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Well it's been a few days, and I'm surprised there have been no suggestions (links) for either of the two needed webbing types.
I'm still looking but the more eyes on this the better.
 
I'm looking, too. I didn't want to post until I'd found something. Good news is there's a lot of resources around Seattle. I am well stocked with fabric, leather, Sintra, stainless steel, aluminum, resin, have a rapid-prototyping shop on speed-dial, ditto a fabrication shop (vac-forming and rotocasting). The down side is that there's a lot of possible sources to sift through. *chuckle*

Do we have a precise measurement for the width of the pack-attaching straps? I am currently poking at the sub-path of canvas belts...

Also, those look like hammered rivets rather than pop rivets. Yes?

--Jonah
 
Both Ford and GM produced seat belt straps with four ribs in the 1960's and 70's. The 1969 Mustang had it. The mustang seat belt is 1 3/4" in width. Betting the the rest of the Ford belts were, too. As well as GM. Widely available in 1978.

I am guessing seat belts went to 5 ribs for better safety design sometime in the 70's and 4 rib type is probably no longer currently manufactured anywhere. I could easily be wrong about that. I don't know for sure but seems likely. There is plenty on ebay motors, though, in the form of vintage seat belts, or you can dig it out of a junk yard, which might be what the makers of the Fett costume did. Dunno that either.

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Awesome find Lufo.

I think that looks **** good.
However, how are we supposed to order from China?
In some cases, they will show a pic of something, but it won't be something they have on hand or in-stock. Instead it would be made to order per your specs (and a huge minimum quantity).
Don't know if that's the case with this particular situation, but I wouldn't know how to find out.
Anyone?


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guys, I need to dig up some info I have here, but I ordered over 100yds of the correct stuff a few years back. I"ll find the info and post it for you.
 
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The four stripe version is still used widely on aircraft seatbelts. I see them everyday at work. :)

Both Ford and GM produced seat belt straps with four ribs in the 1960's and 70's. The 1969 Mustang had it. The mustang seat belt is 1 3/4" in width. Betting the the rest of the Ford belts were, too. As well as GM. Widely available in 1978.

I am guessing seat belts went to 5 ribs for better safety design sometime in the 70's and 4 rib type is probably no longer currently manufactured anywhere. I could easily be wrong about that. I don't know for sure but seems likely. There is plenty on ebay motors, though, in the form of vintage seat belts, or you can dig it out of a junk yard, which might be what the makers of the Fett costume did. Dunno that either.

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Both of those look so close, but they are too big.

We need 4 rib seatbelt style webbing in 1 3/4" (1.75") (44.5mm).


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I see mostly 2" nylon webbing out there, even with the aircraft stuff. It might be as you say, though, Gino -- they are not giving exact measurements and are instead rounding up. We can only find out by calling or ordering. All this makes it even more suspicious that the vintage car seat belts with four stripes were exactly 1 3/4". Makes a strong circumstantial case this is what they originally used. Its a little more pricey, but there is plenty for sale on ebay. Interested to see phantomfett's source or pics of what he had. You have any left over from that original 100 yds, phantom?
 
I didn't realize that you were saying that vintage stuff was 1 3/4". That is encouraging.
I don't think we need to buy up old seatbelts, surely someone somewhere still makes a 1 3/4 size in a roll.
Hopefully.
 
It fits it, but if you look at the reference photos, the screen used stuff is quite a bit narrower than the buckle itself.
The 1 15/16" - 2" wide webbing fills the buckle width almost exactly which is not screen accurate.

Why does everything always have to be such a pain. Can't we just once just easily find the stuff we need without having to scour the earth? :wacko
 
I will Bryan. And thanks again. (y)
I'll call them and ask if they have a 1 3/4" wide version. Fingers crossed.
However I think everyone should keep looking as well in case this doesn't pan out.


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You don't still mean the 1 15/16" - 2" wide stuff do you?
I can tell you right now that it is 100% not correct to what was screen used.

We need to focus on trying to find 1 3/4" wide stuff if we want it to be screen accurate.
 
The supplier I gave you MAKES webbing, I believe. I only asked them about 2" webbing in 2003. There's a good bet they make it in other widths.
 
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