Re: seat belts!

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

AMC used the 'solid' shoulder belts until 1973.

Ken Ames

Quoting Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>:

> The early shoulder belt thing isn't unique to AMC either. Every car with a 
> shoulder belt made from the late 60's (they were required after Jan 1, 
> 1968) to the mid-70's that I've been in has this same stupid design.
> 
> Matt
> 
> At 08:22 AM 11/5/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >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!
> >--
> >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!
> <snip>
> 
> 
> mhaas@xxxxxxx
> Cincinnati, OH
> http://www.mattsoldcars.com
> 1967 Rambler American wagon
> 1968 Rambler American sedan
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