Dave's description on the top stowage is spot on. If you have an owner's
manual, it has a pictorial that shows the process quite well. Reprints of
the owner's manual are readily available from a number of sources for about
$15 US.
Sorry, can't help with the retractable seat belt question.
Glenn
> Sorry for the delay in responding. I'm not all that familiar with TR4A's
> but as I recall that model had the new folding top later used on the TR6.
> If
> that's the case the hood sticks will all fold up and lay just below
> cockpit
> level at the rear of the opening. I usually unzip the window (yours may
> not or should not have the zipper) and let it lay flat against the rear
> bulkhead, fold the sticks down and then fold the top with the canvas
> laying across
> the boot. Then I fold the canvas over the over the hood sticks folding
> the
> quarter lights carefully so as not to crease them. Then I snap my tonneau
> in place at the back and stuff the bulk of it behind the seats.
>
> If you have a TR4 type hood the procedure is significantly different.
> There you take the canvas off all together and fold it up and place it in
> the
> boot. The hood sticks fold up similar as described above and a special
> flap
> snaps over them concealing them from sight.
>
> Here in the US these cars were not fitted with retracting seat belts until
> about 1973. I retrofitted a later set into my 71 TR6. In this case there
> was a weld nut near the top of the rear wheel arch for the normal,
> non-retracting shoulder belt but there was no weld nut near the rear shelf
> as was the
> case for the later models. I drilled a hole and fitted a bolt with a
> large
> shoulder washer for that attachment.
>
> In your case your car may not have had even the shoulder belt so you may
> not have the weld nut near the top of the wheel arch nor the one near the
> rear
> shelf. The best thing to do, if possible or convenient, is to find a late
> model TR6 and take measurements. Failing that someone on the list (maybe
> even me ;-) ) can take some pix and measurements and send them on.
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