Seatbelts

[Antur]

Made a quick search of old topics, but didn't see anything recent...

With curious grandsons and a world full of crazy motorists, we're needing seatbelt options for rear bench seats in the tub of an '81 109 3-door pickup. They're the classic two-place fold downs, but I'm not sure what options there are for anchoring or whether to search out fixed or retractable. Does anyone sell them in sets? Any advice?

Kyle

[pquin]

I've got a set of Paddock's http://www.paddockspares.com/parts-and- ... belts.html static lap belts for the benches in the back of my Series II. They simply bold through the tub and are backed with wide steel washers. I'm not very convinced that they offer much in the way of improved safety as those seats would be a nasty place to be in a serious accident regardless. :-/

My kids only ride back there for short low speed trips.

Paddock's also offers them in a retractable lap belt model for an extra couple of quid.

Another more pricey option would be to fit forward facing folding seats back there. I think that these can be fitted with 3 or 4 point shoulder belts as well (I may be wrong...)

http://www.johncraddock-trim.co.uk/stor ... etail.html

Paul.

[acg]

I noticed you live in WA. JC Whitney has a wide selection of seat belts. Might be worth a look to find the right aftermarket seatbelt:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/seat-belts-and ... j1s17.jcwx

[Gromit Dog]

I have seat belted a number of old vehicles. Aftermarket ones are the easiest, and you can get the "airplane" type (lift the buckle to release) that look good in older British cars. Both Shoulder and lap type.

The 3 inch washer is fine, but I go larger. Race cars here are required to use 64 square inch bases (not as big as it sounds...8 x 8 inch) I tend to lean to that way.