<VV> Va inspections a good deal ?

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:11 PM 1/12/2007, Frank DuVal wrote:


>>...what happens when you present a 47 year old Corvair to an 
>>inspection station staffed by an ignorant inspector who flunks your 
>>car for not having seat belts?    I went through some debate once 
>>with an inspector over this simple point which he *refused* to 
>>acknowledge.    Dimwit.   I ended up going elsewhere to get a 
>>sticker; this before the car was registered as a vintage/antique 
>>and was exempt from the VA safety inspection.
>
>You ask him to open the book and show you the law for seat belts. I 
>did this when a new guy at Firestone rejected a customer's 63 
>convertable for no front seat belts. He showed me the passage which said:
>
>Hey, I was going to cut and paste, but they changed the law since 
>1996 when this happened. Back then it said vehicles made after 
>January 1, 1963 needed front seat belts. And the argument was if the 
>car was built before Jan 1, 63 or not. My customer agreed to seat 
>belts, so everyone was OK with the outcome.
>
>Now I will cut and paste the current  law:
>
>C. INSPECT FOR AND REJECT IF:

snip

>3. Any 1963 and subsequent model vehicle, designed and licensed 
>primarily for private passenger use, is not equipped with adult 
>safety lap belts for at least two front seats or a combination of 
>lap belts and shoulder straps or harnesses.
>
>snip
>
>So now all 1963 cars need them! Nothing like changing a law about 37 
>years after the car is made....


At least the '63 cars had anchors for the belts.      ;)   I'm gonna 
have to weld in something to get belts in the '60.


tony..