Service Offering: Seat belt restoration service

[stretch]

A few members have asked me if i can help with the re-webbing of there 3-point fixed seatbelts. As i have already made several race harnesses for board members cars, i think i have got this fine tuned.

I am thinking, send me your metal parts, cut off all your old webbing, then post me your fittings in an envelope I have no need for the receiver, as this is a seperate piece, and this is the heavy part that will bump up the postage costs.

I will need your small plastic guide adjusters, but no other plastics. If your's are broken, i have some stock of these parts. If you are missing any other parts, i may be able to help.

All metal mounting tabs will be zinc replated. Chrome tongue will also be stripped and re-chromed. Then over to the certified seat belt company to re-web your fittings with the Euro Black / Orange tracer webbing material. Sew up using correct Repa stitch pattern, install new silk year dated labels as per the originals. Re-rivet plastic adjuster guides.

If there is sufficent demand i may be able to also re-web in the plain Black ROW webbing.
But, for the time being The Euro 68-72 material is all i have.

A pair of front 3 point fixed belts will cost around, $600 dollars + return postage.
I am hoping these will fit in a large bubblejet envelope to keep the return postage costs reasonable.

That's about it. If this is of any interest to you, please send me a mail.

Dave

[sgaddy]

Sent PM regarding seat belts

[classic]

PM Sent and a bump to the top

[Nicklasliljegren]

PM sent regarding front seat belts and back seat belts (I hope you can fix the back seat belts as well).

Regards Nick

[Einspritzer]

bump for nice work! Check out his Repa harness.

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?91271-Repa-3-point-race-harness.-ST-RS-RSR.a

[stretch]

Thanks for the kind words Swen.

Ok, i have had a Sunday brainwave Swen.

You can refurbish your reels without sending me your reels. This is obviously not cost effective as i am in the UK. Here's the solution.

I have a huge supply of replated zinc mounting plates so, i will supply this part. I will sew up this end with new dated Repa seatbelt label.

On the retractor end, i will sew the pin loop ready for you to install your existing pin. Now, the material needs to pass through the plastic slot in the Chrome tongue. Bingo! A piece of doubled up webbing passes through the slot. Slide this down, then your belt tidy and your B post mounting guide.

Push in your existing pin, drop in the slot. bolt them up. Job done !

Now i know you are trying to use the bigger 3 point tongue. Well, the small tongue on the harnesses is very similar, but only uses 1 adjuster bar instead of 2 in the larger front seat tongue. The webbing will need to be threaded through, no sewing involved.

I will try this out on the retractors next week. Maybe i might sell a bit more material

Pictures attached.

Dave


Pin loop.




Correct guide


Doubled up material passing through plastic guide.

[Einspritzer]

Thanks Dave .. Very cool. I didn't know a guide like that existed that fits in the old Repa receiver. Your set up is more practical, but I want to stay as close to the '69 example as I can.

This is the set up I want to recreate .... The Autoflug Inertia reel.

http://www.early911sregistry.<wbr>org/forums/showthread.php?<wbr>83579-Seat-belts-1969-and-<wbr>1970

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ract-seat-belt

... and I'm hoping we can apply your plain black US webbing. The reel won't need a lot because much of the material is in that separate belt part (belt 2 in my illustration below). I only need enough to reach from the tongue-and-receiver to the b-pillar loop down to the reel and a few spools for security.

http://www.early911sregistry.<wbr>org/forums/showthread.php?<wbr>85025-Repa-US-webbing-plain-<wbr>black.

The "parts belts" I have to use are 1 pair '72 recoils (accepts a 49mm width belt), 1 pair '69 floppy 3 point belts. I've already sent everything to a local shop for chroming and nickel plating.

I can't get an Autoflug label, so would like to go with your Repa '69 label instead.

This is how I envision it coming together. I'm sure you've seen this a thousand times, but it was an "ah-ha" moment for me.

Can you stitch this? Is this feasible? The risk is not knowing how that black webbing will fit the reel, right? If it won't work I will take your advice and use the smaller harness tongue that you posted in the previous post.

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[stretch]

Ok, i have now sourced the correct rivets and tooling to use the existing Repa plastic adjusters.
I do not use the double adjuster with the 3 rivets. I have removed 30 of these and only 3 where re-usable.

They are a waste of time, and too brittle to re-use.
Pictures of the first set completed. Hope you like them. Bucket of Plastic parts ready for your custom.

I will also have several sets for sale in the next few weeks, for those that have no factory correct belts.

Dave

[classic]

That might be a better option for me rather then sending back and forth to the UK.

Please put me on the list.

[FL-Frank]

[QUOTEI will also have several sets for sale in the next few weeks, for those that have no factory correct belts.[/QUOTE]

Sent you a PM