Reasons Your Vehicle Did Not Pass Tech Inspection?

Before my '65 Valiant four door 273 become an all out bracket racer, I drove up to Fremont Raceway (80 miles one-way) circa 1973 to run it pure stock in two-barrel form, street tires, 7 1/4 rear end. I was turned away when the tech inspector found I had no seat belts.

I believe in '65 seat belts would have been standard equipment, so a previous owner must have ditched them for some reason.

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I had a great conversation with a cop back in the late 80's about seatbelts in a 1963 VW beetle I had. He tried to tell me it should have shoulder belts not just lap belts. What an asshat!