I remember helping my father fit lap/sash belts to his 58 bug back in the very early 1960s (very few cars had belts then).
As well as turning the handle on the hand drill for a time for the drilling of the holes in the floor. I remember getting the job of holding plates/nuts in place under the floor.
I remember hating the sight of the drill going through the B pillar for the shoulder mount (just above the semaphores from memory) It seemed a cruel thing to do to a car, and of course it left the bolt head visible on the outside of the car. ....... but we had seatbelts and few others did.
The book "The Beetle" Ryan Lee Price states that seat belt anchorage points were introduced in 1961.
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Mark - Owner of 2 under restoration Australian coachbuilt Ascorts.