Safety inspection question

ManglerYJ

ManglerYJ

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In a vehicle older than 1995 (but not 35 years old) that just has the safety inspection, are shoulder belts required, or will lap belts suffice?
 
Seat belts have to be what was offered from the factory or more. If it had shoulder belts than you have to have shoulder belts.
 
amajeepman said:
Seat belts have to be what was offered from the factory or more. If it had shoulder belts than you have to have shoulder belts.
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That be the Rule, but as with any inspection, depends on where you go or who you know! I once had a 77 Datsun truck, & put a 67 Buick V-6, in it. Couple of shops augured over which emission set to use, but Never, looked at my Replaced, seat belts!
 
Depends on your mech I personally wouldn't pass it.
 
You now know one place not to take it. I don't know if my seat belts were ever checked on my '85 or '95 trucks.
 
I don't remember if selt belts were checked on the 95 or older vehicles I had but I do knwo that it needs whatever came from the factory. I also hear it's who you know or who you blow.
 
I was afraid of that....

I can understand the need for seatbelts - trust me - I'm a seat belt fanatic. I'm just trying to build a rat rod with a later model chassis and trying to keep the title as an 87 for ease of dealing with the DMV. I don't really care that I can't run open headers like the guys with "real" rods, I just want to build a roadster with low back seats and lap belts (mainly because the shoulder belt attatchment point would be higher than the b-post). I already own a pair of seats (in case you were suggesting some late model pickup seats with integrated belts).

Now here's what kinda gripes me.... my 1999 Chrysler Concorde (12 years newer than the vehicle in question) comes standard with a lap belt for the middle front seat. So the logic tells me that age hasn't found lap belts to be unsafe, just less safe... I can live with less safe, just not unsafe.
 
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