RE: Re: [T3] seat belts

["LaFrancois, John" <LAFRANCO@NKI.RFMH.ORG>]

Hi Volks,

B**tles had the mountings for the optional belts as early as '62, ( went to
look at one several years ago). I was surprised to see the plastic plugs in
the rusty floor pans. Also my '72, (B*g) had the plugs in the rear, (behind
the quarter windows) for optional three point belts, lap belts were
standard.  Volkswagen did some very wonderful, but also some very strange
things (to satisify the safety/government regulations) throughout the years.

John La Francois
65 Notch (Nub)
Pearl River, NY

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> From: 	Russell Wolfe[SMTP:russella@netins.net]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:17 AM
> To: 	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: 	Fwd: Re: [T3] seat belts
> 
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> Subject: Re: [T3] seat belts
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:52:51 -0500
> From: Russell Wolfe <russella@netins.net>
> 
> 
> I think it was '64, maybe '65 that they started putting front seat belts
> in
> VW's rears were optional. They had a plastic plugs in the holes for the
> optional belts, and they were oversized. There was an adapter bushing that
> screwed into the hole, and then the seat belt bolt screwed into that.
> 
> --
> Russ Wolfe
> http://www.classicvw.org
> 
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Jim Adney wrote:
> > On 18 Jul 00, at 19:05, Per Lindgren wrote:
> > 
> > > They're just fill plugs to seal the hole for water spray etc. I just
> went
> > > outside to check my 73, it had those black plasitc plugs in the
> center, about
> > > 3-4" rearward from the body/pan mounts, and ~4" apart. You have to
> replace the
> > > plastic plugs with proper bolts when installing seat belts.
> > 
> > Does this mean that your car was delivered without any belts, or 
> > just without rear belts.
> > 
> > Here's a question for Russ: Did the new cars in the US arrive with 
> > the belts in them already, or did you have to take out these plugs 
> > and put the belts in?
> > 
> > -
> > Jim Adney
> > jadney@vwtype3.org
> > Madison, WI 53711-3054
> > 
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> Russ Wolfe
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