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Rear seat bungee cord

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Can anyone with cars built between November 1954 and April 1955 report on the presence of rear seat bungee cord installation known (or at least thought) to be original? Hint: The cars earlier and later either shouldn't or should have them -- in case you wondered...
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53248 March 55 had the original appearing hook but no cord when I bought it around 1985.
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Thanks Phil! -- 3/18/55 new data point.
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My original December 1954 has the bungee cord.
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I'd say that makes it a November/December 1954 addition. This corresponds nicely with the introduction of leather suitcases that stowed behind the seat back, which were first described in Christophorus November 1954.
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FWIW, here's what the little loop/hook looked like originally. Same as loop/hook on the back of the seat back.
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