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On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 21:55, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Jim wrote: > >But Russ says his '64 has all 3 holes? > > >The US required lap belts (or maybe just 2-point belts?) starting in > >'64. I suspect that at some point VW simply installed all 3 holes, > >but we know that the early lower outboard hole was much further > >forward than the later one. > > I thought it was 66 that seat belts were required by law for manufacturers in > the US, and 68 for light trucks. I know my 65 didn't get the lower hole. I > added it when I was in there repairing the rockers / heater channels. But then > my car was a euro spec car, so it may have been built for a different market. I > know my 69 and later cars have 3 point belts. I even added the upper location > when I chopped off the roof of my 71, just to keep it legal. ; ) > IIRC, the outboard hole started sometime in 1965 on US spec cars. Just went out and looked at my '65 T-1. It has factory anchors outboard. So does the '66 FB. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~