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I've started a 914 GT project and like I did with my 911ST project I like to get close to the original cars from the days.......
So I wanted a set of REPA racing harnesses, but wanting and being able to get is a totally different thing right wacko.gif
I've only been able to find 1 set sold at an auction and a single harness sold at an auction.....
I had the same with my ST project and was able to create a couple sets of the racing harness myself. A good friend of mine had an original set, and I started making the hardware required and collecting original webbing etc. and had a couple sets stitched by a professional seatbelt stitching company that could also replicate the Repa stitching pattern and all the labels correctly.
Next step now was to create a set for my GT project. The gathering of information and parts for that started a couple years ago, because the GT project was already in my mind for a while. I used a lot of the pictures from the pbase sites from original cars and figured out how they were stitched and what components were used. I had created 2 sets way before this run, just to see if I could get it right....
Now I have done a run of 6 sets, 4 sets of that run have already been sold to the 914 community. I put it like this, because this project is not a money maker, there is a lot of cost in the material I use and the work that needs to be done to get it right. When I finished the sets and started to do the calculation on parts and outsourced work, I realized that it was a foolish project and I might not be able to sell them at my cost....
For a set of 2 harnesses it takes:
- 8 pieces of Repa webbing $15x8=$120
- 6 chrome adjusters (made from VW buckle inserts re-chromed) $40x6=$240
- 2 chrome repa buckle inserts (re-chromed) $75x2=$150
- 2 repa buckles (zinc coated) a piece $75x2=$150
- 4 repa mounting plates (replica recreation) $10=$40
- 4 repa labels (replica created based on original + stitching) $40x4=$160
- 12 repa webbing stitching $15x12=$180
Total sum of $1040
Pictures of the sets and how I created them here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YI15AufsDt2z6P-1HNgs366FD9lUWCx1?usp=sharing
The last set of the batch (keeping one set for my car) is available. It's a non handed set and pictures of the set you can find here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dB5IegtjyA5s0jcPhmTyavzceP8rW14i?usp=sharing
This set can go for $950 shipped and them I'm done with it. Focusing on the teardown of my new project next week.
