Retractable 3-Point Seat Belt | 1965-1973 Mustang

Bill shows you how to install a Pair of 3-Point Retractable Front Seat Belts with Chrome Push Buttons on your 1965-1967 Coupe Mustang or 1965-1973 Convertible Mustang.

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Today we are installing a pair of 3-point retractable front seat belts fitting your 1965, 1966 or 1967 Coupe Mustang or 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 or 1973 Convertible Mustang. This is a great way to add some real safety to your early model Mustang, while keeping the vintage look.

We installed this set our 1965 coupe project car. The kit comes with everything needed for installation and features retractable belt holders that have a modern quick-lock safety system that will lock the seat belt in position when the belt is pulled too quickly. Installation of both seat belts can take anywhere from 2 to 3 hours.

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[lichking]

I always chuckle when I see the rear seat pulled out so easily. Imagine how long it'd take on a modern car?

[lichking]

"Safety has come a long way in the last 50 years. Fortunately, it's not feasible to add ABS or airbags..." - This man gets it!

[dm]

You killed me when you didn't clean up the metal shavings from the floor mounting bracket hole! 😯

[charlesjones]

For what it's worth...My 66 Fastback has a bracket behind the headliner, presumably for later design and install of a 3-point belt. All I had to do to use it was to drill for the pivot bolt (AND avoid drilling through the outside of the roof sheet metal, which will ruin your whole day!) I then used some fine SST wire to hold onto the bolt while snaking it into its new home. Be sure to locate the hole in the headliner where it will be when it is stretched back into place. I mounted the reel as you described in the video, and the anchor in the original location. I did get extra-length belt to account for the longer mounting locations. Works fine - hope I don't have to test the install under emergency conditions! I also installed 3-point belts on the rear-seat positions. Posed a few additional problems, the main one being mounting the reel. I fabricated a 1/4" steel bracket and anchored it in the trunk floor (NOT the gas tank part!), through to the frame rail, and drilled through the fiberglass panel to mount the reel anchor bracket.

[jeffreybiscoe]

That's a nice system I hate making holes but it's a good trade off .My 65 Pontiac lemans rag top if I'd a had them a friend wouldn't a had a bad busted up head from the windshield frame when a car stopped dead in front of us at a construction lane shift on a blind turn . Awesome product

[taidghdecarne]

Be careful on 67 coupes. The chrome corner is in the way of the shoulder strap anchor point. Need to drill a hole a little lower than the one Bill does! I learnt the hard way 😅. Plus I find there is no room for the plastic spacer. They could have made the bolt that is attached with rivets a little longer!

[a.r.]

Great video but can you do a video of the rear install too?

[MarkCarr]

Welp.. that one sold me.. I ordered a set, thanks for great video

[andymartin]

Could yall do a video showing how install them in the rear

[duckyduck]

7:24 him putting the bracket thing on the metal flakes made me feel mental pain

[tonydettore]

I wish there was a way that you could mute the music. Love your videos don’t care for the music. Thank you for your videos.

[Tom-ufum]

One of the significant questions needs to be what length should you purchase a seatbelt in particularly the receiver side

[elizabethnorth]

Thank you for this video! It seems like my kit came with a few more parts than you actually use. I counted 1 bracket bolt/rivets/nut/nylon spacer combination on the shoulder anchor point, 2 bolts/2 nuts/1 small washer/1 large washer/1 angle bracket on the floor mount point, and then you reuse the original bolts on the other two mounts. My kit has 4 angle brackets, which would leave two left over after doing both belts, 8 bolts/nuts/small washers, which would leave 4 of each left over, and a couple of nylon stepped washers that you didn't use at all. Am I missing something?
I notice that you did this video 5 years ago, so maybe the kit has changed a little since then.

[JRHoye]

will these work in a 1968 Mercury cougar?

[fixitshop]

Should I get some? I’m still on the fence because I don’t want to make my 1966 coupe go down In value but then again I’m never going to sell it

[junjor]

nice.
but what about 1965 Mustang convertible?

[rickgaine]

It's wrong to require metric tools to work on a car from 1965.

[ChrisMcCauley]

Looks like the installation point will interfere with the quarter window rolling down. That’s my concern on my 68 convertible.

[Sigenstroem]

Hi

Do you have a video on changing them on the backseat.??

[paule]

Safety-wise I thought the shoulder strap was supposed to be above your shoulder otherwise in the event of an accident it could compress your spine?