Brought my 59 home today

[Dilligas]

Originally Posted by Foot Stomper

Forget about shoulder belts... there's no where to mount them so lap belts are going to have to do.
There's lot for sale online, you'll just want to make sure they get bolted into some meat. Likely mean a reinforcement of some kind like a heavy plate steel under the cab....something that won't allow the bolt to pull through the sheet metal is all you need.

I figured with the big back window shoulder belts weren't an option, I'll order some lap belts and make sure I keep it under 100 MPH, LOL

[tmoble]

just mount the seat belts wherever is handy and put a piece of plate 3/16" steel plate on the bottom to keep the bolt from pulling thru the thin sheet metal of the floor board is there should be a wreck.

Jeeze, what a treasure. might want to check the build date on the tires before driving it much of anywhere. even if the tread itself is like new the tires can be old and dry rotted, subject to blow outs. I has this happen on a 56 T-bird I was resurrecting. tires looked like new but had a blow-out as soon as I drove. Tire store guy laughed at me, said the tires were 15 years old, what was I expecting? ooof.

[my56chevytruck]

Man, that's a nice looking truck for sure. Any long range plans??

[Dilligas]

Originally Posted by my56chevytruck

Man, that's a nice looking truck for sure. Any long range plans??

I am thinking of getting a small vintage camper to pull behind it, then go to a few campgrounds close to me and spend a weekend. Other than that just drive it around and enjoy it.