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Offline KevinK

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Seat belt extender
« on: May 24, 2021, 07:21:24 PM »
Did Ford make seat belt extenders for the first or second Gen cars? I know they did for 3rd Gen. Any secondary suppliers?
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Offline Bob Gaines

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Re: Seat belt extender
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2021, 10:48:46 PM »
Did Ford make seat belt extenders for the first or second Gen cars? I know they did for 3rd Gen. Any secondary suppliers?
I am not aware of any secondary suppliers. NPD and others sell the various year belts and it would be a simple thing to take to a upholstery shop to have full size length cut down and seat belt tongue sewed into a buckle portion to make a extender.
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Offline J_Speegle

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Re: Seat belt extender
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2021, 05:08:38 AM »
Did Ford make seat belt extenders for the first or second Gen cars? I know they did for 3rd Gen. Any secondary suppliers?

No. In general, people were of slighter build back then
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Re: Seat belt extender
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2021, 05:45:42 AM »
Another option, consider getting a set of belts from a larger Ford passenger car that has the same buckle design as yours. -or- have a longer lap belt made to suit your need.
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Offline KevinK

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Re: Seat belt extender
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2022, 04:07:52 PM »
I did run across seat belt extenders for the 3rd Gen Foxbody.
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Re: Seat belt extender
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2022, 10:51:21 PM »
I got a set of "fat man belt extenders" free from the local Ford parts department as recently as 2010 to fit my 2008.
Ask them and you may be surprised.
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