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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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I pulled the seats from my '73 tonight. When I bought the car I figured the retractors were broken because the belts were kind of funky. Check out Bubba's work.



The seats were only held in by 2 bolts too.
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 10:05 PM
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My wife just finished helping me recover our 73 seats, rails and belts. She just saw this and is still over on the sofa laughing.
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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Unbelievable.
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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It would appear as if the price of corvettes needed to be higher so bubba couldn't afford them.
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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Maybe he fixed that seat for his wife to sit in.
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by z10kl
Maybe he fixed that seat for his wife to sit in.



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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mako72
Unbelievable.

It's amazing what people tend to do to these cars.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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maybe he fixed that seat for his wife to sit in.
awesome !
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Sheesh! Well...at least it had seatbelts.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 08:09 AM
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Kinda looks like an ejector seat...
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Dang it! Now you've added another line on my list of things to check over this winter.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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bubba, bubba, bubba !!!
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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Cuzin Ludlow did it better. He had his Momma just sew the seatbelt to his shirt...so all he has to do is get in the car! Right smart, if you ask me...
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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And to think I was ticked off that my 73 came with the lap belts missing. At least I knew I had to replace them.

It has been said befopre. Unbelievable!
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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did that actually happen?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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Whats wrong with them? There seat belts, what would you expect for seats.....
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