Re: [Amc-list] seat belts (and parking brakes)

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Scotsman_(train)

: )
Ken 


Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> 
> Victor the Cleaner wrote:
> 
> > My first car, a '64 Classic, had them, so I never had a reason to think 
> > about them until now.  Clearly that was about the time they were
> introduced.
> > I haven't yet researched the literature to determine when they made the
> > transition from option to standard equipment.
> 
> Hmm, I need to check my assumptions. I'm not much of a literature 
> collector, I have only a full-line 62 and a few 70's brochures. For 62 
> the dual master brake was new, galvanized rockers etc. No mention of 
> seatbelts, and no photo shows one.
> 
> I was reminded that Rambler called the old 195.6 (both versions) the 
> FLYING SCOT. Which, to be honest, I think is hilarious, and must have 
> sounded very 19th century even in 1962.
> 
> My friend Scot (two t's though) is fairly heavy, and if I threw him, 
> would not go far, would involve a lot of grunting, and when he was again 
> able to rise, well, I would have to run away. That's about right, 
> overhead valves or not.
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