<VV> Headrests 68/69

[Dave Keillor]

>From the NHTSA website: "Since January 1, 1969, passenger cars have been
required by Standard 202 to have head restraints in the front outboard
seating positions."

Dave Keillor
 

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of George Jones
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:57 PM
To: HallGrenn at aol.com
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Headrests 68/69

My 68, late production (June or July if memory servers me correctly)
convertible, also did not have headrests. I've also had 4 other 68's,
and
none of them had headrests, or provisions for them. I don't recall their
production dates though.

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM, <HallGrenn at aol.com> wrote:

> Dick,  Sounds like you have an illegal Corvair:)  Possibly the  order
date
> was the deciding factor instead of the manufacturing date.  It  was a
> federal
> law that affected all cars.  I'll look it up tonight after  work.  I
did
> order
> mine in October '67, but the order was delayed-- "lost"  they said
(they
> didn't
> want to sell me a Corvair, kept suggesting a  Camaro).  I didn't get
the
> car
> until late March 1968.  But I'm talking  about the federal law not the
> cars.
>
> I'll get back to you.
>
> Bob Hall