[GH85Carrera]

About two weeks after getting my brand new 1974 914 2.0 I was happily driving along, and hit a railroad track crossing. Nothing horrid, but a bump. The car shut off, dead and would not restart. In 1974, cell phones were for Dick Tracy only. So I hoofed it 1/2 a mile to a phone, and in a rather excited and upset tone, explained to the dealership I was not happy.

They sent out a flatbed tow truck, and gave me a loaner car as they fixed it. The federal government in their infinite wisdom had required that all new cars have a seat belt interlock system to prevent the driver from even starting the car if the seat belt was not buckled. The 914 had a little computer box under the seat, and that had shorted out on my car, so they replaced it.

Two weeks later, at the same spot, same bump, the car shut down. I was rather annoyed.

Same deal, they fixed it under warranty of course, and when I got it back I going to figure out how to bypass that dumb "feature" of the government. Now remember, there was no internet or personnel computers. No PCA, just me. I started looking at the little box and and the socket it plugged into. A green wire (as I remember) went to the oil pressure sender. I jumpered that and the car would start without the seat belt buckled.

I never drive without my seat belt buckled, ever. Even now I find I buckle up to move my car from one garage bay to another and never leave my driveway. It is pure habit to buckle up.

Somewhere up in my attic I think I still have that stupid computer for the interlock for a 914.