retractable seat belts for my 1971 beetle

jakeandco1958 · 29 Jun 2015, 7:17 am

Im looking to fit retractable seat belts to the front seats of my 71 bug (metal dash). What types (or from other makes of cars) of retractable seat belts are compatible and will fit the front anchor points? I am based in Melbourne.

cheers

1303Steve · 29 Jun 2015, 7:54 am

Go to your local general parts store, they can order in Klippen brand seat belts, ADR approved, make sure you get them with a hard stalk

jakeandco1958 · 29 Jun 2015, 10:17 am

thanks

hulbyw · 29 Jun 2015, 4:19 pm

Would have thought (but happy to stand corrected) you need the mounting bracket to spin the reel around so that it's axis is across the car. That's what I have in my '68.

1303Steve · 29 Jun 2015, 8:38 pm

Bracket is easy to make and they dont need to be mounted in any particular direction, I had a dispute with the NSW RMS about this, they acutally defected my car for this, an engineer from Klippen confirmed with me that they can be mounted, north to south or east to west

beetleboyjeff · 29 Jun 2015, 10:46 pm

Here are some photos of the bracket that came with my 75 bug - should be the same as what you need to make. I have replaced my original belts a few times now with Klippan.

I hope this is of some help

hulbyw · 30 Jun 2015, 3:42 pm

1303Steve wrote:Bracket is easy to make and they dont need to be mounted in any particular direction, I had a dispute with the NSW RMS about this, they acutally defected my car for this, an engineer from Klippen confirmed with me that they can be mounted, north to south or east to west

Cool. Happy to be wrong as these factory brackets whilst not complicated to make are likely scarce as the proverbials now
Cheers

beetleboyjeff · 30 Jun 2015, 4:28 pm

hulbyw wrote:
1303Steve wrote:Bracket is easy to make and they dont need to be mounted in any particular direction, I had a dispute with the NSW RMS about this, they acutally defected my car for this, an engineer from Klippen confirmed with me that they can be mounted, north to south or east to west
Cool. Happy to be wrong as these factory brackets whilst not complicated to make are likely scarce as the proverbials now
Cheers

I don't know that you are wrong, I was just posting the photos to help give some ideas if he wanted to make some.

1303Steve · 30 Jun 2015, 9:12 pm

CIP have them so maybe a local person has the brackets as well http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C26-857-024