That sounds rational from an engineering viewpoint. My concern would be the belts getting pinched when the seat is bent over to allow access to the back seat in a 2 door. Was the photo of a four door? Akron Don Gallimore ----- Original Message ---- > From: William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 11:37:28 PM > Subject: Re: factory options > > Don > While looking at my owners manual I noticed that the two belts in the middle of >the front seat X. The one on the passenger side of the drive shaft tunnel >crosses over to the drivers lap and the one on the drivers side of the tunnel >crosses over to the passenger lap. > I have to change mine. I had mine out to install new floor pans and >re-installed them wrong. > Later > Bill > > --- On Mon, 10/18/10, Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: factory options > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:23 AM > > > > Good enough for me. I'll go withthe front seaat belts > > being factory installed > > for the entire model year. > > > > > > Akron Don Gallimore > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 9:55:20 AM > > > Subject: Re: factory options > > > > > > Bill from Toronto. You aren't quite right about seat > > belts. > > > I am looking at my owners manual for my 65 > > Coronet and to Quote verbatim. > > > Seat Belts. Your new car is equipped with front > > seat belts. It is strongly > > >recommended that you and your passenger snap > > these in place whenever you drive. > > >Exact locations for drilling holes for installing > > rear seat belts are marked on > > >the rear floor. > > > So to answer your question...On 65 Coronets; front > > seat belts were standard > > >and rear seat belts were optional. Also, retractors > > were a dealer option, not a > > >factory option. > > > My owners manual also covers the Station wagon. > > > I don't know if this was the same for the Polara, 500, > > or 440 models. > > > Hope this helps. > > > Later > > > Bill Harrison > > > 65 Coronet 2 dr post. > > > > > > --- On Mon, 10/18/10, roofer90203@xxxxxxxxxxx > > <roofer90203@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: roofer90203@xxxxxxxxxxx > > <roofer90203@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Subject: Re: factory options > > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:12 AM > > > > > > > > I guess that what I am really going to need > > is a look at an > > > > original window sticker from any '65 Mopar. > > That should give > > > > me a starting point. Anybody have one that > > they could scan? > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > >From: Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx> > > > > >Sent: Oct 17, 2010 8:03 PM > > > > >To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > >Subject: Re: factory options > > > > > > > > > >Okay, settle another question - were > > seat belts > > > > optional in the '65 B-Bodies > > > > >until the start of the calendar > > year? (like January > > > > 1, 1965) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Akron Don Gallimore > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ---- > > > > >> From: Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > >> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > >> Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 > > 5:50:28 PM > > > > >> Subject: Re: factory options > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Below is what Bill wrote for those > > who could not > > > > view it: > > > > >> > > > > >> No such thing as "heater delete" prior > > to 1965, > > > > while "radio delete" did not > > > > >> appear before the 1980's. > > > > >> > > > > >> Prior to 1965 heaters were optional, > > thus heaters > > > > appear in salesman's order > > > > >> book,. Back then if you did > > not want a heater, > > > > you did not order a heater. > > > > >> "Heater delete" did not appear > > until heaters were > > > > standard equipment, at > > > > >> which time you ticked the "No heater" > > box on the > > > > order form and got a car > > > > >> with no heater. > > > > >> > > > > >> Remember, you cannot delete something > > that is not > > > > there. The basic car back > > > > >> then did not have a heater, thus > > you could not get > > > > "heater delete". There > > > > >> was no heater, and as a result the > > heater could > > > > not be deleted. But in 1965 > > > > >> heaters were standard, thus if you > > ordered your > > > > car with sales code 406, you > > > > >> got "heater delete". > > > > >> > > > > >> Same with radios. Back in > > the 1950's and 1960's > > > > radios were optional. If > > > > >> you ordered a car with no options, you > > got a car > > > > with blackwall tires, > > > > >> hubcaps, no heater, no radio, and > > if automatic > > > > transmission was optional, > > > > >> you got a manual transmission, > > clutch and all. > > > > >> > > > > >> When radios became standard in the > > 1980's it > > > > became possible to order a > > > > >> "radio delete" car. You had the > > standard radio > > > > deleted from the build > > > > >> specs. But, again, if the basic > > car came with no > > > > radio, you could get the > > > > >> radio option, but not a radio > > delete. In 1980 if > > > > you ordered a car that had > > > > >> a radio as standard equipment, if > > you ticked box > > > > R08, you ordered a car with > > > > >> radio delete. But in 1965 there > > was no radio > > > > delete code as radios were > > > > >> optional, even on Imperials. > > > > >> > > > > >> And the same goes for such items > > as driver s > > > > outside mirror and seat > > > > >> belts which were made standard > > equipment years > > > > before the American > > > > >> government had the power to > > dictate safety > > > > standards. During the period > > > > >> prior to the safety standards such could > > be > > > > deleted - code 460 was front > > > > >> belts deleted in 1965. > > > > >> > > > > >> Bill > > > > >> Toronto, ON > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> >From: Bill Watson > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> ---- > > > > >> Please address private mail -- > > mail of interest to > > > > only one person -- directly > > > > >>to that person. I.e., send > > parts/car transactions > > > > and negotiations as well as > > > > >>other personal messages only to the > > intended > > > > recipient, not to the Clubhouse > > > > >>public address. This practice will > > protect your > > > > privacy, reduce the total volume > > > > >>of mail and fine tune the content > > signal to Mopar > > > > topic. Thanks! > > > > >> > > > > >> 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion > > > > Guidelines: > > > > >> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > > > > > > > >>http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > Please address private mail -- mail of > > interest to only one > > > > person -- directly to that person. I.e., > > send > > > > parts/car transactions and negotiations as > > well as other > > > > personal messages only to the intended > > recipient, not to the > > > > Clubhouse public address. This practice > > will protect your > > > > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail > > and fine tune the > > > > content signal to Mopar > > topic. Thanks! > > > > > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion > > Guidelines: > > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > >