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Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT?

Posted By: mopar346

Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/24/14 02:44 PM

I have a 69 GTS that I bought as a shell many years ago for the rearend, once I got it home I realized it was to nice to finish stripping. As many it was gutted for racing and had a 383 K-member under it. I have slowly been collectign the parts over the years and have it fairly complete now, one thing that I have not been able to determine is if it had head rest. It's a 927 SPD and I have the tag that includes C16 C55 and P6Y interior. It is a 4 speed 340 car if that matters.

Thanks in advance, Kevin
Posted By: 69CoronetRT

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/24/14 07:22 PM

No. Not from the FT.
Posted By: A12

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/24/14 08:19 PM

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No. Not from the FT.



if the fender tag has a Scheduled Production Date (SPD) of Jan 1, 1969 or later then it had to have them.....in fact the hardware was already installed at the beginning of December 1968 and there may have been a very late December build that got them but that is a reach.

SPD of Jan 1, 1969 and later had to have them by FMVSS standards.

Oops: Before Jan 1, 69 Doug IS CORRECT YOU CAN NOT TELL BY THE FENDER TAG! me->
Posted By: mopar346

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/25/14 02:14 PM

I know it was mandatory after Jan 1 69 but it was an option before then I believe. Just cant find anything that would give me an indication. What if it had shoulder belts, were they a package or could you get shoulder belts without headrest. When did shoulder belts become mandatory? I was thinking the beginning of the 69 production.
Posted By: srt

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/25/14 05:15 PM

yes, I believe they were optional before 1/1/69. I know early 68's w/o headrests (that were an option) did not have shoulder belts.
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/25/14 05:51 PM

1/1/68 front shoulder belts mandatory (OPTIONAL before that)
1/1/69 front seat headrests mandatory (OPTIONAL before that)

there were NO OPTION packages/groups that included these

Do you have the original (to this car) bucket seat? Is the headrest hardware in the seats?
Posted By: mopar346

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/25/14 06:06 PM

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1/1/68 front shoulder belts mandatory (OPTIONAL before that)
1/1/69 front seat headrests mandatory (OPTIONAL before that)

there were NO OPTION packages/groups that included these

Do you have the original (to this car) bucket seat? Is the headrest hardware in the seats?



THank you, I was thinking they were mandaed separately. And from all this I take it that interior option or packaged (GTS) didnot dictate headrest.
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: Anyway to tell if a car had factory headrest by the FT? - 04/25/14 06:10 PM

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Quote:

1/1/68 front shoulder belts mandatory (OPTIONAL before that)
1/1/69 front seat headrests mandatory (OPTIONAL before that)

there were NO OPTION packages/groups that included these

Do you have the original (to this car) bucket seat? Is the headrest hardware in the seats?



THank you, I was thinking they were mandaed separately. And from all this I take it that interior option or packaged (GTS) didnot dictate headrest.


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