[Spridgets] 58 -67 Lap Belts

[Kitterer Bob]

You are correct that a number of cars had or you could install seat  
belts.  My comment was that they were not an option on the Sprite's an  
should have said a factory option.  There were a number of dealers  
that would put in third party belts an I saw some pretty scary  
installations where they just put a bolt through the floor sheet metal  
with a nut on the other side.

Like a lot of folks I was installing belts, from Pep Boys etc, since  
the mid 1950's.

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition

On Jun 30, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Billy Zoom wrote:

>> Seat belts were not even an option until mandated in 1968.
> Were too!  Lot's of 50's cars offered them. I remember some unusual
> mountings and hardware.
> http://www.1956goldenhawk.com/ghstory.htm