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His Siggy says '69.

LockDoc

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Dhoo! So it does. My apologies.

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Ok...so the 3 point anchors go back to '69...do we have any owners of a '68 that want to chime-in?

Woody

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I am going to add to the seat belt thread so it might give people ideas. I installed three point belts to my (now) bucket seat Suburban. I found it necessary for comfort to move the receptacles forward so I added aftermarket reinforcement plates. For the retractors I mounted them in a similar position to newer model trucks. I tacked the same reinforcement plates in the B pillar and used OE plastic plugs. I still need one for the drivers side. I might try to form some metal covers to hide the ugly retractors.

They came out very comfortable to wear.

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Lots of good seat belt info here.

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A couple of questions if you will oblige me. How did you get the reinforcement plate inside of the door frame (B pillar). And where is this seatbelt thread? I must be using the wrong search words.

Thanks in advance.

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the 68 I have sitting here (or what's left of it) does have anchors for 3 point belts

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Sorry HO455...I "jokingly" suggested that we start a thread to ask the question "What years have the factory mounting anchors for the 3 point seatbelts" and it got answered so quickly that a separate thread wasn't started...but the results are in: '68 thru '72 have them...'67 doesn't (unless someone with a late model year '67 chimes in with a different answer?). Now we can return this to the original topic of "What did you do to your Suburban Today". :mm:

Woody

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Thanks for the final piece of the puzzle, richard2717! Your build has me in awe of your abilities with such a complete tear-down...thanks for letting us follow along!

Woody

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After deciding the reinforcement plate would go through the opening for the hinge bolts, I drilled holes for the mounting bolt and a couple small ones for welds. I used fishing line to pull the plate in position. I just replicated the hinge bolt hole on the drivers pillar.

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Tear downs are easy. I gotta hope I remember how to put it all back together again. Lol

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Very clever!

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Today, I was "gifted" the final piece of my interior puzzle by new member "gratefuldog". I drove about a hour to meet Pete at his work, where he gave me an original front bench seat from his '71 GMC Suburban! Sure...it had been "customized" a little by his dog...but it is the perfect candidate to get reupholstered at the same time as my center and rear seats! Thanks again, Pete...it was a pleasure to meet you!

Woody



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Kudos to Dog. There are a lot of good guys on here.

LockDoc

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**UPDATE**
I guess when my upholsterer disassembled/reassembled my seats, the clearance I had before is now somewhat less? The retractors would not fit back on the top seat bracket bolt without binding, so I had to use the nifty "L" brackets supplied by the seatbelt vendor. With a little black paint, it looks and fits fine...just not as simple and clean as when installed up higher, although this way, I was able to angle the retractor slightly so the belt doesn't rub against the guide like it did when it was more vertical...so that's a plus!

Woody

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Decided to go LED.

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What kit did you go with? Easy to install? Happy with it?

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I got the kit from Brothers that pops in behind the stock covers. simple install

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New Rally wheels and tires! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...0&postcount=14

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All I did today was pull the 72 out of my new toy box to install a 2-post lift tomorrow. I hope to get it back on the road by early summer, it has been 5 years since I took it for a ride.

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You will love the lift. I have had mine for about 6 years now.

LockDoc

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I’m sure It will get used often and I will love it. I retired last week so I’m going to have plenty of time to put it to work and get the 72 back on the road.

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Got the lift put up just need to wire it up then start wearing it out.

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Looks good!

LockDoc

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I want to know about the Vette on the shelf.......