seat belt repair 1969 beetle

[KSKI]

I have a 69 convertible with three point seat belts- the problem is they don't pull out- any way to trip the locking mechanism or such thing?
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[Cusser]

I recommend NOT fixing - those things are almost 50 years old !!! Get some modern HumVee type retractable units, like I have in my 1971 Convertible.
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[Q-Dog]

So, here's the thing. Original 1969 VW Beetle seat belts were non-retractable. They had a spring winder that pulled the slack out of the belts when you took them off so they were less likely to get caught in the door. And they were meant to be hung up on a little hook when they weren't being used so back seat passengers wouldn't get tangled up in them when getting in and out of the car. None of this worked particularly well.

If your belts are retractable they are not stock, so no way to really know how to make them work without pictures.
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Brian

'69 Dune Buggy
'69 Beetle Convertible
'70 Beetle

[heimlich]

You might be able to get away with removing them all together. If they didn't come in the car when it was made you don't have to have them. Maybe your state is different though.
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[67rustavenger]

[heimlich]

[ach60]

buy new
http://www.westcoastmetric.com/search.html?q=seat+belt&go=Search
I have a VW Convertible and I found the stock 3 point belts really painful due to the height of the upper anchor.
Nothing short of installing a roll bar with higher anchor would solve this problem, so I installed new lap belts instead.
These cars really don't do well in crashes, but you'll do a lot better if you don't get thrown out of the car because you had no seat belt on.
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Good Luck
Al

[Cusser]

Factory seat belt retractors looked like this http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C16-111-704A $9

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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[bnam]

[Q-Dog]

[bobinphx]

I FULLY second the Humvee belts. I put a set in my 1969 and they work great. The belts are cheap and the quality is very high.

I did make a small modification. These belts have a habit of the clip sliding all the way down to the anchor point on the floor. It makes them hard to just grab and sling over your shoulder to click them in. to fix this, I hand sewed a small round black button about shoulder height on the belt. This keeps the clip in part in the perfect position to just grab it, click it in and go. My Nissan truck has a similar button from the factory, just for this problem.

Get the belts. javascript:emoticon('')

[Cusser]

[gt1953]

Mr. Cusser directed me to the Humm Vee style of seatbelts. They are fine and dandy!
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[Tom K.]

x2, x3, x4? on the Humvee seat belts. They are cheap, easy to install, and work perfectly. Search this site for more info and where on ebay to find them.
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[ashman40]

[heimlich]

That's very novel.
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