Re: Airbags

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Spam Hater

Guest

• Mar 17, 2004

• #1

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello, I hope I'm not asking a silly question.
>
> I have a 6 year old Ford Escourt which has a driver's airbag. Is it
> possible to make the car safer by adding a passenger's airbag and perhaps
> even side impact airbags?
>
> Bob
>
>

BANG

 

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Adrian

Guest

• Mar 17, 2004

• #2

Spam Hater ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

> I have a 6 year old Ford Escourt which has a driver's airbag. Is it
> possible to make the car safer by adding a passenger's airbag and
> perhaps even side impact airbags?

Besides the fact that I'm not sure what a '98 Scrote has to do with 4x4 or
Classics, and it's irrelevant if it's on LPG or not...

No. Forget it. If you're that paranoid, trade it in for something newer
with. It'll cost a LOT less than doing it.

You *might* be able to retrofit a passenger windbag using bits from a
similar car with, but unlikely without a LOT of work.

 

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Blippie

Guest

• Apr 4, 2004

• #3

>You *might* be able to retrofit a passenger windbag using bits from a
>similar car with, but unlikely without a LOT of work.

.... and do you really want to be messing around with what are effectively
explosive devises?

Cheers

Blippie
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G

Grimly Curmudgeon

Guest

• Apr 11, 2004

• #4

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Blippie"
<[email protected]> saying something like:

>>You *might* be able to retrofit a passenger windbag using bits from a
>>similar car with, but unlikely without a LOT of work.
>
>... and do you really want to be messing around with what are effectively
>explosive devises?

I'll say. Some of the windbags I've had in the passenger seat would bite
your head off.
--

Dave

 

G

Grimly Curmudgeon

Guest

• Apr 11, 2004

• #5

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Blippie"
<[email protected]> saying something like:

>>You *might* be able to retrofit a passenger windbag using bits from a
>>similar car with, but unlikely without a LOT of work.
>
>... and do you really want to be messing around with what are effectively
>explosive devises?

I'll say. Some of the windbags I've had in the passenger seat would bite
your head off.
--

Dave