Thanks Carl, if it was my query you're replying to. Righto, I've got plenty
of common 3-point retracting belts from other cars stacked away in the
parts-basement, so I'll try one of those in the GTV.
By the way when you refer to "the original Alfa system with two spring
loaded windups", that's not the original system as in our Euro GTV. These
cars came with completely non-windup belts - you know, the sort that drops
out all over the door sill or gets tangled round the handbrake when you take
'em off.
Best regards,
Graham in NZ (1750 GTV)
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:06:51 -0600
From: "Carl R. Davis" <[email protected]>
Subject: [alfa] RE: seat belt replacement
Almost any 3-point belt with single spring loaded windup is going to work.
It will probably be safer than the original Alfa system with two spring
loaded windups. People looking at your car would really have to know GTV's
well to spot the change.
I forget from whom I bought my 74 GTV replacements. I remember they turned
out to be a German manufacturer. What makes it easy is that the USA first
demanded them and set the spec for the installation bolts ... they are
inch-threads not millimeters. Apparently the world adapted that standard.
Carl R. Davis <
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