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RE: Seat belt anchor locations?

To: "'Jeff McNeal'" <jmcneal@ohms.com>, Dan Canaan
Subject: RE: Seat belt anchor locations?
From: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 06:34:20 -0400
Jamin,

I recently put a set of lap belts in my Stag, and have the
reinforcing plates that came with the kit. If you need them,
let me know and I can drop them in the mail to you.

Cheers,

Doug

--
Doug Mitchell
mailto:dbmitch@peoplepc.com
'73 Spitfire 1500 - Celebrating 27 years of ownership.
'73 Stag - about to celebrate 1 year of ownership.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff McNeal [mailto:jmcneal@ohms.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:50 PM
> To: Dan Canaan; Jamin aka theshaggye; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Seat belt anchor locations?
> 
> 
> I agree with Dan, but would say that the reinforcement plate 
> is absolutely
> mandatory if the plate isn't already in place. The holes are 
> about an inch and
> a half from the edge of the pan, just forward of the drainage 
> channel that
> leads to the sills if I recall correctly.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Jeff McNeal (San Diego)
> 
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> '70 GT6+ "Accidental", eventual restoration project
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Dan Canaan
>   To: Jamin aka theshaggye ; spitfires@autox.team.net
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:36 PM
>   Subject: Re: Seat belt anchor locations?
> 
> 
>   At 03:26 PM 9/3/02 -0700, Jamin aka theshaggye wrote:
> 
>   >Where should the thirs anchor actually be located?
> 
> 
>   Lower outside corner of each floor pan.  There is/should be 
> a reinforcement
>   plate on the bottom of the tub at this location as well.  
> If not, it is
>   definately recommended as the thin sheet metal of the floor 
> pan isn't up
>   the task for seat belt use in an accident.
> 
>   -Vegaman Dan

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