Ya'll try Beams Seatbelts:
http://www.seatbelts.net/Marc
wrote:
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?
-- Marc
Marc... I have used
these in several of my cars thru years:
http://www.seatbelts.net/products/1511.php?list=4&pic=ahttp://www.seatbelts.net/Eddie
Stakes
On Stephen's comments about the 1970 AMX:
"
Hello I just sold a 70 AMX that never had seats belts
period. It had the original carpet
in it when I got the
car to restore. There were no holes in the carpet to put
bolts
through. The threaded inserts in the floor pan had
plastic plugs in the holes. It was a
automatic car with
the console there were no magnets on the console to hold the
belt after
you took it off. There were no clips above
the window to hold the shoulder harness if you
decided
not to use it. The holes in the sail panels had color coded
plastic plugs in
them. I am sure the car never had seat
belts. But in Concourse Judging I had points taken
off
because they said all AMC's in 70 had seat belts. I had a 70
Javelin that had the
clips above the door and the
magnets on the console. My question i could the car be
ordered without seat belts??? Sincerely
Stephen
Smith"
On that one...no the seat belts were federally
mandated by then and also a big selling
point for 1970
models including new PPG glass with sheet sandwiched between
it for
windshields (safety glass!) and collaspable
steering columns that were not spears going
thru you
with collisions as in previous years. But no, could not opt
out of safety
equipment (by 70) but chances are
somewhere in past 42 years since that car built someone
did 'opt out' of them. The shoulder harness plugs are
not that uncommon either, I have a
metal pair of them in
a set of 68 Javelin sail panels here. I have seen metal and
plastic
ones though, but when it comes to the 68
Javelin, I do not honestly know if the 1967
Javelins
built up to the law change were required to have them or
not. I have had a number
of 68 Javelins with block off
plate, remind me to take photo of set of sail panels with
this metal plug in there from factory. Quite
neat.
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