Daniel Julien wrote:
> Bruce Krobusek wrote:
>
> > For the past year or so I've been looking for new seatbelts for
my '72
TR6.
> > The ones I currently have are original 3-point belts (in good
shape,
but 25
> > years old). I've been reluctant to go to inertia-style belts as
I
really
> > don't want to drill holes in the car to mount the reel. (I'm
trying to
> > keep holes from appearing; I'd rather not create any!)
causing Ken Streeter to wonder:
> Does anybody know when the cutover from the "adjust it yourself"
to
> the inertia-style seatbelts happened in the TR6? Even the TRF
> catalog doesn't seem to have any information on this, and I've
> wondered what the "correct" style belts are on various models
> of TR6.
My '72 TR6 (manufactured Dec. 1971) had inertial reel-type belts
when I
bought it; I have no reason to believe they were not original to the
car.
This implies that either
a) The change to inertial reel happened in early '72. (Is Bruce's
car
earlier
than mine?)
b) One of us doesn't really have original belts.
c) The change didn't take place at a single point in
time/Commission No.
As in many things Triumph, I suspect the last may be true here.
Dan Julien
'72 TR6 CC78709U (undergoing body transplant)
Austin, Texas
djulien@mail.utexas.edu
To throw my two cents in. My August 71 '6 originally had static belts
which I have changed to a inertial set from a 76 '6. I had drill
mounting holes and add plates for the reels.
--
Roger Helman
71 TR6 CC67866L
Digimation Inc.
e. rogerh@digimation.com
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