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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 490461" data-attributes="member: 14668">We have 1995 model year P-1000 package cars made by International/Navistar, numbered in the 135,xxx to 136,xxx series.&nbsp;The 135&#039;s are identical in every way to the 136&#039;s except for ONE thing....the 135&#039;s have a lap belt while the 136&#039;s have a 3 point belt.&nbsp;The 135&#039;s have a mounting point for the shoulder belt, just like the 136&#039;s....but this option was not included in the units made prior to mid 1995.&nbsp;Why? Because starting in mid-1995, the DOT required all vehicles to have 3 point belts. Prior to that, lap belts met the legal minimum standard. So UPS, in its quest to save money, continued to order the vehicles to be fitted with lap belts until the very last day that it was legal to do so, even though those vehicles were designed from the factory to be fitted with 3 point belts if so ordered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 490461, member: 14668"] We have 1995 model year P-1000 package cars made by International/Navistar, numbered in the 135,xxx to 136,xxx series. The 135's are identical in every way to the 136's except for ONE thing....the 135's have a lap belt while the 136's have a 3 point belt. The 135's have a mounting point for the shoulder belt, just like the 136's....but this option was not included in the units made prior to mid 1995. Why? Because starting in mid-1995, the DOT required all vehicles to have 3 point belts. Prior to that, lap belts met the legal minimum standard. So UPS, in its quest to save money, continued to order the vehicles to be fitted with lap belts until the [U]very last day[/U] that it was legal to do so, even though those vehicles were designed from the factory to be fitted with 3 point belts if so ordered. [/QUOTE]

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