[T3] FW: retractable seat belts

[Mike Fisher]

My rear belts even have little retractors on them.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> I have retractable front belts; the reel sits down by the inner rocker (the
> threaded mount is down there from the mid 60s.  It hasn't melted yet, but
> our later cars have a thermostat on each inlet, fitted to the bulkhead
> externally.  A 1" bore metal pipe and 28mm ID wax paper hose carry cold air
> from the fan housing elbow, if it's still all original in that area. Early
> ones (pre-65 I think) didn't have the thermostats, and could get very hot.
>
> I had to offset one of the reels as there wasn't enough clearance for the
> spring mechanism, which sticks out a bit more than the other side of the
> reel.
>
> I have used the static ones from the front in the rear, as the only way to
> get inertia reels they interfere with the back seat folding, with a lap
> inertia reel for the centre position.   We had child seats and straps for
> the kids in an earlier car, and carried the straps back to bolt through the
> lip on the engine hatch, for 4-way harnesses.
> Photo http://home.clara.net/hallvw/Family/boysvariant.jpg .
>
> I would imagine some of the water-cooled belts would transfer, but a lot of
> scrapyards over here cut the belts deliberately.  You never know what
> stresses they have been subjected to - a rusty car without accident damage
> would be safer to pick from.
>
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of fred
> Simmons
> Sent: 20 January 2012 18:54
> To: vw list
> Subject: [T3] FW: retractable seat belts
>
> the seat belts on my '70 sqbk have got to go!
>
> has anyone had any experience with any of the retractable seat belts i see
> on the web?
> does the rear heater vent melt the retracting spool just in front of it?
> any advice appreciated.
> fred in sunny so cal.
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