Blue Green Seat Belts

["Andy Angove" <aa69tbird@xxxxxxx>]

I have to agree with Mark. Can you imagine the owner of a new Imperial
LeBaron, who upon delivery notices that the seat belts in their gorgeous
triple black car, complete with lush black leather interior are green? It
defies logic. I realize car makers weren't always logical, but in most
cases, (other non-Imperial) cars with standard interiors had black seat
belts, regardless of the interior color. If you wanted the Deluxe belts - at
extra cost - they were color-keyed to the interior, usually with additional
chrome on the buckles.

I am far from an Imperial expert, but knowing that Imperial's competition
came with color-keyed belts, I would be very surprised if the Imperial
Division allowed anything less in an Imperial. I vote for the theory that
the black dye they used somehow changed color over the years, and this
change was based on time alone, not dependent on sun exposure or use.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark McDonald
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:49 PM
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Subject: Re: IML: Blue Green Seat Belts

I realize in the grand scheme of things this really a trivial matter.

However, the question of whether or not Imperial seatbelts were black or
blue-green when new is beginning to bug me-- partially because I feel my
personal experience is being disregarded, and partially because I think
it defies logic and seems to suggest, however inadvertently, that
Imperials were not the high quality automobiles we think they were.

I am %99.9 sure that the seltbelts that came in a Imperial with a black
interior were, at least in 1968, as black as black could be.