Hook for shoulder belt - where?

[SteveInOakland]

There's a pair of vinyl-covered hooks for the 240Z shoulder belts to rest in. Goes over part of the plastic panel for the quarter-window, I believe. Which hole does it go in? The lowest, closest to front of car? What sort of screw/finish washer etc. arrangement?

Thanks for any info,

Steve.

[matria]

See if this picture helps.

[26th-Z]

What concerns me about your question, Steve, is that you say vinyl covered. The hooks in the picture matria posted are solid plastic. Vinyl covered what? Take a look a the picture to see if your hooks are the same size and shape.

If not....

Smaller, vinyl covered metal shoulder strap hooks screw to the side of the seat with a chrome screw. This would appear on cars built prior to 8/70. I'm looking for this type of hook for my cars.

Chris

[mdbrandy]

Smaller, vinyl covered metal shoulder strap hooks screw to the side of the seat with a chrome screw. This would appear on cars built prior to 8/70. I'm looking for this type of hook for my cars.

Chris

If you find any, and have 2 extra, let me know!

[code3z]

Hey Steve, I can stop by your house today and show you where the hook goes. Let me know.

[Arne]

Smaller, vinyl covered metal shoulder strap hooks screw to the side of the seat with a chrome screw. This would appear on cars built prior to 8/70. I'm looking for this type of hook for my cars.

Chris, are you sure about the 8/70 cutoff date for the seat mounted hooks? Or was there more than one style of seat mounted hook? Because the seats in my 10/70 car have hooks on the seat backs too.

[SteveInOakland]

My bad, the hook is all plastic. Should have rechecked before posting I guess.

Matria, very helpful photo, thanks. What color is your interior btw? Contrast w/ rivets looks nice; although maybe the panels just look lighter on account of the flash...

Code3, stop by anytime if you feel like it, although I think this problem is solved. But maybe we can help each other out with parts, etc. I'm just north of the Grand Ave. and Lakeshore exits from 580. Send a PM if you feel like it.

Appreciate the info, gents.

Steve.

[MikeW]

Matria, very helpful photo, thanks. What color is your interior btw? Contrast w/ rivets looks nice; although maybe the panels just look lighter on account of the flash...

Uh, that's actually my interior. The carpet, headliner, and seat covers are "silver gray" from Too Intense:

http://www.toointenserestoration.0catch.com/

The door panel vinyl, pillar vinyl, and plastic panels in the hatch area were all dyed with SEM Medium Gray #15393.

The dashboard was restored by http://www.dashboardrestorations.com.au/ and they used a small scrap of the seat cover vinyl to match the dash color.

Here's a better shot in my gallery:

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11942&cat=500&ppuser=3294

You're correct, the flash does throw it off a bit.

[stevemasum]

Smaller, vinyl covered metal shoulder strap hooks screw to the side of the seat with a chrome screw. This would appear on cars built prior to 8/70. I'm looking for this type of hook for my cars.

Chris

Hi Chris,

I think the very early cars came with the vinyl covered metal sholder strap hooks attached to the side of the seats. Sometime around 2/70 Nissan switched to plastic hooks, still attacked to the side of the seats. Then it must have been 8/70 that they went to the plastic hooks attached to the interior B pillar.

Steve M.

[Arne]

Hi Chris,

I think the very early cars came with the vinyl covered metal sholder strap hooks attached to the side of the seats. Sometime around 2/70 Nissan switched to plastic hooks, still attacked to the side of the seats. Then it must have been 8/70 that they went to the plastic hooks attached to the interior B pillar.

Steve M.

Gonna have to look at that this weekend, but from memory, the hooks in my 10/70 car are:

a.) on the seat, not the B pillar; and

b.) vinyl-covered metal, not plastic.

I'm pretty certain my seats are original, but I'll try to look for a date code on them (if any) to be sure.

[Zs-ondabrain]

My build date is (8/70) and all plastic hooks w/ chrome screw were mounted to the seat, on the upper shoulder part of the seat

[kenz240z]

Mike W, the grey interior in your Z looks fantastic. Does the SEM dye hold up well on the plastic parts?