3 Point Seatbelt Conversion Question
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3 Point Seatbelt Conversion Question
I was intending to do 3 point seatbelt upgrade on my 72 Camper Special. I had read several of the how to articles on here about it and was pretty confident I could make it work. I found a great deal on the belts and brackets and everything was going fine until i pulled the Rubber plugs out where the mounting points for the upped points are. Everything i had read or seen lead me to expect to find threaded holes there. I did not. I found what looks like a mounting point reinforcement but the hole is not threaded. my question is can this be tapped or do i just need to drill it out larger and figure out how to get a washer and nut on the back side? Any tips?
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I tapped mine, took all of about two minutes. I got the mounting bolts from a old 76 Grand Torino, just because it was the first ford car in the old junkyard I went to, they were self tapping bolts, I just used the air impact gun and ran them in and back out, then mounted the belts, solid as a rock.
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OP - thanks for starting the thread, I wanted to know the same thing.
Where did you get your seats? I likey!
I tapped mine, took all of about two minutes. I got the mounting bolts from a old 76 Grand Torino, just because it was the first ford car in the old junkyard I went to, they were self tapping bolts, I just used the air impact gun and ran them in and back out, then mounted the belts, solid as a rock.
Where did you get your seats? I likey!
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Bought the brackets from Bill W. on this site, the seats are 66 mustang that I had recovered in the 66 Mustang Pony Interior.
Only two can ride but it makes the truck feel twice as big inside.
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