Classics and Infant Car Seats?

Just a question, has anyone out there adapted and infant car seat to there classic. Any pointers on how to do it.

Thanks.

 

Put a seat belt in and secure the car seat??

 

Yeah, just install lap belts in the rear seat per belt instructions, and then attach the car seats to the belts per the seat's instructions. I've been carting my twins around since they were 4 months old

 

yep I bought lap belts from LMC truck, my two year old is in a car seat and my 4 year old in a booster...

 

all the same but we had the seat white T&R to go with out seats.

 

kinda goes without saying, but be sure to install the lap belts properly, ie..attached to the car in a structural support area, not to sheet metal- useing correct hardware

 

is your question relating more to the latest technology like the factory LATCH system mandated a few years back? if so, you can get the correct hardware to upgrade to the modern system from a cooperative new car dealer parts guy (good luck with that BTW) since they have to be more or less universal to accomodate modern car seats. adding a tether point or two to a package shelf, and the correct points in the floor behind the seat back, isn't too difficult or intrusive. i'm all for good seatbelts and security for the youngsters.

BTW: if i were carrying just one child, i'd put that setup dead center of the rear seat, to keep the youngun away from sheetmetal and glass as much as possible.

 

my dad just wrapped us in bubblewrap and tossed us in the trunk

 

I dyed it black and covered with the same material on the seats.Blends right in with the rest of the interior.

 

funny, we used to take turns riding in the package tray of my mom's VW bug, or just standing in the front seat of the Toronado. circa 1978. Don't think safety was invented yet?

 

Im with 62... I would think welding or bolting the loops in that serve as latching points would be the best way to go. lapbelts are good and i love my cars and all but i dont take chances with my daughters life. Whatever you do, make sure that seat is safe!

 

Laying in the back of granddads 54 f100 looking @ the clouds ........ 6 , 3 0n the tree.... no hurry, belts ??

 

Yer not supposed to strap em to the roll bar?

 

My brother just brought home his baby boy in his 57 Pontiac. He welded up some metal loops (like in new cars) and the car seat just snaps right in.

 

I look back at the places of the car that I routinely sat in/on when I was a kid and WONDER how I'm still alive sometimes!


One other thought- you could install an anchor point for the anchor straps that most, if not all new infant car seats have.

 

just install seatbelts and strap it in

 

I've been waiting for my seat belts to come it for a couple weeks now. It's not that that worrys me it's the exhaust that makes me scared.

 

I am in the same quandry with my '65 Stude. It is a four door and I am thinking about using a three point system like what is available from Julianno's Street Rods. I have used those kits in the front of a '55 Stude my son drove when he was a kid. I'm thinking these cold be made to work in the back seat and then get some anchors from a wreck (or a new car parts department) all of this so my granddaughters can ride with me and be safe.

 

My son got too big for the car seat that was held in place by the lap belt (the type with its own harness). Next comes a "booster" which does NOT have its own harness - only the car's shoulder belts to hold him and the seat.

Well, the rear wall of an RPU is too low for a shoulder belt to mount. What's a guy to do? I designed a removable shoulder belt mount. Welded to the floor and structure is a 2" pipe stub with a step in it. Sits low behind the passenger seat where its inconspicuous. This accepts another tube which sleeves over the stub with little play in the fit. It's really solid. The removable piece has the shoulder belt bolted into a capped end at the correct height and attached low through the large thumb screw which also indexes the stub and removable piece. The shoulder belt stays with the upper tube when removed. I used the same seat belt manufacturer for the lap belt and shoulder belt - this way the female latched end is common to both belt systems. When the shoulder belt is used the male end of the lap belt is just tucked away. I'll bet I can put it in, secure it, then pull it right back out in 30 seconds. It's that easy!

It's pretty slick, I should have documented the process for a tech piece. And no, I don't have any pics at this time.

 

Funny, Hellfish told me to do this same exact thing 2 summers ago, and I did. It worked and I been toting the baby around ever since. You can buy the anchor bolt too.

 

My dad used old newspapers, how the heck did any of us ever survive?

Bob

 

ive installed seatbelts on 2 of our cars so far. used old GM seatbelts my dad had from days gone by. went to the local metal shop and got some 3''x3'' 1/4'' thick washers with grade 8, 7/8'' diameter bolts and nylock nuts.

that way theres no chance they will come out god forbid we ever need to put em to the test

 

I installed a lap belt on the passenger side (haven't gotten around to installing the driver's belt yet ) of my 55 f100 to hold my daughter's seat and used a 3 in 1 type booster seat that has its own harness that is rated to hold a kid up to 80 lbs.

and just for the record, I to used to ride around on the package shelf of my dad's 66 buick, when he wasn't letting me sit on his lap and steer

 

around 5 years ago !

 

We installed the brackets under the rear seat similar to the new cars that accept the new car seats with straps up until the kids were old enough to need the shoulder belt, we got some from Juliano's and installed them in the pillars. Now they are in toddler seats and safe. Took some engineering but worth every penny. 54 chevy moor door