The main advantage to me is that if you get in the car without retrieving the
seatbelt you can find it by just reaching down to where it was parked and not
have to grope around behind the seat trying to fish it out.
I recall that Vance rebuilt his originals although I don't remember if he ever
said where he got the webbing from. Vance, any chance of a quick recap on
original seat belt refurb ?
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert
Lang
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:37 AM
To: John VanNorman
Cc: 6-Pack
Subject: Re: [6pack] TRF seatbelts?
Hi,
The answer is - NO you cannot use the seat belt parking thingie with the
new belts.
To me, it's the ONLY drawback to getting them. However, I put safety very
high on my list (much higher than concours "correctness") and I'd rather
have a safe belt that's 5 years old than a "correct" 30-year-old belt
that'll do "whatever" in the event of a shunt.
FWIW, for the concours wannabes - VTR does not subtract points for
replacement belts, at least they didn't when I tried judging a while back.
All that said - if someone came up with a seat belt parker thingie for the
new belts (I think they're "Secure-On" brand), you could sell quite a few
to TR6 owners that installed the new belts.
If you don't know what the seat belt parker thingie is, there was a black
plastic thing (white plastic on some cars) secured to the inner sill where
you could place the tab of the seat belt when not in use. It makes ingress
/ egress easier and the seat belt tab won't get caught in the door on
occasion if you park 'em.
regards,
rml
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