Beastie

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My 1974 Ford Capri came with all seatbelts as standard, I also drove various Ford Escorts at that time, One a P reg Popular 1976mod (Square shape is that Mark 2?) and it had seat belts as standard.
Also drove various Ford Cortinas and Granadas and Consuls of that era and all had seat belts fitted as standard.

I was also passenger in a 1.3 litre T reg 1978 Ford Escort (square type again)which had seat belts fitted as standard and which subsequently save my friends life when he plowed off the road late at night.

I am quite sure in my own mind that all 1978 Ford Escorts would be fitted with seat belts as standard.

Beastie

[Edited by Beastie - 10/9/2002 1:04:57 PM]

beemerboy

lol at crispduck

count yourself lucky, i have to do the cooking as well at home!!!!!

;-)BB

you're right, they dont know their 4rse from their knees over there!!!

they have what i call Comet Syndrome....

i'll explain... you ask what size tv screens they do and they dont know, yet they can give you a part number to 11 decimal places for a rowenta kettle element, straight off the top of their heads!!!


t055ers the lot of them.....

as it happens xr3's were quite wicked in their time....
and still suprisingly quick!!! (if you can find a decent one now!!)


[Edited by beemerboy - 10/9/2002 4:18:01 PM]

ozzy

Sorry for not replying sooner lads. My m8 wasn't quite sure if his wife said it was a Y-reg or a '78 MK2

She was talking about front seatbelts only.

Thanks for the info.

Stefan

[Edited by ozzy - 10/9/2002 9:24:01 PM]

ozzy

My friends wife (a lawyer) needs to find out if a Y-reg (1978, I think) came fitted with seatbelts as standard.

Anyone know where we could find this out?

Stefan

dingy

y reg aint a 78

be an 82, which is a very late escort, and yes all escorts came seatbelts

spender

Doubt if a Y reg would be a Mk 2 either more like a MK3

CrisPDuk

Whether it be a Y reg, or a 78 (T?), it should have been fitted with front seatbelts of some description.

beemerboy

My 1974(M) MK1 Mexico dinosaur even came with seatbelts!!!

are you not talking about rear belts???
i which case i think only MK3 onwards came with them.

beemerboy

MInd you "x" amount of years at a law school might have taught
her how to:
a) find Ford in the phone book
b) use a telephone.

...Just a suggestion (God, I'm starting tpo sound like Claudius)!!!!

i apologise profoundly.

sorry sorry sorry!!!

;-) BB

CrisPDuk

BB, smart idea, but I can see two potentially fatal flaws in your cunning plan:

1: Ford Europe Head Office is in Germany and they probably won't even speak to her.

2: The average Ford dealership hasn't got a clue about the spec of the current range, let alone a car that went out of production before the average salesman was even born,

BOB.T

My mk2, '78, 1600 sport had seat belts

Rear belts are only required from 1986 onwards... D reg. That would make it a mk3 or 4

Bob

dogmaul

my uncles mk3 xr3 didnt have rear belts

beemerboy

dogmaul,
thats because no one would be stupid enough to bee seen in the back of one of those!!! ;-)

Crispyduck - i think you'll find Ford Customer Services are based in Warley, Brentwood (i used to work for them!) - Get back in the kitchen.....

BB

dogmaul

it was a great car back then was very close to golf in most ways granted it was like 82

CrisPDuk

BB, my mistake about the location, but I bet you still can't get a straight answer out of the bu66ers

CrisPDuk

BTW If I went into the kitchen, the little woman would commence with the nagging