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Blue seat belts for 64 Riviera


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Good luck!  I've been looking for those for years.  IMHO, your best bet (albeit expensive) would be to get a good set of buckles with some other color and have them re-webbed.  Or cheap out, as I did, with some of these (in blue, of course; color 4004):

 

1800-60-Black-Lap-Seat-Belt-Chrome-Lift-

One thing to remember if you go that route: you need 60" (not 74") belts for the front.

 

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Find the buckles you want then have them renewed and rewebbed by Ssnake Oyl

 

https://www.ssnake-oyl.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=Ssnake-Oyl&Category_Code=NEW_SEAT_CAT_HEAD

 

Wesco has a line of new replacement belts for classic cars.

 

https://www.wescoperformance.com/ll60.html

 

Good luck finding any of the OE '64 buckles. 😎

 

 

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18 minutes ago, RivNut said:

Find the buckles you want then have them renewed and rewebbed by Ssnake Oyl

 

https://www.ssnake-oyl.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=Ssnake-Oyl&Category_Code=NEW_SEAT_CAT_HEAD

 

In my wanderings, I found that SsnakeOyl is frickin' expensive.  There are others who offer the same service at lower cost.

 

If you do get the Eberhart buckles, check to make sure the internal spring clips are intact.  If they break, the buckle won't stay latched.

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  How about NOS?? There are quite a few NOS `64 seat belts out there because Buick was sending updated chrome buckle seat belts to dealers who sold `64 Rivieras as A MATTER OF RECORD! In other words, if a dealer sold 12 `64 Rivieras before the campaign was announced Buick would send replacement belt sets in the correct color so the dealer could contact customers to have the belts replaced. This was not a campaign initiated by GM or Buick spurred by accidents or demonstrated safety concerns but initiated by the seat belt supplier. Needless to say, alot of seat belts never got installed in the cars and hence are floating around now. 

Check your sources!

And if you communicate which buckle design you desire I might be able to help.

If so, send me a PM

Tom

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