yeah must me aftermarket, longest OEM strap I believe is 13" eye to eye. Yeah I can do 17.5" eye to eye in beige. price is 25$ plus 5$ for shipping. You can send it via paypal to eric@shwoodshop.com. And get me your address here so I can ship them to ya.
Yeah it’s always best to measure. 11” is usually correct for a ‘79, as long as you know the jump seats are the original ones. There are a few other seats from different years that look very similar but the twist lock is positioned either further up or further down.
I have spent countless hours hunting for the best match for hardware, this is what I have found. The 2 straps on the right are the ones I make, the 3 on the left are all old and warn OEM straps. The color of these OEM straps have faded from decades of sun exposure, but originally they were a...
There were only 2 OEM jumpseat strap colors for the 40s, the olive drab were for the early wide jump seats, and then once they switched to skinnier seats to fit within the factory roll bar, they switched the strap color (and length) to a tan colored strap, and also changed the length a few times...
Sure I can help you out. If you found a partial strap that looks tan then you definitely had the beige straps. I’ve spent a lot of time finding a very close match to this original color. I can also do OD green, which was mainly used on cruisers pre ‘71 from what I can tell. I just need to know...
I can’t do gaskets for that year, only because I I don’t have a cruiser from that era to take measurements from, sorry! I wish I did, as I’ve had a few people ask.
Ok Sounds good. They are $25 plus 5$ shipping. You can send $30 via paypal to me at @eric@shwoodshop.com and I will get them out. Please include your address either here or in the Paypal comments section. Thanks!