<VV> Faded Belts

[Roger Gault]

Some years ago, I pulled on my lap belt to tighten it and pulled the belt
completely in half about 3" from the tongue.
The belt was original to my '65 convertible, and had seen a lot to sun.  It
was quite faded, and was beginning to sort of fatten up so that it was hard
to adjust.  Since I qualify as an old fat man rather than a body builder,
I'd guess I was pulling with less than 10 pounds.

Roger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Thompson" <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
To: <ScottyGrover at aol.com>; <corvairduval at cox.net>; <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Faded Belts


> I have an old set of Motorcycle tie-down straps. The other day I tried to
> tie down a fridge that I was moving. The threads that were used to sew the
> straps broke and the strap failed. Luckily, it was when I was tightening
the
> strap, not on the road. I'd be willing to bet an old set of seatbelts
would
> be weakest at the point of the sewing. If I had an old set of belts, I'd
> consider at least inspecting the sewn end, if not just replacing the set.
>
> Just my opinion
>
> Dave Thompson
> Westminster, Ca
>
> -----Original Message-----
> ubject: Re: <VV> Faded Belts
>
>
> In a message dated 8/18/2008 2:28:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> corvairduval at cox.net writes:
>
> The  conclusion? The new belts took the most force to break, but even the
> faded, frazzled and chewed one took more force to break it than a human
> could impart to it and survive.
>
> Your milage may vary,
>
> Frank  DuVal
>
>
>
> On  7 January, 2008, I had the steering freeze on my '65 ragtop and
rammed
> a
> post on a roadside steel fence.  Not fast, I had just pulled out  of a
> parking space and was making  a 180 which turned into a 270, but there
was
> bruising
> impact.  When I went to undo my seatbelt, I found that it had  torn in
half
> from the impact.  The unit was not "faded, frazzled and  chewed" but was
the
>
> original belt (or it was the one I had had on the car since  I bought it
in
> '72.) Maybe I was just plain lucky to survive the accident with  bruises
> (particularly on my paunch) but the breaking definitely surprised  me.
> Needless to
> say, the car I bought to replace it has NEW belts (at  least according to
> the
> 'Vair dealer that sold me the car.)
>
> Scotty from Hollyweird
>
>
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