<VV> Rear seat belts in EM 4 door

[Tom Hughes]

Steel sheetmetal doesn't get weaker with age, and as long as its surfaces
are protected, it will retain its strength.

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Bob Hill <vintagevwbeetles at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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