[Vwdiesel] (OT) Rabbit seat belt question

[Nate Wall]

My friend's '80 Rabbit D (He had it 15 years ago) definetly had the seat
(shoulder) belts that were attached to the door and were "automatic". I know
some newer cars now have the manual lap belt you have to pull accross your
lap and attach to its clasp to the left of the seat in addition to the (now
motorized) shoulder belts. But my friend's Rabbit had a great big knee bar
running the length of the dash that negated the neceissity of the lap belt
part. How I hated that knee bar, since I'm real tall. It just jammed your
knees all the time. No way you could slide under the lap belt w/ that.

--Nate

Gary Shea wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I have an '82 (diesel!) rabbit, it has the seat belts that attach to the
> doors.  There appears to have been a lap belt as well at some point but
> it's gone.
>
> I noticed there's a hole under the headliner, right about where the
> seat belt would attach, on the pillar just back of the front doors.
> I haven't made a hole in the headliner yet to see if this is a legit
> seat belt attachment point.  Anybody know?
>
>         Gary
>
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