As I understand it, back in the day when these cars were new, one could factory order seat belt webbing in colors other than the standard black. I have heard that the belt color options on offer back then were red, blue, or yellow at a MRSP sticker add of $330.
Since my car has a Metropol Blue interior, I’ve often wondered how the car might have looked if the original owner had ticked the option box for the matching blue belts. So I started poking around the website of a firm who can re-web seat belts (as an aside, their biggest market is said to be refurbishing seat belts which the owner’s dogs have chewed). And I discovered that their webbing options are not limited to solid colors. Specifically, a black belt with blue edging was available, so I decided to take the plunge.
Enclosed is the end result.
This new seat belt color combination matches the blue stitching that I had picked several years ago for my replacement steering wheel. Together, the seat belts nicely compliment the steering wheel (and vice versa).
DM