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puddes wrote:Does anyone know of where one might start looking if they wanted the air plane style Trev was talking about?

Try an American seat belt supplier, Trev .

To answer your question Billy,

I rang Hemco last Thursday and spoke to "Grahame".

I had already got my measurements ready for the belt lengths I needed and was prepared for a lengthy phone conversation to work out the right order numbers for the belts.

However, Grahame just asked what model car were the belts going into and how many selting positions I wanted belted up.

He looked up a catelogue or something and said for an FB/EK you need blah,blah and blah.

So I ordered blah,blah and blah and 3 days later blah,blah and blah was here.

haven't fitted them as yet though .

puddes wrote:Does anyone know of where one might start looking if they wanted the air plane style Trev was talking about?

PS - I also took NoMADs advice and rang STAMPS this arvo. They are currently running on about 4 weeks turnaround time compared to around 12 weeks if anyone is interested in heading their way.

To my knowledge, Plane buckle style belts are not ADR approved, so passing them by any restraint or engineering authority, won't be allowed. Unless there are other Australian manufactures out there doing them.

oldnek wrote:

puddes wrote:Does anyone know of where one might start looking if they wanted the air plane style Trev was talking about?

PS - I also took NoMADs advice and rang STAMPS this arvo. They are currently running on about 4 weeks turnaround time compared to around 12 weeks if anyone is interested in heading their way.

To my knowledge, Plane buckle style belts are not ADR approved, so passing them by any restraint or engineering authority, won't be allowed. Unless there are other Australian manufactures out there doing them.

Exactly what I was told John, the test they fail was if you are hanging upside down in a wreck the "air plane" buckles they won't undo to let you escape, Trev .

dont forget the bargains table at american autos always has heaps of seatbelts new in the box for very cheap

I am after some seatbelts, i am trying to get a set of top condition or nos lift latch belts, ive been looking for 4 years, so far i have two nos lift latch, they are what i guess people call plane style, i need two more lap sash and one lap with chrome buckles and AS numbers.
has anyone ever come across suplliers of aussie stamped new ones or is nos/2nd hand still the only way?

i got told to buy commodore belts .......are they full of it ....i am also after a set of six ....thanks