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Re: [T3] '66 seat belts


On 17 Feb 99, at 23:11, Jim Adney wrote:

> Now I measure the diameter and it is, What? 11mm??? What an ODD 
> (odd??) diameter for a metric bolt?? Wait, 11mm = 7/16", huh??? 
> What's the pitch?  20 tpi??? NO S**T Sherlock! An OE English thread 
> defiling my VW! It's almost enough to want to sell out and move on.

And to top it all off I went back and looked again and I find that 
they are marked 8.8 which is the Metric hardness grade. They also 
carry the markings of the belt manufacturer; I found ones marked both 
Repa and Klippan. 

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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