[TR] TR4 interior and seat belts

[Ben Zwissler]

My experience is from a TR4A, and I don't remember if they came with the 
interior kit or the carpet kit (suspect the carpet kit), but you should 
have some matching, loose vinyl to cover the B-pillar and a small, 
triangular piece of vinyl covered cardboard to cover the gusset between 
the rocker panels and the B-pillar.  You cut the vinyl to fit and glue 
it over the pillar making it sure it reaches behind the vinyl wheel arch 
trim panel and the door seal.

For the seat belts there should be eye-bolts that screw into welded 
reinforcement plats with welded-on nuts behind the B-pillar and on the 
tunnel over the driveshaft.  The seat belts clip to the eye-bolts.

Ben....


Ben Zwissler
bjzwissler at gmail.com
Columbus, IN
1966 Triumph TR4A
1973 MG Midget
1980 Triumph TR8
2007 Mazda RX8
2002 Yamaha FZ1
2003 Honda ST1300


On 1/22/2011 2:00 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:02:18 -0500
> From: Gary O'Hagan<goh62agan at verizon.net>
> Subject: [TR] TR4 interior and seat belts
> To:triumphs at autox.team.net
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> List,
> I'm working on my interior (in a very cold garage) and I have some questions.  The interior is getting lined with sound deadening and one wheel arch is covered with neoprene.  I was hoping it would warm up before gluing the vinyl in.  The interior panel kit from MOSS was purchased several years. One panel covers the area over the wheel arch and the door post.
> What covers the remaining door post and the "triangle area" near the base of the door post.
> My car is a '62 TR4 (? before seat belts were standard issue).  The seat belts were not attached when I got the car.  I don't know how the seat belts attach to the body.  There are bolts on the door post and drive train tunnel.  Do I assume the belts attach to these in some manner?
> http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/goh62agan/TR4%20after/IMG_2165.jpg
> http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/goh62agan/TR4%20after/IMG_1762.jpg
> Thanks,
> Gary O
>