Seat Belt questione

Rosey · Member

Seat Belt questione

03cts sport · Uber Guru

I just took a look at the brochure thread and it's pretty tough to tell from the picture. I'm sure someone who knows will chime in as to what it would have come with. (My understanding is that there was a base and a deluxe version in '66. Not sure about '68 though. One thing for sure, they would not have been gold. I'm guessing black.)

SD 396 · Poncho Master!

Your car could have come with Deluxe seatbelts. If it did it would show up on the paperwork from GM. Both the standard and deluxe seatbelts have the GM logo on them.

The standard belts with white interior will be black plastic and look like these.

The deluxe seatbelts are steel and look like these.

The seatbelt latches are different for each style so they can't be connected together.

I have also seen the Deluxe belts in seatbelt color in 71 and up.

Rosey · Member

Awesome....thank you...that tells me the front belts would be the originals...so glad to hear it is not the ugly gold in the back....lol...thanks again for your quick response!

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Funny, I like the look of the standard belts over the deluxe belts.

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Asking out of ignorance but did the 68s come with both front and rear belts as standard? I'm thinking earlier years had fronts only. When did both front and rear belts become the only way you could get it?

JJ · Guru

I like the standard as well prob because thats all i ever had in the 68s that i had.
Nice SD i took it for a ride when it was for sale... if it's the one from Iron garage.

Rosey · Member

It is the same one from Iron Garage....we have had so much fun with her....Iron just did some more work on her...now looking to fix up some minor details...I assume you are also an Albertan if you have taken her for a ride.

NOS · Poncho Master!

norontcan wrote:
Asking out of ignorance but did the 68s come with both front and rear belts as standard? I'm thinking earlier years had fronts only. When did both front and rear belts become the only way you could get it?

front seat belts only were law up to Dec -67. As of Jan 68 front & rear were required along with headrests

Dale @ NOS

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

NOS wrote:
norontcan wrote:
Asking out of ignorance but did the 68s come with both front and rear belts as standard? I'm thinking earlier years had fronts only. When did both front and rear belts become the only way you could get it?
front seat belts only were law up to Dec -67. As of Jan 68 front & rear were required along with headrests
Dale @ NOS

So if the Beaumont that is the subject of this thread is an early production car it may have come with only front belts? Does this explain why the rears are non-matching?

JJ · Guru

Rosey wrote:
It is the same one from Iron Garage....we have had so much fun with her....Iron just did some more work on her...now looking to fix up some minor details...I assume you are also an Albertan if you have taken her for a ride.

No im a Kelownite I was just passing through. smile

SD 396 · Poncho Master!

norontcan wrote:
NOS wrote:
norontcan wrote:
Asking out of ignorance but did the 68s come with both front and rear belts as standard? I'm thinking earlier years had fronts only. When did both front and rear belts become the only way you could get it?
front seat belts only were law up to Dec -67. As of Jan 68 front & rear were required along with headrests
Dale @ NOS
So if the Beaumont that is the subject of this thread is an early production car it may have come with only front belts? Does this explain why the rears are non-matching?

No. It would have come with matching front and rear seatbelts. A lot of rear seatbelts were swapped because they seized up due to lack of use.

Rosey · Member

Interesting info....thank you...I think we have decided to go with the matching standard belts front and back.

03cts sport · Uber Guru

NOS wrote:
norontcan wrote:
Asking out of ignorance but did the 68s come with both front and rear belts as standard? I'm thinking earlier years had fronts only. When did both front and rear belts become the only way you could get it?
front seat belts only were law up to Dec -67. As of Jan 68 front & rear were required along with headrests
Dale @ NOS

I know that the belts, front and rear, were standard on the '66's. (Perhaps even earlier?) One more example of the Beaumonts being ahead of their time.