I checked the AIM but I can't determine where these go or how they are attached/installed? Any pics and/or description would be appreciated. Thanks!
1970 seat belt carpet guide rubber insert
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Re: 1970 seat belt carpet guide rubber insert
Those belong on some 1969s, but not a 1970 -- at least no 1970 I have ever seen.Terry- Top
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My mid-September, 1969 has them. So, they must have been dropped between those times (or, yours were removed prior to the time you got the car; sometimes this happens if carpets are replaced).In Appreciation of John Hinckley- Top
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Parts like these that are interior color matched are very difficult to pin down when they begin and end unless they are part of a model year design change. That is why the TIM&JG is silent on when they ended, and also the reason I said "some" 1969s had them. Skilled interior judges know that those grommets didn't go all the way to the end of 1969 production, but it is a good bet that black ones ended at a different point than red or blue. To track these changes some 45 years after the cars were produced seems akin to the story of Sisyphus and his bolder.Terry- Top
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That could be Ed; unless they had a greater supply of black on hand anticipating the more common use of that color.Terry- Top
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There, I fixed it for you Ed. It will get easier if we all push that bolder, but there are insufficient members on this board -- even if every one of us owned a later 1969, to get to the top of the mountain.Terry- Top
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Re: 1970 seat belt carpet guide rubber insert
Thanks for the responses. I did come across this in the '70 AIM. I assume the grommet ("part of 4") referenced in the diagram is what I posted in the OP. Based on the comments though it seems it was not installed for 1970.Attached Files- Top
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Re: 1970 seat belt carpet guide rubber insert
I can tell you my 1970 #2161, Jan 29 build does not have them -- Bright Blue interior though.Terry- Top
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Re: 1970 seat belt carpet guide rubber insert
Bill, all I have ever seen were carpet color, and only on 1969s.
Looking at the date at bottom of the AIM page, I tend to believe they were dropped before 1970 production began. I suppose there could have been some rarely used colors left from 1969.- Top
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