You know if people applied logical thought and a bit of physics, surely they wouldn't... Oh, no, wait, there's a lot of lazy cheapskates out there... My harnesses used to go through the bucket seats and bolt to the floor where the rear seatbelt buckles used to go in the floor at the back. I wasn't happy about that, they have now been moved to a trapeze bar / long travel shock mount that I have now fitted.
My boss went to price a resto of a GT40 (real £1m+ )and the drivers harness was mounted to the bulk head behind the seat, its made of 18g (1.2mm) ali...
Took the wifes bug for MOT today and the tester said that the horn should be on a push button and not on a push switch???? WTF, no where in this manual does it say it has to be a button. Anyway I questioned him and he passed it?
im building a volksrod up, standard floorpan and all running gear but as a roadster with welded doors, no top, short windscreen and a 32 ford style front end.
do i have to run wipers? and also can lap belts be used in the bug? its on a 73 floorpan? If not can harnesses be fitted and bolted to a roll cage
if you can see over the screen you do not need wipers, that's 100%
of you look through the glass then you 'should' have some means of keeping the view clear-
Wipers and Washers
This inspection applies to
All vehicles, except those
. with an opening windscreen, or
. with some other means of providing the driver with an adequate view.
this technically means wipers, but you could argue Rain-X, just get the guy to pass and advise.
lap belts are a no-no. pre '81 you need a minimum of a belt that holds the upper part of the body
laps are better than nothing in a pre 65 though.
harness can be fitted too a roll bar, but they must have E marks on them, some sold on ebay do not have the mark (been caught there!)
the MOT says they must have a BS mark, but that is 15 years out of date. I have it in writing that they will accept an E mark though.
If im building a volksrod but as say an open top or pick up style car then does it have to be SVA tested or can it be put through a standard MOT.?
from reading on a few sites it seams that if i keep the standard floorpan, i,e main spine,suspension and engine and braking components then i can get it MOT tested?
This inspection applies to
All vehicles, except those
. with an opening windscreen, or
. with some other means of providing the driver with an adequate view. Rain-X maybe (that's my answer)
if you have safaris you are fine.
seatbelts are not required until '65, red lenses are the same.
Apparently required after 1.4.80, mine wasn't registered until June.
It doesn't have one & it doesn't have a switch, any idea where I stand?
It comes up every year & will rear it's head in the next couple of weeks.
Does a 72 beetle need to have rear seatbelts to carry passengers. Probably a daft question but hey. The reason i ask is that my bug has been patched up over the holes on the floor to bolt then belts to.
rear belts were required for vehicles registered after march 31st 1987 so your is exempt.
but I beleive if you do fit them then they become testable
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