This is what mine looks like. They were on the car when I got it and had been for a long time. Not sure if they were original. I believe that car was owned by the wife of a dealer so maybe it was fitted later with these. They suit it though.
66 deluxe seat belts as pictured in the top example are correct and so are the lower ones.Deluxe seat belt retractors have one casing and standard has another.Lower pictures are standard seat belts
The seat belts options in 66 have always confused me a bit and this thread is so far maintaining that.
When my dad bought the 66 Parisienne new he paid a bit extra for the deluxe belts. Those are the ones with the metal GM badges on the top. We also got the Round metal belt retractors with that setup.
So you could get belts in 66 a bunch of different ways?
- The standard plastic buckle GM belt without retractors.
-The deluxe belt with the metal GM badge with the metal retractors.
-The "Standard" retractosr with Metal GM badge belts (Like on my 66 Grande)
-The deluxe retractors with Metal GM badge belts like on the first picture 427 Carl posted.
I'll have to take another look at the brochures, the parts book and the option listing for 66 (unless somebody out there actually knows for sure.)
Ya maybe part number book shed some light. I do know for fact, the covered retractors were not available on 66chevelles, full-size cars are a different breed, they usually got more deluxe as you say interiors. If I'm not mistaken '66 impala caprice had the covered retractors, in '65 impala still had metal ones . I put the covered ones in my 65, they look nicer
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I'm quite sure the metal ones are 64-66 only, covered ones 67 onwards
Thank you I'm pleased that Carl sent me the metal ones...
I'm not sure but some time ago Carl S was assembling seatbelts etc. for that car and i sent him some stuff including the metal retractors from my dad's old 66 Parisienne so you may have those. That would be kind of neat, and correct to boot!
-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 11:46:42 PM
-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 11:49:00 PM
Wow that's neat that 427 carl should end up with those although he should be warned that I seem to remember thowing up on one or both of those when i was about 11 years due to carsickness. (Actually it was probably from the haze of smoke in the car since both my parents smoked.
By the way i looked in the option list for Candian Pontiacs in 1966 and there was only one option called A39 -"Deluxe front and rear" -Metal badge GM logo- "retractors on front belts only")
I assume then that the ones on my car were added later as they don't look like the metal retractors
