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G,day my fellow holden nuts ! This is my first time on the forum so please be gental.I have just recently picked myself up a very original HK wagon which i intend to do up over time as a clean stocky cruiser to park alongside my HQ 350 coupe(a lot cheaper to keep on the road too!)First project is the safety items brakes,bearings etc and some seatbelts,which brings me to my question. My kids are more important to me than they were in the sixtys so i need belts in the back but not too sure if there's any mounts for them just wondering if anyone has done this job and tell me the cheapest way to go about it. I have seen belts for sale on ebey in blue but at about $600 a set i can see the old girl will end up with black ones BUGGA!!! Any help would be appreciated[img][/img]
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If traveling the inertia belt path, the angle & orientation of the reel is critical. i.e. the angle of, & which way the axis sits. If not correct for the reel you use, it will be ineffective when it is needed most. Utility8  Edited by user Wednesday, 3 February 2010 8:49:27 AM(UTC)
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HI Sharpy , If you dont have the spare cash to pay the big money we are asking for restored ones thats cool
www.monaromuscleparts.com
that was a quick change of your choice of words jamie boy, feeling a bit guilty there are we??? "Reputations are made and broken as soon as you enter or leave my shed.."
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Thanks for that i will see how the funds go ,jacked her up and took the wheels off tonight to check out whats needed to make her safe and on the road ,brakes are shagged as expected all rubbers and shocks look original!! On the positive side not a spot of rust in the floor just a small hole in the passenger Y frame. So far so good pretty happy with my buy.
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How do you go if there is no existing fixings in the back for belts? Can you get away with reinforcing the correct locations with a strip of steel or do you have to get an engineer involved ?
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The holes are already in the body behind the rear seat. But they are only for the lap belts. No lap sash for the back in 1968.
When I did mine on the cheap, I just got the middle lap bets out of some older Commodores. Then bolted them in to the holes that the factory put there. (Back seat belts were an optional extra) Buckles are not the same, but who cares if it isnt a show car??
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No not a show car at this stage anyway mabe over time it will be if the funds allow it. i will have a look behind the seat i only looked under it and found nouthing. i tell a lie i did find somthing would you beleive two perfectly preserved yabbys!!!! No sign of water so im guesing at some stage in the past 42 years someone had an asshole of a mate or a nasty ex wife!! Ha Ha
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Had a good look today and cant find any sign of mounting points guess i will have to just copy the locations of my mates hg and fit them myself.
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Gday Sharpy,You should have a closer look, they may be under a strip of masking tape. Yeh theyre only a female thread in the floor youre looking for covered by a small strip of masking tape and if theyre 40 years old and been gathering all sorts of dust and rubbish maybe not obvious but theyre there. A nice new set of belts from the local auto parts will do the job and more than black would be available....all the best regards... Jack
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thanks i will have anouther look this arvo are they under the seat or under the back pannel ?
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ok found two fixings under the back seat for the middle fixings,cant see any fixing points for either side belts. Im thinking mabe you fix them to the bolts that hold the bottom of the seat back. Only other thing is there are holes that go through the wheel arch but dont seem to have threds in them mabe a bolt through them. Chris...
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Whats on the outside of the wheel arch then ?
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hard to see its been covered in tar paint but it looks like a strengthnd piece of pannel with a nut welded on it all looks original
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