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[mini_turbo_pete]

I cut a pair of c-post inners out of another car and welded them in on mine to give the anchorage points

Yer I could do that I have another car I could get them out of but then im no good at welding and dont want to mess it up.

Aaron

You have to make sure that you are good at welding or get someone who is to do it, if it's not welded properly it could be lethal.

[Mr-Zorro]

I found that I had two composite pictures of the lap belt anchor points. You can see them by visiting the link below and clicking on the two files.
http://home.mindspri...pictures/belts/

You'll notice I did not copy exactly the outer anchor points of the Mayfair. There are stiffening ribs on the seat back that prevented me from doing exactly what BMC/BL/Rover did. Instead I made a horizontal bar out of 1/4" steel and made it as long as reasonable to spread the load out while keeping the anchor point "low" on the seat back.

I hope this helps.

I have looked at the pictures and all understood where the middle point is but where have you anchored the outer points to for the lap belts.

Aaron

Edited by Mr-Zorro, 08 February 2008 - 04:48 PM.

[Mr-Zorro]

I cut a pair of c-post inners out of another car and welded them in on mine to give the anchorage points

Yer I could do that I have another car I could get them out of but then im no good at welding and dont want to mess it up.

Aaron

You have to make sure that you are good at welding or get someone who is to do it, if it's not welded properly it could be lethal.

Yer I no what you mean I have someone that could do it so that is not a problem. Dont particularly want the people in the back to come flying forward if in the situation on an accident. So not going to try and do it myself will get someone who knows what there doing to do it lol.

Aaron

[dklawson]

You have to make sure that you are good at welding or get someone who is to do it, if it's not welded properly it could be lethal.

While I'm not encouraging a poor welding job or bodge... please keep in mind that even a poorly installed pair of rear belts offers at least the chance of SOME protection. In the current situation (as I understand it) there are NO rear belts at all in which case there is NO protection. A poor installation job may create a false sense of security but it is not going to be any more lethal than no belts at all.

Aaron, if you look at the second picture and refer to my previous post, I mentioned that the ribbing on the seat belt stamping prevented me from making vertical plates for the outer anchors as was used in the Mayfair. Instead I made a pair of LONG horizontal plates out of 1/4" steel, welded nuts to them, and attached these to the bottom outer corners of the seat back. That's the detail I was trying to show in the bottom half of the second photograph. You can see the nut on the plate tucked into the corner behind the fuel tank and battery.