Volvo RWD 120-130 Forum

Hi Folks,
I want to install retractable seat belts in the front of my '67 122 wagon. I have read all the posts I can find on the subject and, based on them, I got some rear belts from a 740 sedan. Now I am trying to figure out the best way to install them in the 122. There are three parts of the belt assembly to attach to 122: the reel, the "hanger" and the end of the belt opposite the reel. There are two attachment points on the 122 from the original belt. I don't see a logical way to install the three parts of the 740 belt onto two points on the 122.
Any help will be appreciated.

Alan

It seems that early 240 front seatbelts are a good fit. There is a good article on this available at:

http://hem.bredband.net/b215872/amazon/downloads/Retractable%20Seatbelts%20in%20Volvo%20Amazon.pdf

I am going to do this myself one day.

waggin

65 220 wagon
85 245 turbo wagon

The REAR seat belts used in the front makes it ugly to install. The front belts from any newer car would fit much easier, because they have the loop for the upper B pillar. Existing holes could be reused.

Save the rear belts from the 740 for the rear seats, if you still have the lower latch portion that bolts to the floor.

Klaus
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Howdy,

There are three threaded holes: two on the B pillar (reel and hanger) and one on the hump (the other end). My car is a sedan but I think the wagon has the same arrangement. I installed the generic belts sold on ebay. They look like copies of VW belts. I had no trouble mounting them. Which mount do you not see? If the upper B pillar, it might be under the upholstered cover.

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Shannon,
I do have the threaded hole on the hump, but that is for the receiver or "latch". Do the reel and the end of the belt opposite the reel both get bolted to the lower hole in the B pillar and the hanger in the top hole?

Thanks for getting back to me. I feel like I am missing something obvious.
Alan

I don't know 740s...

But, I'm guessing the reel was over the rear seat passengers shoulder under the rear window... so, it would have looped around the clasp and back over the persons lap and down to the floor area...

And if that's how it is, I think that's how you'd have to mount it... reel up top of the B-pillar, around the clasp, then to the point at the bottom of the B pillar

If you had front seat belts, I think reel could/would go at the bottom, then up the B-pillar to a hanger, then over your shoulder, then loop around the clasp, and back to the bottom of the B-pillar..
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