SOLD – ’67 Beetle Seat Belt Clip

Eric Shoemaker on January 24, 2013

FOR SALE: '67 Beetle Seat Belt Clip

Just listed at 1967beetle.com, these seat belt clips are hard to find. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them before today. Info from the seller. A photo of one of the clips installed in a ’67 is below.

“Our ’67 Seat Belt Clip is fabricated with two part epoxy. It is duplicated  from the original ’67 seat belt clip with the part number and VW logo.”

Status: For Sale
Location: Caddo Mills, TX
Price: $15 each. $30 a set + shipping
Contact: R & D Engineering Co., Inc.

'67 seat belt clip

Posted by Eric Shoemaker

Hello, I'm Eric. I started Air-Cooled Artifacts (previously, 1967beetle.com and Lane Russell). I drive a '67 Beetle daily and love to share vintage Volkswagen stories with the world.

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  1. Tom Griffin January 24, 2013 at 4:56 am

    It looks cool… but I don’t really know what that thing is. It would help to see a picture of it in situation.

    1. Eric January 24, 2013 at 6:54 am

      Hey Tom!
      I’ve put a smoke signal out with the vintage VW community. We’ll have an answer soon that helps explain this better.

  2. Jay Salser January 24, 2013 at 7:14 am

    Good morning, Tom. I will try to resurrect a photo of the 1967 Seatbelt Clip installed into a Beetle. Until then, let me say that the Clip affixes with a small screw to the “B” Pillar (the “lock pillar”). When the seatbelt is retracted into the housing (the sheath), it is swiveled into an upright position against the “B” pillar. Look at your seatbelt housing (sheath) and you will see a notched part on the backside. This fits perfectly over the Clip which is fastened to the “B” pillar. That holds the seatbelt housing firmly against the “B” pillar when the seatbelt is not in use. It takes a slight pulling outward to engage or to dis-engage the sheath from the clip. There should be a screw hole in the “B” pillar from the factory. It may take a bit of probing but eventually you should be able to locate it. Use the sheath in its upright position to help to locate the hole. Let me know if you have further questions. It has been so long since these clips have been available that people today don’t recognize that there ever was such a puppy! jay

  3. Ben Haynes January 24, 2013 at 7:55 am

    Wow! I did not even know there was such a part. Is this a one year only item?

  4. Jody Sauvageau January 24, 2013 at 10:09 am

    Nice reproduction piece! I just snapped a pic of the clips in my car and sent it to Eric.

  5. Eric January 24, 2013 at 10:11 am

    ADMIN NOTE ———
    Article updated with the photo Jody sent over. Thanks for this! 11 people emailed me this AM asking the same question.

  6. Jay Salser January 24, 2013 at 11:26 am

    That’s a super photo, Jody! Couldn’t be a better explanation than the Real Deal. jay

  7. Louie January 24, 2013 at 11:36 am

    Oh that’s where is goes. Mine is long gone. Thanks for the update. -Louie

  8. Tom Griffin January 24, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Thanks, Jay! This solves TWO riddles: the first one, about this clip, and the second one, which is “why does the seat belt housing have that protruding bump-out on the back side?”

    I’ll need to move on to some of Life’s other riddles, like “why is the avocado seed so big?”

    1. Eric January 24, 2013 at 1:25 pm

      The avocado seed is big because…..

  9. Ken Jones October 23, 2013 at 7:16 pm

    I just received two of these new repop clips from this vendor. One cracked in half while barely snugging it down, the other was fine (and looks/works great). I’ve reached out to them to ask for a replacement so hopefully that’s a non-issue. I will admit, it was fun locating the screw hole with a pick through my new B-pillar windlace. Had to feel around a bit for it.

    1. Eric Shoemaker October 23, 2013 at 7:32 pm

      Ken,
      Interesting! I’d love to see some photos of your process. I have these units as well, but have yet to find the holes. One day…

      1. Ken Jones October 23, 2013 at 7:48 pm

        When I get the replacement clip, I’ll snap some photos. Would be nice to add some reference measurements for other folks when they go to do the same thing following a new headliner installation.

        I will also say that I actually sandblasted (lightly, albeit) my original seat belts (the outside plastic) which brought them right back to the original color, disposing of years of orange sun damage. I then painted them with Lotus White, which is a fantastic color match. Just an FYI!

    2. Jay Salser October 23, 2013 at 7:51 pm

      Hello, Ken…

      I feel certain that R & D Engineering will gladly replace the faulty Seat Belt Clip.

      Doug Smith (Co-Owner of R & D) is a very sensitive person and tries hard to please his customers.

      Regarding finding that tiny screw hole…sounds as though you used the tried and true method. The best way, of course, is before the B pillar covering is in place. But, I bet that a person can swing the seat belt to “parked’ position, fit the clip behind it as it would be when it is affixed to the pillar, move the seat belt, and the hole should be within range. jay

      1. Ken Jones October 23, 2013 at 7:55 pm

        Agreed, that’s more or less what I did but still had to fish around more than I would have thought.

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