Happy Saturday!
I am having my '70 TR6 stripped, minor body work, and complete rust
removal/sealing done. In preparation, I will be removing all interior
trim, carpet, etc., so preparing for a complete interior restoration
when I get the car back from the shop. While getting my ducks (and bucks)
in order, I need your advice on two areas.
1. The original colour is New White (19) but I plan on changing
the colour (please no grief, I have wrestled over this and
decided if I'm paying the big $ for a professional paint job,
it's going to be the colour I want). I still want to keep the
colour within those offered for '70 TR6 (a bit of a compromise
on trying to maintain some authenticity) and am leaning toward
green. The only colour green seems to be Laurel for my Comm. No.,
but I can't find a reference to what this looked like. I have
tried VTR's colour chips, but it is not listed. Anyone know of
a picture on the web with this colour or how it compairs to Emerald
and British (Triumph) Racing Green?
2. I want to replace the original seat belts (big, fat, canvas straps that
hook into the floor bolts and have these huge metal clasps to secure
the
belts) with no cross body shoulder straps. Victoria British's catalog
lists
Inertia Belts (#12-498) which would provide a much safer belt and
includes a
shoulder strap. It indicates for TR6 models up to '74 (? yr, not
important),
you must buy 3 pairs of reinforcement plates to be secured in the wheel
well.
Has anyone installed these or similar replacement belts and what was
your
experience? Also, will this type of replacement belt fit into the
existing
bolt holes in the floor and wheel well used for the original belts
(although I
don't have the cross strap, the interior wheel well does have the bolt,
capped,
for one to be attached)? VB could provide no assistnace to these
questions,
but very nice over the phone. If anyone is interested, I'd be willing
to sell
the original belts at a resonable price. They are in good shape,
although a bit
dirty and faded.
Thanks for the help.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
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