Re: [T3] years for shoulder belt seatbelts.

[Scott Taylor <scottbtaylor@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>My former '65 Squareback was  built to US spec for tourist delivery and 
it had floorpan seatbelt anchor points. I can confirm that they were 
factory installed reinforced mounts and not dealer improvised.

Scott
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On Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at 08:10  PM, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> 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
>
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