[Healeys] Seat Belt Harness Mounting

[Mark Schneider]

Richard,

I have a three point harness in my BJ8.  I have the short section of  
the lap belt connected to an eyebolt threaded into the side of the  
transmission tunnel, i.e., the rearward metal section of the tunnel.   
One end of the shoulder strap/lap belt is anchored to the floor by way  
of a second eyebolt that is threaded vertically through the floor.  I  
wish there was a better way of doing this because when there is no  
tension on the webbing the spring loaded clasp falls over and lays on  
the floor and nearly always finds its way into a poor position  
requiring messing around with it every time I get into the car.   I  
think the fix to this annouyance is to rig the webbing anchor so that  
the belt is held vertical.  Finally, the other end of the shoulder  
strap/lap belt webbing is anchored by a special hardware item anchored  
by two studs located near the top of the rear wheel arches.  The  
special hardware item can be found in British Car Specialists "Rare  
and Hard to Find  Parts Catalogue".  I believe the seat belt anchoring  
points in my car were installed in the factory.  All three anchor  
points have heavy additional metal plates welded in place to take the  
load if necessary.  The holes are also threaded to receive the  
eyebolts.   I have the eyebolts threaded into place and then locked  
there by a nut on the underside of the mounting location.

Marks 3
'66 BJ8