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- From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
- Subject: Re: Hold that belt! (was Re: BETTER? 92 Camaro or 92 Iroc Daytona?????)
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
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- Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 00:51:40 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov06.005140.27510@zds-oem.zds.com>
- References: <1992Nov5.133324.15478@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> <1992Nov05.171558.22995@zds-oem.zds.com> <5NOV199212411984@csa3.lbl.gov>
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- In article <5NOV199212411984@csa3.lbl.gov> jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera) writes:
- >> And the last time I looked, the belts were not in the doors.
- >> Perhaps you were thinking of the Lumina/Grand Prix?
- >
- >I think even the Lumina and Corsica four-doors have sent this design
- >to Idea Heaven. I'd never noticed it (not being much of a GM guy)
- >and certainly never imagined it until I drew a Corsica from the motor
- >pool one day. In my otherwise most comfortable driving position, the
- >shoulder harness flapped in my face, making me feel like Moshe Dayan
- >with the patch over one eye, or perhaps like someone being attacked
- >by a buzzard perched on the windowsill. Yep... you guessed it... the
- >harness was attached to the inside top rear corner of the door frame,
- >perhaps in a vain attempt to compel people to use the thing.
- >
- >This was in the first few years of these cars. Sometime around '90 or
- >'91 they figured out that the generous pillar two inches further back
- >might be at once a sturdier and less obtrusive anchor point.
-
- Nope, my '93 Pontiac catalog still shows the 4 door Grand Prix with
- the belts in the doors. I'd assume the Lumina is the same. I cant say
- for the Corsica as I personally wouldnt be caught dead in one. :-)
-
- >--Joe
-
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