Did all Broncos besides the pickup come with rear seatbelts? My early 66 U15 has the original rear seat but no holes for seatbelt anchors anywhere. Just the 4 bolts that hold the seat down and I cant see using them for belt anchors.
What do the seat bolting plates look like underneath the body? Factory looking setup?
Remember that even the rear seat was an option, so there were plenty of Broncos that did not get the holes for seat belts even if they were not pickups.
But to have seat holes, but not seat belt holes? Not sure I've ever seen that.
But seat belts were just becoming mandatory about that time, and regulations did not always get applied to Utility Vehicles and trucks as soon as they did with passenger cars.
Possibly they were deleted on the order, or the production order got mis-timed with a tub that was meant to have no rear seat. Perhaps they were a dealer installed option at that point? Maybe a few different scenarios that could have come into play.
I don't think they were made fully mandatory in all vehicle types (other than school busses of course, because after all, who cares about school kids. Right? %)) until '68 or so.
Actually I thought it was '66, but looked it up and apparently it wasn't until '68 after all.
Paul
