12-19-2012, 12:32 PM
My 73 was mostly restored by the previous owner, and they did a great job and kept nice detailed records. It is not the original color, etc so I am not worried about too much change to the car.
My problem is the seatbelts. The front female ends were rotted away when I bought the car, so just as a temporary measure to drive it without dying, I put the rear female end onto the front driver side (yes, even though they are shorter). That worked for about 5 drives. Now that female end is falling apart. The plastic is just crumbling.
I haven't found just the female ends of the belts at a price I'm willing to pay without thinking they will just crumble away again, and every replacement belt I have seen won't fit the male retractor end of the lap belt, which is in great shape.
I can sew and have a sewing machine that can sew the seatbelt ends back together. Should I take replacement male and female parts and put them into the original belts? Or just bite the bullet and replace them, belts and all?
Anyone tried this before?
-Cheryl/Muppin
My problem is the seatbelts. The front female ends were rotted away when I bought the car, so just as a temporary measure to drive it without dying, I put the rear female end onto the front driver side (yes, even though they are shorter). That worked for about 5 drives. Now that female end is falling apart. The plastic is just crumbling.
I haven't found just the female ends of the belts at a price I'm willing to pay without thinking they will just crumble away again, and every replacement belt I have seen won't fit the male retractor end of the lap belt, which is in great shape.
I can sew and have a sewing machine that can sew the seatbelt ends back together. Should I take replacement male and female parts and put them into the original belts? Or just bite the bullet and replace them, belts and all?
Anyone tried this before?
-Cheryl/Muppin