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A search locates several comments about child safety seats, for example AndyDodge, 1940 Dodge but thought I'd start a discussion for those who have made provisions for this, to show how they set it up. This just occurred to me today, because our 18 month old grandson is with is for a few days, and I discovered that our (un-mentionable off-topic 2019 Honda CR-V) that we purchased several months back apparently doesn't have the latch points that I thought were standard on all modern cars. So now I'm thinking that I will see if I can install something like that in my 4-door P15.

Hi all, requesting your advice on a couple of things. I have recently bought a 1941 Chrysler (C-28 Royal club coupe with Fluid Drive and Vacamatic transmission), it's in great condition but I need to do a couple of things before it can go back on the road in May. 1) One side of the windshield has a huge chip and will need to be replaced for the car to pass its safety inspection. While getting that replaced, would it also be wise to source a new rubber seal and replace that at the same time? 2) I am going to put seat belts in it; my wife made that a condition when I bought the car not only for me but for our grandchildren ever going in it. Does anyone have any experience/advice on suppliers (especially Canadian ones) and what kind of kit/hardware will work well? Thanks in advance for any input you can offer.

I'm wondering if any one here has chopped a 4-door P15, and happens to still have a piece of the B pillar laying around. Don't get wired on me - I'm not thinking of chopping my car. I would like to know if my rough drawing here accurately represents how the B Pillar is constructed. I've done a rough drawing here (square corners), but the dimensions are pretty close, I think. The piece drawn separately at the top is the piece that is covered by the upholstery-trim piece in the inside of the car. It fits into the actual B pillar, and appears to be welded at fairly long intervals along the edges. The offsets are where the tar-impregnated tack strips sit. This inside piece has tabs at intervals along its length, which are bent over to hold the tack strips in place. Here's my question or concern. It appears to me that this inset piece is not overly secure inside the main part of the B pillar, and that if a shoulder belt is fastened to it, it would not withstand much force, and just be ripped out of the B pillar. It is only intended to hold the upholstery trim and the wind-lacing in place. I'm thinking that in order for a shoulder belt attachment point to really do any good, it needs to be fastened to the main part of the B pillar, not just to this filler strip. What I'm considering is to make a U shaped piece which would fit inside the main channel of the B pillar, and then be secured in place with counter sink screws through the sides of the B pillar. True, these screws would show when the doors were opened, but if that were a problem, it could also be plug welded, then that area cleaned up for repainting. I would put in a channel that is around 7" long, because I plan to use the belt height adjusters out of the 93 Chrysler Town & Country I scrapped out. The seat belt height adjustment mechanism would be bolted through the filler strip and into weld nuts on the inside of the added channel piece. (I am long in the torso, and so I need the shoulder belts considerably higher than my wife, or others in my family who might be driving or riding in the front seat.)