<VV> Corvair near Wheaton

[J R Read]

I've lived in IL since 1952 and do not recall such a retroactive seat belt 
law.  Neither have I ever been asked to prove that a pre-'65 had belts in 
order to get a title.  Note that the Rampside is a '61 that I bought from 
out of state in 1998.  So, if this was an Illinois law only, certainly they 
would have questioned whether on not it had belts since it came from out of 
state.  <Yeah - like that's going to happen>

Later, JR

CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
"Keep the Love Alive"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Fregeau" <n5hsr at sprynet.com>
To: "'J R Read'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair near Wheaton


> But Illinois did pass a law that all cars manufactured after Jan 1, 61 had
> to have seat belts in order to be legally sold in Illinois.  Many cars had
> to have belts installed in the 61-64 model years in order to be sold as 
> used
> in Illinois.  I remember us having to go to Sears to get belts for our 63
> Chevy II, and Dad complaining about it, too.  Might have been a Crook 
> County
> or Chicago thing, but I thought it was statewide.
>
> Charles Fregeau