seatbelts
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From: Gadsden Purchase
Only thought is, that AZ doesn't require "seat belts" be used
in '75 and older pickups and '72 and older cars. ...because
typically they don't have the shoulder harness and without
the shoulder harness the seat belt ain't much good. :)
A better example is the cars with the automatic shoulder belt
but you'd have to buckle the seat belt and they were worse
than no belt at all without the seat belt. LOL :)
Aaauugggthhh... LOL :)
So, all I use the seat belt for is to hold my butt in the seat.
Same as when I had dune buggys. :)
Alvin in AZ
in '75 and older pickups and '72 and older cars. ...because
typically they don't have the shoulder harness and without
the shoulder harness the seat belt ain't much good. :)
A better example is the cars with the automatic shoulder belt
but you'd have to buckle the seat belt and they were worse
than no belt at all without the seat belt. LOL :)
Aaauugggthhh... LOL :)
So, all I use the seat belt for is to hold my butt in the seat.
Same as when I had dune buggys. :)
Alvin in AZ
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From: salt lake
you can use the belts out of a mid 70's dodge truck or a 73-83 chevy truck, and it will put the retraction part on the bottom so you don't have a big box sitting on the back upper part of the cab. (cleaner look i think). the only problem with using a 73 and up is the seat belts are mounted on the side of the cab and the 69's have the bolt located on the back of the cab.
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From: Simi Valley, CA
Look at your cab corners, there should be rubber plugs there.
Underneath those plugs are threaded holes, this is where the shoulder belts bolted on.
With the optional shoulder belts (the same thru 1975), the right inner lap belt has TWO buckles and a tongue. The left inner lap belt has THREE buckles.
One buckle was used for the shoulder harness, one buckle was used for the lap belt.
The tongue on the right belt fit to the buckle on the left belt tying them together.
