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Originally Posted by Burdekin
They look like the early NOS inertia belts I have.
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That is interesting. I have never set eyes on that style; but, the parts manual does show them. I have the style of catch shown by part #13. The parts number for my catch has a notation
USA, CAN
142 - CH - 283499
144 - confusing range of numbers
145 - CH - 125681
The #14 style catch has the parts manual notation
57) USA, CAN
142 - CH 283500 -
144 - CH 295522 -
145 - CH 125682 -
My 1971 142 is 245596 so the 283500 is probably the start of the 1972 model year since they were doing about 70,000 142s per year. If Almex's car is a 1972 then they could be original.
So, your belts may be NOS; but actually late NOS for the 140 and if you parse the notation in the parts manual it implies that they are for USA Canada cars only.