1971 Convertible Seat Belt ID help

[Shaker71]

I’m going through my parts to identify original 1971 challenger Convertible seat belts, so can get them off to restoration. Can someone with a 1971 convertible please let me know the tag numbers on your belts? I have a set that I believe is original to me car, but have boxes of belts and don’t want to restore the wrong ones.

 

[pschlosser]

or, show us the tag numbers, and we can correlate them with the (publicly available PDF of the) dealer parts book. Or you can do this, yourself. I suspect AI won't be able to help with this, until it matures further.

 

[Shaker71]

Thank you for the reply.

I used MMC Detroit books and they are of little help (vague for 1971 and convertible). I looked at the parts manual and it has tag info, but that doesn’t seem to match a couple of the belts that I know are original to the car.
Here’s a photo of the tag on the two rear seat non-buckle belts. I believe these to be original to the car I’ve owned since 1979.
I marked all the 1971 belts with model type 27 and there aren’t enough entries in the parts catalog for a complete set.

 

[pschlosser]

The 3670xxx series belts are from and found in the 1972 parts manual.

 

[pschlosser]

1972 hardtop rear seat belts.

 

[pschlosser]

I marked all the 1971 belts with model type 27 and there aren’t enough entries in the parts catalog for a complete set.

I concur the parts books are sometimes wrong. post up your discrepancies. I keep my PDFs extensively annotated.

 

[DetMatt1]

These are from my ‘71 convertible. The fronts have tags but the tags are missing on the outboard rears and if the inboard belts have them they are below the surface.

 

[pschlosser]

the 270/271 belts seemed confirmed by the parts book for the 1971 convertible.

 

[Shaker71]

Thanks you for all the great input. I’ll do some more digging today and make a list of the belts I have. Is there a good resource for belt lengths and tag information for the convertibles?

I’ll see if I can find these in the parts book.

 

[pschlosser]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a chart. regardless of precise length or configuration, many of these belts will function in other cars. for example, the 3508 304 71+ C body front lap will function just fine, even if it has the extra shoulder buckle, in the E-body convertable. Not precisly correct, it is true. But you make do with what you have, until you find what you want.

it can take years to find a complete accurate set for your application.