'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.
Thanks for the pics and the kijiji link. The blue belt buckles have no recess in the top like mine, but they have white tags. Mine don't, so I assumed that was US only until later on, I guess I should have tags after all. The recess in my buckle looks like it could accommodate a metal decal and then be called deluxe, I wonder? The blue belt 3031 date code is a head scratcher, nothing like the US format for which decoding is widely understood. Could be 1963 March 1st day or 1st week, but without seeing different tags it's tough to say. If the 4th digit is always 1,2,3 or 4 then it's week, but if there's a 5th digit then it's day of the month. The kijiji belts sure look original to the car, but if they're deluxe, the red rubber bolt covers are missing. Retractors were sold separately and could be added to a standard belt set though. The kijiji belts have what I thought were 66 standard buckles too, perhaps Pontiac used a different buckle than Chevy, but then again my buckles match norontcan's 65 Parisienne? Running change? Different suppliers for whatever it takes to keep the line moving?
-- Edited by Oshawa65SS on Monday 8th of January 2018 12:55:52 AM
Do you lose points at shows if belts are close, but not correct? Or do they just have to work .
That would depend on the judging class which gets progressively fussier the higher you go.
You'd be worst off for the wrong year of buckle or retractor, then it would drill down to mismatches like standard belts with the deluxe rubber bolt cover added or deluxe belts without it, or deluxe belts without the roll-a-belt retractor (to cite a 65 example), missing tags, and finally incorrect date codes on tags.
Stuff like that great inspection paper is a bonus, not a requirement.
'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.
Sorry no help on this one. Mine is a typical Cdn base SS no options. All mine had were the base black belts you have. I upgraded to some nice red ones from a 73 olds to match the interior better.
Feel free to post up some pics of that convert, these guys don't bite, they even let me bring a Chevy to coffee nights....
Looking forward to the white tag info, and the inspection paper is a big plus.
Went out to the storage garage and looked at the belts. Contrary to my old memory there were no sewn white tags. Sorry ( this getting old sucks ). Both sides had the inspection papers in the buckle side bases.
The stampings on the plastic say 3 30 65 on both of the bases for the buckle side of the belt .... this may not have been readable in my other post. Looks like just in time manufacture/delivery had it down to about 5 weeks as GMVVS says the car was manufactured on May 4th.
-- Edited by norontcan on Monday 8th of January 2018 04:19:16 PM
...All mine had were the base black belts you have. I upgraded to some nice red ones from a 73 olds to match the interior better...
Thanks for the confirmation that your belts match mine.
If you don't want the originals, I'll buy them and use them in the rear.
They'll be longer than the dealer accessory rear belts as spec'd in the 65 Accessories Installation Manual, but belt extenders were also sold as an accessory so it's not a safety issue.
I can always get them rewebbed to be hard core correct anyway.
...All mine had were the base black belts you have. I upgraded to some nice red ones from a 73 olds to match the interior better...
Thanks for the confirmation that your belts match mine.
If you don't want the originals, I'll buy them and use them in the rear.
They'll be longer than the dealer accessory rear belts as spec'd in the 65 Accessories Installation Manual, but belt extenders were also sold as an accessory so it's not a safety issue.
I can always get them rewebbed to be hard core correct anyway.
Let me know thanks.
They have a home in the wife's convert as it had none when we got it. Aquired some almost matching ones for the rear as well. By the look of them, 66 base ones.
Glad to hear the belts found a home and not the trash can like so many good parts back in the day.
Checked out the link re 66 Canadian deluxe belts, but a 65 Canadian deluxe belts pic still eludes me.
Well the buckle anyway, this thread has pics of the deluxe 65 retractor setup.
Would the 66 Deluxe not be the same for 1965 ? 
