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Thank-you Hank, yeah; I thought so too.
It also made setting up the geometry of the steering that much easier.

All the glass is in now, and all the wiring for the 'mechanical' side of it is complete.

The front seats too have to be repositioned...we had it sussed, with swivelling seats I'd got from 'Pick a Part', (out of a Japanese 'people-mover',) but they had only a lap-belt.
After we'd bought and installed them the LVVTA (Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association, the Assoc. that is responsible for Certification of all 'scratch-built' cars in N.Z.) changed the rules, and I had to replace them with seats that have a lap/diagonal belt, and also has an engineers report stating that they're capable of withstanding a crushing force of 5g's.
That little exercise made me swallow a bit...(She Who Must Be Obeyed reckons I've got gorse in my pockets...'cos I'm so reluctant to put my hands in them...) so $1500 each later...for the two front seats, $3000 in total...we have the seats.
And they're legal.

And it's just soooo close!

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Originally Posted by johnboy

The front seats too have to be repositioned...we had it sussed, with swivelling seats I'd got from 'Pick a Part', (out of a Japanese 'people-mover',) but they had only a lap-belt.
After we'd bought and installed them the LVVTA (Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association, the Assoc. that is responsible for Certification of all 'scratch-built' cars in N.Z.) changed the rules, and I had to replace them with seats that have a lap/diagonal belt, and also has an engineers report stating that they're capable of withstanding a crushing force of 5g's. So $1500 each later...for the two front seats, $3000 in total...we have the seats.
And they're legal. And it's just soooo close!

SUSSED??? Translation please?!?!?

Don't you love it when the "Man" changes the game on ya'? 3 large for 2 seats is a huge penalty! All for an engineers report?

Originally Posted by 34_40

SUSSED??? Translation please?!?!?

Don't you love it when the "Man" changes the game on ya'? 3 large for 2 seats is a huge penalty! All for an engineers report?

Sussed...Sorted..Dont know where the saying came from,,but it works with some people..And yes,,some of the certification rules and regs leave a lot to be desired,,but you cant do much about it..''They''are trying to protect us from ourselves,,and some of the ''engineers''are a bunch of ..d***s,who work on theory,,and have expensive habits,,so they screw some people long and hard..For the record,,there is about 35 pages of seats,seatbelts,and seat and seatbelt anchorages in the ''book''that we build our cars to..Yes,,I think they saw johnboy get into his car,on the way to where he got screwed..

Originally Posted by 34_40

SUSSED??? Translation please?!?!?

Don't you love it when the "Man" changes the game on ya'? 3 large for 2 seats is a huge penalty! All for an engineers report?

Robin sussed the 'sussed' translation...sorry 'bout that...Kiwi slang...incomprehensible to any but a fellow Kiwi...

Essentially, what bit me was the change from lap belts being legal, to lap/diagonal belts being required.
And because I couldn't find swivelling seats with lap/diagonal belts at 'Pick a Part' I had to go to the people who manufacture them for the Camper-van market.
And those fellas charge like a wounded bull.
Ouch!

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