73 Duster rear shoulder belts

[TRoberts207]

I have a 73 Duster.. and i have 2 kids.. currently i have there car seats in the back with the 5 point harness from there seats.. im looking for a way to put shoulder seat belts in the back of my Duster, so they just need booster seats.. let me know if anyone has done this.. thanks Tom

 

[bigdemo1]

I was thinking about simpson harnesses for my two(73dart sport)

 

[BarryC]

Trying to figure out how to do the same thing in my 74 Duster. Trying to make it blend in and look like it came factory that way.

 

[RedFish]

I haven't done it but I've looked at the options. Simplest most affordable way I've come up with is parts yard belts. Many later model cars ( domestic and import ) have a raised plastic cover on the package shelf that the belt exits. The size of that cover will hide some drastic surgery, so their retractor could be mounted well below.
Only downfall is work space. To get it all the way into the corners of the package shelf might require removing the rear glass. Plan B... mount them to the sail panels instead.

 

[CudaChris67]

I was thinking the same thing safety wise, and I plan to install these, it is a weld in solution if a proper mounting point is not available:
http://www.wescoperformance.com/retrofit-seat-belts-shoulder-mt-door.html
http://wescoperformance.stores.yahoo.net/3-point-seat-belt-help.html

my brother did the junkyard method in the front of his duster, getting seatbelts from a old nissan sentra in the junkyard. They had the drop link similar to the mopar ones. But his car had a provision for the upper mount

 

[blue missile]

what about finding a set of buckets with built in 3 point set ups.Thats what I did but you dont have to go as far as I did, in that I had to strip 55 lbs of motors and electronics out of the seats before I could mount them. Im sure there are seats that you can bolt down and go.
Andrew

 

[rob_robinson87]

I'm currently retrofitting my daughter's 1966 Mustang coupe with shoulder harnesses both in the front and rear. I ordered 4 basic retractable seat belt kits and will be passing the rear belts up through the package tray and bolting the retractable mechanism to the wheel well using a reinforcement plate that will be be accessible from behind the rear wheel. This area is thicker metal than just bolting to the metal of the package tray. I'm sure you could do something similar to your car. Here is the website I got the idea from. You get the idea! http://www.472ci-67mustang.com/Seat_Belt_Pages/67shoulderbelts-thumbs.htm