https://autoily.com/can-you-put-airbags-in-an-old-car/ The Home Of Cars, Trucks, RVs & Motorbikes Fri, 12 May 2023 15:45:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://autoily.com/can-you-put-airbags-in-an-old-car/#comment-2471 Fri, 12 May 2023 15:45:36 +0000 https://autoily.com/?p=2255#comment-2471 Frontal airbags in a classic car make a lot of sense to me. A collapsible steering column would be good too. It would require some substantial engineering to use existing sensors and airbags, but a discrete or even an analog system that not include integration with seatbelts, antilock, etc. should be doable.

]]> https://autoily.com/can-you-put-airbags-in-an-old-car/#comment-1496 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:41:29 +0000 https://autoily.com/?p=2255#comment-1496 I am planning to mount a 56 Dodge pickup cab/box onto the chassis, floorpan and firewall from my 2001 Dodge Dakota SLT pickup. The Dakota has at least two air bags in it, and I can switch the PS airbag off. I may use the Dakota steering column in the 56, but I do not plan to use the airbag. Also, when an airbag deploys in a crash (as I know from direct experience) the sudden expansion of the airbag displaces a LOT of cabin volume which is expelled through the Dakota can vents. The 56 cab has very limited venting, so an airbag deploying in it could cause a serious, instantaneous pressure increase in the cabin. That in itself could cause inner ear damage.

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