Would you daily drive an early A?
I realize my 67 isn't "early" but I DID buy it to drive and I DO. It does have a collapsible column, and I would think you could adapt a later column into your car. I didn't plan it that way, but my original buckets were shedding foam, so I bought a used pair of "race" seats off Craigs which turned out to be NICE seats, easy to install, and have holes in 'em for belts and harnesses.
My car does not have a shoulder belt mount, so I took a hint from and old Mopar option brochure, and mounted a shoulder belt anchor just behind the seat back on the side wall, up over the rear wheel well. It comes out of the top corner of the seat back, up a little and through the hole in the bucket.
Here's some shots. I "illegally" shifted the center buckle over to the right to use the shoulder belt as all modern cars are, over the left shoulder and across the chest. I bought these belts second hand but new. They are just barely "out" of the two year NHRA cert, but I feel a LOT safer with them than with stockers which might be 40 years old.
I realize my 67 isn't "early" but I DID buy it to drive and I DO. It does have a collapsible column, and I would think you could adapt a later column into your car. I didn't plan it that way, but my original buckets were shedding foam, so I bought a used pair of "race" seats off Craigs which turned out to be NICE seats, easy to install, and have holes in 'em for belts and harnesses.
My car does not have a shoulder belt mount, so I took a hint from and old Mopar option brochure, and mounted a shoulder belt anchor just behind the seat back on the side wall, up over the rear wheel well. It comes out of the top corner of the seat back, up a little and through the hole in the bucket.
Here's some shots. I "illegally" shifted the center buckle over to the right to use the shoulder belt as all modern cars are, over the left shoulder and across the chest. I bought these belts second hand but new. They are just barely "out" of the two year NHRA cert, but I feel a LOT safer with them than with stockers which might be 40 years old.
