Our 1965 VW EZ Camper came with two lap belts on the front bench seat, but no seat belts in the rear compartment. With our four little ones riding in the back, we needed to figure out something to do. There are a lot of discussions and a lot of varying opinions about seat belts on thesamba.com , but on the most helpful was this one. Someone on the site mentioned four point harness belts by Wesco Performance.
These seemed like they would work out good for our kids, so I bought four of the chrome lift lever ones with mounting kits. When I placed the order I included a note that I thought their shipping price was a bit high and I was pleased to see on the invoice in the package that my credit card had been credited $8.80 back towards shipping costs. Good service.
I first removed the plywood middle seat to access the bulkhead.
I marked five holes equally spaced across the bulkead and drilled them out. For some people this is a no-go, but the bus is obviously not pristine, and safety is more of a concern.
I mounted the belts with the washers and bolts on the front side of the bulkhead and put everything together.
The back was a bit more difficult. I removed the wood from the rear seat and located my five holes. I had to climb under the vehicle a few times to make sure I was not going to hit anything. One the bolts had to go through the wheel well.
I then had to crawl underneath the bus and put the bolts through the holes from the bottom and mount the belts (with the help of my beautiful bride). Then I put everything together and did a test fit.
I think they should work out great!
