[TR] TR4A hood stowage and retractable seat belts...

[mgowen55 at hotmail.com]

Dave's description on the top stowage is spot on. If you have an owner's 
manual, it has a pictorial that shows the process quite well. Reprints of 
the owner's manual are readily available from a number of sources for about 
$15 US.
Sorry, can't help with the retractable seat belt question.
Glenn


> Sorry for the delay in responding.  I'm not all that familiar with TR4A's
> but as I recall that model had the new folding top later used on the TR6. 
> If
> that's the case the hood sticks will all fold up and lay just below 
> cockpit
> level at the rear of the opening.  I usually unzip the window (yours may
> not or should not have the zipper) and let it lay flat against the rear
> bulkhead, fold the sticks down and then fold the top with the canvas 
> laying across
> the boot.  Then I fold the canvas over the over the hood sticks folding 
> the
> quarter lights carefully so as not to crease them.  Then I snap my tonneau
> in place at the back and stuff the bulk of it behind the seats.
>
> If you have a TR4 type hood the procedure is significantly different.
> There you take the canvas off all together and fold it up and place it in 
> the
> boot.  The hood sticks fold up similar as described above and a special 
> flap
> snaps over them concealing them from sight.
>
> Here in the US these cars were not fitted with retracting seat belts until
> about 1973.  I retrofitted a later set into my 71 TR6.  In this case there
> was a weld nut near the top of the rear wheel arch for the normal,
> non-retracting shoulder belt but there was no weld nut near the rear shelf 
> as was the
> case for the later models.  I drilled a hole and fitted a bolt with a 
> large
> shoulder washer for that attachment.
>
> In your case your car may not have had even the shoulder belt so you may
> not have the weld nut near the top of the wheel arch nor the one near the 
> rear
> shelf.  The best thing to do, if possible or convenient, is to find a late
> model TR6 and take measurements.  Failing that someone on the list (maybe
> even me  ;-)  ) can take some pix and measurements and send them on.