oldspackrat

Found these in a '66?? Mercedes in a yard today. Never seen anything like this. There is German writing on them but I don't read the language. They look like they might have been a factory option?? I thought maybe some rat rod guys might like them but wanted to see what info I could get first.

don71

Never seen them before. They look heavy duty.

Someone was serious about their autobahn experience.

Suggest you run the verbage of the tags through google translate. Pictures not quite clear enough for me, neither is my german.

Likely saftey related like DOT..er MOT...sfi..like related requirements.

svnt442

diesen teil rechts einbauen:
This part right installation

That's all I cold see to copy for translation.

Levellord

Yep...it just means that this part is for the righthanded side.
The rest is just manufacturer company, patent stuff and thats it.

I am pretty sure that it is not serial but some kind of aftermarket stuff as in the sixties 95% of the cars didn´t have belts and if they had belts, they have been ridicolous small.

Indy_68_S

That's my guess. Those buckles don't even look like standard automotive type (even for Euro / the era) . They don't look military and I doubt it's hiperf/racing as they're just a pair of lap belt sets.

Post a closeup of the complete labels and maybe we can tease out more info....

oldcutlass

Those are I believe some aircraft style lap belts. People use them for racing.

Bfg

They look like they are from a German WW11 Bomber, Maybe a Stutgard or messerschmitt.

marxjunk

i dont know what they are..but they are freakin cool

if you sell..post them here...id like a shot..i have no idea what they are worth..i have a 60s road racer they would look cool in..

Indy_68_S

I don't think they are aircraft or vintage racing. The only latches I've seen for aircraft & old racing belts is either the lever-lock style or the cam-lock style. These have neither and they have no provisions for shoulder straps.

They look kinda low-tech. Almost like one notch up from carnival ride belts. I suspect they're like Levellord said. Some sort of aftermarket (think the J.C.Whitney of Germany) pieces.

Whatever they are, I'm sure the vintage rod crowd will love 'em. The original rodders used whatever they could find - including Mil surplus stuff. Genuine WWII & post era belt sets go for big money to those crafting period correct rods.

DewChugr

They look nothing like the belts in our 66 230SL.