John S's Journal

40 days to receive a pair of brackets from the UK. In fairness, the order said that delivery could take between 16 to 50 days but damn, I really didn’t think that it would take very long to ship 2 small brackets. I’d heard great things about shipping from Rimmer’s Bros. so it was a surprise. Fortunately, it didn’t cause any delays in driving as the GT is pretty much put away for the Winter although today would have been a good day to take it out.

The brackets were for mounting a pair of Kangol retractable belts that I purchased from a forum member. The belts are from a later GT and are replacing the original Kangol 3 point static belts. I got those installed and now just need to get a pair of the guides that attach to the headrests.

As long as I was in the car, I decided to start it and run it for a few minutes but it has a leak from the water pump gasket so just a quick run. When the Toyota FIPG 103 sealant shows up, I’ll take care of that. The leak and the brake bleeding are all that’s left that is keeping me from driving it. I still need to get a Hagerty policy lined out for it but holding off until I finish up the valance and front bumper projects done.