[T3] type3-vwtype3.org Digest, Vol 29, Issue 14

[Dave Hall]

The front retractable belts I fitted had enough room for the reel on the
left side, but I had to mount a short bracket for the other side reel.  That
was the B-pillar mounting.

I know people with Fastbacks who've mounted the reel on the rear shelf for
the rear belts.  It depends on how the reel was designed to be mounted, as
the locking mechanism (at least on some belts) needs to be in a certain
orientation.  In Squarebacks it could probably be fitted through the trunk
floor with a substantial bracket and reinforcing plates. 

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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Subject: Re: [T3] type3-vwtype3.org Digest, Vol 29, Issue 14

>> I installed the retractable belts from a Mk2 Golf in our 1971 
>> Squareback.  As I recall it was fairly simple, but I think the center 
>> receivers ended up a little higher than expected.  I also mounted a 
>> set for the rear seat, but that required welding in a nut on the C 
>> pillar.
>
> As to the nut on the C pillar, all the '71 Type 3 Squarebacks I've 
> seen had that nut already there (high inside the C pillar, for the 
> shoulder belt) although it was not always obvious. Most of the time 
> there is a plastic threaded plug in that hole, but sometimes, often on 
> just one side, that plug just never got installed on the assembly 
> line, but you can still feel the hole thru the vinyl.
>
> Was yours actually missing on both sides, or did you add one down low, 
> for the lap belt?

Hmm, I recall welding a nut 'somewhere' for a 3 point belt.  Now that I
think about it, (it was 15+ years ago) it was most likely the B pillar.
After some more pondering and scratching an increasingly graying beard I can
now almost certainly say I welded a nut on the lower portion of the B pillar
to mount the belt retractor.  I recall that the retractor would end up
sideways using the original mounting location so I had to weld in a new nut
to have it face up.

Hope this is useful.

Dave
(Type 3-less, but I do have a '69 Opel GT 1.1 sitting under 2 feet of snow
which has separate lap and shoulder belts, both of which are manually
adjustable.) _______________________________________________
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