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Folks, I'm going to try to reproduce a set, so if anyone has even a crappy one even for one side, that's a bonus If not, I wld appreciate a couple of close up photos. I think I've sussed out the mounting brackets, so just need to workout a profile If it works out, everyone wins!

Video of a LHD unicorn;

Not just frayed. The belts have a limited amount of stretch in them. Once they are stretched they don't go back to original and they no longer have that stretch - which is important as it allows the body to move forward a little before stopping it and it stops a little more gently. If you don't know the history of a belt you don't know if it has had the stretch done or not. Also I believe that sun and water exposure degrade the material over time - and 30 years is a lot of time. The inertial reel belt also have some slack in the reel that is taken up on impact and this does the same thing. the best ones (Merc etc) have explosive charges in them than on impact wind the reel backwards to pull the person back into the seat, but is timed to do so after the belt has stretched. Again in an attempt to stop the person a little more slowly - then pull them back into the seat to prevent them bouncing around the cabin. I'd get new ones in a heart beat.