Junk yard seat belts
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mkpj1
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Junk yard seat belts
Anybody scavenged seat belts with shoulder harness that fits our bumps? I have a junkyard here that I can pretty much pick the year and type of vehicle to pull some belts out of. Anybody done it. I've looked at some late model F150's and explorer's etc.. They have the retractors tucked in the space between the door frame and back of cab. Should be easy to fab a bracket to mount the retractor. I searched the topic and found where I could buy some new belts but I can probably get them from the junk yard for a for a 10th of what I would pay new.
Ken
Greenville, SC
68 F100 LWB 390
67 LTD 390(4V T-bird Special)
74 Bronco 351W
"I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:23
Greenville, SC
68 F100 LWB 390
67 LTD 390(4V T-bird Special)
74 Bronco 351W
"I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:23
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seattle67
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Re: Junk yard seat belts
Keith posted some pictures showing belts from a Dodge truck that look like they would be a piece of cake to install.
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68 BB Bump
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Re: Junk yard seat belts
I took a set out of a 94' regular cab truck. I did have to make a mount for the retractor and drill out the shoulder mount, but they work and look great. Sorry I don't have any pictures yet. I'll try to get a pic soon.
1968 F100 460 C6
1976 Jeep CJ7 AMC 401 (It's not a bump but it likes bumps/rocks)
2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP
1976 Jeep CJ7 AMC 401 (It's not a bump but it likes bumps/rocks)
2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP
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mkpj1
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Re: Junk yard seat belts
I ended up doing the same. I think is was about the same year. My shoulder holes were drill so all I needed to do was make a mounting bracket for the retractor. Work nice! Thanks!
Ken
Greenville, SC
68 F100 LWB 390
67 LTD 390(4V T-bird Special)
74 Bronco 351W
"I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:23
Greenville, SC
68 F100 LWB 390
67 LTD 390(4V T-bird Special)
74 Bronco 351W
"I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:23