1969 seatbelt replacement
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1969 seatbelt replacement
I need to replace the passenger side seatbelt in my '69 (lap only). The prior owner was nice enough to pass along a new piece when I bought the car. The driver side was already in, but the passenger side is frozen in one position, so it is basically useless (frozen in a position where only a skinny, vertically challenged person -- gotta be PC -- can fit in it).
Now, I got the trim out around the door and peeled the carpet back. I can't see where I bolt in on the door side. I looked under the car and see a bolt/nut with some washers and am guessing they are the anchor. I have the Chilton's book, but it is useless.
Can anyone guide me through this? Do I have to pull the seat??
Thanks...Mark
Now, I got the trim out around the door and peeled the carpet back. I can't see where I bolt in on the door side. I looked under the car and see a bolt/nut with some washers and am guessing they are the anchor. I have the Chilton's book, but it is useless.
Can anyone guide me through this? Do I have to pull the seat??
Thanks...Mark
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For 1969, the "door side" seat belts mount under the center of the seat, so the seat has to come out to get to the bolt.
The belt is mounted under the seat. It then heads rearward and outward, and runs under a metal plate, which is under the carpet.
The belt then comes through a slit in the carpet. That slit has a large plastic/rubber grommet. Chuck
The belt is mounted under the seat. It then heads rearward and outward, and runs under a metal plate, which is under the carpet.
The belt then comes through a slit in the carpet. That slit has a large plastic/rubber grommet. Chuck
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Rich -- thanks so much for the page from the assembly manual -- exactly what I needed. It is certainly more of a project than I had imagined when I said to myself yesterday, "Think I'll slap that seatbelt in today." 
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