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Jeckler Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2005 Posts: 2718 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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They're not required. If they are installed however, they must be worn. _________________ Andy
'63 Bug rebuild here.
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16970 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'm trying to think of what the right documentation would be that I could keep in the car on this. I can just see me there on the roadside trying to explain to Johnny Law how I don't legally need belts and him telling me to "tell it to the judge" while writing the ticket. I guess I could print out the CVC and I suppose keep a copy of the original 1965 owners manual which states it's a dealer option. Any ideas? |
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Jody '71 Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2005 Posts: 2842 Location: Manassas VA
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Put seat belts in it, you'll feel a lot better and won't have to worry about it anymore. _________________ '66 Beetle
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16970 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Jody '71 wrote: |
Put seat belts in it, you'll feel a lot better and won't have to worry about it anymore. |
Jody '71, can you explain your avatar to me and your member name? |
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69judson Samba Member
Joined: October 04, 2005 Posts: 200 Location: Los Angeles Thousand Oaks
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Why would anyone want to ride around in a VW,or any car for that matter without a seat belt on? Even with my seat belt on I feel like death is near when ever I`m driving my Bettle on the highway. And that`s at 55mph! |
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MckinneyBugs Samba Member
Joined: November 08, 2008 Posts: 51 Location: Mckinney TX
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Even if you somehow get a ticket issued in error or ignorance, you would just have to contact the court the next business day and fax them a copy of the registration and the ticket would be dismissed...
The likelihood of the stop ever occurring are slim for the seatbelt infraction alone. You would probably be stopped for something else first.
Always be polite if you do get pulled over something to the effect of "Sir, you may have overlooked that this vehicle doesn't require safety belts since it was manufactured before 1967." _________________ 63 bug in progress
03 Jetta 1.8T
Previous VW's:
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owdlvr Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2008 Posts: 684 Location: Squampton BC
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Why would anyone want to ride around in a VW,or any car for that matter without a seat belt on? Even with my seat belt on I feel like death is near when ever I`m driving my Bettle Shocked on the highway. And that`s at 55mph! |
One could argue that if you're to get in an accident, you're dead anyways!
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vdub Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2003 Posts: 442 Location: Valley Springs, Ca.
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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I am pondering the same disishon right now.
I just got a 61 vert and shoulder harnesses are completely out of the question but lap belts are not very good.
I have an 8 year old daughter that I am worried mostly about. If it wasn't for her I would just leave the seatbelt out.
I have no mount points in the car at all right now. If I do install them I have to graft the mount locations in to the tunnel and channels. I don't know if I want to do that or even if that will be safe. |
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edwinammon Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2015 Posts: 2 Location: shawnee kansas
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 4:48 am Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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In kansas you have to have seatbelt or they will give you a ticket. My one owner 1965 bug has the original sticker on the back glass that says they were installed for 8 dollars. I wish i could upload that picture for you but im having problems. I have the original window sticker, and both car invoices that don't say anything about seatbelts so I guess he didn't get charged for them. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12467
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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Isn’t that odd ? One state over in Illinois Pops at the tender age of 86 renewed his license including driving test using a 1925 Model T sedan and I can guarantee that it was made without seat belts. He passed the test BTW😀 |
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Mohtly Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2011 Posts: 10 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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Greetings to all. We have a 1965 Deluxe that was purchased by my wife's parents in So Cal on May 1, 1965. We have the original purchase receipt, all documentation as well as birth certificate. The birth certificate lists a line item "M358 - US-equipment (cannot be identified)". However, on the dealer purchase receipt (Commonwealth Motors, Santa Ana) it also has a line item for seat belts that were dealer installed at a cost of $18.95.
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splitjunkie Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2006 Posts: 4094
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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Seat belts were a dealer installed option in '65 but varied state to state.
According to this they were mandatory in Georgia or the dealer was lying.
_________________ Chris
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:03 am Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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Interesting timing to find this open again today. I just wrote about this subject today on another thread.
I bought my '65 from the original owner in 1974. He bought it on a Fly & Drive deal in Orange County California (Near Disneyland). VW used to sell new cars in America with travel arrangements through the dealer for a vacation in Europe. When the buyer got off their plane in Germany, someone was waiting with the keys to their new car. Then drive around Europe. Returning to the Airport and dropping off the car and keys. About 3 weeks later, the car arrived at the dealer in SoCal.
My 65 Bug, being a German Delivery car intended for the US market, was equipped a little different than US Market or even German market. But one facet is that it had mounts for 3-point seat belts all around, front and back. It had 3 points in the front and lap belts in the back. They all had Wolfsburg Crests on the buckles.
My US market 67 had similar belts (other than the front buckles having no Wolfsburg Crests on the grey plastic lobster claws, unlike the flap open chrome buckles in the 65 and the belts on the inboard side instead of the chrome hoop). But the body did not have bosses for the shoulder belts behind the rear 1/4 windows like the 65 did. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
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janerick3 Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2006 Posts: 1879 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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All VWs from 1962 model year-on were built with mounts for three-point belts all around.
Most German-market VWs at this time were equipped with two-point, silver-blue "Klippan" brand front shoulder belts from the factory. The belts with the Wolfsburg crest are most likely a U.S. made, ZVW-numbered accessory (usually American Safety).
My guess is the original owner had the Klippan belts swapped out at the dealer upon delivery, as the Klippans were not SAE-certified. The Am Safety belts may have a SAE certification label with the year of manufacture sewn into the webbing next to the mounting point.
The 1967-only "lobster claw" belts were installed at the factory. _________________ Thanks,
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bluebus86 Banned
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 11075
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aeromech wrote: |
cutter57 wrote: |
I agree with the above. The mounts for the bolts are there, even mounts in the pillar between the door and rear side window, for shoulder strap attachments. When I bought my bug, it had lap belts. I converted to 3-point belts in front (nonretractable). I drive my car almost daily and, considering the relative lack of other safety features present on today's cars, I felt the belts (and my rosary beads) were the most important safety changes I could make. |
Ok guys, I need to point out again that this thread is intended to discuss the legality of whether or not seat belts are "required" in my 1965 bug. I'm not debating the importance of using them for safety sake. That's pretty much a no brainer. I do however believe that riding a motorcycle without a helmet or driving a car without using a seat belt should be up to the operator, not the state. Florida had a helmet law and then rescinded the law if you could show you had adequate medical insurance. |
Maybe it should be left to everybody what degree of protection they want to employ, but that also means others may not be sued for someone elses choice to forgo that protection. I know of bikers who would have lived with hardly a scratch had they been wearing a helmet but saddly became a vegetable (brain dead) for a week until they were unplugged and allowed to die. the question then is who bares financial responsibility for the huge medical costs, the person that forgoes the helmet or the person that cut off the bike? If you want to play russian roulette, should it all be on your dime or others?
interesting choice.
Bug On Safely
PS Id have died a young lad for not my seat belt, and I have split a helmet open, glad I was wearing it, many days of that concussion. _________________ Help Prevent VW Engine Fires, see this link.....Engine safety wire information
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bruce jones Samba Member
Joined: July 17, 2003 Posts: 324 Location: South Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Did a 1965 bug come with seat belts installed? |
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Interesting thread!
Here is a copy of a 1966 sticker from an Atlanta dealer (Bill Spreen) - and no seatbelt shown. It would seem that, if seat belts were required by law in Georgia, in 1965, they would have been required in 1966 as well.
[Disclaimer: I am not sure where the image came from. It may have been one I had, or one I found online. If I am reposting an image belonging to someone else, without attribution, please accept my apologies. I will of course remove the image if requested.] _________________ Driving in the slow lane since 1969. |
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Fred Winterburn Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2013 Posts: 423 Location: Ripley Ontario Canada
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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:26 am Post subject: |
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The American spec 65 VW beetle our family owned came with shoulder belts, but no lap belts. They looked factory to me. Fred
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I agree with the above. The mounts for the bolts are there, even mounts in the pillar between the door and rear side window, for shoulder strap attachments. When I bought my bug, it had lap belts. I converted to 3-point belts in front (nonretractable). I drive my car almost daily and, considering the relative lack of other safety features present on today's cars, I felt the belts (and my rosary beads) were the most important safety changes I could make. |
Ok guys, I need to point out again that this thread is intended to discuss the legality of whether or not seat belts are "required" in my 1965 bug. I'm not debating the importance of using them for safety sake. That's pretty much a no brainer. I do however believe that riding a motorcycle without a helmet or driving a car without using a seat belt should be up to the operator, not the state. Florida had a helmet law and then rescinded the law if you could show you had adequate medical insurance. |
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