Seatbelt help

John,

I'm pretty sure seatbelt 'extensions' are available. I remember seeing one years ago. It might be worth looking into rather than changing what you currently have.

Michael

Hey Mike, Are we going to see that fabulous car of yours this year at CSD?

- Chris

Chris,

I'm 50/50 right now. I really want to go, but it's a time issue.

Michael

When I purchased my car in 1990, my seat belt webbing was shot - but, all the retraction mechanisms and buckles were OK.

I replaced the webbing and I continue to use the orginal seat belts. You could do something similar and install longer webbing if that is what is required.

You have to be careful about changing the webbing - replacing the old webbing with the new webbing has to be done in one step - otherwise, the spring mechanism in the retractor(s) will be broken.

I fully extended the retractor by fully pulling out the seat belt; I wired (as a temporary measure) the retractor in the fully extended position to hold it in place; I tack sewed (as a temporary measure)the new webbing to the end of the old webbing; pulled the old webbing out of the retractor as it "pulled in" the new webbing; machine "sewed-up" the webbing ends; undid the old webbing; and finally, removed the temporary wire that held the retractor fully extended so that the new webbing retracted in place. (There is more detail to be said - but I hope you get the idea)

Still works "like new" to this day.

Otherwise, you may need to get seat-belt extenders.

HTH

B.G.

The problem is that what came with the car isn't correct. I have two passenger side retractors. One of which is apparently too short as someone has already replaced/repaired the webbing. I also have two completely different female ends. The shoulder belts have been cut for some reason. I went ahead and ordered the belts off of Ebay for $88 including shipping. I figured I'd waste more time than that fooling with this stuff. Hopefully, they will work.

Anyone have any pics of 3-point seat belts installed in a Pantera? Mine won't be in till next week, but I would like to see what I am in for. Thanks.