Re: [AMC-list] AMX no shoulder harness

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Joe pointed out Juliano's already. I use S-10 Blazer (late 80s) retractable belts in my car because they were the only ones I found that have a standalone retractor on the floor with a cover, not made into the B pillar cover. I had to trim the cover to fit where I wanted/needed to mount them, but they work very well. The plastic around the button end was cracked up so I bent a 90 in a piece of stiff wire (brazing rod, IIRC) and ran that through the loop holding the buckle on and bent a loop in the other end and put that under the mounting bolt. Works great, and I could bend the wire a bit to move it where it needed to be.

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Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 16:20:19 -0400
From: Marc Montoni<Freedom@xxxxxxxx>

Speaking of shoulder belts, have any of you replaced those lame factory belts on your AMX or Javelin with a set of self-retracting three-point belts from a later model AMC (or other car)?

My 68 AMX (for sale, BTW -- seehttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130515988000  ) has only **aftermarket** lap belts and they're tremendoudly cheesy-looking.  The car does have the early style holes near the 1/4 window.

I'm looking for something that is more functional than the primitive design of the factory belts but that won't look glaringly out of place on the car (thus the preference for later model AMC).

I've gotten used to the smooth and obstacle-free operation and relatively firm retract of modern belts.  It's ridiculous to need two hands to buckle up.

Any recommendations?

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