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12-17-2010, 05:52 PM
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GM still has trouble with seat belt buckles
I guess they revived the design from the '73 F-body (and others?)
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/17/g...eatbelt-buckl/ You may know that one, the receiver has a PLASTIC cover that crumbles with age and no service parts have existed since the 80's. And I'd guess liability will prevent that piece from ever being re-pop'd. I don't get it, seat belts should be old hat by now. The design can't change that much, so many regulations that I bet GM still uses a bolt with 7/16-20 UNF as the anchor. Likely the only non-metric bolts in the car. later KenB
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12-17-2010, 07:11 PM
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I've got a few of those exploding buckles!
(from 73 TA's) 
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12-17-2010, 07:20 PM
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Funny thing is the "Aircraft Seat Belt Buckle" like used on the 1964 GTO and in Commercial Passenger Airplanes is still the best design ever made for a simple seat belt buckle that everyone understands how to use.
Tom Vaught
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12-17-2010, 07:56 PM
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12-18-2010, 12:01 AM
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12-18-2010, 10:16 AM
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