<VV> Corvair near Wheaton

[Charles Fregeau]

But Illinois did pass a law that all cars manufactured after Jan 1, 61 had
to have seat belts in order to be legally sold in Illinois.  Many cars had
to have belts installed in the 61-64 model years in order to be sold as used
in Illinois.  I remember us having to go to Sears to get belts for our 63
Chevy II, and Dad complaining about it, too.  Might have been a Crook County
or Chicago thing, but I thought it was statewide.

Charles Fregeau

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 9:07 PM
To: Charles Fregeau; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair near Wheaton

What?  '65 belts in front seats.  '66 belts in back seat also.  Prior to
'65 - no belt required so far as I know.  And - we are only talking lap
belts - at least through '67.  Not sure when shoulder belts became required.

Later, JR

Glen Ellyn, IL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Fregeau" <n5hsr at sprynet.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:34 PM
Subject: <VV> Corvair near Wheaton


> On Craigslist Chicago.  62 Monza 2 dr white, beige interior, some 
> pictures.
> No title, I wonder if it has seatbelts.
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> Illinois has this crazy law passed back in 1964.   Any car manufactured
> after Jan 1, 1965 MUST have seatbelts.  Any car manufactured after Jan 1,
> 1961 and sold in Illinois must be retro-fitted with seatbelts after Jan 1,
> 1965 or it can't be sold in Illinois.  We did not own a Corvair at the 
> time
> of the passing of the law, and had to go to Sears and buy the cheapest
> seatbelts they had.  I think they cost 39.95 or something like that for 
> our
> Chevy II 300.  The Corvair we owned later had been purchased with 
> seatbelts.
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> I suspect there is a way of getting a title issued to this vehicle, there 
> is
> a VIN, so if it was ever in the SoS list, they should be able to find the
> last actual titled owner.  Apparently the guy that has it now is the owner
> of the property and the previous owner left the  Corvair there and no 
> title.
> No plates, apparently, either, or the VIN could be found on the card and
> would have the owner's name and the last registration, which might lead to
> the last known title.
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> Charles Fregeau
>