Re: factory options

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

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  
> > > > >> 
> > > >  >> 
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> > > > person -- directly to that person.  I.e.,
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> > recipient, not to the
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> > will protect your
> > > > privacy, reduce the total  volume of mail
> > and fine tune the
> > > > content signal to Mopar
> > topic.   Thanks!
> > > > 
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> > 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!
> > 
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