When were seat belts made available as optional equipment on
Chryslers and when did they become standard equipment? My
impression was that 1961 was the initial year but that may well be
incorrect. For what it may be worth, I don’t remember seat belts
in any of my early cars, including my ‘65 Pontiac Bonneville
convert.
Pete Fitch
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On Monday, April 5,
2021, 2:36 PM, Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Attached are some photos
of the seat belt that was installed on the driver’s
side when I bought my 300G in 1978. Also attached
is a scan from the April 1961 Motor Life 300G coupe
article mentioning the seat belts that evidently
came with the car. Note that the belt I removed in
1978 was made by a parachute company, and had a lift
up buckle. When I replaced the front belt(s) I
found an NOS vintage aftermarket black set with a
satin finish lift up latching buckle, which I
installed back then. I never installed belts in the
rear seats, so cannot comment on those. There also
was a seat belt set sold as an accessory from
Chrysler that is on the 300 International website in
the tech section, one page of which I have attached.
The belt set illustrated there has a lift up buckle,
but the tang that slides into the buckle has a
square receiving hole for a latched fit as opposed
to a friction fit that the “original” belt, made by
the parachute company that I found in my car in
1978.
I’d like to know if any
other 300G owners had the parachute friction latch
belts in their cars. I really don’t know if it was
factory installed or not, but the April ’61 Motor
Life article does show belts installed in the road
test car. My recommendation for anyone installing
belts in a G would be to find a black set with the
lift up buckle, about 60” in length for each front
seat.
My 2 cents.....for
what it’s worth. In 1966, I purchased a 1961 Chrysler
New Yorker 2dr hardtop from a generic used car dealer.
The car had 2 front seatbelts and none in the rear.
The belts were not the lift up flap type to release
the metal buckle. The belts were made of a fairly
thick and stiff nylon-like fabric. You inserted one
end through the clamping end, pulling it through to
the desired snugness. Then at that point, you closed
down the clamping end thereby locking the belt in
place with several rows of grippers on the inside of
the clamping end. Worked great. At that time in my
life(20 years old) I did not check for Chrysler logos
or part numbers.
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