Your mileage may vary. I've have/had 3 and they seemed fine. Ken Ames 39Master85w.partscar,67Marlin343,68AMX343,70Machine,73Matador2drht401, 73Hornet4dsd,73-74-75-76GremlinXs,75PacerX,76Hornet2dsd,77Matadorcpe, 2-77AMXs304,78AMX304,78Gremlin,78GremlinGT,79Concordhb,79PacerDL304, 2-79AMXs304/401,2-80AMXs258/401,2-80SpiritDL258/304,80Eagle4dsdn,3-81SX4s, 81SpiritGT,81Concord4dsd,82Eaglesw,2-85Eaglesw,2-80J20/360,85J10,88Eaglesw, 89Sentra4dsd (41) AMCA = http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/amcalberta/index.html Quoting Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx: > > An FYI to junkyard seatbelt hunters! > > -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: AMC-DelMarVA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [AMC-DelMarVA] Re: Sound mats and belts. > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:25:14 +0000 > > yeah, true, one brand I would avoid at all costs is anything made by Nissan > up > > thru at least 1998! > > They suck, plan and simple, they do not retract on their own. > > Vehicles we have owned and experienced this on. > > 98 Altima > > 92 Stanza > > 88 truck > > 87 Pulsar > > 86.5 truck > > 83 Pulsar > > evry frikkin one of them SUCKED! > > Cars great, belts will fall out, get caught int he door jambs, dent doors, > tear > > door panels, you name it. > > > > Fair warning to those hunting belts in junkyards! > > > > -- > > Mark Price > > Morgantown, WV > > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II > > " I realize that death is inevitable. > > I just don't want to be around when it happens! " > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Mark said: > > > > > > >Also need 3 point seatbelts in Charcoal. Probably go wth new ones, > anyone > > have > > > preferred vendor? I'm tired of the originals with their funky multipart > > > connections etc; > > > > What about rear shoulder belts in a 69 American sedan? I know it can > be > > done. > > > Anyone do it and have memories of the experience? > > > > > > > > > I've thought about this myself. I'd do a junkyard jaunt and pick up > whichever > > > kinds of belts that were the correct color and seemed to work well on > cars > > I've > > > owned in the past. For instance, the belts in our Kia minivan have the > > perfect > > > tension IMO and are extremely easy to use; plus they're placed "just > right". > > If > > > I could find one in a junkyard, that's what I'd use for a retrofit. > > > > > > I'm sure most other modern cars are "converging" in seat belt technology; > > > > they're all getting really, really good as far as useability is > concerned. > > > > > > -- Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An embedded message was scrubbed... > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [AMC-DelMarVA] Re: Sound mats and belts. > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:25:14 +0000 > Size: 15042 > Url: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081031/8bf85cbb/attachment.eml > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list