Rear seat belt placement
 

I have an early 72 Blazer and the back seat has four legs. All the belts are gone, but it looks like the seat belts with the buckle bolts onto the center two legs. On the far left and right side, the belts have been cut off, but I'm guessing this is where the non-buckle part of the belts are supposed to be? How do those attach to the seat? It looks like they go into the fold of the upholstery instead of bolting to legs like the buckles do. I hope my description makes sense, thanks!

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The belts for the rear seats with four rear support brackets all bolt to the brackets. When the style changed to a two outer bracket only arrangement those belts that made use of the two inner brackets were then affixed directly to the floor pan. Does this thread help?: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ight=Rear+seat

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I see where the belts would attach on the center two legs. But the far left and right belts (that slide into buckle) aren't attached to the outer legs. What's left of those belts go into a fold of the upholstery on the side. I grabbed a picture from your other thread, they look like this picture below. Are they bolted to the seat frame?

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I've had to cut hog rings and lift the cover to get the outer belts off the 71 seats before, the centers were mounted to the brackets. I could tell they were 71s by the spacing on the center legs.

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That's a 71 seat by the center leg spacing, 69-70 are closer together.

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Okay, at least that sounds like what I'm seeing..., definitely looks like I'll have to remove part of the seat cover to get to the outer ones. Are they bolted to the internal seat frame?

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Yes, one of the 2 bolts that hold the top section to the bottom section.

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Now, here's the real question lol, since my outer ones were cut off with scissors, any chance you have some of those in parchment? Thanks for the help!

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Funny you should ask

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Wow. I should look closer. Always thought these were bolted to the brackets in a way that allowed easier access. I guess I never looked that close at those in a 71 I used to own. Wonder if Suburban seats were similar?

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Not sure, if you look at the assembly manual it also shows bolting to the side as an option.

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Maybe a dedicated seat belt thread that runs down the model year differences would be useful.

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And what added to my confusion, my early 72 has the 71 seat.

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Was your early 72 equipped with lower molding and if so did it receive the bright molding piece across the bottom of the tailgate? This molding was added for 72 but I believe some early examples weren't so equipped.

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It does have lower molding, and looks like the tailgate had it too, but it's missing now.