Dawson

Fear not, I have no desire to have the imprint of a Mk1 2000 steering wheel in my face in the event of a crash, however much I think it's a very pretty wheel ;D Have never even entertained the thought of getting in any car without wearing some sort of restraint... as callous as it sounds I don't have much sympathy for these teenagers getting catapulted out of their cars in crashes: if you're foolish enough not to use a seatbelt that's dangling by your arm (especially when you're the one driving!)... well... Crikey that did sound callous!  :o Lapstraps might be a good solution for the odd occasion... I'd not really thought about it much but I could even hide them completely underneath the seat when not in use. Thanks for the thought!

Don't shoot the messenger people!  ;) I've only had the car a month now and to be honest if it wasn't for the hassle and the importance of doing a few other things on the car I would have probably taken the rear belts out completely already; after all, a Peugeot 309 lapstrap doesn't really compliment the 60's interior does it!? ;D I'm under the impression that due to the cars age and the fact it didn't have rear belts from the factory I don't have to have them fitted, and being a (currently!) single 20-something I don't really have much call for any belts in the back anyway, unlike the PO who installed them... As I photographed I did wonder where you would even mount the shoulder anchor: on a saloon there is the rear post but in the estate there's just so much glass in that vicinity I wouldn't have the foggiest idea. The window sill might be a possibility as you say John, but I imagine it would take some modifications to be sufficiently strong enough and might still be out of the 10 degrees you mention... Not as easy at it looks obviously, perhaps the PO fixed the two ends of the rear belts, looked up at the estate glass and thought "bugger!" ;D

Hope these shots give you some idea.. wish I could tell you more but I just bought it like this, hehe! Btw, the part of the seatbelt that's usually attached to a pillar just above shoulder height - the bit in the first photograph - isn't attached to anything on mine; I'm not sure if this might affect how the inertia works?

Glen, Having not done the conversion myself I wouldn't have a clue how to advise you, but my newly acquired  Mk1 2000 estate has inertia reel seatbelts in the back as well as a "lap strap" in the middle. If the weather's ok tomorrow I can take a few photos of their placement if it helps?