‘65 VW Bug This That and Seatbelts Install

[@elpuerco6059]

Safety First and Form follows function are good mantras to live by and will take you far. Cool ride!!

[@bomberobus]

Appreciate it! Yeah man no seat belts wasn’t cool. Im glad to have them in.

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Great job bombero. Safety first 😁 I put some of those on my bay window but I got them from a vw rabbit. They work ok. They get jammed sometimes so I took one off. I probably need to spend the money for some real ones.😁💰

[@bomberobus]

Well I love your improvised solution, and technically your seatbelts are still VW 😎

[@sevenoaksbrewing]

Good job. One of the first things I did when I got my 66 was replace the non-retractable 3-point belts with the retractable ones. The non-retractables totally suck!

[@bomberobus]

Yeah my instinct said to stay away from those, but wasn’t sure.

[@ratsrevengevdubs1606]

Seat belts ✅. Looks awesome!

[@_KayGee_]

Awesome! Thanks! My '63 is set up almost identical, only difference is it does need those adaptors for the hole size. Otherwise everything is in the same spot.

[@bomberobus]

Cool! I figured the adapters must be for earlier models but wasn’t sure.

[@harrisonlange2752]

Can I ask where you got your seat covers? Also where did you order your seat belts? Sorry if I just missed it in the video

[@bomberobus]

Hey Harrison I got the seatbelts from JBUGS. The seat covers came in a pile of things I got when I bought the Bug, and I had to upholster them myself. I did ask the PO where he got the seat covers at that time but he didn’t remember. They have a Wolfsburg Westy look to me but can’t say for sure.

[@evieramseier376]

I’m doing the same in my ‘64, I got it redone but will slowly do the interior. I need seatbelts too but want them front and back. I opted for 3 point, non retractable in front and lap belts in back. How do you attach the shoulder harness, what are you attaching it to? Also, do you have a rear seatbelt video?

[@bomberobus]

Good clean interior is the icing on the cake…I’m not there yet. My shoulder harness bolted into the window B-post. On mine it had a threaded hole there, and I had to order a bolt. Ours are only one year apart so maybe you have that same hole?

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

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