Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: amc seat belts & tickets

You remember GM's sholdier straps in the 70's. They were stored above the front doors and had a seperate latch in the seat. I never knew anyone who ever wore them. Yea the interlock law. That was a bright one. Couldn't start the car if the seat belt wasn't fasten. So you either fasten the seatbelt and sat on it or unpluged the plug under the seat. I bet your glad Eddie and I am too that the government has come up with all these safety items on cars. I don't know how I survived growing up. I can remember like it was yesterday that the way I rode in our 51 Nash convertable was for me to stand up in the middle of the front seat and my parents hand would come out in front of me if they had to stop fast. If a person did this with a kid today they would be locked up for child abuse. Of course by todays standards I had horrible parents. My mother smoked and enjoyed her rum and coke when she was pregnant with me. They both smoked when I was growing up and I knew what a belt felt like on my ass. I guess I died about 60 years ago and nobody has told me yet.

Terry

From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 10:38 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: amc seat belts & tickets

Most cops is seems figure old car what the hell when it comes to seat belts. At least my experience driving daily in Houston, Texas. AMCs started using the three point shoulder harness in 73 sometime, as have had 1973 models with.....and without this feature so to me was more of a running change, I don't know if it was federally mandated like stupid seat belt interlock law in 1974

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/main/amc-seat-belt-interlock.htm

I would also guess that if small town cop or bored sherriff he might press the issue, especially if you give him reason to like speeding, or license plate lamp out or something!

Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

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From: Terry Atkins

Now that brings up a good question and it is somewhat AMC related. If your car did not originaly have seat belts would you have to put them in and how would you put the sholdier belt in them. Around here they let every thing go in classic cars. Open headers, no fenders, slicks you name it they don't bother them. You know though the way they push the seat belt law around here I could see a young cop who wasn't a car guy that wouldn't have a clue that cars were made without seat belts. How long has it been 40 years since cars didn't have them.

Terry

From: Bradley Jones <wagonmasterx5@xxxxxxxxx>

That was cool of him. A friend of mine had to go to court because one of our local officers (our OPD is the laughing stock of the state) gave him a ticket for not having seatbelts in his all original 1957 Chevy.

From: bigrigbear <bigrigbear@xxxxxxxxx>
Actually I got out of a ticket recently because the cop liked my Gremlin. On top of being "distinctive", it's bright orange to boot so it gets noticed.
My seatbelt had jammed and I got pulled over for not wearing it. I told him I was trying to get a replacement but AMC was out of business for 20 some years. He told me to be careful and try EBay.