My seatbelts or lack of them is my main holdup now in my 72B restoration.
As mentioned earlier, the replacement of the sills left me minus the
mounting points for one section of each seatbelt. That was one problem.
When I purchased a 65B and a 72B, I got two cars and lots of parts. I got
new seat belts in the deal which I plan on putting in the 72B but I find I
am missing all of the necessary attaching hardware. The Moss catalog shows
the belts come with all the mountings and it looks like the belts clip on
eye bolts. I have one eye bolt of the correct size but cannot locate the
other three that I would need. It looks like they are a 7/8" or maybe a
1/2" fine thread (and screw right in the tunnel mount piece in particular).
I cannot locate any eye bolts here in town that are anything but coarse
thread at the hardware stores.
As Kelvin mentioned, I can get the captive nut plates for the sill. But
where can I get three eye bolts? They don't seem to be in the Moss catalog
as near as I can tell. Anyone have some used ones they would sell me?
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
At 08:55 AM 5/7/2003 -0700, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
>David:
>
>My suggestion is to rectify the mounts correctly.
>
> I was going to suggest making up captive nut plates, but found out
>Moss still has them on the shelf, so would suggest ordering them when you
>get a chance. Moss #222-115 is a pair of captive nut plates specifically
>for this type of problem. The plates are aprox. 2" X 1.5" and have the
>correct threaded boss centrally installed. The plate should be welded to
>the inner sill after a 3/4" clearance hole is bored to clear the boss and
>allow the plate to fit flush.
>
>
> While you are doing this, curse the fabricator that neglected to install
>captive nuts when the sills were being replaced.
>
>Think about all the fabrication that goes into building a race car. Now
>think about the reason for this fabrication. SAFETY!!!
>
>Now, get in there and do the job properly. The life you save may be your
>own.
>
>
>Kelvin.
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