Early seatbelt holster question Options

[GaroldShaffer]

So I have an early seat belt holster in the classifieds. Question came up if they were only on the drivers side of the early cars or both sides. I believe it was just the driver side, but I have seen a early car with it on both sides, but no sure if the owner did that or it came that way.

Anyone know for sure?

[Tom_T]

I tried to find a pic of my buddy's OO 71 /4, but none of the pix show the right spot.

PS - The link Racer Chris gave above does have excellent pix of it in place at that post, FYI.

Based on a reliable source from the old days, who is far smarter than am I on these 914 details:

"The seat belt tongue holster was installed on all 914 and 914-6 models from model year 1970 to model year 1972 until 12/31/71. One per car on the driver's side with four 2.9x9.5 lens head screws to secure Factory part number is 91480314110 If you do not have one on your drivers side, your car is not correct!"

If your screws are pulling out, then they're probably either the wrong lenght screws &/or the carpet isn't original, since some after market carpets are a slightly deeper pile/backer material.

My supposition was always since back in the 70's, that they put this "Holster" in to get it away from jamming the folding e-brake, wich became unnecessary when the retractable belts came in.

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[SirAndy]

"The seat belt tongue holster was installed on all 914 and 914-6 models from model year 1970 to model year 1972 until 12/31/71. One per car on the driver's side with four 2.9x9.5 lens head screws to secure Factory part number is 91480314110 If you do not have one on your drivers side, your car is not correct!"

And how exactly could that be true?
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A large portion of those early cars do not have the mounting holes for said holster and on the ones that do have them, the holes look hand-drilled ...
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[Tom_T]

"The seat belt tongue holster was installed on all 914 and 914-6 models from model year 1970 to model year 1972 until 12/31/71. One per car on the driver's side with four 2.9x9.5 lens head screws to secure Factory part number is 91480314110 If you do not have one on your drivers side, your car is not correct!"

And how exactly could that be true?
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A large portion of those early cars do not have the mounting holes for said holster and on the ones that do have them, the holes look hand-drilled ...
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As I said Andy - confirmed with an old school 914 originality expert. The screw holes could be painted over or filled in in the 45+/- years since.

i.e.: Someone who was around back then, like myself, or George Rud, or my buddy with the bahia 71 - but more even more expert on originality than I & we are!

So poo-poo it if you must, at your own risk! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

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Tom
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[SirAndy]

As I said Andy - confirmed with an old school 914 originality expert. The screw holes could be painted over or filled in in the 45+/- years since.

i.e.: Someone who was around back then, like myself, or George Rud, or my buddy with the bahia 71 - but more even more expert on originality than I & we are!

So poo-poo it if you must, at your own risk! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

poo-poo?
Really? How old are we today? 12?


Again, explain to me how this can be when so many early cars do NOT have the holes in the long?

Neither my '70 /4 nor my '70 /6 have holes in the longs and neither of them show any signs of "repair".

And on every single car with holes i have ever seen, they clearly look like they were hand drilled.

And this time, please try to explain this discrepancy without the use of "someone who knew someone was told by someone else that someone somewhere once knew something".
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[Tom_T]

So poo-poo it if you must, at your own risk! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

poo-poo?
Really? How old are we today? 12?

FYI -

"verb. Poo poo is defined as to dismiss an idea or suggestion. An example of poo poo is when someone invites coworkers to a bar but another person says the idea is no good.
Poo-poo dictionary definition | poo-poo defined - YourDictionary
www.yourdictionary.com/poo-poo"

Very commonly used back in my day, & was/is a common USA colloquialism.

As for how old I was that day? .... 64!

PS - While I realize that this misunderstanding of the term by you may be an ESL or generational problem, it's best to look it up or google it before trying to insult somebody. ;-)

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Tom
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