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Flashback: First Automobile Safety Belt

July 30, 2013 By Nadeem Muaddi 2 Comments

Auto Upholstery - The Hog Ring - First Seat Belt

Believe it or not, seat belt’s weren’t always standard in cars. In fact, for a long time they didn’t even exist – which is what makes this magazine clipping about the introduction of the safety device all the more interesting.

The below article, which appeared in a July 1938 issue of Popular Science magazine, explains just how this contraption we’ve come to take for granted works.

Auto Upholstery - The Hog Ring - First Seat Belt 1938

For more interesting articles about auto upholstery’s past, check out our “Industry History” section.

[via Modern Mechanix]

Filed Under: Archive, Industry History Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Popular Science, Seat Belt

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  1. chad says

    July 31, 2013 at 4:02 am

    i love how this add is from 1938 yet seat belts didnt become mandatory until the late 60s. 68 for pickups, i dont remember for cars. imagine how many lives could have been saved in those 30 years…. now theres so many safety features in vehicles its becoming hard for us trimmers to even work on them with airbags in the seats and headliners, trim panels, center consuls. etc.

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    • Nadeem Muaddi says

      July 31, 2013 at 4:11 am

      Great point Chad. There’s 30 or so years there where seat belts could have saved countless lives.

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