I am a purest. I like my trucks stock, just the way they were on the show room floor. My one exception is seatbelts for safety of course. I have a 1964 F-100 without seatbelts. For those of you whom do add seatbelts how do you do it? What kind of newer model truck do you take the belts from?
I have a 1978 F-150 parts truck, would its seatbelts transfer ok into the 1964?

Thanks for the input to come!

 

I can appreciate wanting to keep the truck as original as possible; and then again, there's the safety issue. Not sure there's sufficient metal to support the shoulder harness type of seat belts. There's are should harnesses incorporated in the the assembly but it would require replacing the seat and not sure what that would require for a 64. I ended up swapping the 65 seats for 87 Lariat, and since I was tired of slamming the door on the lap belt, ended up swapping for retractable. Am sure other members will be able to provide other suggestions, and ideas?

 

I put some universal seat belts in my truck. The are 3 point seat belts and they work pretty well. If anything they work too well because they lock up really easily, but it isn't really a problem. They are fairly strait forward to install and make bumpy roads a little more tolerable.

 

I found some seat belts from a 1977 F100, cleaned and lubricated, may not be perfect but better than the old lap belts and they are Ford. Had to work out the top connection but used a sturdy backing plate and it seems very solid.

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My 66 F-100 was my dad's for years and years, and when I was a kid my mom told him he had to put seatbelts in it before I could ride in it. At the time we had a dilapidated 76 F-150 that was only used around the house.(we had a couple acres) So he used those. I like them just fine. We've never wrecked it or anything, but they hold you in the seat when you go over the railroad tracks. They don't look out of place, and the installation was pretty simple. Might be a bit different with a 64 though. Good Luck!

 

Thanks for all the advice and Picture, the top connection is the main one I know will be a challenge. The seatbelts in my 78 match the interior of my 64 pretty close. I'm worried about making the top connection strong enough.

 

It seems that if you put a sturdy plate behind that panel it would spread out the force enough to offer some reasonable strength. If you get hit hard enough to bust through that, I don't think you'll need to be worrying about seatbelts.....

 

I grabbed the lap belts out of a 73,,,, soaked them in Simple green overnight,, they were dirty,,, rinsed them out and installed in my 66,,, I didn't want to deal with the shoulder harness issue,,, personally,,,, I wouldn't put a lot of faith in fabbing them in,, there are some serious forces at play in a crash,,, but as 37 Ford stated,,,, wouldn't be one of your pressing concerns at that point and time!!

 

Mine came with a lap belt for the drivers side only. I moved this to the middle and bought inexpensive 3-pointers ($50/pair) for the driver and passenger sides. Had my body shop install them. Yes they are cheap but they work fine.

 

I Would consider doing just the lap part but my concern is that big steering wheel going into my chest and ribs during a crash.

 

That's a very valid concern! And your passenger has the steel dash in front of him/her. In my opinion, unless you are planning on a trailer queen that never gets driven and you are trying to win shows, then it's just unwise not to put good 3-point seat belts in it. Next comes brakes. I redid my brakes and replaced the wimpy single-cylinder master with a bolt-on power booster and dual reservoir master cylinder from Classic Performance Parts. The difference is night and day and I do not regret the $300 cost. Disk brakes are also a popular upgrade but in most situations drums work about as good as disk.

 

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