Cages and Kids?????
Any pics of the 68? My dads got a 68 Black/Black 468/700R4 just a cruzer but its a beautiful car!
ABSOLUTELY NOT SAFE PERIOD!
That cage, if you get in an accident, is going to be a nightmare to try to get the kid otu of the car, and then what if there's a fire?
What if the car is side swiped, and you get pushed into a guard rail, you can't get out thru your door car's against a guard rail and the car that pushed you into it is on the other door... and a fire breaks out? You going to be able to climb thru the cage to get him out thru a window?
What if you get in an accident and the jaws of life are needed, and then they have to spend 5 more minutes trying to get to the kid becuase the cage is in the way and his bleeding doesn't get stopped in time?
Absolutely not a safe idea in any way, padding or not, helmet or not, etc.etc.
If you have a 2nd front seat in the car (I assume you do) and when he's big enough to get buckled into that with the 2nd 5 pt harness, then that's a different story. I'd still make the kid wear a helmet. Kid will probably love that anyway.
Back seat, or a child seat in a car with a cage, no way period.
That cage, if you get in an accident, is going to be a nightmare to try to get the kid otu of the car, and then what if there's a fire?
What if the car is side swiped, and you get pushed into a guard rail, you can't get out thru your door car's against a guard rail and the car that pushed you into it is on the other door... and a fire breaks out? You going to be able to climb thru the cage to get him out thru a window?
What if you get in an accident and the jaws of life are needed, and then they have to spend 5 more minutes trying to get to the kid becuase the cage is in the way and his bleeding doesn't get stopped in time?
Absolutely not a safe idea in any way, padding or not, helmet or not, etc.etc.
If you have a 2nd front seat in the car (I assume you do) and when he's big enough to get buckled into that with the 2nd 5 pt harness, then that's a different story. I'd still make the kid wear a helmet. Kid will probably love that anyway.
Back seat, or a child seat in a car with a cage, no way period.
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I'm not seeing how a properly built, certified cage in a 2 door car (fbody) could not intrude on entering the rear seats. The cross bar on the main hoop will be right in the way, not to mention any kicker braces that people usually put in that runs to the transmission tunnel, just seems like more of a pain in the *** to me.
I'll probably leave the back seats in my car just as a novelty to have the appearance of al "full interior" car, but that's about the only purpose it will serve.
I'll probably leave the back seats in my car just as a novelty to have the appearance of al "full interior" car, but that's about the only purpose it will serve.
ABSOLUTELY NOT SAFE PERIOD!
That cage, if you get in an accident, is going to be a nightmare to try to get the kid otu of the car, and then what if there's a fire?
What if the car is side swiped, and you get pushed into a guard rail, you can't get out thru your door car's against a guard rail and the car that pushed you into it is on the other door... and a fire breaks out? You going to be able to climb thru the cage to get him out thru a window?
What if you get in an accident and the jaws of life are needed, and then they have to spend 5 more minutes trying to get to the kid becuase the cage is in the way and his bleeding doesn't get stopped in time?
Absolutely not a safe idea in any way, padding or not, helmet or not, etc.etc.
If you have a 2nd front seat in the car (I assume you do) and when he's big enough to get buckled into that with the 2nd 5 pt harness, then that's a different story. I'd still make the kid wear a helmet. Kid will probably love that anyway.
Back seat, or a child seat in a car with a cage, no way period.
That cage, if you get in an accident, is going to be a nightmare to try to get the kid otu of the car, and then what if there's a fire?
What if the car is side swiped, and you get pushed into a guard rail, you can't get out thru your door car's against a guard rail and the car that pushed you into it is on the other door... and a fire breaks out? You going to be able to climb thru the cage to get him out thru a window?
What if you get in an accident and the jaws of life are needed, and then they have to spend 5 more minutes trying to get to the kid becuase the cage is in the way and his bleeding doesn't get stopped in time?
Absolutely not a safe idea in any way, padding or not, helmet or not, etc.etc.
If you have a 2nd front seat in the car (I assume you do) and when he's big enough to get buckled into that with the 2nd 5 pt harness, then that's a different story. I'd still make the kid wear a helmet. Kid will probably love that anyway.
Back seat, or a child seat in a car with a cage, no way period.
What if you get t-boned and the cage saves his life? A car that would otherwise be crushed inwards is not.
What if your in a rollover scenario and a stock vehicle would have crushed the roof in, but your bar didnt allow the roof to collapse and saved his life?
What if your rear ended and the car would have been crushed inward and hit the gas tank resulting in a fire but the cage prevented it?
Personally I cant live my life scared of what if's.
^ This. My sister and I used to ride in the back of my dad's blown, BBC 68 Camaro all the time. Most of the time without seatbelts. It's got a 6pt cage and full interior. The worst thing that ever happened was bashing my head on the rear down bars getting in or out lol
My kids still want to ride in the car. I was looking at getting passenger and driver swing outs along with the rear bar swing outs. Its not NHRA legal but gives you safety when racing and the ability to pull it out when the kids are in back.
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Always pros with the cons...
What if you get t-boned and the cage saves his life? A car that would otherwise be crushed inwards is not.
What if your in a rollover scenario and a stock vehicle would have crushed the roof in, but your bar didnt allow the roof to collapse and saved his life?
What if your rear ended and the car would have been crushed inward and hit the gas tank resulting in a fire but the cage prevented it?
Personally I cant live my life scared of what if's.
What if you get t-boned and the cage saves his life? A car that would otherwise be crushed inwards is not.
What if your in a rollover scenario and a stock vehicle would have crushed the roof in, but your bar didnt allow the roof to collapse and saved his life?
What if your rear ended and the car would have been crushed inward and hit the gas tank resulting in a fire but the cage prevented it?
Personally I cant live my life scared of what if's.
The resk, by far outweigh's any possible increase of a small child's safety in the event of a crash.
We all know a 5 pt harness is safer then a lap and shoulder belt, but there's a reason they aren't allowed either.... makes it too hard for an emergency person to get you out of the car..... it's things like that which you aren't thinking about.
^ This. My sister and I used to ride in the back of my dad's blown, BBC 68 Camaro all the time. Most of the time without seatbelts. It's got a 6pt cage and full interior. The worst thing that ever happened was bashing my head on the rear down bars getting in or out lol