John:
I absolutely hate, nay detest that type of seat belt. I can't WAIT to
get them out of my car!
However, I've noted that some originality nuts would like to have new
bits available, so that they can keep the silly things in their cars.
Although the fact that fully retractable belts were available throughout
Jolly Ole England for the previous 15 years seems to have escaped the
attention of the American owners of these cars.
In the UK the traditional approach of the safety conscious to seat belts
was to buy a set from a factor, install them and move them to the next
car when the first one sold.
My apologies, the tirade is over. : )
I have the original belts from my car that will be used as patterns for
the end pieces, and somewhere a sample of the original style plastic
button that needs to go with them. We now have a bright young engineer,
just oozing for products to make so I'll collar him and give him the
bits.
Thank you for the reminder.
Kelvin.
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From: mgmagnette@aol.com [mailto:mgmagnette@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:43 PM
To: Dodd, Kelvin; jbmcdowell@nmsc.med.navy.mil; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: A/C in an MGB
Can I add to the reproduction wish list? The correct Kangol static seat
belts with the little black plastic push tab to release the 3rd-point
for early 70's cars. You should see what those go for on eBay... plus
all the components fit lots of other cars... Mini's Jaguars (with a
different sticker) TRiumphs... almost everything. Just have to have
different length straps.
-John
Kelvin said:
I've been able to find some used samples, but had to buy all the
leftover bits to get them. I'm hoping that there is enough interest in
the future to repro the dealer vent components so new AC installations
will look period correct.
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