Discussion
Looking for some help / advice on seatbelts for my B roadster.
I've got fed up with the static belts and want to convert to inertia type. It's a 75 so the top mounting was up on the tonneau panel - and thus had to unclipped every time I moved the hood. The is currently no mounting point on the wheelarch (apparently on the early RBs it was deleted).
I've searched for advice on where to mount the inertia reels and there's not much to be found. The most useful advice seems to be that attaching low down on the wheel arch means that the belt is 'wrong' as it's having to come up to shoulder height over the seat. This means the belt 'pulls' the wrong way in an impact. Also, mounting high up (under the tonneau panel) is no good because it fouls the hood.
So, what to do? I wondered whether the inertia reel could be mounted low and the belt fed up through a guide positioned somewhere near the bracket for the tonneau sticks. Or I've seen a guide metal which is held in place by the headreast tube.
I'd appreciate any advice and especially photos on how other PHers have solved the problem.
Thanks
Eric
I've got fed up with the static belts and want to convert to inertia type. It's a 75 so the top mounting was up on the tonneau panel - and thus had to unclipped every time I moved the hood. The is currently no mounting point on the wheelarch (apparently on the early RBs it was deleted).
I've searched for advice on where to mount the inertia reels and there's not much to be found. The most useful advice seems to be that attaching low down on the wheel arch means that the belt is 'wrong' as it's having to come up to shoulder height over the seat. This means the belt 'pulls' the wrong way in an impact. Also, mounting high up (under the tonneau panel) is no good because it fouls the hood.
So, what to do? I wondered whether the inertia reel could be mounted low and the belt fed up through a guide positioned somewhere near the bracket for the tonneau sticks. Or I've seen a guide metal which is held in place by the headreast tube.
I'd appreciate any advice and especially photos on how other PHers have solved the problem.
Thanks
Eric
I can see a couple of problems with your idea of re-routing it through a bracket. The first is the length of the strapping, I'm not sure if the roadster belts were shorter as a friend has GT where the belts are at their maximum around a slimmish person, so thinks they maybe roadster ones.
The other danger I see is that if the re-route bracket fails in an accident, then the length of the slack between your shoulder and the reel will stop the belt from doing its job and keeping you in your seat.
The other danger I see is that if the re-route bracket fails in an accident, then the length of the slack between your shoulder and the reel will stop the belt from doing its job and keeping you in your seat.
The inertia reel ones in both my Bs (77 and a 78) were mounted on the flat rear shelf behind the seats. The drivers is in between the battery cover and the rear wheel arch, the passenger's just in a similar location on that side.
It's about as high up as you can practically get without fouling the hood or tonneau, but still a pita to find if you knock the belt off the top of the seat. What I'd really like is a pair of seats like those found in mercs or my alfa, which have a bracket on the seat to hold the belt in place, making it much easier to locate.
It's about as high up as you can practically get without fouling the hood or tonneau, but still a pita to find if you knock the belt off the top of the seat. What I'd really like is a pair of seats like those found in mercs or my alfa, which have a bracket on the seat to hold the belt in place, making it much easier to locate.
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