Which seatbelt

[hotrod]

Gidday. Which seatbelt is standard in a beddy, retractable or not? only reason I ask is I was having a look/play/dream/fiddle with mine (the beddy that is) this morning and realized it has retractable's.
Seem to remember post in old site about retractable seatbelts and people not sure how best to fit them and others sending in photos of theirs, is mine standard? as I think it looks factory!
FYI it's a 1977

[silverado]

I dont think they made retractable belts in 77, they didnt come out till the mid 80's in anything as far as i remember.

The old's bought a top of the line Statesman in 82 and that had manual lap and diagnals.
I would very much doubt a commercial van from 77 would have retractable belts as standard.

Cheers
Rusty
 

[hotrod]

googled retractable's and found the following
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=XVo&tbo=1&tbs=tl:1&ei=e2YsSvbPGpKUkAW8j93qCg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=retractable+seat+belt+history&spell=1
from what I can find the VJ valiant (1974) was one of the first aussie/nz cars fitted with them so as silverado says, wouldn't have got to a commercial van til 19?? (beddy) Does the mark 2 have them?

[Rogue Trooper]

My '83 has them.

[silverado]

My 84 has them also, but I doubt anything english or ausi built pre around 79-81 has them.

The yanks were using them in lap form from around the mid sixties, but only on upper level models.
The european and english manufactures didnt catch on for very a long time in real production terms.

I think you can safely assume that the belts have been added to your 77, a bonus for you.

Rusty

[Merlin]

my 71 hq monaro has got em

[ethyl]

TORANAS had retractable sometime in 75, my 76 CF truck has them, pretty sure they are original

[ben]

ive noticed that the original cfs ive had from 71 72 dont have retractable. but 76 seem to.

[Joel Oswald]

When I went through the process of getting seat belts, I done easiest & safest way... Called the professionals. There is a company near where I live called Seat Belt Specialists, and they are mobile.
Bloke turns up, installed, fitted & working perfectly within 45mins, no dramas. Even got to choose the colour of the belt...
He had the longer stalk bases which bolted into the original threads in the floor, and the retractable bit the same. No modifications of where/how anything mounts. Which in my case meant it was automatically "Certification" approved. The thing the fella mentioned he was using the "longest" belt they had due to the extra length of the seat height. See below.

[Rozz and Lucy]

looks good.......