<VV> Re: Seatbelts for Greenbrier center seat...ideas?

[Dan & Synde]

That had me laughing!  Greyhound!!  I think I saw that someone at one time
painted theirs up with the Greyhound colors complete with the Greyhound dog
logo.  You know, Sante Fe Railroad used them for a while to augment their
train service.  I believe they had some of them painted up with the Super
Chief color scheme  silver/red/yellow, anyone have a picture of one?  Now
that is some competition!!

Anyway, turning it around kind of solves the removable seatbelt problem.
You could just tuck them under the front seat that way.  Good idea!  What is
it like though to ride around in a Greenbrier facing backward?  I would
think it would not be something for those prone to motion sickness.  GM
apparently approved of it though because I've seen it that way in ads.

Dan Kling
1961 Greenbrier Deluxe, 4 spd,3.89,110hp
1963 Spyder (restored but no engine yet)

>From: NOSVAIR@aol.com
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:41:55 EST
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Re: Seatbelts for Greenbrier center seat...ideas?

>In a message dated 3/10/2004 12:14:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

>> I need to figure out a way to mount seat belts for the center seat in my 
>> '61
>> Greenbrier, red/white interior.   Front and rear seat were obvious and
easy
>> (Except for drilling the holes through the pristene wheelwells!!  That
>> required several beers and a moment of silence.).  The problem is that
the
>> distance between the floor and seat is a foot or more requiring long
custom
>> length belts (finding those in a retro style has been hard so far).  I
would
>> like to stay with a seat belt that looks "period" with a chrome buckle,
like
>> what a dealer would have installed back then.  Lap belts are good enough
for
>> me (I survived my childhood in cars that either didn't have them or just
had
>> lap belts :)).  I would prefer them to be easily removable too which may
or
>> may not be possible or legal.  Any ideas?  
>> 
>> Dan Kling
>> 
>Dan,
>  How about turning the center seat to face the rear and use your existing 
>front seatbelt mounting points to install extra center belts?  At least you
save 
>drilling more holes in the floor boards this way.  Sounds like you're going

>to give Greyhound some competition with your Greenbrier if you're
transporting 
>a full load of passengers.  I'll look for you in the diamond lane.
>
>Bruce Webster

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