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very pleased with seat belts
bayley74:
Thanks for the document Bob, i appreciate your effort. To make things worse, today i spoke to two recommended engineers and both had different rules as to whether my standard 79 seat belts were ok or not. I think for the sake of a few $100dollars, i am better off just changing them anyway. Better for insurance purposes as well i think.
I will keep you posted on how i go with the inspections.
Smithy007:
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Well, you have to make up your own mind about some of these things. That RTA document I referred to was dated October 2003, certainly later than 75, and is still current.
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Hi Jeff, I agree with Bob and the others and believe that unless it is RHD no certificate is required. Best bet is physically go to the RTA and talk to the inspectors, build a rapport with them and get the info from the horses mouth. I got mine done 6 months ago and the ONLY reason I needed certification was the VB&P suspension as it was not standard. Just my 2c mate.
bayley74:
Thanks Smithy007,
I went to the Hawkesbury blokes day on teh weekend where NSW Corvette's Unlimited had approximately 25 cars on display and spoke to a few guys there. They directed me to an engineer that most of them use called John Wilson form AKZ Engineering. I spoke to him yesterday and he was the one who advised me that all Corvette's form mid 75 on have to have an engineers certificate before they can get a blue slip. Apparently that is the law in NSW , however i have heard of others registering 78 models without getting an engineers certificate at all. Although i have never actually seen there car or paper work to confirm it. Either way, i believe that to cover my own backside, for registration and insurance purposes i am better off getting it all approved and certified. I also live next door to a mechanic who does the blue slips and he advised me that he wont touch it without an engineers certificate, and he pulled out a great big book of regulations that he received when he became a certified blue slip inspection station that says from mid 71 all vehicles need to comply with ADR regulations and will require an engineers certificate to show compliance before he is allowed to perform the blue slip inspection.
Thanks again for the input, unfortunately it appears as though it all depends on who you go to and how they are feeling at the time.
I will get it registered eventually!! :-)
Reklaw:
Hi Jeff, and you'll have to include Stamp Duty in your budgeting when you finally go for rego.
reserved:
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Although I am not an expert, I think you will only have to comply with the regulations that were in force at the time of manufacture of the vechicle, this should not be very much to comply with, you do not have to comply with todays regulations.
On the original subject of seatbelts, I am looking to buy some retractable ones and will probably purchase them fron Seatbelt Solutions in WA, as I have been told that they have belts to suit C3s.
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