Vehicle Safety Compliance Certification Scheme

[bfit]

Unmodified is  ambiguous to say the least
they require  you to modify the seat belts
head lights . indicators   to some extent depending on  year of manufacture
and they want a weight bridge certificate to verify the  curb
Then there is the BS about having to see the Chassis number on the chassis
It being on the window pillar is not good enough
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A good thing to know is  the month the car was manufactured  a 73 model could have been manufactured in September   72
Hence in Australian law its a 72 model
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[StephenSLR]

they require you to modify the seat belts

If the car is pre Aug 1972 and 'stock' it doesn't need a seat belt upgrade.

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[bfit]

Seat belt  to Australian  standards
you will find it is part of the  criteria for rego IN NSW
and if the car has lap only like a lot of C3`s
they will want lap sash  

I find  that  hard to swallow
as 90% of our Australian  standards are based on American  testing standards.
one has to keep in mind that the government is endeavoring to generate work, hence more taxation and more revenue
Bfit

[StephenSLR]

Seat belt  to Australian  standards you will find it is part of the  criteria for rego IN NSW

I know of old 'stock' cars with rego that have the US belts, I was told I could get away with no belts in the rear because back in 65 they didn't have them.  However because mine is 'modified' if I want belts in the rear they have to conform to ADR

 

I find  that  hard to swallow as 90% of our Australian standards are based on American testing standards.

I agree and it's that 10% that'll get ya.  

The US belts of old had a lever on the buckle that you lift to release the belt.  The Aus. designers thought that if the car rolls and you're hanging upside down by the seatbelt it'll be easier to release you if the belt is of push button design.

s

[bfit]

Some times its best to comply with the authorities biding on the minor items
and not have to deal with  the BS they go on with
especial when it come to seat belts
If you happen to have a 68/72 vette and only lap belt,
the belt are only bolted to the fiber glass body
 there is   plates mounted under the body to spread the load in a collision.
Also there is a cable   attached to the chassis and retaining plate
in the trany tunnel
I have not seen  anything holding the outer retaining point at the door opening
I would not like to depend  on that in a high  speed  accident  
they insist on the Australian standards belt
and don't seem worry  about what  they are bolted to
I have known of cars that have been  so called engineered and the original belts  have been passed only last year
I know of a car that have  been past.
that is post  72 and goes to a garage  and  gets a blue slip issued
Car registered and nothing has been changed to Australian specs
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[StephenSLR]

I have known of cars that have been so called engineered and the original belts have been passed only last year

Yeah, I hear similar stories, it seems different engineers can have different interpretations of the rules, what one passes another rejects.

s

[bfit]

I have known of cars that have been so called engineered and the original belts have been passed only last year

Yeah, I hear similar stories, it seems different engineers can have different interpretations of the rules, what one passes another rejects.

s

If you read back through this thread
you will see the  problem I run in to with one engineer,
That was not in favor with the RTA at the time
Cost me  dearly in time and money.
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