<VV> Seat Belt Trivia

[Mike Kost]

I never read the manual but that is what I was taught to do ever since 
my dad brought our `66 4-door home in August of 1966. I never knew why, 
it was just the way it was!

Mike Kost

P.S. I still have that car.

J R Read_HML wrote:
> When you hop into your seat belt and bucket seat equipped Corvair, I'm 
> sure you buckle up.  So, you grab the outboard belt which may or may 
> not have the retractors on it and then reach down for the inboard 
> portion of the belt. Which one do you grab?  The one closest to you?  
> Wrong.
>
> The '66 owner manual (ever read it?) tells you "With bucket seats, the 
> inner belt half is anchored behind the opposite seat."  So, if a 
> passenger is present the belts will cross one another.  I only looked 
> at the '66 manual (P 19) on this issue because I happen to have one 
> handy.  I have no idea if the EM manuals make reference to this 
> particular anomaly.
>
> Later, JR