My 68 Mustang has shoulder belts attached to the roof, my 67 Mustang has
only lap belts. "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: seatbelts
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Joe Curry wrote:
>
> > Having just attended Traffic school (don't ask), I can say that in
> > Arizona, cars older than 1972 are not required to have seatbelts. The
> > reason given is that was the first year that belts were required by
> > law. I thought it was earlier than that!
>
> It was earlier. I'm almost positive that lap belts for all seat positions
> were mandatory by the 1967 model year if not before. And I am positive
> that front outboard shoulder belts were required on cars assembled for
> sale in the US on or after January 1, 1968. Note that there was some sort
> of exemption on the shoulder belts for convertibles, which is why not all
> Spitfires and TRs had lap/shoulder belts until the early 1970s.
>
> There is other confusion in that some states required belts earlier than
> others and, in some cases, well before any Federal standards took effect.
>
> --Andy
>
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