When did shoulder belts come out?
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Hey guys, I have been wondering when exactly whoulder belts because standard or opional for the matter. The readon... My '68 roadrunner that I'm restoring had just lap belts, BUT it has the clips on the sun visor mounts to hold the shoulder belts up and out of the way. Also, the welded nut is in the roof support, but the headliner was never cut for it (looks to be orig.) and no belts present. Were they optional in '68 and standard in 69? I'm just wondering if my car is a mess up or not. Thanks.
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Re: When did shoulder belts come out?
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Jan 1 1968 as I recall.
If I'm not mistaken, '68 cars built in '67 didn't have them.
There was I believe a government mandate on the shoulder belts. Not sure what date it was but early 69 for sure. One of my 68 GTX's did not have them.
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Re: When did shoulder belts come out?
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My 68 Charger had em. 2/68 build date
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Re: When did shoulder belts come out?
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Shoulder Belts required on ALL vehicles begining 1 Jan 1968 This is from the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Regulations: "Standard No. 208 - Occupant Crash Protection Passenger Cars ( Effective 1-1-68) Lap or lap and shoulder seat belt assemblies for each designated seating position.
Except in convertibles, lap and shoulder seat belt assemblies are required in each front outboard seating position. Frank
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Re: When did shoulder belts come out?
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This is interesting, my father had two 68 birds, (don't remember the build dates) neither had shoulder belts. My car has a build date of april '68, had the provisions, but no belts. So, whats up with that?
'68 Roadrunner Built 440/727 4:10 filled 8 3/4 in the process of a ground up restification
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Re: When did shoulder belts come out?
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Must only apply to cars, and not trucks (until a later date)? My '72 W200 has the mount points up high for shoulder belts, but just has lap belts.
If I can find a set of shoulder belts I wouldn't mind swapping them in.
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Re: When did shoulder belts come out?
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Shoulder Belts required on ALL vehicles begining 1 Jan 1968 This is from the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Regulations:
"Standard No. 208 - Occupant Crash Protection Passenger Cars ( Effective 1-1-68) Lap or lap and shoulder seat belt assemblies for each designated seating position. Except in convertibles, lap and shoulder seat belt assemblies are required in each front outboard seating position.
Frank
Yep, that's right. I have had several 68 fastback Barracudas. Most had shoulder straps, one had no straps but threaded nuts, one had no nuts, just the provision in the sheet metal, i.e. the hole where the bolt would go.
Shoulder straps were also optional in convertibles in 68 and 69. I put them in my 69 Barracuda. Of the 1200 '69 convertible Barracudas, about 12 came with front shoulder straps.
You can find the belt number listed in the parts books, but there is no picture. It took me many months to find out that the factory attached the front vert shoulder belts to the rear seat lap belt mount on the far end mounts. The belts were real long and came all the way from the rear seat over the shoulder.
I never did find out if the factory had an attachment to the seat, or if they were just allowed to lay there, and the driver and passenger picked them up and slung them over their shoulders.
Bob
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