Re: rear seat-belts

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

Since I had my front ones removed (for cleaning) I decided to see if they 
would work in the back.  Nope.

The retractor can't be mounted under the seat unless a custom bracket is 
made and even then I'm not sure this would work because the seat would rest 
on the belt and it wouldn't be able to extend/retract.  Putting the 
retractor at the C-pillar bolt hole won't work either unless a custom 
bracket was made.  The bracket would have to keep it properly aligned both 
horizontally and vertically to keep the pendulum in the unit from 
continuously locking.

The only way I see possible would be to use a 3-point, non-retractable seat 
belt system like what's found in early model vehicles.

     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L for sale


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Subject: rear seat-belts
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    4/7/97 8:04 AM


>From: Bart Mertens <b_mertens@roam.agfa.be>

>Hi all,
>Where can I get rear seat-belts (3 points) for my T3? Somewhere in
>europe? Can I get retractable? What are the prices?

Regular front 3-points will probably work in the back.  I'm not familiar
with any retractable version that would work there.

Jim
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