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Does anyone know if the 67 Firebird had the 3 pt. seat belt that attached on the rear quarter by the rear window? Also, were the 2 pt. seatbelts retractable in the front?
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No. '67 had two single 2 pt. seatbelts in the rear seat.
They also had the 1/2 (2 pt.) retractable for each of the front seats. The retractor was outboard of the seats, and the inboard side was a 1/2 length non-retractable.
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If you're talking about the shoulder belt, they make an aftermarket, but none came with them originally.
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Has anyone used the shoulder seat belt? It does not look comfortable but seems to make sense.
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It's been talked about before (I think somewhere around 2007/2008?). You'll probably have to do a forum search.
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I have the aftermarket shoulder belts. Install was simple and they work good.
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I use the original shoulder belt setup. It's a little restrictive but it's supposed to be. Not uncomfortable. Not as convenient as a three point but they work. I pulled them out and for awhile ran some racing harnesses but they gave me a hard time at tech because I didn't have a submarine belt so I went back to the original setup. You should have seen the look on my Mitsu-boy ride-along instructor's face when I showed him how they worked...Priceless
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Dan, can you tell me where you got the aftermarket ones and which ones you bought?
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I forgot to mention that my car is a convertible. I am looking for some after market 3 point seat belts for the front seats of my convertible. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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....or does it make a difference that it is a convertible? Do all of the aftermarket 3 point seatbelts work on coupes and convertibles?
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The upper anchor for convertibles is about two feet farther back than for coupes, behind the cover by the window crank/switch. So you'd need to have enough webbing to accomodate a driver and passenger with the seat full forward. I haven't looked recently, but I could not find one advertised with enough webbing length.
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