spare wheel strap

[Ray]

as you all seem to like a quiz, I'm throwing this one open to the people here, but I suspect itll be more for the elders tbh, and no, I don't know the answer, that's why I'm asking

mk1 escort, my spare wheel straps keep snapping, where they are too much of a stretch, ive found 3 lengths of them, and all too short, the longer fits, but a week later snaps, and they are getting hard to get in good condition, as well as expensive, this is for the 13 inch wheel that sits at an angle and is the late shell, the lower bracket sits as per picture 1, I'm connecting this with the large end at the top and the buckle style end art the bottom connected to the bracket in picture 1

pic 1

pic 2

looking at the hand book, and also the 900 mile barn find video of the 1300XL (that had 12 inch wheels, so the spare sat upright), the strap goes into the wheel well and back out through the buckle, making it adjustable, but neither show what type of different bracket is part of the wheel well if any, or what is on the end of the strap if anything

now cannibalising a broken strap, I can do this as in pic 3, this will ease the tension slightly and make an adjustable buckle, but I know its probably not correct

I'm waiting for the "who cares" why are you bothered" etc etc, but its something I would like to get to the bottom of and make correct

the strap was missing on my other car, so cant check that, and every strap you see its just as pic 2, so why have a buckle if not needed,

so I'm looking for you to search deep in your memory banks, or if any of you have an original un messed with one, a photo would be most helpful

[colr6]

Didn't the strap wrap round the jack and wheel brace in a bag, then both ends of the strap passed through the wheel centre hole onto the body hook ?

[Ray]

The jack is very long, so dosnt sit in the wheel, even if it did, the strap would then have to be twice the length it is now

jack just sits in a bag in tbe boot on 13 inch wheel models i think

[Rally Pack 2000]

I still have my original Mk2 one if images of that would be of  any help. But it slightly differs in design it seems with a different lower end piece and definitely no middle buckle.

[Ray]

38 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

I still have my original Mk2 one if images of that would be of  any help. But it slightly differs in design it seems with a different lower end piece and definitely no middle buckle.

would be good if you could, pls RP