Rear seat belts

bugmaniaar Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2011 · 30 Aug 2011, 3:20 pm

#859561

Hi all

Can someone tell me if there should be rear seat belts
in a 1962 standard beetle.
If no,t can a passenger just sit in there unrestained??and then fly through the widscreen when the i hit the brakes....

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 30 Aug 2011, 4:12 pm

#859565

bugmaniaar wrote:Hi all

Can someone tell me if there should be rear seat belts
in a 1962 standard beetle.
If no,t can a passenger just sit in there unrestained??and then fly through the widscreen when the i hit the brakes....

Yes!😁 lol

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

OldTimer Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined May 2009 · 30 Aug 2011, 5:44 pm

#859572

Hey bugmaniaar,

What can I say? Dumb or what - but true.
I suppose just becuase it's not illegal to have people in the back without seatbelts doesn't mean you should.
I've fitted belts for those rare occassions I want to scare the hell out of my kids 😂

Old Timer

air is cool, but air-cooled is cooler!
1967 Aussie Built Type 1 1915 Deluxe

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 30 Aug 2011, 6:03 pm

#859576

Your a bit optimistic about the brake's.

grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 30 Aug 2011, 8:29 pm

#859604

vwo60 wrote:Your a bit optimistic about the brake's.

Yes 😂😂😂 Fit some belts.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Aug 2011, 4:31 pm

#859714

bugmaniaar wrote:Hi all

Can someone tell me if there should be rear seat belts
in a 1962 standard beetle.
If no,t can a passenger just sit in there unrestained??and then fly through the widscreen when the i hit the brakes....

Originally there were NO seat belts in Beetles until some time after 1965 .. maybe 1968...

1964-65 beetles had the holes in the body for seat belts but had plastic screws in them...

so, You can drive an early beetle without seat belts..

in QLD You need the get the seatbelts checked with an engineer and have a modification plate fitted..

not sure about other states..

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Aug 2011, 4:33 pm

#859716

and if the passenger doesn't have a seatbelt they can hold onto the panic handle to stop being thrown thru the windscreen...
lol
the driver holds onto the steering wheel...

Many children grew up sitting in the dicky seat...
behind the rear seat...
it was nice and warm in the winter too... lol

safe in there too... usually

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---