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by SimonB
Wed May 06, 2009 1:47 am
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Hi to all...
Replies: 1
Views: 2227

Re: Hi to all...

Hello and welcome to the forum, your car looks just like mine! Where are you in Italy? I am just over the border in Nizza! Enjoy your car!
by SimonB
Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:32 pm
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

From a safety point of view the fixed belts are useless unless you have a groin strap. The shoulder straps lifts the hip-strap in a crash and you can submarine under it and cause very serious injuries in your belly/gut region. I would not use them, ever. Spend the money to get a 3-point system with...
by SimonB
Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:09 am
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

When they were little (<1year old) I used a rear facing seat in the front. Now they are both over 9Kg and so are in forward facing seats. One of the seats is designed to work with lap belts or 3 point belts, these seats are now rare. I thought that a 3 point static belt should work as well as an ine...
by SimonB
Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:39 am
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

Of course not :D I'll just ask a straight question, what is the safest and best way to put universal standard child seats in a 1983 GTV6? (the class 1 or 2 size). As far as I understand it the special motorsport harnesses won't work as the seats are designed to go in with normal seatbelts but I coul...
by SimonB
Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

Wife loves it but doesn't want the kids to go in it. She thinks I am trying to bring it back as the family car!
by SimonB
Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

Thanks guys, plenty to think about here...At the moment I have lap belts in the back, its sounds like I'm better-off for now looking for the few child seats that work with these belts. My kids are 3 and 1 years old so will need special seats for a long time. I have got one that goes in the back with...
by SimonB
Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

Do you mean a typical inertia reel system? I am mainly thinking of using then to anchor child seats for the next few years. The belts I am talking about are 3 point ones but fixed.
by SimonB
Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:37 am
Forum: Interior
Topic: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.
Replies: 14
Views: 13733

Re: Rear Seat Belts - GTV6, an option.

I am about to order a set of static 3 point belts, is there an easy way of finding the threaded holes on the c pillars?
Quiller Triumph sell belts that fit for 25 GBP each. Hopefully then I can stick my little ones in the back!
Mine is an 83, can anyone confirm that they have these holes? Cheers...
by SimonB
Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:40 am
Forum: Interior
Topic: GTV6 steering wheel compatibility
Replies: 3
Views: 5880

Re: GTV6 steering wheel compatibility

A friend of mine tried to sand and revarnish a "wooden" steering wheel from an Alfasud Sprint once. It was plastic.
by SimonB
Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:28 pm
Forum: Performance
Topic: What sort of Alfa cars we want
Replies: 109
Views: 46751

Re: What sort of Alfa cars we want

Remember that the GTV6 cost more to build than they sold it for!
by SimonB
Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:13 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Volvo's and Movies!
Replies: 19
Views: 7674

Re: Volvo's and Movies!

I love this thread, I was just saying hose film producers are not crazy, people with kids do often drive boring cars, even petrolheads! I too watch films mainly for the cars, imagine vanishing point with a Chrysler Voyager instead of the Challenger? My commute to work is more or less the same as the...
by SimonB
Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:55 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Volvo's and Movies!
Replies: 19
Views: 7674

Re: Volvo's and Movies!

They were never in full production but I think a few were made by an Italian coachbuilder:


http://www.mitoalfaromeo.com/html/images/wagon75b.jpg

Practical but not boring... :D
by SimonB
Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:46 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Volvo's and Movies!
Replies: 19
Views: 7674

Re: Volvo's and Movies!

When people have kids a few things change, obviously it varies but at least at first things like: 1) No sleep 2) No money 3) No time 4) Lots of stuff to carry around 5) Kids to put in child seats (2 doors not good, they struggle!) This can have a negative impact on what you drive, in extreme cases l...
by SimonB
Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:37 am
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Hi from a Lancia Nut!!
Replies: 78
Views: 33597

Re: Hi from a Lancia Nut!!

Vince is in Birmingham UK. See www.gtvince.com.
by SimonB
Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:49 am
Forum: Body (exterior)
Topic: Bumper over-riders
Replies: 4
Views: 5521

Re: Bumper over-riders

The small vertical bits on some bumpers.