Magical Leyland PURPLE seatbelts

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mini-Seat-Belts- ... dZViewItem



(P.S. I thought it was illegal to sell secondhand seatbelts)

it is!

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

Is it illegal to sell them, or buy them with the intent to use them?

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

It is not illegal to sell them. (or, show me a rule that says it is)

spoke to a fellow last week who has been throwing old BMC belt sets out hand over fist from boxes he has left over from a workshop....

He thought they were worthless. Now knows better and is fishing through the bin hopefully.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

I think used seatbelts are in the same category as radar detectors in NSW , you can have them sitting around , you can buy or sell them , but as soon as you use them you're in trouble .

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You wouldn't have a contact number for the bloke tossing the belts would you Mick i'm
still chasing 1 black morris belt.

Cafeful it's not a purple one

I was chasing a set from a wrecker years ago, was told it was illegal to sell. Never known a wrecker to pass up a sale

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

like the authorities are going to know what color seat belts your car came with. some mini's didnt even come with seat belts, true?

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

That's not the point, these belts are faded, and technically speaking are 'worn' and should not be used; despite the fact that they are secondhand.

You are correct in saying that some Minis did not come with belts from the factory.

understood, im not saying people should use them, but how many people here have the same belts fitted to their car since the day it was made? i bought some NOS retractable britax belts still with tags attached, but have a couple of boxes of bmc/leyland seatbelt's some not faded and others are. heaps of mini shops sell second hand ones, never knew if it was legal or not

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

He's been putting his odds and sods up on ebay from time to time, what he has put up is only a sample of his delights. he had the new interior light, BMC air filters etc etc...

He also had a fuel cap for a holden that went for 160 last week, he's putting them up slowly to put money aside for a world trip. when he first started bringing this stuff out, he was hoping to get maybe 10 or 15 bucks for some of the pieces. He's been seeing quite a bit more than that in and outside of Ebay. I reckon you will see the belts come up if you watch, but he's in no hurry.

Nice old couple too.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

i was told it one of those grey areas, same as driving an unrego'ed car to a rta or safty inspector, i was told that if you tamper or open them up it deems them unroad worthy

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http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44717

In WA there is no grey area about driving a vehicle to the RTA, you get a permit.

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum