The Rovering Member
Well-Known Member
I've got a bit of one at the moment as l quite like the secure feeling when driving with the more 'sporty' type restraint (& we'll take that no further ). So l just picked these two up from the same 'bay seller. I messaged him with an offer for the two & he accepted & relisted the pair with a BIN price. Very nice:
I have a pair of this style Irving belt in the rear of Bruiser & a pair of the parachute buckled belts in the front. In my P5B l have one parachute belt but the drivers belt was replaced by a nondescript inertia by a PO so this could be the new drivers belt but l'll probably swap them round & have it as the passenger belt. It has no fittings so if anyone has a spare set then let me know.
I like the other one very much & it's destined for the rear of my Oxford Traveller. There are NOS BMC black belts in the front so it won't match but l'm not bothered by that personally & of course there's just the one too, so of course unless l can find another of them (no sign online) l'll have a mismatched pair in the rear too when l find another nice suitable belt. But again, this doesn't bother me.
Parachute Irving belts have gone a bit silly pricewise as they get listed for Mini Coopers & such. And if any belts get listed for Ferrari's or Porsche's....etc, then look out, it's four figure territory.
For some reason my wife can't seem to share my appreciation of my new acquisitions.
Funny that.
I have a pair of this style Irving belt in the rear of Bruiser & a pair of the parachute buckled belts in the front. In my P5B l have one parachute belt but the drivers belt was replaced by a nondescript inertia by a PO so this could be the new drivers belt but l'll probably swap them round & have it as the passenger belt. It has no fittings so if anyone has a spare set then let me know.
I like the other one very much & it's destined for the rear of my Oxford Traveller. There are NOS BMC black belts in the front so it won't match but l'm not bothered by that personally & of course there's just the one too, so of course unless l can find another of them (no sign online) l'll have a mismatched pair in the rear too when l find another nice suitable belt. But again, this doesn't bother me.
Parachute Irving belts have gone a bit silly pricewise as they get listed for Mini Coopers & such. And if any belts get listed for Ferrari's or Porsche's....etc, then look out, it's four figure territory.
For some reason my wife can't seem to share my appreciation of my new acquisitions.
Funny that.