SEATBELTS for '60-'65 Chevy/GMC Trucks

Here are several examples of seatbelt installations in various '60-'66 trucks submitted by Friends of Advanced Design

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Here's the outboard inertia reel. This unit comes from an '85 S-10.

 

 These belts are installed in Cuyler Wilkinson's  '65 Chevy C20. The seatbelts came out of a '85 Blazer S-10.
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Driver's side inertia reel. This bolts to the indentation in the cab floor and no bracket is required.

 

 Here's another example of belts in Van Pershing's '65 C20. This installation was done using after-market units from G.E.M. Streetrods.
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Here's the setup in Adam Kirby's Honda that served as inspiration.

 
This setup belongs to Adam Kirby's '63 C10 Custom Cab Short Bed  Fleetside. He calles the 45 year-old clunker "Ol Timer". He says he's mighty proud of it, so don't maske fun! His belt installation was inspired by the setup in his Honda Integra. He grew up in Lawrence County, Alabama living in a house whose front yard was a junkyard/ shade tree mechanics garage. Thanks to his dad, he started loving Chevys at a young age. He says the only reason for the Honda is for the gas mileage. He's had is truck for a couple years with a bench seat and no belts at all. He kept having an unsettling feeling of sliding across the seat around every turn. So he decided to upgrade the pickup a 4pt harnesses system similar to the Honda. He bought this setup off ebay and purchased all the nuts, bolts and washers from his local hardware store.

The pictures he provided pretty much tell the story.

 

 
   
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