Odd double buckle belts

[Texas97]

In my Charger, someone put double female ended belts bolted to the transmission tunnel side. its odd and very confusing. would it be for a should belt also? i dont have a shoulder belt on the roof. These are annoying as hell and id like to replace with the correct buckle belts in the front, 1970 Charger for reference.

 

[MWbirdLOVER70]

Weird my roadrunner bench and my old 70 Charger had double belts

 

[R413]

Those are the correct belts for a 1979 Charger. The second is for the shoulder belts which are missing from your car.

 

[6PKRTSE]

Yes, all 5 of my 1970 Mopars have double belts.

 

[toolmanmike]

My 70 Swinger has them. They attach to the shoulder harnesses.

 

[YY1]

Model year 1968.5 is the point for federally mandated shoulder belts.

IIRC they had separate buckles until 1971, then a funky slip disk, like a CB radio mic clip, then were integrated into the retractor in 1974.

 

[Vaanth]

In my Charger, someone put double female ended belts bolted to the transmission tunnel side. its odd and very confusing. would it be for a should belt also? i dont have a shoulder belt on the roof. These are annoying as hell and id like to replace with the correct buckle belts in the front, 1970 Charger for reference.

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As noted, the double belts are normal for a 1970 Charger, and other 1970 B-bodies. Actually, for a bench seat or bucket seats with center seat/arm rest, there are three. One is for the shoulder belt, and if the shoulder belt is missing, it has been removed. A 1970 car would have the shoulder belt from the factory. Shoulder belts were mandated in all US cars built on or after January 1, 1968 ( Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard ).

The following image shows the seat belt bolt installation with two or three belts, from the service manual:

The following images show the two belts, with a third for the center seat, and a shoulder belt in a 1970 Charger:

 

[gtxdana]

Looking at the shop manual for a bench seat model, it appears that just the driver's side had two belts with buckles sewn together for the lap and shoulder belts and the passenger front had separate buckles for the lap and shoulder belts. This is how the repro belts I got from PG Classics were done.

It looks like the bucket seat models had both buckles sewn together for the lap and shoulder belts which is how the PG repro belts are done.

Bottom line is that there is a whole pile of belts to deal with if you use the both the lap and shoulder belts.

 

[YY1]

Interesting, my 73 and my 71 and 72 parts cars don't have anything sewn together.

All completely separate parts, stacked at the floor pan bolt if two are there.

 

[GTXDAN]

My 70 GTX has 2 separate belts for lap and shoulder for both driver and passenger.