Ken Streeter wrote:
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> Bruce Krobusek wrote:
>
> > For the past year or so I've been looking for new seatbelts for my '72 TR6.
> > The ones I currently have are original 3-point belts (in good shape, but 25
> > years old). I've been reluctant to go to inertia-style belts as I really
> > don't want to drill holes in the car to mount the reel. (I'm trying to
> > keep holes from appearing; I'd rather not create any!)
>
> This brings up the following question in my mind:
>
> Does anybody know when the cutover from the "adjust it yourself" to
> the inertia-style seatbelts happened in the TR6? Even the TRF
> catalog doesn't seem to have any information on this, and I've
> wondered what the "correct" style belts are on various models
> of TR6.
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Ken as far as I can tell I believe the cutoff year was mid 1971. My 71
had the eyelets for the adjustable belts. I ran into a fellow TR6 owner
this past summer with an extemely original 1971 Six and he had inertia
reel belts.
I've been looking for the original belts for my car since it came with
only the eyelets and no belts. I have fitted later model inertia reel
belts in my 71 but I have no way to attach to the rear inner wheel
house. I had to fabricate a brakect to mount the reel to the body to
frame attachment in that area.
Glenn Franco
71&74 TR6's
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