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1. Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: Phillip <metaz76@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:38:13 -0500; Has anyone had new straps put on the original seat belt hardware? I remember this coming up a while back and everyone was saying that it is illegal to take belts out of a junk yard, but wasn't sure i; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00778.html (7,028 bytes)
2. FW: Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: "Graziano, Michael" <michael.graziano@csfb.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:09:23 -0000; there is a company listed in hemmings called "snake oyl products" i believe it is. i do remember their advertising new webbing in colors but do not recall their doing the rewebbing work. forthe "vint; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00788.html (11,071 bytes)
3. Re: Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:17:01 -0700; Hi Phillip and all, Yes, certainly you can have seatbelts remade. Take your hardware and measurements to a place something like "safety equipment", "safety restraints", "safety systems", or race car; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00796.html (8,215 bytes)
4. Re: Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:54:00 -0500; I have not had it done myself, but my aunt did. Being a bit rotound, she needed a longer seat belt. She had hers sewn up at an upholstery shop. The stitching was every bit as good as the original. Wa; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00807.html (6,656 bytes)
5. seat belts (score: 1): Author: "Gary Hutton" <hutton@evansville.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:40:46 -0600; Good morning all, I am planning to give myself functioning seat belts for my 76 Spit this Christmas and I wondered if anyone on the list has had any experience using belts from cars from a junkyard -; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00117.html (7,448 bytes)
6. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: "Ptegler" <ptegler@gouldfo.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:22:09 -0500; Don't do it! Every vehicle I've ever restored gets new seat belts. You never know how stressed or worn the old belts are. The belt material is designed to give... ONCE. (width given up for length (li; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00119.html (8,539 bytes)
7. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: "Greg Rowe" <growe58@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:27:25 -0500; FWIW, if cost is an issue, I would suggest buying new static belts before used retractable ones. I have static belts in my daily driver and yes they are slightly inconvenient. But the spit is small e; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00120.html (8,548 bytes)
8. RE: seat belts (score: 1): Author: "Chris Sharp" <sharpc@interaxs.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:45:36 -0500; I've asked several yards for old belts to salvage the hardware. In each case, I've been told that state law requires them to destroy them and they are not for sale. This was in both Texas and Ohio; Y; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00124.html (8,572 bytes)
9. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 18:20:38 -0700; While I agree that old seat belts are less than 100 percent save, the old (early 60's) airplane style belts and buclkles can be reused by simply replacing the webbing. It is easily done by anyone wit; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00125.html (9,613 bytes)
10. RE: seat belts (score: 1): Author: "BillG" <wrgingerich@qwest.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 20:56:51 -0600; How about having original belts re-webbed? Pros? Cons? BillG Don't do it! Every vehicle I've ever restored gets new seat belts. You never know how stressed or worn the old belts are. The belt materia; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00128.html (8,941 bytes)
11. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:01:02 -0700; See my previous message (Hint: it said YES!); /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00130.html (9,571 bytes)
12. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: "John & Tracy Knox" <jknox@erie.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:42:35 -0500; The ones in my spit are from a Toyota of some kind or another. I have the early type that just eye bolt to the floor. You can get new belts from JC Whtney pretty cheap as well as from I think I saw t; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00131.html (10,620 bytes)
13. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>; Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 11:20:04 -0700; Hi Gary, I found old Volvo seatbelts had most of the necessary requirements. They had a retractable device that bolted with one large bolt - same as the Spit should. The had a flat loop to change dir; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00139.html (8,155 bytes)
14. Re: seat belts (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 19:45:40 -0500; As others have said, don't use a junkyard seat belt. At least not the cloth, though the metal should be suspect also. Crashes damage the metal bits as well. About a year ago Moss did an article speci; /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00159.html (8,885 bytes)
15. Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:32:52 -0700; I am currently in the process of removing the interiors from my Spitfire for cleaning or replacement. The seat belt material is rather worn and stiff but the retraction mechanisms and the latches tha; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00942.html (6,743 bytes)
16. Re: Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:16:44 -0600; I've done it. Found Chrysler product belt hardware at a wreckers, took measurements of the Spitfire's requirements then went to a seatbelt maker - for the auto racing industry. They have the "exact"; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00947.html (7,409 bytes)
17. Re: Seat Belts (score: 1): Author: "John & Tracy Knox" <jknox@erie.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:17:17 -0400; Interesting thread. I have found that the belts in my 1970 were from a Toyota. The year was correct as the patch had them coming out of a 1970 car. What was the name of the race seat belt company?? I; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00948.html (6,649 bytes)

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