
> 1966 Corvair Monza coupe.  I met the shoulder harness requirement by
> installing a Schroth shoulder harness system - the kind that Rick
> Stansbury used to sell on his website.
>
> I anchored the Schroth lap belts to the original factory mounting
> holes for the factory lap belts.  And I anchored the shoulder
> harness straps to the factory rear seat belt mounting holes, located
> in the floor, behind the bottom cushion of the rear seat.
>
> Then, to gain a better angle of attack for the shoulder harness
> straps, I ran the shoulder harness straps over the rear seat, with
> the rear seat in the folded-down position.  The angle of attack is
> an important to prevent spinal compression in the event of a crash.
> Tim Schwartz runs the a similar setup in his stock 1965 Corvair.
>
>
> Of course, to make it work, it helps to have a Corvair that is
> equipped with rear seat belt anchors, pre-drilled and tapped by the
> factory. Pre-'65 Corvairs probably don't have factory anchor points
> for rear seat belts.  An owner of an older Corvair would have to
> drill his own and then reinforce the holes with bar stock or very
> large washers.
>
> Alternative 2.
>
> Many guys mount their shoulder harnesses to the rear firewall.
> That's exactly what Tom Hughes did to his stock '63 Corvair coupe
> for BeaveRun.  His Simpson shoulder belts are anchored to the rear
> firewall, right below the rear window.  To do this, you would need
> to cut up the cardboard panel behind the rear seat, but Clark's will
> be happy to sell you a replacement cardboard panel if you decide to
> remove the harnesses at a later date.  I have seen several other
> Corvairs set up this way, both earlies and lates.
>
> Alternative 3.
>
> Another alternative is to use the factory shoulder harness mounts,
> located in the roof of the car.  To get at the mounting holes, you
> would have to go through the headliner, which may be a major
> heartache for guys who want to keep their Corvairs all-original.
> And pre-'66 Corvairs don't the factory holes.  The factory shoulder
> harnesses are uncomfortable but they should pass tech just fine.
>
> Al Lacki
>
>
>
>
>
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