bwalker16527
1974 FJ40 SBC V8 350 TH400
Anyone know what this mystery item is in the center of the picture? Have one of these on both sides of hardtop interior above the side windows. Don't know what this is for. Any ideas? 1974 FJ40 hardtop.
Anyone know what this mystery item is? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter bwalker16527
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
David70FJ40
Older Than Most
Shoulder belt attachment point.
I think its a shoulder harness anchor point. Was just at a resto shop and noticed the location in that pristine example.
ginmtb
'74 FJ40 - my first!
I have these too never knew. Don’t think I have the lower mount however. Found this photo:
Now that I think about it I recall reading that the shoulder belt mounts in that location on trucks that didn't come with a roll bar (South American market, etc.). Rather than make tooling for different hard tops for different markets, all trucks came with that mounting hole.
Living in the Past
SILVER Star
This started on the 73 model. Believe Germany had three point seat belts that early. I/76-9/77 the US had the three point seat belts attached to the hard top. 78 model moved to the roll bar. Most markets did not get a roll bar at all and those were mounted to the hard top. I stripped the lower seat belt bracket from a 84 HJ47RV from the Australian market. Still had and used the upper fixed nuts. Markets it wasn't used had a rubber plug installed.
@Living in the Past has the facts Spot-On 
bwalker16527
1974 FJ40 SBC V8 350 TH400
- Thread starter
- #10
Great, thanks. My 74 has the seat belts attached to the roll bar and the rubber plug.
