Hello Barnfind, finishing aint easy bit.
*did you have rear seat belts as original on 78 models?
We did receive front seat belts compolsory only on 77's i do not have seat belts for rear setas but do have the places to put in.
Lets see what the MOT man will say of that. I did visit MOT station and interwiew one inspector what i have to do to get her back in registration, heres it in Finland:
1)you have to have proof of ownership, earlier MOT certificate
2)specific test drive plates to drive her to MOT(can include trip to service garage on my way), including insurance for a day.
3)speedometer does not need to work
4) no CO 2 measurements for 77's, beginning on 79's
5) all other things working
got any good ways of fishing the rear number plate light wire back through the tailgate frame?
**should come out easily?
You are right about finishing. The more time I spend on it now, the less headway I seem to make!
On the subject of seatbelts, rear seat belts weren't compulsory in the UK untill 1987, so my car has anchorages only, but I do have a set to fit.
Front seat belts were compulsory here in new cars in 1967 and were required to be retrofitted to older cars over the next few years. Some cars such as Volvos already had them.
MOT conditions are similar in the UK, and there isn't at the moment any way of testing the Speedo, albeit you are supposed to have one. The rules on working equipment seem to be that if it was original equipment, it needs to work, there aren't any retrofit requirements on cars of this age.