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Subject: Re: Seat belts in Bluebirds

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tjhannink

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Date Posted: 07/ 26/ 04, 11:55am
In reply to: John Fitzsimmons 's message, "Seat belts in Bluebirds" on 06/ 24/ 04, 6:52am

My '81 FC-33 has dual front couches, each with 2-sets of seat belts. The dinette also has 2-sets of seatbelts at each bench location. Including the driver and front passenger seats, my coach has seat belts for 10 people, all factory with the Bluebird logo on the buckle. They were all hidden under the seats, I had to remove the dinette booth to get out those belts, the previous owner must have gotten sick of them.

Tim Hannink
1981 FC-33
Winter Park, FL

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[> Subject: Re: Seat belts in Bluebirds

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Shawn Fountain
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Date Posted: 10/ 12/ 04, 10:00am

We added a couch on the passenger side and added seatbelts for 3 kids. We removed the interior siding to get to the vertical metal braces. We had to cut out the insulation around the braces we wanted to add. We attached 2" 90 angle iron to the vertical supports, and then a 6 foot 90 angle iron to those. We drilled holes in the 6-foot horizontal section and attached hardened steel eyes with hardened bolts. We attach the kid car seats to those. Or instead of the eyes, you could directly attach seat belt hardware if your kids are older. We then added more insulation and reinstalled the interior siding. This all took about 5 hours once I had all the supplies. The supports are probably overkill but it makes the wife happy. And it is now really quick and easy to add and remove car seats b/c we can use the child seat quick connects.

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