Re: seat belts!

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Tom, Those belts aren't unique to the 70. My 69 has the same pathetic setup!
Yes they are a pain in the a$$. I find the remote control for my Sony dash unit quite handy, since I can barely reach it with shoulder belt on! I have to wear it most of the time as with my kids in the car I don't want to set any bad examples. :]
  I hope to figure out a bolt in replacement for them some day, but, when that might be i don't know!
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV

 
---- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> I finally got my seatbelts rebuilt, in my 1970 Hornet. Seatbelt  
> technology and fashion aren't a specialty of mine, but I think 1970  
> is unique (a lot in the 1970 Hornet is unique to that car; many  
> things are totally different from 1971-up).
> 
> It's certainly an early attempt to figure out how to make a  
> functional shoulder belt -- and not successful one! The lap belt is  
> ordinary enough, the outside end has a retractor in a plastic tube,  
> the inside is fixed with a plastic tube that pokes through the seat.
> 
> The shoulder belt is the kicker -- it's fixed to the roof behind your  
> head, does not retract, and has a primitive clip and socket behind  
> the plastic trim with which to afix the mess when you're not using it  
> (which will be most of the time for most people, it's so annoying).  
> The business end has a little tang that fits into a keyhole in the  
> lap belt. It all looks very experimental. And since it's fixed, and  
> not inertial, when it's adjusted reasonably you are essentially  
> webbed tight to the seat, you can't even lean forward.
> 
> The whole contraption cracks me up. The shoulder belt is so  
> impractical and hard to use! I love old cars!
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> I had to have all the webbing replaced; since the shoulder belt  
> doesn't retract, it's out in the sun, and they're all bleached and  
> frayed. I steel-wooled all the chrome parts, wrinkle-painted the  
> painted buckles (not correct, but not a concern of mine).
> 
> That's all, just a reminder of the past, and improvements actually  
> made over time!
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