Seat Belt Grommet

jackf · Friday at 2:40 PM

The driver's side rear panel of my 1973 coupe is missing the grommet that the seat belt passes through. I thought I found one on ebay. It's tan, but I thought I could paint it blue. When I took out the passenger's side grommet, thinking I could paint them both, I noticed the one I got from ebay is much bigger than the one I already had. Part number of tan one is 62611B90AWA. The blue one does not have a part number molded in. Any inputs?

Sheriff41 · Friday at 2:45 PM

A while back @Doug's 73 Mach1 had some blue interior parts. You may want to check with him, he's a great guy to deal with.

Cleveland Crush · Friday at 3:10 PM

jackf said:
The driver's side rear panel of my 1973 coupe is missing the grommet that the seat belt passes through. I thought I found one on ebay. It's tan, but I thought I could paint it blue. When I took out the passenger's side grommet, thinking I could paint them both, I noticed the one I got from ebay is much bigger than the one I already had. Part number of tan one is 62611B90AWA. The blue one does not have a part number molded in. Any inputs?

Please supply actual measurements between these grommets.

jackf · 2025-02-09T14:58:06-0500

I tried to take a picture, but it really doesn't illustrate the problem very well. Super crude PDF may help.

Don C · 2025-02-09T15:45:05-0500

Flip them over and then take the measurements of the part that actually inserts into the panel. From your photos it looks like most of the difference in the top is the width of the border.

Doug's 73 Mach1 · 2025-02-09T20:14:46-0500

The pictures above in this thread are of 1971 type seat belt rear seat outer belt grommets. 73s used a different type that are a guide for the rear seat retractable outer seat belt. The mounting holes in the side panel are also different, 73s have larger rectangular mounting holes. Late 72s used the 73 type, not sure which ones used for early 72s. See photo attached below. I have (3) 73 type and (3) 71 type for sale $35 each shipped or a pair for $60 shipped. They can be painted or dyed the color to match the interior side panels.