Seat Belt Guides 1978

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Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby mikebrow74 » Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:21 pm

To my recollection, my new 1978 Monza Spyder that I purchased new had square seat belt guides. It had black vinyl seats with the honeycomb insert. I'm seeing the triangular guides are more common and plentiful. Can anyone confirm I should have the square seat belt guides for my 78 project?
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Postby cjbiagi » Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:35 pm

My 75 has square ones, I believe those would be correct for your car
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby mikebrow74 » Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:25 am

Thanks Clyde, trying hard to keep it a correct and accurate restoration.
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby classic_cruiser » Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:53 pm

The 1978 Monza brochure appears to agree:
http://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/brochures/Chev/1978/Monza/1978/pages/1978_Monza_02_03_jpg.htm

I wonder what year they switched over to the triangular style? My 1980 sunbird has had the triangular seat belt guides since I got it in 1987.
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby wade78spyder » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:05 pm

My 78 spyder came with the triangle ones
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby cjbiagi » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:34 pm

There were a lot of changes in 1978 ...that would make sense
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby cammerjeff » Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:37 pm

I can't speak for Monza's but on the other divisions H-body's it seems to be Model and or interior level dependant. My 77 Astre's all had the Delux interior and had Triangle style guides, the 79 Starfire had square Guides.
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby Monza Harry » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:55 pm

I had thought that all of my H-Bodies had the square ones, but, I found some triangular ones recently while "Putsing" around on this one, and they seem a better colour match than the others that were included.
So maybe Jeff is onto something there. My car has the all vinyl/Grotesque interior :sick: well what is left of this faded Red Mess. Harry
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby classic_cruiser » Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:16 pm

It's possible I suppose. My '79 sunbird with the cloth interior has the square ones, while my '80 sunbird with the oyster vinyl interior has the triangle ones. They are both sunbird sport coupe models.
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Re: Seat Belt Guides 1978

Postby kgroombr » Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:44 pm

I am 99% sure that most 77 and up GM cars switched to the triangle version. I have owned a few 77 Monza's and one 77 Vega and they all had the triangle version. Never owned a 76 Monza so can't speak for it, but my 76 Vega's have the square version.

Looking at the part number for the black triangle version 9737575 shows it fitting most 77 and later GM cars while the square version, part number 1708119 fits 76 and earlier. I am using gmpartswiki to verify.

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