oh! one of those
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Re: oh! one of those
Originally Posted by huudoo
oh! one of those .. .. with Seat Belts
. Us old folks can get carried away when the subject of old hot rods come up. Back to one of those, I had parked in front of a mini-mart to go in to get a cup of coffee and when I came out there was a little old blue haired lady standing in front of my car, walking back & fourth looking down the sides. I opened the door to get in and she said "what kind of car is that", I replied a Crossfire. She looked at me kind of confused, so I said Chrysler makes it. She then said oh it's a Chrysler, that's the prettiest car I think I'd ever seen, I love that color of blue.
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Re: oh! one of those
Originally Posted by Steve Hellums
I have a 64&1/2 Mustang that did not come out with seat belts, but if you look under the car you can see the reinforcement plate's welded into the floorboards. It was probably an option, but where the bolt is suppost to go through there is no hole.
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Re: oh! one of those
Originally Posted by Steve Hellums
She then said oh it's a Chrysler, that's the prettiest car I think I'd ever seen, I love that color of blue.
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Re: oh! one of those
Originally Posted by +fireamx
Assuming your Chevelle was 25 years old when you first got it, is there the slightest possibility that somebody may have removed the original seat belts? And if there are no holes in the floor pan where the attachment bolts would be, maybe, just maybe a 25 year old car from the north east (rust belt) may have had new floor pans installed.
Google seat belt laws, that's where I got the info.
I'm not trying to start a war or anything, I was just pointing out that the auto industry offered seat belts before Ralph Nadar saved us from ourselves with his book.
Cgocifer, your car could have very easily slipped by the seat belt installer, quality control back in the 60's wasn't the greatest it could have been. My friends 65 Malibu had factory belts, they saved his butt when he totalled it in 1968 at 60 mph when a car pulled out in front of him.
Huudoo, sorry for the thread hijack. You're absolutely right, it's amazing how this car has been on the road "unchanged" for over 4.5 years and people still come up to me and ask "What is it?" (Of course, that sometimes happens when I'm in my AMX too.)
Google seat belt laws, that's where I got the info.
I'm not trying to start a war or anything, I was just pointing out that the auto industry offered seat belts before Ralph Nadar saved us from ourselves with his book.
Cgocifer, your car could have very easily slipped by the seat belt installer, quality control back in the 60's wasn't the greatest it could have been. My friends 65 Malibu had factory belts, they saved his butt when he totalled it in 1968 at 60 mph when a car pulled out in front of him.
Huudoo, sorry for the thread hijack. You're absolutely right, it's amazing how this car has been on the road "unchanged" for over 4.5 years and people still come up to me and ask "What is it?" (Of course, that sometimes happens when I'm in my AMX too.)
Last edited by cgocifer; Dec 19, 2007 at 10:09 PM.