Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1998 22:28:44 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Shoulder belts INSTALLED!
Comments: To: Frank LaHorgue <lahorgue@IX.NETCOM.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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They said the same thing about the three point harnesses in my mum's 78
Rabbit too... all the mounting points are there!

At 21:05 10/7/98 +0100, Frank LaHorgue wrote:
>Many thanks to Joel Walker, Jim Davis and Helmut Zeidler for their competent
>help with my seat belt issue.  I installed the belts this morning into my
>86GL just in time for my grand-kids to ride this weekend.  They work great
>and cost me less than $150 for all the parts.  That's the best price I have
>had on any VW part in years.
>
>The funny part of all this is that the Service Manager and the Parts
>Manager, both long time employees at my local VW Dealer, told me that there
>were no kits for installing shoulder belts in my Vanagon.  Furthermore, "if
>such things were available, it would be ILLEGAL for me to install them,"
>they said.
>
>They sat in stony faced silence when the part numbers I gave them showed up
>on their inventory lists.
>
>Thanks again  --  Frank LaHorgue
>
>

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