Re: [Amc-list] seatbelts

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I thought I'd heard the rear points were added!
I had my American gutted and never thought to look.
I'll have to start digging arounf to see if I can find any mounting points in it.


--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: farna@xxxxxxx
> I shouldn't have stated that there were no hard points -- I haven't paid enough 
> attention to any of the 69+ cars I've seen without interiors really. I 
> definitely haven't been looking! It's very possible that even though rear 
> shoulder belts weren't mandatory that the anchor points were -- for future use. 
> To be correct I should have simply stated that rear shoulder belts weren't 
> installed in any AMC cars, even as an option, with the possible exception of the 
> latest model Eagles, and I simply don't know about them. 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> From:    John K Gallagher <johnkgallagher@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date:    Fri, 1 Jun 2007 
> 
>  
> "As Matt pointed out, there are no hard points in ANY
> AMC car (with the possible 
> exception of late model Eagles) for REAR shoulder
> belts."
> 
> Frank, this is simply NOT TRUE.
> Anchor Points for the two rear outside seating
> positions were mandated as per federal law with the
> 1968 law. I have AMC shoulder belts installed in the
> rear of my 1969 Javelin.
> 
> This is how I did it:
> 1.Swapped rear seat belt ends, this puts the buckle
> towards the inside.
> 2.Installed 1968 AMC front shoulderbelts into the
> factory anchorpoints beneath the rear 'packagetray'.
> 3.Finished it off by installing a 1971 packagetray
> cover over the original. As you know, the 1971
> packagetray is 2 inches shorter than the earlier ones.
> 
> Looks good, lasts long time.
> 
> Note that this 'mod' utilizes all AMC parts, however,
> any modern 3-point system should also be a bolt in.
> 
> JKG
> 
> 
> PS; if you want to post this please do.
> 
>  
> 
> 
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