Seat Belts

[BLACKWATERFORGE]

Did Ford use lap belts, or three point belts in 1973?
Thank You!

[Montana71-F100]

My son's 73 F250 has lap belts.

[speed bump]

Every dent I have ever been in had shoulder belts but you never know what you will find.

[foghorn]

Dont quote me on this but i dont think they started using 3 point till 74 or 75 when more law changes were placed in effect.




Foggy

[mk]

The 73-75 trucks used only lap belts; there wasn't even a provision for shoulder belt mounting until the start of '76 production in aug '75.

mike

[Redcap]

Lap.

[Ranchero50]

So why do the '70's and up have the provision for one?

Jamie

[Redcap]

So why do the '70's and up have the provision for one?

Jamie

Optional equipment, perhaps? Never seen a bumpside with shoulder belts.

[cep62]

So why do the '70's and up have the provision for one?

Jamie

Optional equipment, perhaps? Never seen a bumpside with shoulder belts.

I had parts truck once, 1969. Sport Custom?
It must of been nice when it was new, it had the bucket seats and it also had shoulder belts.
If I remember right the shoulder belt was separate from the lap belt and had it's own buckle.

[Ranchero50]

Then that is the same setup as used in the Fairlane / Torino's. The Ranchero had the shoulder mounts at the bottom of the back window.

Jamie

[NM5K]

My 74 has lap belts only.. Same as the 68...

[ok68crewcab]

I had a 76 F150 and it came with the shoulder belts.

[mk]

Here's a pic showing that as of 07/75, they still didn't have the shoulder belt mounting.



Don't know why they skipped three years after the '67-'72 trucks all had the option available.




mike