Has anyone switched it the shoulder belts for a lap only seatbelt? And how did you do it? Anyone used the retractors from the back seat up front?
That's illegal and will get you a ticket... well, everywhere, every time.Has anyone switched it the shoulder belts for a lap only seatbelt? And how did you do it? Anyone used the retractors from the back seat up front?
Per my experice from my old '72 Monte, GM changed they type/style of the shoulder belt in Jan '72. Went from having basicly two sets of belts for waist & shoulder to one set with three belts that the waist male buckle has a key hole for the detachable shoulder belt with everyone's favorite buzzer/warning light set up.As far as seat belts, 1967 and up cars (anything built after July 1966) must meet the applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for their classification, and those cars build prior to that are usually exempt from most state's seat belt laws. Front outboard occupants require at a minimum either type 1 (shoulder/lap single belt) or type 2 (lap with separate shoulder belt) passive belt system that requires no action by the wearer to be effective and has a warning system if those belts are not clicked when front outboard occupants are in the vehicle. That's what covers 99% of our G-bodies. Like a seatbelt light and/or buzzer/chime that works.
In the 1976-77 pickup changeover they also did some oddness. They adapted something similar to the original lap belt retractor unit from 1976-down on the floor, while adding a second unit for the shoulder portion mounted about waist/lower rib high on the side of the cab, but only one buckle. In 1978 they shifted to the single self contained unit that floor mounted only.Per my experice from my old '72 Monte, GM changed they type/style of the shoulder belt in Jan '72. Went from having basicly two sets of belts for waist & shoulder to one set with three belts that the waist male buckle has a key hole for the detachable shoulder belt with everyone's favorite buzzer/warning light set up.
That reminds me that the rear outboardseats had the key hole & mounting positions for simular shoulder belts in my '72. Saw them replacing the rear shelf trim.I think they were trying to make a design that worked for them, as, starting sometime in 1976 production run, the threaded holes and reinforcements were present in the cabs at head height for a shoulder belt, but, they were either just painted or they had a plastic trim panel covering it up with no hole in it. Either way did not install the shoulder belts from the factory in '76 in the c/k
I'm *probably* going to wind up converting over to the newer style, assuming the floor mounted portion allows, in my '77.That reminds me that the rear outboardseats had the key hole & mounting positions for simular shoulder belts in my '72. Saw them replacing the rear shelf trim.
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