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To_enrich_my_life_17 t1_j5eoxe0 wrote

It seems seatbelts didn't exist back then

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Fynn_the_Finger t1_j5eqlnu wrote

My dad collects antique cars, he has to add after market seatbelts to a lot of them.

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[deleted] t1_j5esy33 wrote

Had a friend with a mostly accurate restoration '68 1/2 fastback Mustang, and just about everyone begged him to put shoulder belts and headrests in it. It was popularly called the Whiplash Machine. He didn't drive crazy, either, but it was a fairly abrupt car.

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sir-alpaca t1_j5f0tt8 wrote

My dad had a '59 vw bus, without seatbelts. He told me it was illegal to put seatbelts in, because there were no hardpoints on the seats. I don't know how true that was. Se non e vero, e ben trovato

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sixoklok t1_j5g9lgo wrote

Not true. It's a twisted way of saying even if he had installed them, it still wouldn't meet safety codes.

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Gdiacrane t1_j5es14o wrote

In the 00's we had a 1985 toyota starlet without seatbelts in the back seat. By dutch law the car was old enough for it not to be a requirement. We drove all the way to spain and back without getting stopped too.

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shiftdnb t1_j5eubv8 wrote

They basically didn’t. I remember in the late 70s staying up in the back seat like that one picture but with no strap. I used to lean on the back with my arms up in the top of the seats just lounging.

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