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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