[Roadsters] Pretty snappy bidding underway for a '69 1600, item # 200160...

[Gary McCormick]

"...survived without the aid of seat belts..." but you were never in a vehicle that was in a serious accident, I'll warrant. Same thing with your daughter in the wind-up swing (?!). Pretty scary.

Growing up the son of a CHP officer, and reading CHP Magazine every month since I was old enough to read, I never resented seat belts - I read the accident reports and saw those (thankfully black & white) pictures. Our family cars had 'em installed before they were required by law. Never resented or even questioned wearing a helmet to ride my motorcycles, either - I had seen those pictures in CHP magazine, too. Picked myself up and walked away from a spill on a racetrack once - happened at 60+ mph - and had to throw away my helmet and buy a new one 'cause it looked like it had been held up to a belt sander.

On the motorcycle thing: be careful what you say. When Elizabeth Dole - you know, Bob's wife - was head of the NHTSA back in the '70s, she was pushing for a requirement that motorcycles have a rotating yellow light mounted on a "sissy bar" arrangement - to increase visibility.

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
'70 2000 SRL311-13291

BARTERDUDE at aol.com wrote:<snip>
 
I, my sister, my brother (13 years apart) survived without the aid of  seat 
belts, my daughter sat in a wind up swing in the back of my '69 Chevy Van  on a 
cross country tour back in the mid 70's.  Heck if seat belts are so  
important, why haven't they mandated them on motorcycles (harharhar).
 
Took my 1600 and 2000 on around town trips yesterday.  Grins and  giggles and 
enjoying the ride(s) daily.  

Gary Lasater  - Parker CO