Hello, We have our britax one4life clicktight car seat currently installed in our Hyundai santa fe, we have it done via the seatbelt and it is rear facing for our 3yr, nearly 4yr, old.
Hubby recently bought one of his dream classic cars, a 1958 Edsel citation. The backseats don't have seatbelts,, and we ideally do not want to install carseat in front.
Two questions, first is regarding whats available seatbelts wise in the car currently.
So: There are no air bags in the car, the front seats (are a bench type seat) have seatbelts, but they are only lap belts.
Is there any safe way to install our daughters car seat in the front of this car? Can it still be rear facing? We arent comfortable with having her travel forward facing unless it was an emergency with 0 other options.
2) We'd ideally love to install retractable 3point harness shoulder to lap seatbelts in the backseat area, but unsure if we can do so with how the cars layout and panels are.
To safely install the britax one4life clicktight in rear facing, does it have to be a retractable 3point harness shoulder-to-lap belt?
Is there the capability to safely install it using only a lap belt? Or a shoulder-lap belt that ISN'T retractable/adjustable may be a possibility, but less likely than that of a lap belt.
are there any other safe installation options? I know that you can't retrofit isofix into a car, so that isnt an option I believe.
We would really love to go on family adventures and trips in the Edsel over summer particularly, but cant do so unless we know our daughters carseat can be safely installed rear facing.
Thanks for any help and advice!