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1969 mgb roadster seat belts

Tesa

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Hi I'm new to this forum.

I have had had three British cars. An early Austin Healey, a 1962-3 mini and my present car a 1969 MK II MGB roadster. I started a 6 month restoration on the car 5 years ago and still going.

i have come across an issue though with the seat belts.

The seatbelts on the car don't bolt to the rear wheel arches but onto the rear shelf. I can't get the original belts or attachment parts here in Australia.

From what I can workout the original belt attachments allowed for easy removal and reattachment if needed.

I believe that the UK and North America used this belt arrangement.

Has as anyone resolved this problem? Are replacement parts available in the U.K.

Terry
 

Gliderman8

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Hi Terry and welcome to the British Car Forum. For future reference you’ll get a better response if you post your question in the MG section of the forum.
I used a company in the UK when I needed seatbelts. Their website is: https://www.quickfitsbs.com/
Go to their “classic” section. If you don’t see what you need you can contact them as they are very helpful.
Good luck.
 

Basil

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Welcome to the BCF Terry! You might want to also pose your question in or MG forum - it's pretty active and you're more likely to get answers to specific MG-related questions there.
 

YakkoWarner

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Thanks for the replies

I'll post there in future
Terry

This will probably eventually be moved to the MG section but since its here I'll answer here:

I had the same problem with my 1970 - seat belts were disintegrated beyond use. The older MGB's use the rear deck clip-on belts because you have to unclip the belts to fit the cover over the retracted convertible top - the attachment bolts protrude through the cover and you clip the belts back on after fitting the cover.

Victoria British has the belts (part #15-211-BL) with ends and buckle fastner - I don't know how easy or hard it is to get them in your part of the world.
 
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