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Early Group C era Harnesses

Started by _redrana_ , Aug 19 2007 07:36 PM

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#1 _redrana_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 07:36 PM

Does anyone know what companies were making safety belts/harnesses in 1974/1975 and that are still around today. I'm wanting to keep the period look in my car so would like to get a brand of harness that was around in the 70's, but new of course.

Second question is did they have cam lock harnesses back then or only lever lock set ups?

Thanks in advance :spoton:

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#2 _82911_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 08:05 PM

Rainsford is the one that would be most period authentic.
Leverlock was very common, i don't think that cam lock was avaliable outside the aero industry at the time.

Cheers Greg

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#3 _redrana_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 08:07 PM

Thanks for the info Greg

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#4 _redrana_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 08:15 PM

Rainsford is the one that would be most period authentic.
Leverlock was very common, i don't think that cam lock was avaliable outside the aero industry at the time.

Cheers Greg

Forgot to ask - any idea if these can still be bought today?

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#5 _rorym_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 09:33 PM

While we are on the subject...where do you get the brackets to slip the ends through on a taxi bar?
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#6 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 09:43 PM

Rory, you buy them for taxi bar (no clips, belt around the bar) or you can weld in the studs (both sides, belts with clips). Try Revolution Racegear. PM LXChev366, he mentioned something about buying belts from the UK for cost reasons.

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#7 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 August 2007 - 09:45 PM

Early Group C harnesses? Any car from this era would need current belts, as belts are mostly only good for 5 years from date of manufacture.

^ EDIT: Better qualify that, that is for competition purposes, not show.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 19 August 2007 - 09:46 PM.

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#8 _redrana_

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Posted 20 August 2007 - 04:00 PM

Thanks for the ideas so far. What I'm aiming to do is buy new belts but ideally from a manufacturer that was making them in the 1970s so there is a bit of consistency with what would have been around at that time.

I was thinking Simpson, RJS or simillar but not real logic to that :blink: