I think if you look very carefully, certainly if you have either a S IV
or a S V, you will find that there are pre-installed mounting points in
the middle of each rear wheel well, above the rear bench/seats. They
will be filled with a grey plastic phillips head bolt, 7/16" x 20,
installed from the outside, i.e above and inside the tire. To get to the
inside, once you have located the point and removed the bolt, you need
to put a hole through the interior finishing material. You then use a
7/16" x 20 threaded bolt to mount your seat belt end on the inside of
the car.
On my S III, with which I survived a head on with a hydro pole at 50
mph, I used a different arrangement. I explained it this way in a
previous message tp Rob Wiseman:-
< I had installed the three point belts out of a 1969 Alpine fastback.
The
lower two points used the normal points for the Alpine standard belt,
but I had installed the upper point in an unusual location....it was on
the rear deck (bodywork), about half way round the bend between the
passenger compartment and the trunk opening, at a point where I was able
to insert a reinforcing plate underneath the body-work (access through
the trunk...but in a non-GT car you can get access from the front by
reaching underneath the soft top). This point was also chosen to just
fit inside the hard top when fitted, so that the belts could be used
anytime. This point gives an almost horizontal lead on the upper part of
the belt. Since my car was a GT, I did not have the problem of working
around the soft top. However, I have put the same securing points (both
sides) into the S IV which I am working on, and although it will be
mostly GT, I am fitting the soft top paraphenalia. I believe that I can
find a solution for interference with the soft top, but have not yet
actually proven it. If I can't find a solution, whenever I put up the
soft top, I will move the upper belt location to the normal point on the
inside of the rear wheel well. Since my belts are from a Sunbeam, it is
a simple matter of slipping it off one mounting point and on to another.
>
Hope this helps.
John Slade
Manotick, ON
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