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MG MGA - Seat belt mounting - improving this Here is the design which I am improving on, showing where it is mounted. John John Francis Have you checked if in interferes with top stowage_ dominic clancy John Looking good from the prototype you showed me at Stoneleigh. Any idea yet on price? Steve Steve Gyles Good question Dominic. I (and some MG brothers) would like to know the same thing. Gerry G T Foster The bracket itself does not interfere with the stowage. I plan to use the quickfit MGB upper belt clip which unclips from the bolt very neatly.

The bolt for the belt may be a slight awkwardness but the bracket is up in the space behind the cockpit rail. John Francis Clarke in the USA sell a replica seat belt mounting kit for early As.

I bought one a couple of years ago and never used it. Cost about $200 from memory. Sean S Sherry I did something similar although without a bracket. I drilled out one of the mounting bolt holes in the nut and tapped it for the larger (I believe it is 7/16' NF) bolt supplied with the Moss kit. I have the clip on the floor mount to re-route the seat belt around the hood frame, when it is raised or lowered. It has worked out well. It is tough to adjust the belt length when the hood is down though, but it can be done.

I had seen the brackets that weld to the rear shroud, but I wasn't going to attempt that on a finished car. I like your idea John.

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Ralph Ralph Ralph I have something not dissimilar on my car, but John informed me that it wont have the required strength in an impact. Hence his arrangement that incorporates both welded nut locations. Steve Steve Gyles I have an arrangement similar to John's current set up, but with a further locknut below the tapped plate for increased threaded contact area. I have no doubt it is strong enough and it holds the belt over my shoulder without ever slipping down. The height of the belt cannot be increased anymore as it comes out under the rear cockpit rail.

The factory fit option was simply a token and would not have held up in 'anger'. Steve, You could fit your top mounting to a spreader plate fastened to both the wing bolts for added strength. In the event that that failed under load, i would suggest that the shunt would be so heavy as to become academic. Regards Colin C Manley Hi Steve, The bolt passes throgh from the wheelwell and threads into the nut as original, just oversize.

It is a long grade 8 bolt, and the Moss supplied bushing and nut thread on to the exposed end of the bolt. I was concerned about strength so put a heavy hardened large OD washer under the head of the bolt. I think on a heavy impact it might bend the metal a bit, but It can't see it pulling that bolt and washer through. The original 5/16' wing mounting bolt was not going to be strong enough shear strength, so that's why I changed to the 7/16', which is also what the Moss kit had. At that point the rest of the car, but hopefully not me, would probably be toast anyway. Ralph Ralph This shows the bracket tested to failure with 3 tons load applied. The bolt (nut) thread stripped rather than the bracket failing.

The orientation may look a bit odd but it suits the test machine which applies the load vertically. John Francis And this shows the hole deformation. In practice there will be a nut welded to the back of the plate so I would not expect this deformation. John Francis JF I've come a little late to this discussion but there are a few points that I grappled with when I installed my fixings in a coupe. One was that I think there's UK legislation regarding a spreader plate on the restraining (external)side of the body requiring a plate of something like 3x1x? ' -can't fully remember since its been about 8 years since I did it.