<VV> Rear seat belts in EM 4 door

[Bob Hill]

Tom,

Thanks.  I think my concern is that the pans are original and while they
appear to be pretty strong I am not sure - afterall it is 37 year old metal
: )

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Tom Hughes <corvairdad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> On the EMs I've had and have, I use large body washers (3" in diamter) on
> the backside. As long as the sheetmetal is solid, you'll be fine. BTW,
> there
> are dimples in the sheetmetal to guide you where to put the holes. Also,
> see
> this link for a drawing.<
> http://autoxer.skiblack.com/nallm/62-4seatbelts.pdf>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Bob Hill <vintagevwbeetles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I am looking at a EM 4 door that I want to use as a Saturday afternoon
> > cruiser with the family so I would need to install rear seatbelts (the
> car
> > has front ones already installed).  I am fairly certain that the EMs had
> no
> > re-enforcement points for the belts so how is the best way to mount them.
> > My first though is to mount them directly to the floor pans and use
> larger
> > washers to help "distribute the load"  but not that is adequate.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob
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