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OK, so here is another strange bracket for people to identify. My 1973 LWB has this on both sides of the dashboard.
John

John,

Those brackets are the receiving end for the door stays, which are made of webbing, are about 4 inches long, and stop the doors blowing open too far. I don't have the Parts Manual with me, but they are shown in it.

Many thanks Julian,

yet another thing I will have to try and find or make...

John

I made some straps up last week with some nylon webbing - didn't take long to do and stop the doors swinging around moving the rear vision mirrors out of adjustment.

Garry

I seem to remember seeing a photo of the original strap somewhere with the metal pins for attaching them to the door and body work.
Has anyone got a photo they can post so I can make some, I have looked at the parts book but its not very clear.

Dave

Asked around about the straps and got this as a reply.
Approx 120 x 45 mm, rod is 6mm. Note I am not 100% sure this strap is from a front door.
It looks like the straps were originally webbing material rather than leather like I thought.

John

Thank you John, I will have some made .

Dave

Hi Dave,

We are not sure that the length is correct for the front doors, these might be back door straps. They are made the same way, but the fronts might be a different length. What I would do is open the doors and see how long you think they should be, Then make some a little shorter as they will stretch a bit if the doors are caught by the wind.

John

Hi John,
Good call, I will check before I have some made. I did not realise that the back doors had provisions for check straps, I will check the next time I go in the shed.

Dave

I have just had these door check straps made, the pins are stainless steel and I have 1 straight and 1 bent as it looks that way in the parts book. If someone knows if they are different please let me know.

Dave