<VV> Corvairs and seat belts ~ retrofitting to suit new laws ?

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

Bill,
I believe you mean they were a "standard option" in '64... they weren't  
mandatory until '67. In '64, '65 or '66 you could order the vehicle with a 
"seat  belt delete" option, and get a credit of a few dollars... my '64 700 
made the  first week of June 1964 is one such car.
Later,
Lonzo
 
 
In a message dated 11/15/2011 10:58:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gojoe283 at yahoo.com writes:

B"H

Actually Federal law required all US passenger cars to have  outboard from 
lap belts effective January 1, 1964.  My Dad's 64 Fairlane  500 Sports Coupe 
was built in November 1963 and didn't have them.

Rear  lap belts came in for '66.  My 66 Monza has the anchors for shoulder  
belts under the headliner.

Shoulder belts were mandatory on all  US-market passenger vehicles 
effective January 1, 1968.  That means the  early production '68s didn't have them 
as standard.  

I have a  nice set of matching aqua seat belts that I am planning on 
installing if I  ever get the time, G-d willing.

Bill Hershkowitz 66 Monza Sport Sedan  110 PG A/C


--- On Tue, 11/15/11, n5hsr at sprynet.com  <n5hsr at sprynet.com> wrote:

> From: n5hsr at sprynet.com  <n5hsr at sprynet.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs and seat  belts ~ retrofitting to suit new 
laws ?
> To: "Charles Lee"  <chaz at properproper.com>, "'Bill H.'" 
<gojoe283 at yahoo.com>,  virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 9:58  PM
> Illinois passed a law about 1964 that
> all NEW cars had to  be fitted with seat belts effective with
> the 1965 model year, and in  order to sell a used car 1961
> model year or later, it also had to be  retrofitted with seat
> belts.  We had to get seat belts for our 63  Chevy
> II.  Never used them, they were pretty much useless
>  anyway.
> 
> Charles Fregeau
> 
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> >From: Charles Lee  <chaz at properproper.com>
> >Sent: Nov 15, 2011 6:33 PM
>  >To: "'Bill H.'" <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>,
>  virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >Subject: <VV> Corvairs and seat  belts ~
> retrofitting to suit new laws ?
> >
> >Cops  are very superficial (as has been duly shown in
> previous messages)  ~
> >they look for the part of the seat belt that comes over
>  the shoulder, and
> >sans visual evidence, will pull you over hoping  to pay
> for their Christmas
> >party or win the office pool on  who gets the most
> tickets.
> >
> >It may eventually  be required to retrofit Corvairs with
> shoulder belts (my
>  >1969 Monza convertible had them as a "special order"),
> but as of  now, if it
> >didn't have them as <standard equipment., you  are
> not required to have
> >shoulder belts.
>  >
> >I'm not sure if lap belts are required if the car
>  didn't have them when new
> >?  And would the cop/court be more  interested in
> the potential revenue than
> >reasonably  interpreting the law?
> >
> >-----Original  Message-----
> >From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>  >[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]
> On Behalf Of Bill  H.
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:01 PM
> >To:  virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >Subject: <VV> Someone is speeding,  someone
> pays,so all is good
> >
> >     
>          
>              B"H
> >
> >I was stopped twice by cops.  First time, he  cited
> for "not wearing a seat
> >belt."  The two  officers looked in and around the
> car, then looked through
>  >the open window and saw that I duly had my lap belt
> on.  "I  see you ARE
> >waring a belt, drive carefully,
>  sir."   They're looking for a shoulder belt
>  >:=)
> >
> >Second time, two cops approached the  car.  One
> told me he had made a bet
> >with the other  guy that the "motor was in the back" of
> my car, and he just
>  >wanted to verify.  Imagine getting pulled over by
> a cop car  with flashing
> >red lights just to verify where my engine  was!
> >
> >He said he had a '67 a long time ago and asked  me to
> show him the motor.  I
> >guess he was happy  because he had won the bet.
> >
> >Regards to all...Bill  Hershkowitz 66 Monza Sport Sedan
> 110 PG A/C
> >
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