[Paul B]

Originally Posted by saxoncross

Hi Scott,
People on this forum have come up with some very sensible mods for the Tornado chassis and I will be following some of these on my build. This includes welding seat frame cross straps, so that the seat isn’t bolted a thin sheet of aluminium (not very good in an accident). To get these cars registered in the UK, SVA regulations states the following: ‘Seats are required to be secured firmly to the chassis or other obvious load bearing parts of the vehicle structure’.

If the seat is secured to the floor, in the correct manner, then it should be OK. In the event of an accident it the mountings only hold the seat in place, not the occupant, this is done by the seat belts which are secured directly to the space frame part of the chassis.

Given the number of cars Andy has put through the SVA, I'm sure VOSA would have said something if the vehicle doesn't meet the requirements.