Toddler seat in a 60?

[JLH911]

Searched and couldn't find anything...looking for a car seat for a toddler that could be installed in the rear bench seat of a 60 with only the lap belts that it has. Most of the seats I've looked at require the anchors found in newer vehicles or at the very least shoulder belts.

I want this seat to be in the middle of the bench seat(best location for a child to be in I think)

 

[jherre1]

I have this seat.

Cosco High Back Booster, Ava

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HO4TJK/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_a1xkvb0S58DQV

It has anchors and you can also use any type of seat belt. Including the 60s lap belt (through the lower back area).

That lap belt is very strong. The car seat doesn't move at all.

I had another one (in black) for my son, he just graduated to a booster seat.

One suggestion. Put some cardboard or some type of base, that way the car seat won't leave dents on the cushions.

 

[DFXR]

I have a Britax now for my toddler, and had a Graco before, when he was smaller and rode rear-facing in one of the detachable kinds that leave the base in the car. Both setups work just fine with just the lap belt, though I have it installed on the rear pass side rather than the center. I think the center belt was too narrow between the ends.

From my experience in shopping for car seats, I found that all new ones are required to have the anchors, but they are also required to be backwards-compatible with either lap or shoulder belts. The idea being (I think) that no matter what car you find yourself in, you can make the car seat work.

You may already know this, but the rear lap belts will ratchet back if you pull them all the way out and then slowly feed them back in. You can get them very tight this way. Pull all the way out and hold it, then run the belt through the rear cavity of the car seat and buckle it. Slowly feed it back in and you'll hear it clicking. Get your knee into the car seat towards the end and force feed the belt back in, and you can get the car seat really snug. Mine does not move.

And as jherre1 said above, definitely protect your seat with something, because once you realize how tight you can get the thing, you're going to go for it...

 

[NookShneer]

Was looking for a set of LATCH attachment points to connect our kid seat as well. Came up short on a store bought solution so made one with on hand supplies.

Started off with some Petzl climbing bolt hangers.

I drilled out the bolt hole to 1/2"? They are built for 3/8" expansion bolts so larger than that.

Pulled the center seat belt bolts and cleaned the threads. Upon removal I used PB Blaster to loosen things up. As it was they were hard to remove with the 32 yr old crud in the threads.

I used a Dremel with a wire brush to clean the threads before re-installing.

The photo below is a close-up of the bolt in the order of parts.

Finished project. I'll have to shoot one more photo of the car seat installed. Project time was one nap time "about an hour". Cost involved was the 2 climbing hangers which I had laying around.

 

[dbleon]

Was looking for a set of LATCH attachment points to connect our kid seat as well. Came up short on a store bought solution so made one with on hand supplies.

Started off with some Petzl climbing bolt hangers.

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I drilled out the bolt hole to 1/2"? They are built for 3/8" expansion bolts so larger than that.

Pulled the center seat belt bolts and cleaned the threads. Upon removal I used PB Blaster to loosen things up. As it was they were hard to remove with the 32 yr old crud in the threads.

I used a Dremel with a wire brush to clean the threads before re-installing.

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The photo below is a close-up of the bolt in the order of parts.

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Finished project. I'll have to shoot one more photo of the car seat installed. Project time was one nap time "about an hour". Cost involved was the 2 climbing hangers which I had laying around.

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I like this. .. but are you sure those bolts are long enough? ?

 

[IBFJ62]

Do 60's have the floor mounted tie down hooks in the cargo area? On my '88 62 I was able to install the later model add-on shoulder belts bolted in the tower behind the door, and utilized the cargo area tie down hook as the rear attachment point for the booster seat. Kept the booster seat pretty rock solid. Finally aged up to just the sit-on booster with shoulder/lap belts.. Yay!!

 

[Jdc1]

+1 on the britax harness booster for a toddler in the middle row in a 60.

 

[NookShneer]

The bolts took forever to remove (lots of spinning). The bolt ends were just past the end of the 22mm nut on the backing plate on the undercarriage. It was less on the install with the Petzl hangers in there (still 6-8 full rotations). I'll probably pull one and get a longer grade 8 bolt to re-install. I wouldn't hurt to have more threads engaged. I figure that most stuff is over engineered for safety, but i like that when its my kid.

 

[dbleon]

I think the general rule is at leat 2 threads should be visible beyond the nut. I certainly would not scrimp on a seat belt bolt holdinding my baby in place... just my 2 cents.

 

[stockhorse]

Any belt going over the back of the rear seat and down to the floor should be avoided. The back of the rear seat should be fitted with mounting points for the belts;If it does not then it indicates that the back of the seat is not reinforced and will crush downwards in the event of an accident.On these type of seats the belt must be run to the roof just before the rear door so the angle on the belt meets the manufacturers specs.

 

[hoser]

The 100 series has the tether anchor on the rear floor. For the back of the seat to accept a tether, wouldn't the seat need to be reinforced?

 

[NookShneer]

@dbleon It seems like thread engagement is all over the place. I'll be verifying that what ever bolt I replace with has 2 threads exposed. Thanks.

Thread Engagement - Portland Bolt