Update on the progress of the brackets:
John Sims kindly offered me an unused set (minus reinforcing plate) at
a very reasonable price, which he has already put into the mail -
Thanks John. I will get a plate made up at work.
For those that may need a pair, Keith has a well used set and new ones
can be purchased at British Car Specialties. Thanks for all the
suggestions. BTW, I even got a call from Marion, whom I haven't
spoken with in years and was able to catch up with him.
As a related side note, I was surprised to find that our cars from BT7
on, have a center hole in the middle of the the two holes for the
subject bracket. So, I suppose this could be used for a single eye-
bolt type fastener, but you will have all the stress at a single
point. For what I have seen, the ends of the belts that mount at this
point, do not have the quick release lever to allow it to be attached
to a closed loop, so you would have to figure how to attach it.
As an engineer, I like the two bolts with the reinforcing plate to
better distribute the stresses. In reality though, your body would
have to take one hell of a force to bend/rip the floorpan for a single
bolt application, unless your floorpans are rusty originals.
Olin
On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Olin Brimberry wrote:
> I am in the process of trying to install seatbelts and I need the
> brackets that go on the floor. Anybody have any lying around with
> hardware? Here is a picture.
> http://picasaweb.google.com/OBrimberry/
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> Olin
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