Seat Belts

[psdenno]

Front seat belts were standard equipment on the 1963 Avanti.

              TRUE     FALSE 

[Mark63Avanti]

Seat belts and radio were an "opt out" item. You were getting it unless you said otherwise.  I'm going to say TRUE, unless you really didn't want them.

[regnalbob]

False

Seat belts were listed as optional equipment.

[paul shuffleburg]

AC3289 SEAT BELT R&L $18.50

[psdenno]

11 hours ago, Mark63Avanti said:

Seat belts and radio were an "opt out" item. You were getting it unless you said otherwise.  I'm going to say TRUE, unless you really didn't want them.

Good answer.  Studebaker referred to seat belts as a "Compulsory option".   Kind of an oxymoron, but that's how they rolled.