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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 340486" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Why not? The savings for the company are astronomical whenever they can get an old guy off the payroll and replace him with a new hire making $10 an hour less with 2 weeks vacation instead of 6 or 7. It stands to reason that the older equipment was designed with this in mind.</p><p></p><p>I own a 1976 Chevrolet 3/4 ton pickup. I have the original build sheet for it. That was the last model year in which shoulder belts were on option....and that option cost $30. UPS intentionally deleted this option on <u>all</u> its new package cars up thru the 1995 model year. </p><p> My truck didnt have shoulder belts when it was built. I paid a body shop to retrofit shoulder belts into it. The belts were $50 at a wrecking yard and labor was about $100 because they had to remove the seat and headliner.</p><p>Would it cost more than that to retrofit a package car? Probably...but its something they should have been willing to spend the $30 on in the first place. That is...if they gave a damn about our safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 340486, member: 14668"] Why not? The savings for the company are astronomical whenever they can get an old guy off the payroll and replace him with a new hire making $10 an hour less with 2 weeks vacation instead of 6 or 7. It stands to reason that the older equipment was designed with this in mind. I own a 1976 Chevrolet 3/4 ton pickup. I have the original build sheet for it. That was the last model year in which shoulder belts were on option....and that option cost $30. UPS intentionally deleted this option on [U]all[/U] its new package cars up thru the 1995 model year. My truck didnt have shoulder belts when it was built. I paid a body shop to retrofit shoulder belts into it. The belts were $50 at a wrecking yard and labor was about $100 because they had to remove the seat and headliner. Would it cost more than that to retrofit a package car? Probably...but its something they should have been willing to spend the $30 on in the first place. That is...if they gave a damn about our safety. [/QUOTE]
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