Re: [Chrysler300] 300H REAR SPRINGS QUESTION

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Russ and All:
Yes, front seatbelts were made standard equipment on the 300H fairly early  
in the model year.  I would have installed my rear seat belts in the "H"  
shortly after I bought it in 1971, because we had a two year old that needed his  
car seat to be properly restrained.  I welded on the reinforcements on the  
underside of the floor pan as it starts to kickup to go over the rear  axle.  As 
I said, I don't remember if I used the stamped in dimples for  location, but I 
did on the "F" convertible when rear anchors were added to it  during body 
resto a few years ago.
 
Ok, I just took a peek under the "H" and "F".  The outboard REAR  seatbelt 
anchor is located in the same place in both, leading me to believe I  also used  
factory dimples in the "H" those many years ago.  This  anchor is just 
outboard of the "frame" and just inboard of the wheelhouse flange  where it 
spotwelds to the floorpan.  It is about 5 or 6 inches up (higher)  than the normal 
floor surface.   I couldn't see the inner rear, as the  muffler obscured it, but 
could feel it at the same vertical level, perhaps a  foot and one half or so 
inboard of the outer.
 
That is the best I can do on 300H et. al. rear seat belt anchors without  
jacking up the car which I am not into today!!!!   Hope this helps a  bit.
300ly, Gil Cunningham
Tally, FL
(We DID get a wee bit of rain today!)
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/23/2006 11:11:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
Pacesetter300@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Correct  me if I'm wrong, but I thought seatbelts were standard on the front 
of a 300H.  Mine has seatbelts with reenforced anchors welded to the floorpan 
under the  car. I believe they are threaded, but am unsure of that. Anyone 
requiring  pictures or measurements, I will be back at the farm next week and 
will gladly  send them along.

The rear presents a set of  different issues. The whole rear section where 
one would expect the belts to  be normally anchored is boxed. A less than ideal 
situation would be to weld  reenforcements similar to the front on the surface 
of the rear floorpan.  Properly welded, one would probably sustain massive 
internal injuries in an  accident before the anchors let go. Chrysler certainly 
could have planned for  rear seatbelts in the early 60's, but I don't recall 
any actually installed  until the mid to late seventies.

Just remember in a  300, the other guy is your crumple zone! :-) 

Russ  Vaughan







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