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From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Len and/or Marge
Sent: 03 November 2006 00:15
To: Healeys Mail List
Subject: Seat Belts, Another Question
All of this discussion on seat belts reminds me of a question I have wanted
to ask for a long time but have never gotten around to. The seat belts in
my '67 BJ8 are normal over-one-shoulder and fastened to the provided
securing points. What makes them different from any others that I have
seen is that the buckle is secured by a magnet. One side is metal with the
end curled over (a wide 'J' shape). The other side has a plastic latch
with magnets embedded in it. Hook the plastic in the 'J' and flip it over.
The magnets hold it closed. They are a product of Kangol Magnet, Carlisle,
England.
Does anyone else have seat belts like this? Was this a standard factory
installed seat belt or did a PO install an aftermarket product?
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA
1967 3000 MKIII HBJ8L39031
I don't know if it was a factory installed belt. Were there such things?
Mounting points, yes, but the actual belts....I don't know, but I'm neither
a concours man or a BJ8 expert.
Certainly Kangol belts were fitted to dozens of British cars, by
manufacturers and after market. I recall the magnetic catches. I think they
made there way into airliners too.
See http://www.kangol.com/whereandwhen.asp?temp=html if you're still
interested.
My beret in the British army was made by Kangol. I've still got it.
Simon
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