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DavidAPease

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Re: Close Call
« Reply #25 on: January 23, 2008, 12:23:31 »
Hi, James,

Yes, the short strap is sewn to the plastic sliders, but I don't believe that this piece of strap is under any real tension.  Its primary purpose seems to be to hold the padding.  I won't really know until I get the sliders, but one idea I had was to simply thread these short straps (sewn part and all) through the sliders first, then slide the longer straps through the sliders.  I think that this would be tight enough to keep the short straps from being able to pull out.  Otherwise, I could consider resewing the short straps (I don't think any heavy-duty sewing would be needed).  

I'll try to test this theory this weekend and let you know.

-David Pease
'66 French 230SL
-David Pease
 '66 230SL (Originally sold in Paris)