Following on from another post (in Gallery) where it was highlighted that rear seat belts were an option from new, it got me thinking.
As an impressionable youngster back then, I was very familiar with early P6s due to the number of people we knew who had them, and I don't recall ever seeing one back then fitted with the original Irvin rear belts from new. Front, yes, but even then not all had them when new. Likewise, I've looked in various books I still have (old brochures are long gone now) and have yet to see an early P6 fitted with rear belts when new.
So, my question is does anybody on here have an early P6, say pre-1969, that was fitted with the Irvin rear seat belts when the car was new? Clearly many cars have had rear belts retro-fitted in the intervening decades, but new?
From memory, the popular options back then were probably radio, front seat-belts, heated rear window and, to a lesser degree, one or two foglights. Possibly even in that order.
As an impressionable youngster back then, I was very familiar with early P6s due to the number of people we knew who had them, and I don't recall ever seeing one back then fitted with the original Irvin rear belts from new. Front, yes, but even then not all had them when new. Likewise, I've looked in various books I still have (old brochures are long gone now) and have yet to see an early P6 fitted with rear belts when new.
So, my question is does anybody on here have an early P6, say pre-1969, that was fitted with the Irvin rear seat belts when the car was new? Clearly many cars have had rear belts retro-fitted in the intervening decades, but new?
From memory, the popular options back then were probably radio, front seat-belts, heated rear window and, to a lesser degree, one or two foglights. Possibly even in that order.