Shoulder belts on C500's..

[hemi68charger]

Hey gang...
It just dawned on me to ask. It's something I've always wanted to pose, but always forget.. Dana doesn't have shoulder seat belts, I'm assuming they should be there, no? All you C500 owners, are yours there?  Al, what about it Mr. Original-C500-owner........

Troy

[hemigeno]

Troy, I can't speak from experience with an all-original C500, but I did look up what the '69 Dealer Data Book had to say about Shoulder Belts:

Lap and Shoulder Belts. Three lap belts in front, three lap belts in the rear, and shoulder belts for the driver and outboard front-seat passenger are standard.  Shoulder belts for the outboard rear-seat passengers are optional.

Looks like all '69s had them.  I've forgotten when that became mandatory, seems like it was sometime in '68 - but that's just a foggy recollection.

[PocketThunder]

My car has them, and it was built Nov. 18th 1968.

[hemi68charger]

Troy, I can't speak from experience with an all-original C500, but I did look up what the '69 Dealer Data Book had to say about Shoulder Belts:

Lap and Shoulder Belts. Three lap belts in front, three lap belts in the rear, and shoulder belts for the driver and outboard front-seat passenger are standard.  Shoulder belts for the outboard rear-seat passengers are optional.

Looks like all '69s had them.  I've forgotten when that became mandatory, seems like it was sometime in '68 - but that's just a foggy recollection.

That's what I thought.... Damn,,, guess I need to find a set of tan shoulder belts and clips for Dana.... lol

Thanks Geno..........

Troy

[Highbanked Hauler]

Troy, the 500 would have them,defiantly.If you don't have the belts ,do you have the metal brackets behind the visor mounts for them to snap onto when not in use?

[PocketThunder]

Troy, the 500 would have them,defiantly.If you don't have the belts ,do you have the metal brackets behind the visor mounts for them to snap onto when not in use?

If not i think i have an extra set.  Might need to be re-chromed though.

[hemi68charger]

Troy, the 500 would have them,defiantly.If you don't have the belts ,do you have the metal brackets behind the visor mounts for them to snap onto when not in use?

Al, really, not sure, I don't think they're there. I'll have to look....  Seems I'll need the clips and snap botton as well....

Paul, man, that would be cool.. As far as the chrome goes, that's cool. I would clean them up and eventually send them and my lap belts to SnakeOyl....

[Highbanked Hauler]

Troy,do your drivers and passengers front belts have the short belt/buckle sewed to it for the shoulder belt to connect to.?

[hemi68charger]

Troy,do your drivers and passengers front belts have the short belt/buckle sewed to it for the shoulder belt to connect to.?

Yeapers..........  I think when the car was restored in '85 they weren't put back for one reason or another.. But they definitely have the extra clip on the lap belt...

Troy

[Highbanked Hauler]

Other than the date tags sewn to the inside of the belt I'd think they were all the same from 68-70.I think that next year I'll have SnakeOyl do my belts up completely,re chrome the buckells and do the elastics on the shoulder belts.

[69_500]

I thought all 69 Charger's had the shoulder belts. Which Gene beat me to that part already about what the Data Book says.

My car has the shoulder belts, but the headliner has been replaced and it doesn't have the snap on the back for the elastic to attach too. I was wondering if someone could post a picture of where exactly the snaps in the back are mounted.

[hemigeno]

I was wondering if someone could post a picture of where exactly the snaps in the back are mounted.

Here ya go Danny - the snap screws into a boss directly in front of the coat hook.  The original charredware is still on my car...

[69_500]

Thanks GENE, my car has the coat hooks but no snaps. And since it doesn't have the origional headliner either I can't tell where they went. Well I could if I took out the headliner I guess, but since there isn't anything wrong with it, no sense to me to do that just yet.

[hemi68charger]

Thanks GENE, my car has the coat hooks but no snaps. And since it doesn't have the origional headliner either I can't tell where they went. Well I could if I took out the headliner I guess, but since there isn't anything wrong with it, no sense to me to do that just yet.

Danny, you said your hooks are there? If that's so, you should be able to "feel" for the hole that the snap goes into and not have to mess with the headliner. The pictures there by Geno are very nice and detailed..

Troy

[69_500]

I've thought about doing that, but then again my shoulder belts are missing the elastic strap that would snap back on the button anyways. So for now I'm just going to leave them as is.

[Charger Aficionado]

My 500 SE has 'em.

[69_500]

By any chance can you take a photo of where the snap is, with the headliner in the background?