Question for the DiveRite Experts

[Agillespey]

I have/had a Transpac II harness that has a waist belt that snaps (its made of hard plastic exactly like the snaps on the chest strap and shoulder straps, instead of the waist belt that is a metal belt clasp. Anyways I sold the BC to someone and they are trying to tell me that the DiveRite BC is a fake because it doesnt have the metal clasp waist belt.

Has DiveRite ever made a Transpac II with the sort of clasp I'm talking about or is it something that you could buy seperatly? The clasp is exactly the same make up as the other similar ones on the BC but it isnt metal type that you see on DiveRite bc on their website. When I bought it at the diveshop it came like that so I'm trying to figure out exactly how it got that kind of clasp.
Here are a few pictures of the Transpac that you can see the waist belt that im talking about. Any advice we really help to alleviate this persons fears.

 

[Agillespey]

after a bit more research I came across this picture of a RecPac with the type of buckle I was talking about did they make them with the TranspacII also or was it something that could be switched out with another type?

 

[halocline]

Did you buy it used? It looks like someone swiped the waist belt buckle. Anyhow, there's a dive rite forum here on SB, and if you post there you're likely to get a response from dive rite. They're very helpful with this sort of thing. You can easily get a dive rite buckle at diveriteexpress.com.

 

[Agillespey]

Thanks I posted it there.