How wrong are these seatbelts?

[Rob Edwards]

I'm running through the TIM/JG with the '62 and wondering where the heck the seatbelts that are in it came from. The car originally had a black interior but is now red. She's S/N 7646, so was built first week of March '62.
Anyhow, here are the pertinent features:

Web weave: Black, looks like 5 panels (I am assuming 1 panel = each ~1/2 inch strip of material which lies at 45o to the long axis of the belt, right?)

Labels: Irving Air Chute Model ID-51-198-1 SAE STD SBA-4 CAA SPEC TSO-CC 228

Female buckle release handle are painted black, no emblem or marking. On the back of the casting:
Driver's side: American Safety CS5000 B2 Patent #'s 2846745, B2 63
Passenger sid: American Safety CS500 B2 Patent #'s 2846745, 3390436 B2-026

Male buckle catches: Rectangle Design, stamped with # 654 near where belt loops through.

The third owner said the car had no belts in 1970, but owner #5 said they were present when he got her in 1998 and thought they were correct.

So they're close but no cigar. Any ideas on how close? Thanks!

[Tom D.]

C1 1960 example seat belt label

Irving Air Chute
Co, Inc.
Lexington, Kentucky
Model ID-51-198-1
CAA SPEC TSO-CC 228

Copied (line by line) from a label on a set from a red interior - 1960 Corvette.

Tom
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[Mike E.]

Re: How wrong are these seatbelts?

Close enough to look good--close enough to lose you lots of points in judging. The American Safety was a much later design. By that point in the year, most of the females were unpainted--and definitely by then the webbing should be 4-panel.