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unfortunately what isnt rare or laughable..
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That's why I go through them as fast as possible!"More than 50 percent of the combined total of fatal and injury crashes occur at or near intersections"
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Background and Objectives More than 50 percent of the combined total of fatal and injury crashes occur at or near intersections.highways.dot.gov
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Standard '69 seats are essentially '68 seats with head rests. Seats are plenty comfy with new foam, just no side bolsters for those that corner hard. IMO they look at home in my '66.
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Not rare in older vehicles or where the occupants are not restrained. As a crash investigator I've seen many people with major facial injuries or missing teeth in those situations
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If you have black interior your seat choices are almost unlimited (based on what fits), the '67's had horizontal stitching on the seats and '68 had vertical so if you find a model with the same pattern they can match the rear seats closely. TMI makes covers that look like stock 60's but slip over '79-'93 Fox Body seats but those are getting hard to find and TMI's prices are $$$ post COVID due to loss of staff.
There was a recent thread where someone put ~2012 Mustang front seats in their '67, stitching on seats looked nearly identical front/ back and they got much more comfortable seats with headrests, flip forward for rear seat entry and RECLINE! You don't realize how nice it is to adjust your seat back tilt an inch at a time unless you can't
You normally have to fab up some new sliders to get the other seat to match up with the factory holes in the floor pan but plenty have done that and documented.
Depending on your height, if you are 6' or taller say you have to be careful if the newer seats sit higher and push your head into the headliner.
There was a recent thread where someone put ~2012 Mustang front seats in their '67, stitching on seats looked nearly identical front/ back and they got much more comfortable seats with headrests, flip forward for rear seat entry and RECLINE! You don't realize how nice it is to adjust your seat back tilt an inch at a time unless you can't
You normally have to fab up some new sliders to get the other seat to match up with the factory holes in the floor pan but plenty have done that and documented.Depending on your height, if you are 6' or taller say you have to be careful if the newer seats sit higher and push your head into the headliner.
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I was in 2 accidents wearing only a lap belt; 1. driving my '70 - T-boned and took the rearview mirror down with my face/ hit my head on passengers door (of course I had the door card off for fixing and sliced my scalp), 2. backseat of a '74? Cutlass, driver hit a fire hydrant and launched us into a tree, my face with glasses on slammed into the front seat back, cutting my face again, lucky I didn't lose an eye.
3 points are going in my '67 and I put a collapsible '68 column in. I wish I would have saved the pic I saw from years ago of a '66? that hit a bridge support, column came in and up, destroying the drivers jaw/ face and pining them to the roof. He survived but wasn't pretty and probably talks different now...
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That sounds like an idea, do you have photos?
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I do not have any good pictures of the seats in my car, but you can see them in this '69.
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How many of those were impaled? How many cars didn't have an accident?I hope you're joking.
"More than 50 percent of the combined total of fatal and injury crashes occur at or near intersections"
Intersection Safety | FHWA
Background and Objectives More than 50 percent of the combined total of fatal and injury crashes occur at or near intersections.
Over 20,000 motor vehicle fatalities in the first 6 months of 2022.
NHTSA Early Estimates Show Overall Increase in Roadway Deaths in First Half of 2022
Second Quarter 2022 Projects First Decline Since 2020www.nhtsa.gov
I don't know where you live, but people run stop signs and red lights on a daily basis where I live. Maybe if I lived out in the sticks I wouldn't be too concerned. But I'm not putting my health in the hands of all the other idiots on the road that don't pay the f*** attention.
All it takes is if for you to T-bone someone that ran a red light. You don't even have to be moving more than 25mph. You're going to wish you had a shoulder harness. I don't care how "rare" it may or may not be. For the cost and effort to put a pair in??? Seriously??
Maybe the op should heed his dad's advice. These cars aren't for the faint at heart. Death and dismemberment lurks at every intersection.
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That's the problem I have. I remember a 68 hardtop in pretty decent shape selling for 5k by my parent's house in 2000. I of course was dissuaded from purchasing by my parents. I want to get this off the ground sooner than later so I don't run into that.
Personally....I prefer the air cell types more than padding.
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I think there is some misunderstanding, at times, about "collapsible" steering columns. It's not the UPPER column and steering wheel that moves..... your face is going to hit it just as hard..... it's the LOWER shaft that is going to move to keep a serious front end impact that would hit the steering box, from shoving the column back into the driver.
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Oh, they solved the spearing in '67 with the uniboob steering wheel center...
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The 3 point belt is what stops your face from hitting the steering wheel, windshield, dash, then the lower collapsible keeps the prior years one piece shaft from getting pushed into your chest, etc. The pic I saw was just that, they hit a concrete immovable object and it pushed the gearbox into the firewall, shoving the entire steering column (solid) into the driver.
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Anyone that doesn't think that 3 point belts and collapsible steering columns aren't serious safety improvements need to watch this video. The video is a great example of why modern cars are so much safer than even a larger heavier vintage car.
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