[SCG] 1967 seat belt change, seat back, and survey

[Gary Swiatowy]

As it turns out, I just came in for a break while working on my 67 Monza and
saw this
Serial # 110406
Mine has the retractors and the fisher carriage on the seat belts.

Also has a metal seat back.

Funny story.....
I had an extra seat metal seat back off a 67 Corvair 4-door seat and had it
with me at a swap meet last year. Got $50 for it from what was obviously a
Camaro or Firebird guy. This seat back did not have a slot for the lever to
fold the seat forward. This year I had a set of 68 Corvair black bucket
seats needing re-covering, with plastic backs. Got $150 for them first thing
in the morning.......again had to be Camaro or Firebird people. He mentioned
they are re-producing the plastic backs now. 

Gary Swiatowy


From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: "Stock Corvair Group" <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>
All,

I know that in ?67 there were two running changes to the seat belts The year
started out with the outer front strap being what I call the ?throw-down?
strap. It was just a single strap and no built-in retractor, so people
simply threw them down on the floor, or in some instances left them to hang
out the door. The factory intended that this strap would have a retractor
(at least on the Monza) but didn?t have the built-in retractor mechanism
ready in time for the first cars. So they made the first cars with the
throw-down strap and included the clip-on window shade retractor (the kind
that had been an over the counter dealer-installed accessory). I know that
at some time between #9875 and #13627, which is somewhere between the second
week of November and the first week of December, they made the change to the
built-in retractor, and kept that design through to the end of production in
?69.

The second design change was the change from the Fisher coach emblem on the
(inboard-mounted) buckles to the GM Mark of Excellence emblem. This happened
some time after #13627 but before #26069, built the second week of June.

The third running change I want to inquire about involves the seatback on
the Monza 2 door models. The seat back for the Astro bucket seats were
originally metal on all models. But at some time before #26069 in June (I
think somewhere around #23,000 or so) they changed the seatback on ONLY the
2 door cars to plastic, and left it that way to the end in ?69.

All three of these running changes would be good to put up for a survey, to
see if we can pinpoint the approximate time they made these changes.

-Mark