<VV> Fwd: Re: Re: Seat locks

[hallgrenn at aol.com]

-----Original Message-----
From: hallgrenn <hallgrenn at aol.com>
To: whubbell <whubbell at umich.edu>
Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 02:27 PM
Subject: Re: Re: <VV> Seat locks


Agree Bill, until the steering wheel stopped me and I stopped the seat back.  
Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: William Hubbell <whubbell at umich.edu>
To: hallgrenn <hallgrenn at aol.com>
Cc: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 01:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Seat locks


Yes, but it wasn’t the unlocked seat back which pushed you forward - it was your own unchecked forward momentum.  The seat back came forward for the same reason, but it wasn’t pushing you - it was following you.  Locking it in place will have no effect on your unrestrained forward momentum moving you towards the (suddenly stopped) steering wheel.  

Bill

On Aug 10, 2020, at 12:44 PM, hallgrenn--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

In reference to Richard's and Hugo's seat comments my plans (so many plans) are to add seat locks to my '65 from a late '60s Fisher body car (Corvair, Firebird, Camaro, etc) before reupholstering.  In my experience, even spirited driving with heavy braking, the unlocked seat back wasn't a major problem as Hugo feels though Velvettouch brakes allowed me to feel the seat back's pressure.  Kinetic energy affects everything.My first '65 was totalled when a farm tractor with metal weights and water filled tires pulled in front of me.  The Monza was shortened so much that the floor beneath the brake and clutch pedals was pushed up.  With no shoulder belt to restrain my upper body I remember how that unlocked seat back pushed me forward.  That trunk really is a great crush zone (but that non collapsible steering shaft will come up to greet you.....).
Bob

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