I had an earlier thread where I told you guys that I looked at a basket case of a Mark X. After that experience, I decided I had to have one. I also decided that I would not deal with yet another project car. I was fully prepared to pay full retail to get one in good shape. I did.

Third owner, less than 20,000 miles, the truck dropped it off at my house (in Texas) from New Jersey. Yeah, New Jersey. Immaculate condition.

I am one happy camper.

 

mmmmmmmmm. Very Nice

 

There are no seat belts in this car. Inspection station won't pass it. Even if I get an exception to pass it as an antique vehicle, my intention is to drive the car. Not a fan of garage ornaments. I'd want to get seat belts installed regardless.

Any recommendations on vintage seat belt installation on these cars?

 

Register it as a classic and no inspection is required.

 

The attachment points should be in the body shell, but are probably covered by trim. Belts of this era were not inertia-reel types, just two lengths of belt connected by a buckle of the lap and single shoulder style. The buckles had little Jaguar leapers on them, I had these on my Mark 2.
So, for the front seats, you should have two mounts on the B-posts, one near the top and one near or on the inner sill panel. Then two somewhere near the side of the seats towards their rear. Rear seats normally had the two top mounts on the horizontal shelf behind the seats, and the inners by the join between seat squab and cushion. Where the lower, outer, rear is I'm not sure. Take out the seat cushion, and also take off the rear shelf trim and the mounts should be revealed. In fact, best to look for the rears first, as if they are there, the fronts will be too.


Edit
I forgot to say - what a really lovely car !! Clearly something cherished by its previous owner.

 

I was able to inspect it and have it pass. Since it did not come with seat belts when it left the factory, then the seat belt requirement, given the age of the car, was not enforced.

I am putting seat belts though. It is the safe thing to do. I will be driving and enjoying the car, in moderation, of course.

 

I don't know you, but find myself (slightly) hating you for having my car in your driveway


now that's out of the way...


Good move, sooner or later the classic car world will wake up to the Jag Mark X being a Bentley that can handle.


Both Jegs and Summit carry very complete lines of generic seat(and other)belts and hardware. For folks building race cars and hotrods.


Beautiful, brilliant, smashing car. Just don't turn to me for sympathy 'cause your face hurts from smiling so much as you cruise around in it.

 

Wow! Beautiful car. Congratulations

 

That is a very nice example! Quite jealous

 

That is a classic. Look at all the wood inside. Great setting for the pictures. Enjoy.

 

Rather than putting in generic seatbelts, I'd be thinking to locate, if not a set of correct belts (assuming they were optional equipment at the time), a set of Jaguar belts of the same or similar vintage. Once located, contact Ssnake Oyl Products right here in Texas about new webbing and hardware restoration. I had them repair the belts in a 68 Mustang and a 69 Corvette.

Interesting side note, seatbelts were not common until sometime in the mid to late 60s. My father tells the story of how in the early 60s while he was in the US Air Force here at Carswell AFB, they implemented a new rule that in order to drive your car on the base, it had to have seatbelts and so he took his Fairlane to a shop on the base where they installed seatbelts.

Beautiful car BTW. It deserves a set of vintage style belts.