I'd love to see pictures as well. Somewhere I have pictures of my setup. I only needed to accommodate one child, so I put the belt in the center. I used a four point "Dune Buggy" harness from Crow (http://www.crowenterprizes.com/Crow%20Enterprizes/html/products_dune_bu ggy.html scroll to the bottom of the page). The lap belt was easy, using the existing seat belt mounts. The shoulder portion is mounted in the trunk (big washer, eye bolt through the trunk floor), coming up over the back of the seat, and then threaded through the slots on the child seat.
We usually set my daughter up in a three point version of this, crossing the belt so that it actually works better. Instead of the right side belt coming down her right side, it crosses to the left, on the other side of the buckle. This is easy to do with these belts, as the shoulder harnesses have loops that allow them to slide along the lap belt. Because kids are so small, a four point setup really needs to be held closer to the center line or it can slide off or to the side. I sometimes can convince my daughter to use all four belts, and then I set it up in an "X" pattern. The automotive buckle makes it possibly more secure as I think that is harder than a race style latch, but the 2x2 four point harness with the shoulder straps sewn in and only one latch might be simpler and easier to use. But for $42.50 the harness I have is a great deal and it does work. Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Convertible | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFGs '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | '79 F-Body Brakes > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Krister Meister > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:13 AM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: [Chevelle-list] '66 rear shoulder belt install completed > > This has been a previous topic, especially for us with small > kids. The > dilemma was that after a certain weight, the 5 point harness > built into the > kids car seats would no longer work and the seat would have > to used with a > shoulder belt for restraint. I have successfully installed > (and it looks > professional) 2 rear shoulder belts in the back of my '66 > Chevelle hardtop > in addition to the existing factory lap belts. I used for > each side a 90" > lap belt from Andover Restraints and followed the same > routing through the > rear deck and basic installation as would be found on a > convertible. It > works perfect. My soon to be six year old twins are excited > as they are > looking forward to another summer of cruising around in the > back of the > Chevelle. > > Krister Meister > Bloomingdale, IL > '66 SS #'s matching
