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rikibethOkay, who here is old enough, or sufficiently enamored of pre-1975 cars (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pixel, I'm looking at you) to remember the separate shoulder belts that were stored in clips above the doors?
Has anyone here ever USED one, or remembers a parent using them?
HOW THE HELL DID THE BUCKLE WORK?
I know my grandmother's 1969 Plymouth Satellite had them, and I even drove that car a few times (it was the Family Spare until her death in the early 1990s) but, even though there were mandatory seat belt laws from the time I got my driver's license, I'm pretty sure I only ever used the lap belts in that car. Same with someone else's early 70s Plymouth Scamp. And when I was quite small we had a brown Buick that had those things, and I can't remember my parents ever using the shoulder belt part. That was back in the days when we totally thought the fold-down armrest in the front seat was an awesome child seat, and it was a special treat to ride there (just like it was a special treat to ride in the way-back of a station wagon, or the cargo bed of a pickup truck).
Googling only tells me how to rip out the headliner and install a real 3-point belt on the door pillar so that driving a car like that won't be a death trap. It doesn't really help with the buckle mechanism on the originals.
Anyone?
pixel, I'm looking at you) to remember the separate shoulder belts that were stored in clips above the doors?Has anyone here ever USED one, or remembers a parent using them?
HOW THE HELL DID THE BUCKLE WORK?
I know my grandmother's 1969 Plymouth Satellite had them, and I even drove that car a few times (it was the Family Spare until her death in the early 1990s) but, even though there were mandatory seat belt laws from the time I got my driver's license, I'm pretty sure I only ever used the lap belts in that car. Same with someone else's early 70s Plymouth Scamp. And when I was quite small we had a brown Buick that had those things, and I can't remember my parents ever using the shoulder belt part. That was back in the days when we totally thought the fold-down armrest in the front seat was an awesome child seat, and it was a special treat to ride there (just like it was a special treat to ride in the way-back of a station wagon, or the cargo bed of a pickup truck).
Googling only tells me how to rip out the headliner and install a real 3-point belt on the door pillar so that driving a car like that won't be a death trap. It doesn't really help with the buckle mechanism on the originals.
Anyone?
