Paul, when installing belts for customers in my shop, I used a bar (often an
old rear spring leaf, but those are HARD and take a torch to make the holes)
across each side so that the tips
extended under the steel angles suporting the floorboards on both ends. I did
200-300 T-type installations and 2 were "tested" (this was in the 50s and 60s)
Both held just fine, although one
driver suffered a danmaged spleen from the narrow belts of the time...
This installation passed tech for racing at the 7 th Monterey Historics for my
J2, two TDs and a TF that raced that year when MGs were the featured marque.
When out of spring leaves, I used 1<" or 1=" angle iron instead of strap for
stiffness against bending in the middle.
I know of no jurisdiction in the US that mandates belts in 50s cars, it's a
matter of personal choice. I have them in my YT , J2 and Arnolts - others do
not.
Jarl de Boer
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"Paul ." wrote:
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> So how are you mounting them to the car...Mine are just bolted through the
>plywood with a metal plate on the bolt to disperse the pressure. If anything
>happened they'd pull through though.
>
> Everybody here seems determined to make everyone have them, so how do they do
>it?
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