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No experience, but my limited knowledge of the 36 cabs (a buddy has a 36 gmc project) would suggest that shoulder belts might be tough. Fair bit of wood in those days. Not sure why lap belts would be any harder than any other old truck.
Are we speaking of a 36 high cab or low cab? I think the high cab structure is even more wood-laden than the low…..
I don't think there is a 36 GMC high cab. My 36 GMC only has wood in and below the door pillar where the door hinges attach. I put shoulder belts in a 46 GMC which is essentially the same cab. I welded in 3/16" steel between cab supports and the rear of the door frame behind the sheet metal in the rear corners.
I don't think there is a 36 GMC high cab. My 36 GMC only has wood in and below the door pillar where the door hinges attach. I put shoulder belts in a 46 GMC which is essentially the same cab. I welded in 3/16" steel between cab supports and the rear of the door frame behind the sheet metal in the rear corners.
There’s not. I was speaking of the Chevy cabs. I had assumed that’s what the original poster was speaking of. Looking at his profile now, I see he has a GMC.
I hate to have to weld anything in as I already painted the cab. So maybe just a thick washer would work? And it is a low cab no wood in the "A" pillars as I replaced them with metal ones from a '37 gmc cab.
'36 low cab wouldn't be any different than a '37 -? lap belts are easy but I don't know about shoulder belts attaching to anything substantial unless you reinforce brace behind the interior corner sheet metal with some heavy strap. I didn't have a original seat and my third row suv seats have built in belts.
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Here is how I added belts to my '37. The first picture is the rear upper cab where I added a steel box tube all the way around for support of the upper mounting point of the belts. The second picture is the lower retractor mounted through the seat frame and cab floor with reinforcements under the cab. The third is the buckle mount in the center behind the seat frame. It's mounted to a heavy steel tube bolted through the floor with reinforcing plates under the floor.
