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spl310 wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:38 pm I thought that they were the hammered silver finish as in the photos of the NOS units.

Interesting , I just assumed that mine were correct
I like the hammered finish i may redo mine with hammered paint but in black

The 67s that I owned in the early 80s were all hammered silver finish. I didn't give it a lot of mind back then.

These are the seat belts for the 66-67 cars. As you can see the buckle is smaller. This is same as the belts in Pat's 66 survivor.

Curtis, those look like 1500 seat belts to me. All of the 66 and 67 cars that I have had looked like the ones in the eBay Auction. Both of the 3 seat 1500s that I have are equipped with the belts like you have - complete with the knobby belt material. Contemporary road tests bear this out too. The 65 1500 (2 seater) had the 1600 type belts I believe - at least the one or two that have passed by me did.

spl310 wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:35 pm Curtis, those look like 1500 seat belts to me. All of the 66 and 67 cars that I have had looked like the ones in the eBay Auction. Both of the 3 seat 1500s that I have are equipped with the belts like you have - complete with the knobby belt material. Contemporary road tests bear this out too. The 65 1500 (2 seater) had the 1600 type belts I believe - at least the one or two that have passed by me did.

Well they're in Pat's 66 and those are the ones Ross has for me. My guess is there was a change in 67 as the 1/2 year came out and they put them in the late 67 they had left over.

Yeah, Nissan changed stuff all the time - often without reason. I had an early 67.5 1600 that had the early small flare fenders on it. I have been told that is impossible, but this car had a completely unmolested (but awfully rusty) body. It wasn't a big deal to me, and I chuckle when people tell me that it couldn't be. I could certainly see the 66 cars having those belts. I can say that the early 67s that I had came with belts like the later style, but did not have the hidden hooks for the shoulder belts.

Pjackb wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:04 pm

spl310 wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:38 pm I thought that they were the hammered silver finish as in the photos of the NOS units.

Interesting , I just assumed that mine were correct
I like the hammered finish i may redo mine with hammered paint but in black

spl310 wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:04 pm The 67s that I owned in the early 80s were all hammered silver finish. I didn't give it a lot of mind back then.

Both of my 67.5 sets sure don't look like they were ever that finish... but I reckon it's hard to argue NOS examples and @spl310's anecdotal evidence.

And I guess if my trunk could degrade from a nice shiny silver into a rust-colored death-trap, then the seatbelt buckles could have certainly degraded to what I now have...

I'm going to try the hammered dark silver.

Thanks all.
Peter

I've seen lots of variation in NOS stuff. Who knows....

Update... I have a friend who is an original owner of a well maintained '69 1600.

I asked him what finish, and his are the hammered silver finish as well... see attached.

I don't know if this answers any questions, because I still have a hard time reconciling that mine were ever that finish... they look so different.

But, I reckon anything's possible.

This is a picture of my buckle as it originally came on the car.
Major importance!!!
In a crash, our cars don't do much to minimize injuries. They are made before most of the safety stuff was required. The only and best protection will be that seat belt. That is not a place to use an old part or one that looks okay. Spend the money and get new webbing. It is pricey but so is a hospital stay. Funeral expenses will be someone elses problem.

There are some on eBay with a lot of pictures, dated 12/1966:
eBay Takata seat belts

Good for looks unless you replace the belts and sew the tags back on. These will go for a silly price too.

oledatsunguy wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 3:13 pm There are some on eBay with a lot of pictures, dated 12/1966:
eBay Takata seat belts

takata.jpg

I was the opening bidder on those NOS eBay belts. I thought my max price of $200 was good but I was quickly blown out of the water.
I guess I was a little foolish to think I could get these for less than that...

And here we go, $300 with an hour and 50 left. Let the real bidding begin.

$474.00 US dollars is way too rich for my blood. Someone really wanted those NOS belts!

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